The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art (BICA) was founded in June 2018 with a mission to break down the barriers between the art world and the rest of the world and to make lives better through practical engagements with contemporary art. Co-founded by curator Emily Ebba Reynolds and artist and Buffalo native Nando Alvarez-Perez, BICA emerged out of a desire to reframe contemporary art around issues of regional community, creating a plurality of art worlds, and reconceiving art as a practical tool which can be used to reshape the world around it.
The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art
Chrysanne Stathacos, Rose Wall, 1994-97. Courtesy of the artist and Breeder Gallery, Athens.
DJ Carr: Crossroads, 2021, installation view, The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art. Photo: Nando Alvarez-Perez.
Julie Henson: Character Studies, 2021, installation view, The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art. Photo: Nando Alvarez-Perez.
Sofía Córdova, A LAS MIL MARAVILLAS / IN THE THOUSAND WONDERS, 2018, installation view, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY.
TJ Shin: Microbial Speculation of Our Gut Feelings, 2020, installation view, Recess. Photo: Mary Kang
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“It is an honor to be part of The Warhol Foundation’s mission to support the visual arts coupled with its commitment to specifically support the voices of women, POC, Native Americans, and LGBTQ. It is simply thrilling to be part of an organization where we get to see these values writ large and implement real change in real life ways in the visual arts community that still so needs to move forward in terms of social justice, equality, and diversity. We put our money where our mouth is. How many institutions actually do that?”
Deborah Kass, Artist