María Magdalena Campos-Pons is one of the most significant artists to emerge from 1980s post-revolutionary Cuba, where she grew up in the barracks of a sugar plantation. Working mostly in photography, video, and performance, her practice is an expression of absence and loss, as well as a celebratory gesture towards a unique and resilient culture. Her work is shaped not only by innovation, but by a deep sense of humanitarianism, arising out of the mythologies, traditions, and symbols shared by communities of the African diaspora. Campos-Pons’s work addresses issues of race, gender, class, and religion, as well personal and collective histories. She is a tireless champion of examining what has meaning for individuals, as well as for communities, cultural institutions, educators, and artists. Campos-Pons is at the forefront of considering the politics around the nonstop recalibration that new technology triggers.