Adriana Vélez

Adriana Vélez

Adriana Velez is a Puerto Rican art historian, researcher, and writer. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts with a concentration in Art History and Museum Studies from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2022. Currently, she works as a freelance writer and is part of GBCA’s Urban Arts Leadership 2023 cohort.

Stories by Adriana Vélez
From Excavations of Forgotten Histories to Speculative Futures, the Baker Artist Awards Support the Unconventional

Works by Selin Balci, Kelley Bell, Oletha DeVane, Jordan Tierney, and Stephen Towns highlight the importance of rewarding experimentation, research, and innovation.

The Group Show "Ecocide" and a Window Installation by Taina Litwak Confront Environmental Violence

This exhibit at The Crow's Nest pushes you to do what you can do to protect the land and the communities that inhabit it.

An Interview with the Artist on Why Her New Exhibit Recenters Dominican Folklore

I started with La Ciguapa because I'm really interested in femininity and the concept of the womanly body in space, my body in space, my body in different places, especially as it relates to immigration. 

Monique Crabb, True Arizola-Lyons, Charles Mason III, and Monica Mirabile Nurture, Care, and Play in "Love & Cruelty" and Viscous

From maternal domestic labor and caregiving to childlike wonder, four visually distinct practices evoke a range of visceral associations.