Itziar Okariz


Itziar Okariz is a Basque/Spanish artist based in New York City and San Sebastián.

Biography

Itziar Okariz was born in San Sebastián and studied painting and sculpture at the Universidad del País Vasco.

Work

Her work is usually based on photographs or film installations and performance, in forms inspired by the Situationists. She is often identified as a feminist artist, although she does not like the label because it contextualizes her work too narrowly. According to Javier Hontoria of Artforum, she "has always focused on a performativity that also examines the ties between landscape and architecture, sign and ritual, or sexuality and territory. In her quest to render the self, her practice took a turn to the verbal over the spatial, privileging language over the body... Much of Okariz's practice is built upon small linguistic units and signs that produce meaning through emphatic reiteration."
She has exhibited works in many countries in Europe and in the United States.
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