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Lina Maria Giraldo

Lina Maria Giraldo creates screen based; computer generated work using video, photography, physical computing, and data. It incorporates contemporary languages such as video games, advertising, repetition, and massiveness. Crucial for the development of her pieces is the community's role and the information it generates. Her work has been the focus on creating messages where she depicts the fragility of our environment, immigration, and community equality. From Public Art to Community Participatory and massiveness projections. Lina explores how art can help us understand the challenges of our society. Biography: Lina Maria Giraldo is a Colombian born, Boston-based artist focusing on Interactive Storytelling towards social change. With a diverse body of work ranging from digital educational tools, public installations, and screen-based computer-generated work. Lina Maria Giraldo holds a Master of Professional Studies on Interactive Telecommunications (ITP) from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University where she was the recipient of both the Paulette Goddard and the Tisch School Scholarships. She was awarded the Tsongas Scholarship at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, where she majored in Studio of interrelated Media (SIM) with Departmental Honors and Academic Distinction. She has exhibited her work in galleries, shows, and public spaces throughout Massachusetts, New York, New Mexico, and her native Colombia. Her work has been covered in media including The Boston Globe, ABC News, The Artery, Artlink, WBUR, WGBH to name a few. She’ve produced large-format online content for the Marquee at the Convention Center and was selected by the Mayor’s office for the Fenway 30 seconds cinema as well as displaying work at IAC’s 120 feet screen in NYC. Her notable achievements include being part as one of the artists in Boston AIR 2.0 Residency for the City of Boston, Now + There accelerator program for creating Public Art at the City of Boston; recipient of the Creative City Grant. She was part of the team that created the award-winning educational website JFK50.org while working as an interaction designer at ESI Design; recipient of a Hispanic Scholarship Foundation Grant, production of videos of Madeleine Albright, Stephen King, Harry Belafonte and Nancy Pelosi for the JFK Library.