Valerie Piraino

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Valerie Piraino n'umunyabugeni w'umunyarwanda ariko utuye muri Amerika umenyerewe cyane mu gushushanya no gutaka ibishushanyo. 

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Yavutse muri 1981 i Kigali, mu Rwanda  akurira haba mu gihugu cye ndetse no muri Amerika. Ubuhanzi bwe bugaragaza indangamuntu y’amahanga kandi bukubiyemo insanganyamatsiko nko gusobanura ibintu byinshi biranga muri rusange, kurwanya ubukoloni (cyangwa kurwanya imperialism), diaspora ny'afurika.  https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2017/05/28/two-kingston-artists-featured-in-dubai-exhibit/ https://artswestchester.org/she-deconstructing-female-identity/she_exhibition_brochure/ Yahawe ibihembo birenga icumi bimwemerera imikoranire, kandi yagiye agaragara mu imurikagurisha rirenga mirongo itatu muri leta umunani za Amerika ndetse no mubindi bihugu bitatu.https://artfacts.net/artist/valerie-piraino/247415 
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Nyina wa Valerie, yari umuhanga mu kudoda  mu Rwanda, yahuye na se w'umunyamerika, igihe yakoraga mu bikorwa byo gutabara no kwiteza imbere. Nyuma yo kuva mu bwana bwe akiri muto yagiye muri Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Kongo, no mu bindi bihugu bitatu byo muri Afurikahttps://art.state.gov/valerie-piraino/, Valerie, kimwe n'ababyeyi be, bimukiye muri Arizona. Nyuma, umuryango we wimukiye i Baltimore, MD, aho yize muri kaminuza ya Maryland Institute of Art . Igihe Valerie yigaga i Baltimore, yasubiye mu Rwanda, aho benshi mu ruhande rwa nyina bari biciwe muri Jenoside yakorewe abatutsi mu Rwandahttps://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2004-05-18-0405180135-story.html. Uru rugendo rwashishikarije umurimo we nk'umuhanzi uhuza ibihugu, harimo n'umushinga we. Mu 2005, Valerie yimukiye mu mujyi wa New York, ari naho yatangiriye MFA mu ishuri ry’ubuhanzi rya kaminuza ya Columbia . Yarangije muri MFA ye mu 2009 yahise yihutira guhanga umurimo we, kuri ubu akora nk'umwarimu w'igihe gito mu ishuri rya Parsons of Designhttps://www.joanmitchellfoundation.org/valerie-piraino. 

