Adjunct Professor
Ceramics

Kukuli Velarde

Kukuli Velarde is a Peruvian artist based in the United States since 1987. She has received awards and grants such as the Guggenheim Fellowship (NewYork- 2015), the United States Artists-Knight fellowship (California- 2009), the Pew fellowship in Visual Arts (Pennsylvania2003), the Anonymous is a Woman award (New York- 2000), the Joan Mitchell Foundation grant (New York- 1997), among others. In 2013 her project CORPUS got the Grand Prize at the Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennial in South Korea. She was part of faculty at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2022.

Her exhibition credits include: CORPUS touring exhibition at UTSA South West, Halsey Institute and Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (2022), KUKULI VELARDE: THE COMPLICIT EYE at Taller (Philadelphia, 2018-19); KUKULI VELARDE at AMOCA, (Los Angeles 2017); PLUNDER ME, BABY at the Yenggi Museum of Ceramics’ Biennial of Taipei (Taiwan 2014); CORPUS (work in Progress) at the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennial (South Korea 2013); also KUKULI VELARDE: PLUNDER ME, BABY at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in (Kansas city, KS in 2013), PATRIMONIO at Barry Friedman Gallery (NY, 2010) and PLUNDER ME, BABY at Garth Clark Gallery (NY, 2007).

She is married to Doug Herren, sculptor and they have a daughter named Vida. They live in Philadelphia, PA. USA.

Kukuli Velarde es una artista peruana radicada en Estados Unidos desde 1987. Ha recibido premios y becas como la Guggenheim Fellowship (Nueva York- 2015), la beca United States Artists-Knight (California- 2009), la beca Pew en Artes Visuales (Pennsylvania- 2003), el premio Anonymous is a Woman (Nueva York- 2000), la beca de la Fundación Joan Mitchell (Nueva York- 1997), entre otros. En 2013 su proyecto CORPUS obtuvo el Gran Premio en la Bienal de Cerámica de Gyeonggi en Corea del Sur.

Sus créditos de exhibición incluyen: CORPUS exhibición itinerante en UTSA South West, Halsey Institute y en Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (2022), KUKULI VELARDE: THE COMPLICIT EYE en Taller (Philadelphia, 2018-19); KUKULI VELARDE en AMOCA, (Los Ángeles 2017); PLUNDER ME, BABY en la Bienal del Museo de Cerámica Yenggi de Taipei (Taiwán 2014); CORPUS (work in Progress) en la Bienal Internacional de Cerámica de Gyeonggi (Corea del Sur 2013); también KUKULI VELARDE: SAQUEAME, BABY en el Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art de (Kansas city, KS en 2013), PATRIMONIO en Barry Friedman Gallery (NY, 2010) y PLUNDER ME, BABY en Garth Clark Gallery (NY, 2007).

Está casada con Doug Herren, escultor y tienen una hija llamada Vida. Viven en Filadelfia, Pensilvania. EE.UU.