Teresa Cervantes is an interdisciplinary artist and educator. She joined the Visual Arts faculty as an Associate Professor of Sculpture after teaching at the Rhode Island School of Design, the Moore College of Art and Tyler School of Art and Architecture.
As an artist, Cervantes fuses historical and material research, contemporary conditions and her hope for the future into performance, sculpture, installation and social practice. Through subtle sleights of hand and labor-intensive processes, consumer goods are transformed into poetic props and prompts for the everyday.
In addition to her solo work, some recent collaborations include: peebls (2016-20), a bi-lingual intersectional-feminist, propaganda pop-rock band producing music for children of all ages and AgencyAgency (2016-18), a Philadelphia-based group who infused play into bureaucracy and social space.
Career Highlights
- Exhibitions at Lawndale Art Center (Houston, Texas); Woodmere Art Museum, Icebox Projects and Temple Contemporary (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Texas); and Blue Star Contemporary (San Antonio, Texas).
- Presented work through lectures for Universidad de Pamplona (Pamplona, Colombia), Moore College of Art (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and the Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, Rhode Island).
Fellowships & Residencies
- The Ilya and Emilia Kabakov Fellowship, Tyler School of Art.
- The Future Faculty Fellowship, Tyler School of Art.
- Resident, the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Edgecomb, Maine.
- Resident, the Arteles Creative Center in Haukijärvi, Finland.
Work Samples
