Lili Flores, Ph.D., in Culture and Performance. Flores is a transdisciplinary artist and scholar living in Tovangaar (Los Angeles, California); alumna of UCLA Arts, department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance.

Dedicated scholar, artist, and activist specializing in community-based and qualitative methods, pedagogy, and museum and curatorial studies. Passionate about fostering inclusive communication and interdisciplinary collaboration within humanities-driven environments.

Black and white portrait of Lili Flores

With a background in sociocultural anthropology, archaeology, fine art and digital media, I synthesize ways in which we can tell our plural histories. Research and arts activism conducted with various social groups and peoples has allowed for me to apply various teaching and learning practices towards art-making, curating interactive exhibitions and programming.

As a first-generation Mexican-American–I identify as a Xicanx Indígena, raised in near Kuruvungna (West Los Angeles)–much of my own fluid identity informs my research interests in Mesoamerican ethno-archaeology, education, and museum & curatorial studies. The driving force of my research and artistic practice is the trajectory of storytelling as means of performing personal identity and mapping memories.

 

Curatorial + Museum Projects

Workshops / Presentations

Collaborating Organizations

cityLAB UCLA

UCLA Arts, Dean’s Student Council Representative 2019-2021

UCLA, Design|Media Arts, counterforce lab, 2021

The Onward Project

UCLA Arts, World Arts and Cultures/Dance

UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies

UCLA, Urban Humanities Initiative