Salvador de la Torre: Monads of Memory
Visual Arts Center, California State University, Fullerton, November 14–17, 2016
Curated by Joseph Daniel Valencia
In their MFA thesis exhibition, Salvador de la Torre uses illustration, photography, and site-specific installation to document their durational performance entitled 365 Days in an Immigrant's Shirt. Taking place between 2014 and 2015, the project generated discourse surrounding social injustices, hemispheric politics, and the human element of migration. The works in this exhibition document the performance art piece, acting both as ghosts of the performance and monads of memory.
Mexican-born, Texas-raised Salvador de la Torre is an artist, educator, and self-identified storyteller currently based in Los Angeles. Their work often draws upon personal experiences and family histories to generate discourse around art, activism, migration, queerness, and self-acceptance. Through drawing and performance, among other creative outputs, de la Torre meditates on the power of art to enact personal and collective change. Their work has been featured nationally and internationally, including solo exhibitions at Eastside International (Los Angeles, CA) and Grand Central Art Center (Santa Ana, CA) and group exhibitions at Consulado General de México en Los Ángeles, Dallas Latino Cultural Center, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Design Atlanta, and the Torrance Art Museum. They earned an MFA from California State University, Fullerton and a BA in Fine Art from Texas A&M International University.