Noé Martínez and María Sosa

Noé Martínez (b. 1986 in Michoacan, Mexico. Lives and works in Mexico City) is a visual artist and filmmaker who graduated from Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado (“La Esmeralda”), Mexico City. His work functions as a case study that emerges from personal history, making use of ethnographic methodologies and research of the various histories of indigenous communities of the American continent. His work has been screened at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2019; 21 Bienal de Arte contemporáneo SESC Videobrasil, Sao Paulo, 2019; FilmFront, Chicago, 2019; Native Crossroad Film Festival,Oklahoma, 2018; Festival Internacional de Cine, Morelia, 2018 (Winner of Eye to the Best Short Film of Michoacán); and at the International Performance Art Week, Venice, 2016.

María Sosa (b. 1985 in Morelia, Mexico. Lives and works in Mexico City) holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo. Her work develops from research about colonial pasts and how they shape contemporary racial, sexual and social dynamics in the American continent.Throughout her practice, Sosa pays particular attention to the eradication of knowledge surrounding non-western ways of life and prehispanic cultures. Her work has been exhibited in La Désse Verte Collection, Lasécu Artothèque, Lille, 2019; FilmFront, Chicago, 2018 & 2019; Native Crossroad Film Festival Oklahoma, 2018; Festival Internacional de Cine, Morelia, 2018 (Winner of Eye to the Best Short Film of Michoacán); and at the International Performance Art Week, Venice, 2016.

Due to the impact of COVID-19, the residency is conducted virtually, with the potential for residents to travel to the US once restrictions are lifted. Over the course of three months, Martínez and Sosa will be in dialogue with the SI curatorial team as they develop new collaborative work.