Join us on the BGC Instagram for a tour of our Library Artists in Residence NYC studio spaces! See where they create their art, find out what inspires them, and get an update on their projects–LIVE!
Join BGC Library Artist in Residence (AIR), Lissy Mineo-Gonzalez, for an intimate studio visit! Despite COVID-19, Lissy has been in residence with BGC since October. Come see what she has been working on in advance of the virtual exhibition opening in May.
BGC’s Library AIR program invites artists whose work is grounded in research to use the library collection as an incubator for new work utilizing the library reference staff as thought partners in their process.
Lissy Mineo-Gonzalez is a Dominican-born interdisciplinary artist inspired by the juxtaposition between urbanization and the natural world. Her relationship to this friction stems from the disparate environments occupied by herself, her family, and her ancestors. Her themes explore the spectrum of eco-feminism, relationships between humans and non-human animals and plants, extinction, impermanence, and the intangibility of human consciousness.
In 2020, Lissy was chosen to be an artist in residence at AlterWork Studios in partnership with Back to the Lab NYC. In 2021, Lissy exhibited her work at AlterWork Studios in Queens, NY, and Gallery Petite in Brooklyn, NY. Her work is featured in En Foco’s online Apartment Gallery Series exhibition, Under Our Feet As Above Our Heads.
