Edra Soto mines the rich history of Puerto Rican vernacular architecture in her public installations and wall sculptures. An artist, curator and educator now based in Chicago, Soto brings an academic rigor and emotional authenticity to work made in the tradition of Puerto Rican ironwork called rejas, found in working class neighborhoods like the one where she grew up. She reveals the often ignored African foundations of post war motifs and challenges hegemonic erasure of Puerto Rico’s colonial condition.