Antonia Wright

Antonia Wright, left.

Miami, FL

August 5, 2010 - August 24, 2010

Antonia Wright is a Miami-born artist who has lived and traveled all over the world. Her work employs photography, poetry, performance, video art, installation, sculpture, and the interaction between these forms to question the world around her. She received an M.F.A. in poetry from the New School University in New York City and is a graduate of the International Center of Photography’s General Studies Program. She has worked for Clyde Butcher, Patrick Demarchelier among others and she was recently featured in New York Magazine’s article, “The New Talent Show: Pot-Luck Culture”, on upcoming artists. Antonia’s work has been in many exhibitions including the Envoy Gallery in New York City, “Slideluck Potshow” in McCaren Park Pool, The DUMBO Art Center’s “Down Under the Bridge Festival” in Brooklyn, and Amnesty International’s exposé on Cuban-American Artists at A+D Museum in Los Angeles. Wright is currently an artist in residence at the ArtCenter South Florida and the assistant to the curator at The Margulies Collection at the WAREhOUSE. She began her artistic career as a clown at children’s birthday parties.