2024
July 20 – August 9 | gallery closed
August 10 – September 20, 2024 | Eliana Miranda, Qué Calor
Qué Calor investigates environmental intersectionality that stems from heat related disasters revolving around the U.S.- Mexico border. The impact of rising temperatures is felt all over the world through catastrophic events such as heat waves, flooding, and droughts. However, the influence of a changing climate is experienced through the militarization of the U.S.-Mexico Border. On the border, heat, land, and water are used as a weapon to hurt immigrants and asylum seekers. These events are detrimental to human life and survival often becomes the overarching goal.
Eliana Miranda is a visual artist and co-founder of Nuestra Art Collective who currently lives in Dallas, TX. Miranda has a BA from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York and an MA and MFA from the University of Dallas. She been in numerous exhibitions including Latino Americans 500 Years of History at the Idaho State University, Contemporaneous Commentary: Voices in the Current Sociopolitical Atmosphere at the Wichita State University, Intersections at the Texas Woman’s University, and the AMOA Biennial 600: Justice• Equality• Race• Identity at the Amarillo Museum of Art. She was one of the selected artists for the virtual residency with the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, TX., and the 2022 Texas Vignette. Her work has been featured in publications such as The Dallas Observer, KERA, and D Magazine.