Saluton!
Born and raised in Miami, Florida, I currently live and work in Brooklyn, NY after having spent time in such places in Gainesville, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Providence. Drawing, printmaking, painting, textile works, video and photography are some of the mediums that I work in and I'm always dabbling in something new.
For the past couple years, I've been immersed in PEGACORN PRESS, which is a publishing house I founded and run by myself. This feminist, queer, and "total-art-freaker" press specializes in producing small-run art books, zines and comics. So far, eleven official publications have been released since the Fall of 2011: a 2012 Paquita Calendar, Womanimalistic #1, FUTURE TENSE ( a comic compilation featuring eleven different artists from the U.S. and Germany), Late Era Clash #24 (Mike Taylor), FAG SCHOOL #4 (Brontez Purnell), Burn Collector #16 (Al Burian), Womanimalistic #2: Coochie Party, a 2013 Paquita Calendar, Those Fucking Unicorns (Sy Wagon), Late Era Clash #25 (Mike Taylor), and the re-release after many years of both issues- compiled into one- of Zine Libs (Erick Lyle + myself).
New projects are always in the works- a couple of which are collaborations with other artists and writers. As all the details are figured out, they will be posted on both my personal blog and the one set up for the press.
Long live printed matter!
If you find yourself interested in acquiring art/publications/more, please simply look at the "PURCHASE ART" section (on the left side bar), to be directed to either Etsy or Big Cartel. I truly believe in making my work accessible and in person, tend to sell items on a sliding scale basis. That being said, if you see something that you'd like to purchase- but are short on funds- more than likely, we can work out a fair trade. I'm always looking for wildcrafted medicinal plants, seaweeds, koji, taxidermy, bee keeping equipment, and books about all of the above... and more. If you have any of those said items to spare, let's trade!!
Take care-
Caroline Paquita
P.S. I keep bees and am always interested in meeting other beekeepers, particularly if you've made your own equipment....
