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 Sofia Maldonado, the artist most recent proposals have been dedicated to develop several art projects in collaboration with the skateboarding scene in both her native Puerto Rico and New York City. In The Tropical Storm Bowl, Sofia transformed an abandoned pool in the middle of a Puerto Rican rainforest into a skate bowl; in New York she made a "guerilla" painting on a rooftop skate park in the Lower East Side. Her fascination with the skateboarding scene comes from her interest in establishing a dialogue between mural painting and the anarchistic way skateboarding culture adopts urban locations. Continuing in this vein, Sofia developed the idea for a new project, Skate my Patria, that will allow the exchange of skate culture experiences and provide much needed equipment to Cuba. Skate my Patria will take place in Cuba during the Tenth Havana Biennial (March 27 - April 30, 2009). Sofia Maldonado was born in Puerto Rico (1984). As an Artist, she admires her country's rural landscapes, along with the chaos of the city and the abandoned structures within them. During her undergraduate studies she painted numerous murals, with or without permission, in abandoned building, barrios, and indoor spaces as a way to bring beauty to each site. By creating her own visual language with bright colors and flowing brush strokes that simulate nature, she received recognition as a mural painter in her country. Sofia's artwork is a blend of fashion trends, the Latina female aesthetic and various street culture elements, such as skateboarding, graffiti, public art, reggaeton, and punk music. |
