Meet with the artist and talk through the themes for her exhibition It’s a Luxury to Look Back, at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

ANGELA MISKIS, CULTURE PUSH FELLOW, FELLOWSHIP FOR UTOPIAN PRACTICE

Angela Miskis (b. Ecuador, 1987) is an artist and community organizer based in Southeast Queens. Her work is influenced by her family upbringing, dedication to social service, and building a healthier and more sustainable future in her immediate community. Angela Miskis graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2013 with a degree in Visual and Critical Studies. Her honors include the Silas H. Rhodes scholarship (2011), and the Visual and Critical Studies Scholarship (2013) which awarded her a five-month artist residency at the Leipzig International Art Programme (2014) in Germany. Recently, Miskis was awarded a residency at ChaShaMa's ChaNorth International Artists Program (2019) in Pine Plains, NY, and the ArtWorks Inc. Seminar Fellowship at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (2020). She is currently a Create Change Fellow with the Laundromat Project in New York, and a Utopian Practice Fellow with Culture Push(2021).