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Jessica Kairé

Guatemala city,Guatemala1984

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Jessica Kairé (Guatemala, 1980) is a Guatemalan-born artist living and working in New York. She is also the co-Founder and co-Director of NuMu (Nuevo Museo de Arte Contemporáneo) in Guatemala City, an egg-shaped museum that aims to satiate the lack of other contemporary art institutions in the city.

Kairé combines various media, including sculpture, food, ceramics and performance to create works that often solicit public participation. Her work addresses issues related to the Guatemalan and Latin identity in general and specific subjects of her native country: violence, underdevelopment, and tropicality as well as gender issues and her Jewish background. 

Her work has been exhibited in various museums such as: SculptureCenter, New York, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles; Museum of Fine Arts (MFAH), Houston; Museo del Barrio, New York; and Biennal 12 Online, Bienal do Mercosul, Brazil.

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Exhibitions by Jessica Kairé at Proyectos Ultravioleta: