New York, 1960 | Lives and work in New York, NY
Education
BA Painting and Drawing, Bennington College New York Studio School, New York, NY
Solo Shows (selection)
2016 Galerie du Tableau, Marseille, France
2015 Heads and Tales, Espacio 20/20, San Juan, PR
2012 Hollywoodland, Land of Tomorrow, Louisville, KY
Group Exhibition (selection)
2016 Monopatín III, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
2016 Alumni Group Show, New York Studio School, New York, NY
2016 HeadSpace, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
2015 The Abstract Body, curated by Craig Stockwell, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, New Hampshire
2015 New New York: Abstract Painting in the 21st Century, Manoa Art Gallery, University of Hawai’I, Honolulu, Hawaii
2015 Antitode, The Mykonos Biennale, curated by Lydia Venieri, Mykonos, Greece
2014 Color Me Badd, curated by Chris Bors, The Nars Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Minimal Baroque, curated by Courtney J. Martin, Julie Sass, and Bodil Neilssen, Ronnebaeksholm, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 Endless Summer, curated by Gary Petersen, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Tectonic Shift, curated by Noah Post, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Silhouette, curated by William Carroll, The Elizabeth Foundation, New York, NY
2013 Doing Pennants, curated by Paul Evans, Fifth Floor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Buy My Bananas. curated by Julia Trotta, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
2011 New Work, New Faces, Storefront Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Paper Trail, curated by Paul Evans, Happy, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Phantoms, Stephan Stoyanoy, New York, NY
2009 Phantoms, Luxe Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2009 Quietly, Luxe Gallery, New York, NY
Awards (selection)
2015 Guggenheim Fellowship
2014 The Danish Council on the Arts
Eggheads, 2014, oil on canvas, 36" x 64" (91 x 162.5 cm)
Man with No Mouth, 2014, oil on canvas, 36" x 32" (91 x 81cm)
Crying Man, 2014, oil on canvas, 36" x 32" (91 x 81 cm)
Audience, 2014, oil on canvas, 36" x 32" (91 x 81 cm)
Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1986. Lives and Works in San Juan.
Education
2012-14 Universidad Nacional Tres de Febrero, MA Curaduría en Artes Visuales, Buenos Aires, Argentina (attended)
2010 Goldsmith’s College, University of London, BA (Hons.) Art Practice, New Cross, London
2007 Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, Bellas Artes (Sculpture) San Juan, Puerto Rico
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Diagonal de Luz, Espaco Saracura, Rio de Janeiro
2016 Mineralia, Holz Kohlen Koks, Berlin, Germany
2015 Haz, Recinto Cerra, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2015 Reintegro, Colmado Abreu, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
2012 El Luthier, La Ene – Nuevo Museo Energía de Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2011 La Isla que se Repite, Laguna Torrecillas, Loiza, Puerto Rico
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2017 Azul da Estrela, Baró Galeria, Sao Paulo, Brasil.
2017 Hot, Produce Model Gallery, Chicago, USA.
2016 Open, Curated by Bojan Sarcevic, Salon Mondial, Basel, Switzerland.
2014 C-32 Sucursal, MALBA Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina
2014 Final del Juego Curaduria: Laeticia Mello, Fundacion PROA Buenos Aires,
2013 Artesur: Collective Fictions as part of Nouvelles Vagues, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2012 Artes e Ofícios1- para todos Evento paralelo ao calendario oficial da 30a Bienal de Sao Paulo Galpão do Liceu de Artes e Ofícios, Sao Paulo, Brasil
2012 11a Bienal de la Habana ‘Detrás del Muro’ (‘Behind the Wall’), La Habana, Cuba
2011 1a Gran Bienal Tropical ‘Trópico Abierto’ Curated by Pablo León de la Barra, Loíza Puerto Rico 2009 Discourses CCA North/South Gallery 5241 College Avenue, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
2009 (New) Cross Atlantic as part of Deptford X Visual Art Festival, Old Police Station. London, U.K.
Residencies
2019 Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Residency, Captiva, FL, USA
2018 Residencia Artística TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
2017-18 Dos Mares Residency – Funded by Institut Francais, Marseille, France
2017 Uberbau-house Programa de Residencias de Pesquisa na Arte Contemporânea– Organized by Curatoria Forense, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2015 Davidoff Art Initiative Residency, with Chus Martinez. A colaboration between Atelier Mondial and HGK FHNW, Basel, Switzerland.
