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Astrid González

Pronouns: Any pronouns

Date and place of birth: b. 1994, Colombia

Current location: Medellín, Colombia

Year(s) of residency and/or fellowship: 2022, Democracy Machine Fellow; 2023, Democracy Machine Fellow

Astrid González is a multidisciplinary artist whose studio practice encompasses video, photography, and sculpture surrounding her efforts to “bolster Black art history in Columbia.” Her work is informed by investigations into perceptions of the body. She explores Maroon peoples, the descendants of Africans in the Americas; and the whitening processes as the paradigm of progress in the Americas as a means of bringing oral traditions to the institution.