MCASD has commissioned Tijuana photographer Yvonne Venegas to create portraits of the artists in the exhibition Strange New World: Art and Design from Tijuana. Cerca Series: Yvonne Venegas, Tijuana Portraits presents this body of work, which examines the genres of portrait and landscape photography. Venegas asked each of the artists in the exhibition to select the location of their photograph. By opening up the photographic shoot to the chaotic conditions and unexpected events of a particular place, she expanded the parameters of her commission, from the characteristic focus on the physical features of the sitter, to the representation of place. As documents, Venegas’ portraits record the variable physical and psychological spaces connecting places and their inhabitants.

Yvonne Venegas is the second recipient of MCASD’s annual stART Up Award. The award was launched by stART Up, the Museum’s affiliate group for young professionals, to honor regional artists of exceptional promise. Cerca Series: Yvonne Venegas is made possible by the Museum’s stART Up Members.