Gladys Triana

Accumulation No. 2, 2017

Collagraph and paper lithograph monoprint

Image size: 30" x 22"

Paper size: 30" x 22"

Estimated value: $2000

Printed at CCP by Christopher Shore

Gladys was a 2017 Artist in Residence at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking which was partially funded by the NEA.

Gladys Triana was born in Camagüey, Cuba, and has resided in New York City since 1975. Triana completed her B.A. at Mercy College in 1976 and M.A. at Long Island University in 1977. She also studied printmaking at San Fernando University in Madrid, Spain from 1970-1972.

In 1957, Triana's paintings caught the eye of artist Mario Carreno, then the director of the Museo of Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. Carreno decided to include her work in a group exhibition at the museum, which would mark the beginning of a long career for the self-taught Triana, who has since been described as one of the most authentic and versatile Cuban artists of her generation. Living in New York City since 1975, her work has rebelled-in ways overt and subtle-against society's attempts to stereotype women and impose limitations on their freedom of expression.

Triana has received two Cintas Fellowships in art, the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation's CALL Program grant. Her art often references women's daily activities, exposing each mundane movement as an ephemeral event, and imbuing it with a hidden burst of creativity and life. Throughout her many artistic incarnations, Triana has revealed a constant need to avoid a traditional way of seeing. And so it is today with her photography, where she attempts to align the emotional realm with the poetry of the visual image.

Triana's artwork includes prints, drawings, collages, works on canvas, photography, and installations. Triana's work has been presented in numerous solo exhibitions and group shows around the US and abroad, including in museums such as The Bronx Museum of the Arts, El Museo de Arte Moderno in Santo Domingo, El Museo de Bellas Artes in Santiago de Chile, El Museo de la Ciudad in Mexico, the Housatonic Museum in Connecticut, The NSU Art Museum of Fort Lauderdale, the Frost Art Museum in Miami, and the ASU Art Museum in Arizona. Triana's work was the subject of Gladys Triana: A Retrospective Review 1965 - 2016, published by Wecksler Publishing in 2016. The book contains a forward by Eduardo Sullivan, with articles by Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Luis Carlos Emerich, Barbara MacAdam, Adriana Herrera, and José Antonio Navarrete.