Carolina Aranibar-Fernandez, born and raised in La Paz- Bolivia, currently lives and works in San Francisco, U.S. Her practice addresses geopolitical concerns of exploitation, as it relates to natural resource control and the invisible labor that supplies global trade. Drawing references from myths and oral story telling; her work interweaves textiles, video, pottery to create multimedia installations that explore historical and contemporary forms of labor, extactivism and destruction of Mother Earth. Aranibar-Fernandez’s recent work has been exhibited at the National Museum of Art in Bolivia, New York, Qatar, and in the 2017 Kathmandu triennial in Nepal. Received an M.F.A from Virginia Commonwealth University and a B.F.A from the Kansas City Art Institute. She is currently the resident artist for the 2019 - 2020 Binational Arts Residency and works both in Arizona (US) and Sonora (MX). She received the 2018-2019 Projecting All Voices Fellowship at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. Recipient of the 2016-2017 Fellowship at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. She is the 2020-2021 Race, Arts & Democracy Fellow at the Center of Study of Race, Arts & Democracy at Arizona State University.
EDUCATION
B.F.A from the Kansas City Art Institute M.F.A from Virginia Commonwealth University RESIDENCY
2021-2022 CALA Alliance, U.S 2019 -2020 Resident Artist, Bi-National Arts Residency, U.S / Mexico 2020 NAFASI, Tanzania 2020 The Studios of Key West, U.S 2015 Vermont Studio Center, U.S FELLOWSHIPS
2020-2021 Race, Arts, & Democracy Fellow. Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at Arizona State University 2018 -2019 Projecting All Voices Fellow, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University 2016-2017 Fellowship at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar |