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Updated 1/31/2023

Rixy

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    MA

Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

Nearby, there's an island that homes the complex sensualities of femme figures & their counterparts, called Cúcala. Similar to Rixy's own jungles, here lives stylized narratives of embodiment, survival, & healing, deadly against the toxic Machismentos. They are painted through assemblages & activations, rooted in the products of communal sustainability to mortalize their glamour. Her background in Street Art, Illustration, & Sculpture, built these intersecting connections. Using local mediums like traditional inks & aerosols, extracted pigments, & embellished recycled materials, creates a process that reflects the iridescent characters & environments of our realities. There is an abundance of beauty in our scars, & creating these raw works in studio conversations, public art, & programming, reflect the truth behind the marks shared across communities. Rixy aims to resemble the concrete jungles of her neighbors & heritage, the exuberant spirituality of womanhood, & create access to the tools for our health & wealth.

Rixy (she/her, b. 1995) is an Interdisciplinary Street Artist from Roxbury, Massachusetts,

bred by Latinx Caribbean blood. Primarily self-taught, she received her Studio BA at UMass Boston '19, for an influence in her sensual & spatial awareness. The leg of her works are exhibited on street-wide and institutional walls, from her base in New England to Latin America. Recently, she introduced her solo exhibition "Enter the Cúcala", a collection of new works reflecting the background of its’ femme inhabitants & their raw upbringings. Seen at Trustman Gallery of Simmons University, Laisun Keane Gallery, & Woman Made Gallery in Chicago. This practice has inspired her positions in Teaching, Programming, & Social Justice. Rixy attended TheCreateWell’s Converging Liberations Residency at Mass MoCA, a Ruth Butler Fellowship in Mexico, was commissioned by the City of Boston as a Transformative Public Art Muralist, completed her Now+There's Accelerator Public Artist Project, & is currently an A.I.R with Elevated Thought.

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Rixy Fernandez (she/her)
Job Title: Artist
Phone: 8572663279
Address:
238 Essex St.
Lawrence, MA 01840

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2018

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2018

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Visual/Crafts - Mixed Media

Additional Disciplines:

  • Visual/Crafts - Painting

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Design Services
  • Public Art Projects (In Free, Public Spaces)
  • Residency - Other
  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Cultural Education
  • Curriculum Development
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Residency - Production / Development
  • Consulting - Curatorial Services
  • Portfolio Review
  • Professional Development / Training
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Professional Network Gatherings / Events
  • Residency - Community
  • Virtual Events
  • Community Arts
  • Exhibitions
  • Art Sales
Seasons Active: spring
Events Per Year: 5

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Businesses
  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Immigrant Populations
  • Incarcerated (or Formerly Incarcerated) individuals
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • Native American Tribes
  • Nonprofits
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens
  • Veteran/Active Duty Military Personnel
  • Youth-At-Risk
  • Houseless/Housing Insecure Individuals

Languages Available:

  • Spanish

Geographic Reach:

  • State
  • Multi-State Region
  • National
  • International
  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-County Region

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • arts|learning student arts advocacy '19

Awards

Awards:

  • arts|learning student arts advocacy '19

Education

Education:

  • ruth butler fellowship

Special Designations

Special Designations:

  • NEFA Grant Recipient

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Private Studio
  • School / University
  • Community Site / Center
  • Corporate Business
  • Healthcare Facility
  • Virtual / Remote

Ages Served:

  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Design
  • Visual/Crafts

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Arts and Cultural Center / Venue
  • Private Studio
  • School / University
  • Community Site / Center
  • Corporate Business
  • Healthcare Facility
  • Virtual / Remote

Ages Served:

  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Design
  • Visual/Crafts