Edin Velez is a Puerto Rican video artist, director and professor.
[5] He moved to the US in the early 1970s and became part of the first generation of video artists working in SoHo, Manhattan.
[6][7] His directorial debut documentary film on Japanese Butoh, Dance of Darkness, was broadcast nationally in the US by PBS.
[9] Edin has received numerous award, including American Film Institute's Maya Deren Award, fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the U.S./Japan Friendship Commission, the Jerome Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts.
[10][11][12] Edin's work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions in such institutions as the Whitney Museum of American Art, Centre Georges Pompidou, documenta 8, American Film Institute National Video Festival, Museum of Modern Art and International Center of Photography.