Massiel Torres Ulloa is an educator, scholar, and artist from the Dominican Republic
Her new column is available now.
Massiel is a worker of the revolutionary imagination
“My work examines Caribbean individual and collective freedom practices. Specifically, I focus on acts of economic, artistic, and intellectual dissent starting in the late seventeenth century.”
“I employ anti-racist, eco-critical, queer, and Black feminist modes of critique to trace the freedom-making practices of free, self-liberated, formerly enslaved, and enslaved people and their descendants that often escape classification.”
New “Notas desde la academia” Out Now
“El mes pasado fue mi cumpleaños. Cada año que pasa lo veo como una oportunidad para aprender, crecer y compartir con los míos, cosa que cada día comprendo y es la parte más importante de lo que soy. Una inquietud se me apróxima…”
Artwork
Caribbean Surrealism, Afro-Caribbean art, and Afro-Diasporic spiritual practices deeply influence Massiel’s mixed-media works.
“Doña Ana, los gallos, y el monstruo de Samaná”
Acrylic, marker, and pen on cardboard, collage, and feathers. Created in January, 2021
Salt-Cravings
Acrylic and marker on canvas. Created in January, 2022
El Pánico
Collage, marker, and acrylic on canvas. Created in March, 2022.