Sara Allen Prigodich, “Fixed State” in the TDP Gallery

Five Points Launchpad Biennial Exhibition in the West Gallery
Launchpad Artists: Ethan Brewerton, Erin Cunliffe, Arnethia Douglass, Sarah Sparkowski, Emilia Stronk.

The Talk will be moderated by Ricardo Reyes.

Rico is the Edith Dale Monson Gallery Curator and Director. Dean’s Office for Art, Hartford Art School

Rico oversees the activities of the Joseloff and Silpe Galleries, the Kaman Print Study Center, and the Art on Campus program at the University of Hartford.

Rico is an artist, a curator, and a cultural theorist. His art employs the idioms of performance, video, and installation while addressing issues of ethnicity, sexuality, global politics, and capitalist exploitation. His curating is focused on contemporary art from diasporic Filipino communities; mega-exhibitions and art fairs; photography and cultural regeneration, and has curated exhibitions at UCLA Fowler Museum; SF MOMA Artist Gallery; University of the Pacific Reynolds Gallery; Thacher Gallery at the University of San Francisco; Queer Cultural Center; Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center; SoMA Arts Center; and Michaela Gallery, Remy’s at Temple Gallery, Los Angeles; Puro Arte Gallery and Performance Space, Los Angeles.

Rico received his BA in Sculpture from UC Berkeley and his MFA in New Genres from UCLA, and his PhD from the Centre for Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has served on the board of Five Points since 2019.