Writings / Visual Art / C.V.
Xavi Burgos (all pronouns used) edited the magazines La Respuesta and Que Ondee Sola; and published in Intervenxions, 80 grados, Claridad, Gozamos, and La Voz del Paseo Boricua. A selection of this work was displayed at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago for a 2023-2024 exhibition on Puerto Rican activism. They wrote the book of essays and reporting, “Liberation Means Us Too: Dispatches from the Puerto Rican Diaspora” as an Artist-in-Residence at Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center (SRBCC).
They wrote and performed the drama-in-progress, Black Warrior Angel at AfroFuturist Weekend as a Dark Matter resident; and directed, Aquí Nos Quedamos, a guerrilla-comedy on gentrification, at Café Teatro Batey Urbano, as a collective member.
They’ve performed poetry at The Blk Room, Chicago Public Library, and UIC Latino Cultural Center; in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Arts Center, Galería de la Raza, Medicine for Nightmares, and MAPP; and New York City’s El Maestro, Inc. They’ve exhibited performance art and multimedia installations at Stanford University (California), and Instituto Sactar (Bahia, Brazil) as a resident artist; co-developed brand redesign and sexual health campaigns for the Broadway Youth Center and AIDS Services of Austin (now Vivent Health, Texas); and co-developed Afrorriqueños at SRBCC. They’ve spoken on Univisión Chicago on Black and AfroLatine histories, as well at conferences in Chicago, New York City, Las Vegas, California, and México.
Xavi’s organized for housing and community self-determination as a co-founder of ¡Humboldt Park NO SE VENDE/ NOT FOR SALE! campaign, former president of Union for Puerto Rican Students (NEIU), and a former board member at Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation / Humboldt Construction.
They continue to host the art media project Ricans on my mind as a part of The Puerto Rican School.
Stay updated on Xavi’s latest projects and community engagement on: Events Archive and Curriculum vitae (C.V.).
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* Portrait photos (left) by Julia Mendoza Friedman & Elijah Barnes
