Roski Talks: Andres Payan

ABOUT ANDRES PAYAN

Born in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Andres Payan Estrada currently lives and works in Los Angeles. He graduated with an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. Payan Estrada works in craft-based processes including clay, textiles, and collage which he uses to explore social surfaces, ephemeral exchanges, and queer experiences. His curatorial and academic practice focuses on issues revolving around contemporary craft with special interests in ceramics, material politics, and queer artistic practices.

He is currently the creative director and curator at Craft Contemporary and has served as visiting art faculty at the California Institute of the Arts, and mentor in the Warren Wilson College Master of Arts in Critical Craft Studies and A+B Projects Ceramics Certificate. Payan Estrada is also the co-curator and co-founder of Craft Contemporary’s Clay Biennial and has curated and juried numerous exhibitions including Total Collapse, Clay in the Contemporary Past at the Arizona State University Museum and the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center in El Paso, Texas.

Payan Estrada has shown in numerous exhibitions including the Los Angeles Sur Biennial, Queer Threads at The San Jose Museum of Textiles and Quilts, Queer Sublime at the Visual Arts Center in Austin, Texas, and is currently part of the 2023 Border Biennale at the El Paso Museum of Art in El Paso, TX and The Ciudad Juarez Museum of Art in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua Mexico.

ABOUT ROSKI TALKS

The USC Roski School’s Roski Talks lecture series offers engaging weekly presentations from leading visual artists, design innovators, scholars, performance artists, architects, and other influential figures throughout the academic year. These events are a popular among the Roski community and frequently attract members of the public.

Held in an intimate setting, Roski Talks encourage audience participation and open dialogue. Each session concludes with lively group discussions and Q&A opportunities.

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