Artist Talk: Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo

Join Colombian-born, American, photographer Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo, for a discussion about her upcoming exhibition at the Aurora PhotoCenter in the Circle City Industrial Complex. Torroledo has dedicated the last decade to focusing on Indigenous communities in North and South America that protect sacred plants, water, and the rainforest. The exhibition, titled ESX/COCA showcases powerful images taken at the Wasak Kwewesx School in the Nasa Indigenous reservation of Toribio, Cauca, Colombia. 

McNichols-Torroledo aims to deconstruct colonial and postcolonial visual narratives surrounding the coca plant through her work with the Indigenous people of the Andes.  

Following the lecture, there will be a question-and-answer session for guests to ask about her artistic process and work.  

This event is in collaboration with Aurora PhotoCenter. ESX/COCA will be on view at Aurora PhotoCenter in Indianapolis from November 1–December 15, 2024. 

While you are here, we invite you upstairs to see the latest photography exhibition in the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, titled Matter of Record: Photography and the Creation of Meaning.

Made possible by the Myrtie Shumacker fund.