Meet the Artists: Magdelena Dukiewicz, Caroline Garcia, and Blanka Amezkua

Magdalena Dukiewicz (b. Warsaw, Poland) is a visual artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Her practice is rooted in processes and materials that explore the intersections of the organic and the industrial. Dukiewicz’s work has been presented in solo and two-person exhibitions at GHOSTMACHINE Gallery, Ivy Brown Gallery, The Border Project Space and Stand4 Gallery, all in New York, and at Fundación Bacalarte, Warsaw, Poland. Her work was showcased as a part of the inaugural 2019 exhibition at Bio BAT Art Space and Sci-Art Center in New York and during the 2018 Berlin Art and Science Week. Dukiewicz’s work has also been included in group exhibitions at NO Gallery, The Immigrant Artist Biennial at NARS Foundation and School of Visual Arts Flatiron Gallery, all in New York; Camden Art Centre, London, UK; and the Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles, CA. She has been awarded numerous grants, residencies, and scholarships, including the Nessa Cohen Grant for Sculpture; a grant from the Polish Ministry of Culture and Heritage; Carlos Amorales Studio Art Residency in Mexico City; and at School of Visual Arts Bio Art Residency and Pioneer Works, both New York. Dukiewicz earned an MFA from Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, and a BFA and MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland.

Caroline Garcia is an interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, New York, working across performance, moving image and installation. Garcia’s cross-cultural and research-based practice combines ethno-traditional forms of knowledge (such as dance, botany, poetry and ceramics) with digital technologies (including green screening, robotics, motion capture, extended realities (AR/VR) and 3D processes). Garcia has presented work in New York at The SHED, Lincoln Center, Apexart, Creative Time Summit X & HQ, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Smack Mellon and The Vera List Center, among others; and internationally at The Sydney Opera House and Museum of Contemporary Art in Australia; Manila Biennale, Philippines; Art Central Hong Kong and Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong; Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Kallithea, Greece; Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin, Germany; and Salzburger Kunstverein, Austria. She is the recipient of a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship: Digital/Electronic Arts, New York Artadia Award, Franklin Furnace Fund and the American Australian Association’s AUSART Fellowship. Garcia has participated in residencies at Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Rensselaer, International Studio and Curatorial Program, Pioneer Works, Institute for Electronic Arts (Experimental Projects), Recess Arts and Lower Manhattan Cultural Center, all in New York. She earned an MFA in Fine Arts from Parsons The New School of Art, Media, and Technology, New York.

Blanka is an interdisciplinary artist, cultural promoter, educator, and project creatzor with formal training as a painter. She has exhibited her work at venues such as MoMA/P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Queens Museum, El Museo del Barrio, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Sugar Hill Children’s Museum, San Diego Art Institute, the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Art Base in Brussels, among others. Her practice is deeply influenced by folk art and popular culture. Mention‌ ‌of‌ ‌her‌ ‌work‌ ‌and‌ ‌projects‌ ‌can‌ ‌be‌ ‌found‌ ‌in‌ ‌various‌ ‌notable‌ ‌national‌ ‌and‌ ‌international‌ ‌publications such as the New York Times, BOMB, Hyperallergic, ArtNews, TimeOut as well as many others.  

In 2008, she launched the Bronx Blue Bedroom Project (BBBP), an artist-run initiative in her bedroom that continued until 2010. Between 2010 and 2016, she divided her time between New York and Athens. Inspired by BBBP, she started FoKiaNou 24/7 in central Athens. From 2016 to 2024, she operated AAA3A, an alternative artist-run project in her South Bronx living room, offering food, dialogue, workshops, and art.Currently, Blanka is developing AAA3A/migrates, a project that will invite artists to engage in durational cultural exchanges in non-domestic and alternative spaces. She is also an active member of Running for Ayotzinapa 43, an international community of runners based in NYC that raises awareness about human rights violations worldwide.