Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship; Carolina Mayorga Examples of Works Pink Rancho 1, from the series PINK Ranchos and other Ephemeral Zip Codes, 2019 8 x 10 x 6 inches Installation with 6 Video-sculptures (1 of 6) This video sculpture was part of the multimedia project PINK Ranchos and other Ephemeral Zip Codes, my first solo museum exhibition at the Art Museum of the Americas, OAS, Washington DC, February 14-May 19, 2019. Performance presentations in Washington, DC., Bogotá and Bucaramanga, Colombia. Detail, video inside sculpture from PINK Ranchos and other Ephemeral Zip Codes, 2019Duration: 39 sec loop, no sound. Pink Recital, 2019Interactive installation with upright piano and video projections The altered pink piano produces sounds from testimonials given by women to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States. Sculpture encourages the audience to play and create improvised sounds and compositions inspired by the audio excepts triggered by 6 altered keys of the wired upright piano. Art Museum of the Americas and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC., 2019. Mountain Girl, 201924 x 18 inchesInk, colored pencil, collage on paperMixed media piece inspired by recent travels to the American Southwest. Marisol’s Warriors, 2019 15 ¼ x 8 x 2 inches Sculpture (Acrylic paint on wood block) Wood block belonged to Pop artist Marisol (1930-2016). The Living Postcard, 2014-2018Performance Art , duration, 2 hours. The artist dressed in a stereotypical Latin American outfit sits still inside a life-size picture frame in which audience is encouraged to have their picture taken with the character. Various presentations in Washington DC. Pieta: Daniela, from the series, Reincarnations, 2015-2018 30 x 20 inches Photography Presented in different locations in Washington, DC, New York, Maryland and Virginia. PINK-mentation, 2018Performance Art Duration, 4 hours Presented for the Art in Odd Places Festival, Charlottesville, VA Untitled from the multimedia project Divine Revelations, 2012 30 x 20 inches (1 of 32 photographs) Photography and performance art Photo-installation solo exhibition, Washington, DC. Roving performance presented in NYC, Washington, DC and Maryland. Maid in the USA, 2012-2018 Endurance Performance Art Duration: 7 hours Cleaning performance presented at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and other locations in Washington, DC., Chicago, and Canada.