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Nayda Collazo-Llorens, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a visual artist based in both New York City and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received an MFA from New York University in 2002 and a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston in 1990. Individual projects include: ESC, LMAKprojects (LES), New York, NY, 2008; Voiceover, MediaNoche, New York, NY, 2008; Route/Journal at LMAKprojects (Williamsburg), Brooklyn, NY, 2007; Navigable Zones at Project 4, Washington DC, 2007; Mindscapes at Space Other, Boston, 2006; Roaming, CSV Cultural Center, NYC, 2006; and Configuraciones, Galería Raíces, San Juan, PR, 2005. Notable group shows include: 10th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba, 2009; Beyond a Memorable Fancy, EFA Project Space, New York, NY, 2009; You Are Here, SPACE, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008; IX International Cuenca Biennial in Ecuador, 2007; 12th International Media Art Biennale, Wroclaw, Poland, 2007; Artists’ Books: Transgression/Excess, Space Other, Boston, MA, 2007; None of the Above: Contemporary Works by Puerto Rican Artists, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT, 2004, and Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, 2005; and Here & There: Six Artists from San Juan, at El Museo del Barrio, NY, 2001 and Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, TX, 2002. Her work has been reviewed in The New York Times, Art Net, Art US, Art Nexus, Art News and NY Arts, among others.

I produce work in various media, often examining the way in which the mind processes information. My videos and public interventions combine images, sounds and texts that are structured in a non-linear manner creating a mindscape where memory, language and issues of displacement and simultaneity play a central role. In the drawings and mixed media works, blots, lines, marks, numbers and textual elements are structured into various interconnected systems dealing with concepts of mapping and archiving. My most recent text-based works explore post-alphabetic communication, hyperconnectivity and noise as systems of information are examined through the use of video animation, printed matter and installations. The work invites the viewer to reflect on the complexities of the mind, language and the fragmented manner in which we perceive what is inside and around us.

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