2015-16 La Practica, Beta Local. San Juan, Puerto Rico
2012 The Banff Centre Visual Arts Residency: The Decapitated Museum with Vincent Normand, Etienne Chambaud and Domenique Gonzalez-Foerster. Alberta, Canada.
Publications (Selection)
2017 Johannes Willi: Free Willi 2 – Freiheit in Gefahr Hrsg. vom Kunstmuseum Basel / Redaktion: Eveline Wüthrich, Johannes Willi / Mit Texten von Eva Falge, Philipp Selzer, Johannes Willi, Ingela Ihrman, Deng Dafei, Shuang Li, Li Ming, Wu Junyong, anothermountainman, Ignazio Mortellaro, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Dino Real, Guillermo Rodriguez
2014 Sucursal, La Ene en MALBA Malba- Fundación Costantini, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013 Decolonial AestheSis at the 11th Havana Biennial’, Social Text Journal, Decolonial Aesthesis issue edited by Walter Mignolo and Rolando Vazquez.
2013 Arte-Sur Collective Fictions, Introduction Palais, Le Magazine du Palais de Tokyo, June 2013: pp. 90-95
2012 Oncena Bienal de la Habana: Prácticas Artisticas e Imaginarios Sociales, Canals Feitas, W. Ed. Maretti Editore, Roma. pp. 83- 84. 2009 Frescos: 50 artistas puertorriqueños menores de 35 Nogueras, C. Ed. Muuaaa, San Juan. pp. 256- 257.
Grants
2017 Visa Pour la Creation, Institut Francais
2015 El Serrucho, Awarded by Beta Local
2012 Banff Centre, Jim Dinning & Evelyn Main Endowed Scholarship for Visual Artists
2010 Henry Moore Foundation Grant for the development of Parabolas del Agua –an Exhibition of Contemporary Cuban Art.
Aguas Aéreas, 2018
Mineralia, 2017, enamel on asphalt
Especulaciones, 2014, oil on canvas, variable dimensions
Balcony / Cyanometer (Proa), 2014, site specific installation, Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires ARG
Palimpesto, 2014 - ongoing, unlucky Puerto Rico’s national lottery tickets on canvas
Communitas, 2012, harp embedded in wall
San Juan PR, 1982 | Lives and works in Brooklyn NY
Education
2009 MFA Painting and Drawing Department, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago,IL
2007 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
2004 BFA Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2020 Acervo, Historia y Futuro, Museo de Arte de Caguas, PR
2019 Light + Art, Ketra Lighting Showroom, New York, NY
2018 Romancero, Cosentino Manhattan and Arlene Angard Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Wind, Light and Color, Arlene Angard Gallery, New York, NY
2016 In Search of Asphodels, Cuevas Tilleard, New York, NY
2016 Paramnesia, Instituto de Cultura. San Juan, PR
2014 Taquicardia, Recinto Cerra, San Juan, PR
2012 Salvoconducto, The Active Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Lüx, Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, IL
Group exhibitions (selection)
2016 Material, National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, Chicago, IL
2015 Hot Town, Cuevas Tilleard, New York, NY
2015 Reactivator, Active Space, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Zawahra Alejandro, Con Artist, New York, NY
2015 Muestra Nacional de las Artes Plásticas, Instituto de Cultura Puertoriqueña, San Juan, PR
2014 By the Pleasure of Doing, Espacio 20/20, San Juan, PR
2014 Super Macho, Active Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 November Group Show, The Diplomat, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Colectivo1, 2BLEÓ, San Juan, PR
2012 Friends with Benefits, Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
2012 Making their Mark, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
2011 Boricuas Bestiales, Museo La Ene, Buenos Aires, ARG
2011 A Person of Color/A Mostly Orange Exhibition, curated by José Lerma, The Green Gallery Milwaukee, WI
2010 Vamos, UBS, Stamford, CT
2010 New York-San José, Galería Bickar, San José, Costa Rica
2009 Painterly Ports, Abryant Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 Panamérica, Sullivan Galleries, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Awards & Recognitions (selection)
2014 Shortlisted, Lexus Artist Grant, San Juan, PR
