Coco Guzmán

Coco Guzmán, known also as Coco Riot is a queer visual artist of Spanish origin, who is internationally known for her activism and artistic exploration of gender equality and feminist issues.[2]

Coco Guzmán
Born1979
Murcia, Spain
NationalitySpanish
EducationÉcole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse, Université de Paris VIII, Universidad de Murcia
OccupationVisual Artist, Author, Professor
EmployerSeneca College, Lakehead University
Known forQueer Activism, Social Justice Activism
Awards2015 Artscape Award in the Visual Arts, Toronto, ON [1]
Websitehttp://www.cocoriot.com/

Guzmán was born in 1979 in Murcia, a small city in Southern Spain, and grew up in a family of scientists. At 19, she moved to France for higher education and became involved in feminist, queer, and anarchist movements in Europe.[3] After obtaining a Master of Arts in Comparative Medieval Literature[4][5] at Paris VIII University in 2003, she began exploring the queer graphic novel as an artistic medium.[6] Guzmán was accepted to the Toulouse Fine Arts Academy, to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts.[7][5] She moved to Montreal (Canada) in 2008 and currently lives in Toronto and teaches at Seneca College and Lakehead University.[8]

Exhibitions
  • Genderpoo (2008)[9][10]
  • Los Fantasmas/The Ghosts (2015)[8][10][7]
  • The Demonstration (2016)[11]
  • Paraiso/Paradise premiere: Manif d'Art 8, International Quebec City Biennial, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada [curated group exhibition] (2017)[5][12]

Publications
  • Telling Our Stories: Immigrant Women's Resilience (2017)[13][14][2][15]
  • Llueven Queers[10]
  • Artistic citizenship:Queer and Trans People of Color Community Arts Collective: Ste- Émilie Skillshare, A New Letter Named Square [16]
gollark: Oh, my profile picture?
gollark: What hexagon pizza?
gollark: I mean, I could automate it, but most games seem to dislike that sort of thing for some stupid reason.
gollark: If only I had the patience to randomly breed together my 500 dragons...
gollark: I believe we are seeing the initial wave of eggs about 5 hours post-release.

References
  1. "Artist Wins Residency as Part of 2015 TOAE Prize". Artscape. 2015.
  2. "Graphic novel sparks Ontario-wide conversation about violence against women". OCASI.
  3. "Meet Coco Guzman, Winner of the 2015 Artscape Award @ TOAE". Archived from the original on 2015.
  4. "Coco Riot". Diversité artistique Montréal (DAM).
  5. "Manif d'Art 8, the Quebec City Biennial". Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  6. Johnson, Kjerstin (18 January 2012). "Sm{art}: The Colors of Coco Riot". Bitch Media.
  7. "Los Fantasmas / Coco Guzman". Forest City Gallery. January 2017.
  8. "Coco Guzman – Los Fantasmas / The Ghosts". Eastern Edge Gallery. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  9. Morgan-Feir, Caoimhe (2 August 2016). "Does the 21st-Century Museum Include Gender-Neutral Washrooms?". Canadian Art. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  10. Horel, Julia (4 February 2014). "Letters Lived Contributor: Coco Guzman". Shameless Mag.
  11. Widge (14 October 2016). "Coco Guzman's The Demonstration installation reveals vulnerability of protest movements". I Dream of Billboards Burning. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  12. Desloges, Josianne (16 February 2017). "Bordée d'art sur Québec". La Presse. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  13. vanKampen, Stephanie (3 March 2017). "Graphic novel puts spotlight on violence against immigrant women". CBC.
  14. Paradkar, Shree (2 March 2017). "After pain from abuse comes loneliness: Paradkar". Toronto Star.
  15. da Silva, Michelle (1 March 2017). "Graphic novel aims to spark dialogue on sexual violence in newcomer communities". Now Toronto.
  16. Elliott, David; Silverman, Marissa; Bowman, Wayne, eds. (2016). Artistic Citizenship: Artistry, Social Responsibility, and Ethical Praxis. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199393756.
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