This exhibition—“Raíces y Renacimiento. Mujeres Dominicanas en el Arte” [Roots and Rebirth: Dominican Women in Art]— was on view over a month ago at Hostos Community College (sorry we missed it), but we wanted to highlight the brilliant selection of Dominican artists curated by Austria Olloa. The show took place at the Hostos Center for Arts and Culture, Bronx, New York, and closed on April 16, 2025.
The participating artists were: Adela Doré, América Olivo, América Rodríguez, Ana María López, Carmen Inés Bencosme, Citlally Miranda, Ileana Emilia García, Inés Tolentino, Iris Pérez, Joiri Minaya, Judith Mora, Julianny Ariza, Luanda Lozano, Luz Severino, Marcia Guerrero, Nathalie Landestoy, Patricia Encarnación, Paula Saneaux, Scherezade García, Soraya Abu Naba’a, Wildriana Paulino, and Yelaine Rodríguez (whose work is shown above). For an excellent review of the exhibition (in Spanish), visit the Chilean art journal Artishock.
Contemporary& América Latina describes:
Raíces y renacimiento examines how Dominican artists honor their history while reshaping the meaning of belonging in an evolving culture.
Curated by Austria Ulloa, Raíces y renacimiento: Mujeres Dominicanas en el Arte (Roots and Rebirth: Dominican Women in Art) brings to Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture works by 22 Dominican women artists. Through painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media, the artists bridge cultural heritage with contemporary expression, reinterpreting tradition while embracing new creative directions. Their works engage with themes of memory, identity, and transformation, drawing from Dominican folklore, Afro-Caribbean spirituality, and the experiences of migration and diaspora.
“This exhibition underscores the power of Dominican women’s voices in contemporary art. Their work is a testament to the resilience of cultural identity and the endless possibilities of artistic reinvention,” says Austria Ulloa. [. . .]
Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture
Campus of Hostos Communtiy College
CUNY at 450 Grand Concourse, off 149th Street, Bronx.
New York
For original article, see https://amlatina.contemporaryand.com/editorial/raices-y-renacimiento-mujeres-dominicanas-en-el-arte/ and, in Spanish, https://amlatina.contemporaryand.com/es/editorial/raices-y-renacimiento-mujeres-dominicanas-en-el-arte/#:0la
Read a full review at https://artishockrevista.com/2025/04/10/roots-and-rebirth-mujeres-dominicanas-en-el-arte/
For more on the Center, see www.hostoscenter.org
[Shown above, a piece by Yelaine Rodríguez.]