Frieze Projects: Jackie Amézquita, ‘trazos de energía entre trayectorias fugaces (strokes of energy between impermanent trajectories)’, 2025
Jackie Amézquita, trazos de energía entre trayectorias fugaces (strokes of energy between impermanent trajectories), 2025
Lava rocks, fossil shell powder, biochar, copper, masa (corn dough), maize, lime-stone, grass, soil, and ocean water.
Location: 2
About the Project
The themes of migration and adaptation take centre stage in Jackie Amézquita’s large-scale interactive painting, set to occupy the community soccer fields at the Santa Monica Airport campus. Using traditional petates (woven mats) and an assortment of natural materials, Amézquita reinterprets migration data graphs as a dynamic social gathering map. Visitors will be invited to walk the pathways and immerse themselves in the work. Amézquita's work, featured in the 2023 Made in L.A. Biennale, explores intersections, movement, and the connections that shape community.
About the Artist
Jackie Amézquita (b. 1985, Quetzaltengo, Guatemala) migrated to the United States in 2003. Amézquita holds an AA in Visual Communications from LAVC, a BFA from ArtCenter College of Design, and a MFA from UCLA. Amézquita has exhibited with The Hammer Museum, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) CA, LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division) CA, 18th St Art Center CA, The Armory Center of the Arts CA, Vincent Price Art Museum CA, The Annenberg Space for Photography CA, Human Resources Los Angeles CA, MAD (Museum of Art and Design) NY, amongst other institutions and organizations. She is the recipient of the Made in LA Public recognition Mohn Award (2023, Mohn Land Award (2022), Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts Los Angeles Art Fund (2022), and National Performance Network Fund (2022). Amézquita’s work is part of the permanent collection of The Hammer Museum. Amézquita has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Hyperallergic, Walker Art Center Magazine, among other publications. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California — the unceded land of the Tongva people.
Further Information
Frieze Los Angeles, 20 – 23 February 2025, Santa Monica Airport.
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Main Image: Jackie Amézquita, strokes of energy between impermanent trajectories (render), 2025. Courtesy: the artist