2009 Union League Civic and Art Foundation, Second Prize, Chicago, IL
2008 The Art Institute of Chicago Community Associates Scholarship
Public Collections
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
Museo de Arte de la Universidad del Turabo, Caguas, PR
The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Carnaval Caribe, 2020, mix media on canvas, 50 x 40 in
Despertar en Abril, 2020, 50 x 40 in
Seaside Breeze, 2020, 50 x 40 in
Paramnesia, 2016, mix media on canvas, 60 x 40 in
Belisario, 2014, 48 x 48 in
Eduction
2019 Ph.D. Art Production and Investigation. Universidad Politécnica of Valencia, Spain
2013 M.F.A. Sculpture. Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, RI
2007 B.A. Communications, Film studies. University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR
2001 B.F.A. Sculpture. Hunter College – New York, NY
Solo Shows
2020 Salvanomía – Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos, Ana G. Méndez, Gurabo
2019 La Novísima Declaración, Pública, Santurce, PR
2018 Sol Boricua, Proyecto Mural, Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, PR
2018 Majestad Boricua, Proyecto Mural, Calle Loíza, PR
2018 La Novísima Declaración, Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, San Juan, PR
2017 En la unión, Municipio de Cintalapa de Figueroa, Chiapas, MX
2016 Trabaje duro, Museo I.C.P. Antiguo Arsenal de la Puntilla, San Juan, PR
2016 El problema con este país – El Cuadrado Gris, Santurce, PR
2016 Oh Sombra! – solo project – Windows of the Dirt Palace, Providence, RI
2016 10 actos en contra del invierno – ÁREA lugar de proyectos, Caguas, PR
2015 Sin Señal – Espacio Galería 304, San Juan, PR
2015 El esperador – Recinto Cerra, Santurce, PR
2014 Manda Podere – AS 220 Gallery, Providence, RI
2014 This Is My Island – Bottle Rocket Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
2013 Percussions/Repercussions – Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2013 Summer Grid – I.P.R.A.C., Chicago, IL
2012 Business As Usual – Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI
2012 Summer Grid – Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI
2011 The Bridge – Public art project – Dexter Field, Providence, RI
2011 Allafuera – Espacio La Metro, San Juan, PR
2010 Sobre el miedo y otros problemas – Museo las Américas, San Juan, PR
2008 Performing a vivir: el soundtrack aleatorio – U. Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, PR
2008 ZONA MACO – VH1 solo booth – Dean Project Gallery, Centro Banamex, D.F., MX
Group Exhibitions
2021 La Creación Muda, Instituto Cervantes, New York, NY
2021 NADA House, New York, NY
2020 JUNTXS: Colección Hernández Castrodad
MADMi, San Juan, PR
2020 Acervo, Historia y Futuro – Museo de Arte de Caguas, PR
2020 #Confinamiento – Perfo Red MX, Exhibición virtual
2020 Building Bridges Art Exchange, Virtual Exhibit
2020 Poética Masculina desde el Encierro, Exhibición virtual
2019 El caso de Puerto Rico – HYBRID FEST, Madrid, ES
2019 Muestra Nacional 19’ – Instituto de Cultura, San Juan, PR
2019 Habitar – Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos – U. Ana G. Méndez, Gurabo, PR
2019 Repensar la ciudad – Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos – U. Ana G. Méndez, Gurabo, PR
2019 El sujeto develado – Museo Dr. Pío López, UPR de Cayey, PR
2018 El cuerpo y la ciudad – Tegucigalpa, HN
2018 Hable español – Espacio Tres50, Chiapas, MX
2018 Contemporánea Internacional – Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
2018 Correspondencia/Correspondence – El Lobi, Santurce, PR
2017 SENSE: Art in Odd Places – public art on 14th street, NYC
2017 Perspectiva de género – Museo de arte de Caguas, PR
2017 Control – REM Project, San Juan, PR
2017 Más allá de la capucha – Colectivo Transforma – Casa de los contrafuertes, San Juan, PR
2017 Polinizados – Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, España
2017 99+1=la centena – Galería de Arte, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, PR
2017 Ida y Vuelta – Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, U.P.R., Río Piedras, PR
