{"id":2378,"date":"2021-11-05T20:41:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T20:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/?page_id=2378"},"modified":"2025-10-13T19:24:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:24:57","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"BIO"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2378\" class=\"elementor elementor-2378\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-31cb8fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"31cb8fc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-37d9af8\" data-id=\"37d9af8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b166c44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b166c44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pato_dressedUP-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3390\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pato_dressedUP-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pato_dressedUP-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pato_dressedUP-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pato_dressedUP-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pato_dressedUP.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4b2404 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4b2404\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0657ff\" data-id=\"d0657ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf6f6ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf6f6ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PATRICIA ESPINOSA is a Mexican-born, socially engaged multidisciplinary artist based in New York.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a successful career in the design and new media industries\u2014producing and directing award-winning projects for the <strong>Museum of Modern Art<\/strong> in New York and the <strong>United Nations<\/strong>\u2014she joined the Art Students League of New York in 2001 to pursue fine art studies. In 2011 she received the Joseph Bartnikowski Award, and by 2013 held her first solo show at <strong>Soho20 Gallery <\/strong>in Chelsea. She has since exhibited her work across the United States, Canada, Germany, and Mexico.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her recent installation <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/05\/corazon-migrante\/\"><em>Nunca Olvides Que Tienes Alas<\/em><\/a> (Never Forget You Have Wings)<\/strong> was <strong>featured in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/16\/arts\/design\/bronx-art-space-immigrant-artists.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a><\/strong>. Her work has also received prior press coverage from <em>ArtNet News<\/em>, <em>Noticiero Telemundo<\/em>, <em>BuzzFeed<\/em>, <em>Journal Frankfurt<\/em>, <em>Leviat\u00e1n<\/em>, and <em>Leonardo<\/em>.\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Her first public art piece,<\/span><em style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patriciaespinosa.com\/blog\/the-hourglass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hourglass<\/a><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">\u2014commissioned by the<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Art Students League of New York<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">\u2014was recently on view in Riverside Park North in Manhattan and is destined for its permanent home in the Florida Keys.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patricia is the creator of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.laloteriaopina.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> <em>Loter\u00eda: La Suerte Que Habla <\/em>(Luck Talks)<\/strong><\/a>, a participatory game and exhibition inspired by the traditional Mexican Loter\u00eda. The project was acquired by the University of Toronto (2015) and by the <strong>National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago<\/strong> (2016) for its permanent collection and was later featured in <em>\u00a1LOTER\u00cdA! Un Mundo de Im\u00e1genes<\/em>, a commemorative publication sponsored by the Mexican Government.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raised in Mexico City, Patricia was shaped by the contrasts between her Mexican upbringing and her early years in Germany, where she attended a German school known for its discipline and rigor. These dual influences continue to inform her artistic practice.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her work bridges personal memory and collective experience through various mediums\u2014inviting reflection, play, and social connection.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-729811a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"729811a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d22bd7\" data-id=\"2d22bd7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a2d5f4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8a2d5f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5dc6e60 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5dc6e60\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72a578e\" data-id=\"72a578e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73d97c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73d97c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CV available upon request.<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PATRICIA ESPINOSA is a Mexican-born, socially engaged multidisciplinary artist based in New York. 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