Resident Faculty Lecture:
Guadalupe Maravilla
Type
Lecture
Series
Barbara Lee Lecture Series
Location
Old Dominion Fresco Barn
Skowhegan Campus
39 Art School Rd
Madison, ME 04950
Date
7:30 PM
Related from The Library
Our 2025 Barbara Lee Lecture Series begins with a lecture by Guadalupe Maravilla. Guadalupe’s transdisciplinary practice is rooted in autobiography, activism, and healing. “I see my art as a Trojan Horse for healing,” he explains, “drawing viewers visually, only to lead them into a healing experience that invites them to reflect on their own spiritual practice.”
Combining sculpture, painting, performative acts, and installation, Guadalupe grounds his transdisciplinary practice in activism and healing. Engaging a wide variety of visual cultures, Guadalupe’s work is autobiographical, referencing his unaccompanied, undocumented migration to the United States due to the Salvadoran Civil War. Across all media, he explores how the systemic abuse of immigrants physically manifests in the body, reflecting on his own battle with cancer.
About the artist:
Guadalupe was born in El Salvador in 1976 and he lives in Brooklyn, New York. His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Olso, Norway; and the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, among others. He has received numerous awards and fellowships including a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, 2019; He has presented solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
About the Barbara Lee Lecture Series:
The Barbara Lee Lecture Series is an annual series that features faculty artists during our summer program. During this series, we open our campus to the public, welcoming our friends and neighbors into the conversations that take place at the School. After the summer program, the lectures become part of the Lecture Archive, a growing collection of recordings that can be accessed online or on request.
