AMBOS seeks to express and document border emotion through art made on opposite sides by providing a platform to bi-national artists along the border.
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AMBOS busca expresar y documentar los sentimientos de la frontera a través de arte hecho en lados opuestos al proveer una plataforma a artistas bi-nacionales a lo largo de la frontera.
AMBOS: Art Made Between Opposite Sides is a femme-led binational artist collaborative that works along the U.S./Mexico border to build migrant support systems through craft, care, and mutual aid to advance pro-migrant narratives in the U.S. and Mexico. Founded in 2016 by the artist Tanya Aguiñiga as a way to make visible issues that affect the transnational population in Tijuana, the project has grown organically in scale and scope in reaction to a changing border landscape. In its various phases, AMBOS has supported documentation of the border, collaboration with artists, community activism, mutual aid, border and craft education, and an exploration of identities influenced by the liminal zone of the borderlands. Work created through AMBOS has been exhibited at the Sun Valley Museum of Art, Idaho (2024); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2023); Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach (2023); Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena (2020); Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles (2019); Museum of Art and Design, New York (2018); Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC (2018), and Consulate General of Mexico, Los Angeles (2016), among other venues. AMBOS Projects reside in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the DePaul Art Museum, Chicago. Current and past collaborators include Karla Aguiñiga, Tanya Aguiñiga, Jackie Amézquita, Cecilia Brawley, Gina Clyne, Cog•nate Collective, Natalie Godinez, Diana Ryoo, and Juan Villavicencio, among other artists in both the United States and Mexico.