Edra Soto
The place of dwelling
Lot closes
June 7, 03:44:00 AM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 22,000 USD
Starting Bid
10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Edra Soto
b. 1971
The place of dwelling
Executed in 2025.
Porcelain, sintra, wood, paint
48 x 78 x 4 in. (121.9 x 198.1 x 10.2 cm)
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Donated by Edra Soto and Jennifer Armetta, ENGAGE Projects
Edra Soto (b. 1971, Puerto Rico; lives in Chicago, IL) merges social engagement and architectural interventions, using both traditional and unconventional materials. Influenced by vernacular architectural motifs, Soto examines the colonial histories, diasporic identities, and social orders reflected in the built environment across Puerto Rico, the United States, and the wider Caribbean. This work is inspired by a one-of-a-kind vessel made by the artist’s mother, as well as by wrought iron screens (rejas) found in working-class homes throughout Puerto Rico. Soto’s work was included in the MCA exhibition entre horizontes: Art and Activism Between Chicago and Puerto Rico (2023–24). Soto completed a commission for Public Art Fund, New York, in 2024, on view through August 2025. She has exhibited widely, including presentations at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago; Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University, Houston; and the Arts Club of Chicago, among others.