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Karen Lizbeth Chavez

MA student in Modern and Contemporary Art

About

Karen Chavez’s research explores the treatment of the body in endurance-based performance art of the 1960s and 70s, examining how these works expose tensions between bodily limits and self-preservation. Chavez holds a bachelor’s degree in Art History and Women’s and Gender Studies from the University of Texas at El Paso.