2017 DVDanza – 12 Festival internacional de video danza – Fábrica de arte cubano – La Habana, Cuba
2016 #makeamericagreatagain – White Box Gallery – New York, NY
2016 Under Construction – Unisex Salon Gallery- Brooklyn, NY
2016 Bellwether Sculpture Exhibition – Bellevue Down Town Park, WA
2016 When We Think of Tourists – The Open Aperture Art Gallery, Newport, RI
2016 Art Cure Sarcoma – Benefit Auction at Corkbuzz, New York, NYC
2016 In situ – Museo Pío López Martínez, U.P.R. de Cayey, PR
2015 Looking Forward, Looking Back – Gallery Tally – New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
2015 Shape Shifters – Bulart Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
2015 6to Festival Internacional de Video Arte – Camagüey, Cuba
2015 Irrational City – Bath House Cultural Center – Dallas, TX
2015 Burning Down the House – Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, RI
2015 En Tránsito – Matadero Art, Espacio Fundación Arana, San Juan, PR
2015 FRESCOS – Galería de Arte – U. Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, PR
2014 Playing With Fire: Political Interventions, Dissident Acts and Mischievous Actions – Museo del Barrio, NYC
2014 SCOPE Miami Beach Art Basel, Yellow Peril Gallery, Miami, FL
2014 Discerning Eyes – New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, RI
2014 Henri Klumb: la casa en ti y en mi – Centro Estudiantil, UPR, Río Piedras, PR
2014 Cultural Hegemony – Yellow Peril Gallery, SCOPE NY, NYC
2014 The Divisions of Labor – Cutlog Art Fair – Yellow Peril Gallery, NYC
2014 Universos Paralelos – UPR, Río Piedras, PR and U. Salamanca, Spain
2014 Interconexiones – Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
Awards
2020
Artist in Residence – Mass Moca, North Adams, MA
La cuarentena – Fondo de emergencia – KM 0.2, San Juan, PR
Artist Relief Grant – United States Artists
Betancourt – Latorre Visual Artist Relief Fund – Miami, FL
2019 Artist in residence – Universidad Ana G. Méndez – Gurabo, P.R.
2018 Artist in residence – Universidad del Turabo – Gurabo, P.R.
2017
Artist in residence – Universidad del Turabo – Gurabo, P.R.
Juror – Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts – Omaha, NE
2015
Soaring Gardens, Ora Lerman Charitable Trust , Artists residency, Laceyville, PA
Juror – Architecture Photography Contest – School of Architecture, U.P.R., P.R.
2014
Fellowship Merit Award in New Genres – R.I.S.C.A., Providence, R.I
Juror – Installation/3D Sculpture Fellowship – Connecticut Office for the Arts, Hartford, CT
2013 Juror – Public Art Competition – Rhode Island College Fine Art Center, Providence, RI
2012
Honors – Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
W.B.N.A. Community Development Award, Providence, RI
Selection – Buy Art Providence Pin, Providence, RI
2011
Sylvia Leslie Young Herman Scholarship Award – Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Top 10 list of rising NYC art stars – refinery29.com, New York, NY
Individual Artist Project Grant – R.I.S.C.A. (N.E.A.) – Providence, RI
First Prize – Certamen de Fotografía Contemporánea – Galería de Arte, U.S.C. San Juan, PR
Honorable Mention – Foto MAC competition, San Juan, PR
2010 Achievement Scholarship – Transart Institute, Berlin, Germany
2009
Ox Bow School of Art Residency – Saugatauck, Michigan
Special Mention – Oriental Bank Art Contest of Puerto Rico
2007 Art Person of the Year, El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rico
2006 AICA Prize, AICA Chapters in Puerto Rico
2005
E.I.T.A.L.C. Theater Residency, Cuernavaca, MX
Lexus Grant for Artists, Fundación Comunitaria de PR, San Juan, PR
Nomination: Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
2004 Public Art Comission, Villas Miantojo / Municipio de Caguas, PR
2003 Chinati Foundation Internship, Marfa, TX
2002
DAAD Travel Grant, German Academic Exchange Service, Germany
Artist Full Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Scholarship Welfare Fund Alumni Award, Hunter College, NYC
Richard M. Kaye Scholarship Award, Hunter College, NYC 2001
Edwin Austin Abbey Grant, National Academy of Design, NYC
