Wanda Acosta

I am a Latinx artist based in NYC and St. Augustine, Florida.
I enjoy experimenting with different mediums and subject matter. The joy is in creating. I am currently engaging with nudes and abstract expression as seen in these painting.

School of Visual Arts, NYC
International Center of Photography

2012
"What Remains", Soapbox Gallery, NY

2010
Governor's Island Art Fair & Residency

2008
"Audacity and Desperation", PS 122, NY
Enfoco New Works Exhibition, Taller Boricua Galleries, NY

2007
Chashama Visual Arts, Open Studio, NY

2006
GLAAD Out Auction, NY
“Diversity and Solidarity”, I-Gallery, NY
Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Queer Eye”, Harbor Gallery, University of Massachusetts/Boston
“Wish You Were Here 5”, A.I.R. Gallery, NY

2005
“Ninth Annual DUMBO Art Festival”, d.u.m.b.o. arts center, Brooklyn, NY
“Projects ‘05”, Carriage House at the Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY

2004
“Night of a Thousand Drawings”, Artists Space, NY
“Generation.04”, A.I.R. Gallery, NY
Starlight Lounge, NY

2003
“World”, Visionaire Exhibition at Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum, NY
515 Greenwich Street Open Studios, NY

AWARDS
2010 Governor Island Studio Residency
2007-2008 En Foco New Works Award – Honorable Mention
2006-2007 Chashama Visual Arts – Studio Grant

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Nueva Luz Photographic Journal, Volume 12 No. 3
Areford, David, Queer Eye, Harbor Gallery, University of Massachusetts/Boston, January 2006
World, Visionaire Issue No. 41, Visionaire Publishing, September 2003
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