Who Am I?:

Writings / Visual Art / C.V.

Xavi Burgos is a

writer-poet/artist-homosexual

from New York City and Chicago.

Dependent upon the moon’s cycle,

you can either find Xavi

dancing suggestively

at a queer rave in a (post)industrial site

singing joyfully to the spirits

at a stream in a forest.

For the last two-decades, I have performed, exhibited, and curated art; published poetry, creative nonfiction, critical essay, and community-based reporting; and organized with community for justice, housing, and education.

I published and edited the monthly literary, culture, and politics magazines La Respuesta and Que Ondee Sola. My writings have featured in Gozamos, La Voz del Paseo Boricua, 80 grados, Claridad (translated into Spanish). A selection of this work was displayed at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago for a special exhibition on local and diasporic activism.

I have performed in the traveling theatrical production The Spark, directed the play La Resistencia, and performed poetry at literary events, art galleries, and community spaces in Chicago, New York City, and San Francisco. I have shown my performance art and multimedia installations Dance of the Elephant (The Spirits’ Revenge) and 1845, Cádaver at Stanford University and Love from the Heavens at Instituto Sacatar in Brazil as an Artist-In-Residence. I currently curate and host the creative media project Ricans on my mind.

Community and education is central to my artistic practice. I co-developed and curated the four-day symposium Afrorriqueñes, exploring Afro-Puerto Rican arts, scholarship, and organizing. I have worked with queer and HIV organizations in Chicago, NYC, and ATX to redesign their brand, develop health campaigns, and provide social services. I co-founded the ¡Humboldt Park NO SE VENDE! / NOT FOR SALE campaign and served on the board of Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation to support affordable housing and community self-determination.

In the academy, I developed and hosted the scholar speaker series Caribbean Revelations and Hemispheric Racializations; and organized talks and symposiums on queerness, visual and performance art, education, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean.

Let’s collaborate! Contact: xavierluisburgos@gmail.com / US+1-347-669-9421 / Writings / Visual Art / C.V.

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