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 Firelei Báez was born in the Dominican Republic to Dominican and Haitian
parents and lives and works in New York. Báez received her BFA from Cooper
Union, and her MFA at Hunter College. Her work has been exhibited in various
national and international institutions, including the New Jersey City Museum,
El Museo Del Barrio, The Cortona Archeological Museum (Cortona, Italy), The
Caribbean African Diaspora Institute (CCADI) and in the Bronx Artist Biennial,
BX1. She participated in Aljira Center for Contemporary Art's Emerge Program,
and was a recent resident artist in The Skowhegan School of Painting and
Sculpture. She has received many prestigious awards including The Joan Mitchell
Painters and Sculptors Award, The Jaque and Natasha Gelman Award, and The Bronx
Recognizes Its Own (BRIO) Award among others. In 2011 her work will be featured
in El Museo's Sixth Biennial The [S] Files/The Street Files.
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