Carolina Caycedo

Carolina Caycedo is a Colombian multidisciplinary artist and **Professor** in the Department of Design Media Arts at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), within the School of the Arts and Architecture. She is also a **2023–2024 Artist in Residence** at the Getty Research Institute. Her practice integrates performance, sculpture, film, and installation to address systemic inequalities linked to extractivism, capitalism, and colonialism, emphasizing climate and social justice through environmental and historical memory reconstruction.

**Education**: She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia.

**Research & Themes**: Caycedo’s work focuses on decolonizing land and water narratives, leveraging Indigenous and feminist frameworks to critique privatization and dispossession. Her concept of 'Geochoreographies' explores the interplay between ecological and societal impacts of extractive industries. Recent projects include solo exhibitions at MoMA (NY), MCA Chicago, and the Orange County Museum of Art.

**Awards & Recognition**: Notable honors include the 2023 United States Artists Fellowship, Soros Arts Fellowship, and Anonymous Was a Woman Award. She is currently nominated for the prestigious Artes Mundi Prize in Wales.

**Grants & Collaborations**: Caycedo has secured funding from institutions like Creative Capital, Getty Foundation, and the Prince Claus Fund. Her fieldwork partners with communities affected by infrastructure projects and extractivism, advocating for resistance and solidarity.

**Affiliations & Initiatives**: She is affiliated with UCLA’s Design Media Arts programs, which host initiatives such as the Counterforce Lab, FLAT Journal, and the Art | Sci Center. Her recent exhibition *We Place Life at the Center* is on view at the Vincent Price Museum in Los Angeles until March 1, 2025.