ABOUT THE ARTIST

Grutas Parkus (Stalin World Amusement Park), Lithuania

A site-specific artist, Wikswo’s projects traverse freely between fiction, poetry, printmaking, photography, installation, performance, video, and collaborative forms.  She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.  In 2010, she is Artist-in-Residence at Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus in Germany, and Artist-in-Residence at the Lynchburg Old City Cemetery in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She is an artist with CATALYSIS PROJECTS.

Her work appears regularly in Conjunctions and Denver Quarterly, and is published or forthcoming in Tin House, Kenyon Review, Drunken Boat, Alaska Quarterly Review, Trickhouse, New American Writing, Mississippi Review, Folio, Confrontation and others.

Her projects also show in galleries, museums and performance venues in Europe and the United States, including the Musee des Moulages in France, Schloss Pluschow in Germany, and the Boston Court Center for the Performing Arts, the University of Southern California, the Museum of Jurassic Technology, Beyond Baroque, 610 Isis, People in Electronics, the Deborah Martin Gallery, the Phyllis Stein Gallery, the Annex and DAC Gallery in Los Angeles.

Her work has been recognized by fellowships and artist-in-residencies from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Ucross Foundation, the University of Sydney and a few other places kind enough to lend a hand to a curious soul.

Since 1989, she has written extensively for human rights NGOs and community organizations throughout the world, specializing in the global concerns of women and girls.

Quintan grew up in various places throughout the American South. Her studio is currently located in downtown Los Angeles, California.

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