A Claiming, Which Cannot Be Tamed

A Claiming, Which Cannot Be Tamed
September 1 – October 23, 2020

Curated by Alberto Garcia R. and Krystal Ramirez

A Claiming, Which Cannot Be Tamed, brings together four artists within different trajectories of their practice and careers. This includes Fawn Douglas, Tiffany Lin, Erick Mendel, and César Piedra. They are all protagonists in our collective process of acknowledging the past and the reconstruction of our future. They push against the context of imperialist legacies, late-stage capitalism, and the sociopolitical by questioning and challenging them through their practice.

This exhibition features video, textiles, sculpture, and drawing; artworks that investigate power structures, and explore cultural identity, through consumer culture, nationhood, and symbolism.

Alberto Garcia R. is a Reno-based independent curator and arts educator whose research is engaged in gender, race, and identity. He has interned at the Nevada Museum of Art, where he served as an Education Intern, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, as a Video and Film Curatorial Intern. Alberto is a long-time Holland member, having participated in programs as a teen at Hug High School and later as a Gallery Committee Member, volunteer, and collaborator. He also worked with Dean’s Future Scholars, Brooklyn Museum, the Nevada Museum of Art as a guest curator, fashion label Barragán, and is also working on his Masters Degree in Counseling. He served as the Holland Project Gallery Manager between 2020-2022.

Krystal Ramirez is a Las Vegas-based artist working across media, utilizing photography, found materials, and found text to engage in motifs of race, gender, and physical/emotional labor within the framework of her Latinidad. She received her BFA in Studio Art from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada, and a Master of Fine Arts in Art Practice from Stanford University. Ramirez has shown in museums and galleries throughout the United States, including the Nevada Museum of Art (Reno, NV), Barrick Museum of Art (Las Vegas, NV), NMSU Art Museum (Las Cruces, NM), SOMArts (San Francisco, CA), and Gallery 400 (Chicago, IL.)

Photo Album | 5Q’s with Erick Medel