Adrian EsparzaEl Paso, Texas, USA

Dream Drought

El Paso-based artist Adrian Esparza creates artworks from mass-produced consumer goods such as t-shirts, serapes, and posters. He deconstructs these source materials and reconfigures them into geometric patterns, thereby disrupting the object’s original intent. The handmadeRead more

Adriana LaraMexico City, Mexico

Artificial

Mexico City-based artist Adriana Lara de-emphasizes object making in favor of a conceptual reimagining of artistic production and the exhibition space. She playfully turns her attention to artistic models in order to set up problems or situations forRead more

Mario Ybarra, Jr.Los Angeles, California, USA

Silver and Blacks

Mario Ybarra, Jr. is a Los Angeles-based artist who creates artworks that he considers forms of portraiture and landscape. Founder of the art collective Slanguage, Ybarra draws inspiration from southern California’s unique mix of inhabitants, history, and streetRead more

Curator

Jens HoffmannDirector, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art

Jens Hoffmann was appointed Director of the CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco in 2006. Before assuming his position at the CCA Wattis Institute, Hoffmann was director of exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London. At the ICARead more