Awilda Sterling-Duprey

Awilda Sterling-Duprey (Puerto Rico, 1947) has a multidisciplinary practice encompassing painting, performance, dance, and sound. Her work explores identity, gender, diaspora, language, and migration and challenges conventional notions of culture and gender boundaries. She is a founding member of Pisotón, Puerto Rico’s first experimental dance collective. Her work has been featured in exhibitions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial in 2022 and the “No Existe un Mundo Poshuracán” exhibition at the same museum. She lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico.