Join us for the Artist Talk with exhibiting artist, Francheska Alcántara as they discuss their work in "Strange & Oppositional," on view at 108|Contemporary February 3 - March 19, 2023.

Event will take place on Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 5:30pm at 108 East Reconciliation Way, Tulsa OK 74103.

Deaf-friendly interpretation provided.

Free and Open to the public.
All participants are welcome. For disability-related accommodations, please call +1 (918) 895-6302 or email info@108contemporary.org.

Exhibition information: https://108contemporary.org/event/strange-and-oppositional/

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Francheska Alcántara is a queer Afro-Caribbean interdisciplinary artist based between The Bronx and Tulsa, OK. Their work explores material histories, detritus accumulations, and slippages between memories, fragmentation, and longing.

Alcántara holds an MFA in Sculpture + Extended Media from Virginia Commonwealth University (2019), a BFA in Painting from Hunter College (2015), and a BA in Art History from Old Dominion University (2009).

They have participated in residencies like Recess Art’s Session (2022), Wave Hill Gardens Workspace (2021), Creative Capital Professional Taller (2019), Vermont Studio Center (2019), Shandaken: Storm King (2018), Bronx Museum’s AIM Program (2017), and EMERGENYC (2016).

Francheska has shared their work at Lehmann Maupin Gallery (2022), Chashama Art Space (2021), BronxArtSpace (2020), Queens College Art Center (2019), Brooklyn Museum (2018), Queens Museum (2018), and the Bronx Museum of the Arts (2017). Alcántara is a grantee of the OVAC’s Thrive Grant (2022), City Artist Corps Grant (2021), and Interchange Artist Grant (2021). Currently, they are a fellow at the Tulsa Artist Fellowship.