AnySquared Spotlight Art Talk Featuring Cristian J Roldán. AnySquared Spotlight art talks highlight artists of all ages and experiences and include both members and friends. See videos of recent spotlight art talks on our YouTube Channel.
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ABOUT Cristian J Roldán
IG: @c.j.roldan and @roldan.aponte
I was born in 1989 in Caguas, Puerto Rico, where I studied an undergrad degree in Sociology at the University of Puerto Rico in Cayey. In 2014 I moved to Chicago, where I started working with the Puerto
Rican Cultural Center and developing my career as a community-based muralist. In 2019 I received my Master Degree in Art Education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
I use mural painting as a community-based tactic to resist invisibilization, and objectification by outsider narratives. This practice serves to codify the local narratives to challenge the indoctrination by hegemonic discourses. My art practice and research is based on a dialogue approach where mural painting narratives emerge from the community. Through this praxis, public art is applied as a means to preserve the collective memory, encode narratives from a first-hand perspective and politicize the public space. I create public art with the objective to intervene public spaces, as a way to raise consciousness, stimulate the imagination and preserve the collective memory.
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