Amalia Mesa-Bains

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American | 1943

Amalia Mesa-Bains is an American artist who was born in 1943.

Where can I see Amalia Mesa-Bains's works?

Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Numerous key galleries and museums such as MCASD, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla have featured Amalia Mesa-Bains's work in the past.

Amalia Mesa-Bains in the news

Amalia Mesa-Bains has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Hyperallergic in May 2025.

Current Exhibitions

Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory

The Cheech

Riverside | California | USA

Mar 01,2025 - Aug 03,2025

Kinetic Traces

National Academy of Design

New York | USA

Jun 11,2025 - Sep 12,2025

Shifting Landscapes

Whitney Museum of American Art

Greenwich Village | New York | USA

Nov 01,2024 - Jan 01,2026

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Articles

Hyperallergic 01/05/2025

Amalia Mesa-Bains鈥檚 altars to memory, Akinsanya Kambon鈥檚 Pan-Africanist sculptures, colonial wine production, restaging Diane Arbus鈥檚 1972 retrospective, and more.

Glasstire 04/04/2025

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) will debut Frida: The Making of an Icon, curated by Mari Carmen Ram铆rez in January 2026.

ARTFORUM 01/04/2025

As defined in a foundational 1989 essay by scholar Tom谩s Ybarra-Frausto, rasquachismo is an aesthetic and attitude in the work of Chicano artists determined to create a celebratory vernacular amid societal and cultural disenfranchisement.

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Coverage

鈥� ..While Amalia Mesa-Bains works in a variety of mediums, she is perhaps best-known for her intricate, contemporary interpretations of traditional sacred forms of altar, ofrenda, descanso and capilla... 鈥�
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Galería de la Raza

鈥� ..Following both a personal and professional trajectory, Mesa-Bains will weave elements from her previous installations into this work... 鈥�
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Fowler Museum at UCLA

鈥� ..Through an exploration of ancient and contemporary histories, Mesa-Bains traces how the past informs the present... 鈥�
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Galería de la Raza

鈥� ..Inspired by extensive study of the mythical Mictlan to the visual legacy of Nigeria, the artist has produced a series of rarely seen prints, which layer visual narratives of people and places as well as... 鈥�
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Galería de la Raza