Itziar Okariz
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Itziar Okariz (also spelled Itziar Ocáriz, born 1965) is a Basque/Spanish artist based in New York City and San Sebastián.
Biography[edit]
Itziar Okariz was born in San Sebastián and studied painting and sculpture at the Universidad del País Vasco.
Work[edit]
Her work is usually based on photographs or film installations and performance, in forms inspired by the Situationists. She is often identified as a feminist artist, although she does not like the label because it contextualizes her work too narrowly.[1] According to Javier Hontoria of Artforum, she "has always focused on a performativity that also examines the ties between landscape and architecture, sign and ritual, or sexuality and territory. In her quest to render the self, her practice took a turn to the verbal over the spatial, privileging language over the body... Much of Okariz's practice is built upon small linguistic units and signs that produce meaning through emphatic reiteration."[2]
She has exhibited works in many countries in Europe and in the United States.
- Selection of work
- Faces (video installation, 1999)
- Publication Itziar Okariz (Vitoria-Gasteiz : Servicio Central de Publicaciones del Gobierno Vasco, 2001)
- Mear en espacios públicos o privados / Peeing in Public or Private Spaces
- Trepar edificios
- "Irrintzi" (Exhibition Chacun à son goût, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 2007)
Awards[edit]
- 1995: 1st prize in Gure Artea of the Basque Country
- 1993: 3rd prize in the Certamen de Artistas Noveles in San Sebastian
References[edit]
- ^ "Kunsthausbaselland – ITZIAR OKARIZ". kunsthausbaselland.ch. March 30, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
- ^ Hontoria, Javier (March 11, 2016). "Itziar Okariz – artforum.com / critics' picks". Artforum. Retrieved November 8, 2017.