 Ibikorwa bigaragara n'imurikagurisha 
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Ikigaragara ni uko umurimo we uzwi cyane, ni urukurikirane rw'ibishusho bigizwe namapapayi yakoze ashushanyije ibice bya polystirene, hanyuma bigahisha imiterere y'ibumba ryirabura rya epoxy, irangi, resin, ibiti, ndetse rimwe na rimwe akoresha irangi rya zahabu kugirango anogereze igishushanyo.  Mu kuganira ku kamaro k’amabara, umukara na zahabu, Valerie avuga ko umukara na zahabu byibutsa ubucukuzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro ndetse n’ibidukikije byabereye muri Afurika kubera ubukoloni.  Amabara n'imiterere nabyo byerekana uruhu rw'abaturage bava muri Afurika bakoreshejwe mu mutungo kamere wabo.  https://gulfnews.com/culture/arts/in-a-constant-state-of-flux-1.2053611
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Amapapayi ni imbuto zatoranijwe kugirango zihagararire imyumvire yo kurwanya ubukoloni kubwimpamvu ebyiri zingenzi. Iya mbere, Amapapayi yari ifunguro rya mugitondo mugihe yari umukobwa muto akiri muri Afurika. Icya kabiri, amapapayi, akomoka muri Karayibe, bagereranya nk'ubukoloni kuko "bakurikiza inzira y'ubutegetsi bwa gikoloni ".   Mu imurikagurisha ryarangiye muri Mutarama, 2017 ryiswe Dis Place mu Nzu Ndangamurage y’ubuhanzi bwa Diasporan , amapapayi yasaga nkaho yakomeretse, byerekana ihohoterwa rikorerwa abagore bo muri Afurika. https://hyperallergic.com/260681/artists-of-the-african-diaspora-cast-off-the-legacy-of-displacement/ Mu gihe amapapayi ari bimwe mu bikorwa bya Valerie bizwi cyane, yakoze ibindi bishushanyo byinshi kandi yagiye mu imurikagurisha mu gihugu hose, ndetse anagaragara mu imurikagurisha mu bindi bihugu ku isihttps://socratessculpturepark.org/artist/valerie-piraino/.
+Urutonde rwuzuye rw'imurikagurisha rya Valerie Piraino YearExhibition TitleInstitution/GalleryLocation2010Collective ShowParticipant Inc.New York City, NYUsable PastsStudio Museum in HarlemNew York City, NY2011FidelityMeyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of ArtBaltimore, MDThe Third PartyNight GalleryLos Angeles, CA2012The Bearden ProjectStudio Museum in HarlemNew York City, NYGet it on the RecordVisceglia Gallery, Caldwell CollegeCaldwell, NJForeStudio Museum in HarlemNew York City, NY2013Present FutureArtissimaTurin, ItalyReconstructionCrosstown ArtsMemphis, TNPhotoplayCindy Rucker GalleryNew York City, NYBody LanguageStudio Museum in HarlemNew York City, NYRound 39: Looking Back, Moving ForwardProject Row HousesHouston, TX2014Lucky DrawSculpture CenterNew York City, NY"The House Seems All Upset" Contemporary Art Interventions on Critical WhitenessJade Addams Hull House MuseumChicago, ILRetreatValerie Carberry GalleryChicago, ILThe Bearden ProjectTexas State UniversitySan Marcos, TX2015After AfropolitanWeeksville Heritage CenterBrooklyn, NYAfrica's OutGladstone GalleryNew York City, NYMirror MirrorKate Werble GalleryNew York City, NYDisplaceMOCADABrooklyn, NY2016SHE: Deconstructing Female IdentityArtsWestchesterWhite Plains, NYCollector's ClubProject Row HousesHouston, TXCAMSTL GalaContemporary Art Museum St. LouisSt, Louis, MOPalatableStudio Museum in HarlemNew York City, NYEvent HorizonLesley Heller WorkspaceNew York City, NYLucky DrawSculpture CenterNew York City, NYEveryday RedefinedCorridor GalleryBrooklyn, NYWhatever moves between us also moves the world in generalMurray Guy GalleryNew York City, NYAfricans in AmericaGoodman GalleryJohannesburg, South Africa2017Elective Affinities: A LibraryHunter College Art GalleriesNew York City, NYDowntown 83 Aljira Benefit and AuctionAljira Center for Contemporary ArtNewark, NJA Fast, Moving SkyThe Third Line GalleryDubai, United Arab EmiratesThe Socrates AnnualSocrates Sculpture ParkNew York City, NY

 Ibihembo yatsindiye 
Valerie yakiriye ubusabane nibihembo mu myaka ye yose yo guhanga ibihangano.
+Urutonde rwuzuye rw'ibihembo bya Valerie Piraino / Ubusabane  Umwaka Izina ryigihembo / Ubusabane2004Jacques and Natasha Gelman Travel Award2009Studio Museum in Harlem, Artist-in-residence2011Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Nominee2012Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Nominee2013Project Row Houses, Visiting Artist2014Joan Mitchell Foundation, Emerging Teaching Artist Fellow2015Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Process Space2017Socrates Sculpture Park, Emerging Artist FellowshipOffshore ResidencyLouis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award Nominee2018Joan Mitchell Center, Artist-in-residenceThe Wassaic Project, Editions Program

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