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Julie Tolentino is a Filipino-Salvadoran interdisciplinary artist and Professor at the California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts), School of Art. She is also a Visiting Critic at the University of Pennsylvania's Stuart Weitzman School of Design (2022) and has held roles such as Scholar-in-Residence at NYU Steinhardt (2021–2022) and Alma Hawkins Chair at UCLA (Winter 2022). Tolentino holds an MFA in Experimental Choreography from UC Riverside, where she was a Dean’s Distinguished Fellow.
Research & Practice: Her work spans durational performance, installation, scent art, and text-based projects, addressing themes of queer identity, HIV/AIDS activism, and intersectional social justice. Notable collaborations include Visual AIDS Duets Book series and Movements in Blue. She co-founded the Clit Club (1990–2002) and currently serves as Senior Editor for TDR-The Drama Review.
Awards & Recognition:
- USArtist International (2022)
- Queer|Art Sustained Artist Recognition (2020)
- Herb Alpert/MacDowell Fellowship (2019)
Grants & Mentorship: Recipient of the Foundation for Contemporary Art Performance Grant (2019) and a 2022–2024 Queer|Art Mentor. Active collaborator with Commonwealth and Council, a Los Angeles-based art collective.
