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Born in Colorado to Brazilian parents on self-exile during the Brazilian military dictatorship, Csekö grew up in Rio. Csekö has received the SMFA Travelling Fellowship, the Collective Futures Grant, a Be The Change Award, local cultural council grants from the towns of Somerville, Randolph, and Newton, a Sculpture Space Residency, the Create the Vote MassCreative Fellowship, and is a current Artist-in-Residence at the Boston Center for the Arts and the City of Salem Public Artist in Residence. As well as public commissions, her work is held in collections such as Tufts Permanent Collection, Emerson College, MAM Rio, Morris and Belkin Gallery, CC São Paulo, and private collections. In 2025 Csekö is invited to return to MassMoCA as an A4A Alumni AiR. She received an MFA from the SMFA at Tufts in 2013.
Her passion for organizing dates back to her BFA at the Federal University of Rio UFRJ, when Csekö participated in successful negotiations demanding an increase from 0.3 to 1% of Brazilian national funds be allocated to arts and culture. She was also a committee member in conversation with the Brazilian Ministry of Culture. She continues to be a Cultural Sector Arts Advocate within her communities in North America.
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2024
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Year Founded:
2024
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