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Updated 12/11/2024

Julia Csekö

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Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

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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JULIA CSEKO (She/They)
Job Title: Visual Artist
Address:
SOMERVILLE, MA 02144

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2024

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2024

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Multi-Disciplinary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Media - Digital
  • Media - Video
  • Multi-Disciplinary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Public Art Projects (In Free, Public Spaces)
  • Curriculum Development
  • Audio or Video Recording
  • Consulting - Curatorial Services
  • Consulting - Organizational Capacity
  • Marketing Services
  • Portfolio Review
  • Professional Development / Training
  • Social Media Services
  • Professional Network Gatherings / Events
  • Residency - Community
  • Virtual Events
  • Community Arts
  • Exhibitions

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Artists
  • Businesses
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Immigrant Populations
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • Nonprofits

Languages Available:

  • English
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • State
  • National
  • International

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I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Montserrat College of Art
  • City of Salem Public Artist in Residence

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Montserrat College of Art
  • City of Salem Public Artist in Residence

Awards

Awards:

  • SMFA @Tufts Travelling Fellow Grantee
  • AiR Boston Center for the Arts 2022 - 2025
  • Collective Futures Fund Tufts Art Galleries and Andy Warhol Foundation Grantee 2022
  • Jewish Arts Collaborative Be The Change Awardee 2023
  • Tufts Art Galleries Permanent Collection 2022
  • Somerville Arts Council Project Grantee 2022
  • Newton LCC Grantee 2023
  • Randolph LCC Grantee 2023
  • Somerville Museum Community Curator Grantee 2022
  • CTV MassCreative Fellow 2022
  • AiR Sculpture Space, Utica NY 2022
  • Somerville Arts Council Fellow 2021
  • Jamaica Plain Stonybrook Neighborhood Association Public Mural Commission 2022
  • Emerson College Visiting Artist 2020
  • Boston Downtown BID Public Mural Commission 20219
  • AiR Assets fro Artists Studios at MassMoCA 2018

Education

Education:

  • MFA SMFA @Tufts University 13'
  • BFA Federal University of Rio de Janeiro UFRJ, Brazil
  • Art and Philosophy Associate Degree PUC Rio, Brazil