A Conversation with Artist Enrique Martínez Celaya

Enrique Martínez Celaya, The Huntington’s inaugural Fellow in the Visual Arts, will join Dennis Carr, Virginia Steele Scott Chief Curator of American Art, in a conversation about the artist’s work and artistic practice, which merges elements of art, philosophy, and poetry. This conversation will consider the inspirations that have shaped Martínez Celaya’s practice, especially the immersive installation There-Bound, currently on view in the Erburu Galleries, which interweaves borders, place, memory, movement, dislocation, and time.

This event is open-seating, first come, first served.

About the Artist:
Enrique Martínez Celaya is an artist, author, and former physicist whose work has been exhibited and collected internationally. He is a provost professor of humanities and arts at USC, a distinguished professor for the MFA in Fine Arts at Otis College of Art and Design, and a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College. He received a bachelor of science in applied physics and a minor in electrical engineering from Cornell University, and a master of science with a specialization in quantum electronics from the University of California, Berkeley. He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture and earned an MFA with the department’s highest distinction from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

For questions about this program, please contact Elizabeth Clingerman at eclingerman@huntington.org or call 626-405-2225.