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Follow on Google News | FIU's College of Architecture The Arts (CARTA) Alumna Teresita Fernandez Receives Alumni AwardFlorida International University Alumna receives the Distinguished Alumni Award at Torch Awards Gala
Fernández was born in Miami and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from FIU with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1990. She is the recipient of a 2005 MacArthur Fellowship, a Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award, an American Academy in Rome Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Artist’s Grant. In 2011, President Obama appointed Fernández to serve on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a federal panel that advises the president, Congress and governmental agencies on national matters of design and aesthetics. Fernández is best known for her prominent public sculptures and unconventional use of materials. Her work is characterized by an interest in perception and the natural world. Diverse in materials and wide-ranging conceptually, Fernández creates experiential, large-scale works that are often inspired by landscape and place as well as diverse historical and cultural references. She has had numerous major solo exhibitions including the Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC; ICA, Philadelphia; About The College of Architecture + The Arts: With more than 1,400 majors in seven academic departments— About FIU: Florida International University is recognized by the Carnegie Foundation as a community engaged university. Its colleges and schools (http://main.fiu.edu/ End
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