Please join us Sunday December 9th at 2pm for a conversation between Alex M. Petersen and Teqen Zea-Aida about Alex's current exhibition at SooVAC, In the Future We'll All be Fun.
Alex M. Petersen currently lives and works in Minneapolis, MN. He recently graduated with a MFA from the University of Minnesota in 2017 where he received a Hasselmo Fellowship. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally with recent exhibitions in Portland, OR; Berkley, CA; and Minneapolis, MN. In 2016 he participated in a summer research and residency program at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, Scotland.
Teqen Zea-Aida is the founder and director of City Wide Artists, which seeks out work that is contemporary, controversial, and deeply rooted in the ongoing experiences of his selected artists. Looking out across several mediums, his curatorial focus is on emerging inner-city artists of color from within the local community and diverse international voices. City Wide Artists featured over 65 artists from 7 countries. Teqen was born in Colombia, raised in Forest Lake, Minnesota, and lived in between edgy emerging artistic talent as a long-time collector, independent curator and founder of City Wide Artists.
Here's more about Alex's Exhibition:
https://www.soovac.org/inthefuturewewillbefun
