BIRTHPLACE
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA
SELECTED AWARDS
2023
NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS: Project grant through The Hispanic Society, New York, NY
2022
CREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION: SHORTLIST 2022, New York, NY
HISPANIC SOCIETY MUSEUM & LIBRARY: Vilcek Foundation Artist Research Fellowship, New York, NY
NYC ARTS IN EDUCATION ROUNDTABLE: Arts Educator Emergency Relief Grant, New York, NY
2021
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS OF NEW YORK: City Artist Corps Grant, New York, NY
NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS: The Tri-State Artist Relief Fund, New York, NY
2020
JOAN MITCHELL FOUNDATION: Artist Relief Fund, New York, NY
2018
JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: Guggenheim Fellowship: New York, NY
BRIC: BRIC Media Arts Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY
2017
LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL: Creative Engagement Grant, New York, NY
2016
SCULPTURE SPACE: Sculpture Space Fellowship, Utica, NY
2014
JOAN MITCHELL FOUNDATION: Painters & Sculptors Grant, New York, NY
ELDERS SHARE THE ARTS: Visionary Award, New York, NY
2013
AMERICAN EMBASSY IN MONTEREY, US DEPARTMENT OF STATE: Art in Embassies Program, acquisition of 3 Sculptures, Monterey, Mexico
THE PUFFIN FOUNDATION: Project Grant - Booster Chair for Death Row, Teaneck, NJ
2011
JOHN MICHAEL KOLHNER ARTS CENTER: Alternate - Artist in Residence Program, Sheboygan, WI
BUREAU OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS: Finalist, smART Power Program, DC
2010
YOUNG AUDIENCES OF NEW YORK: Teaching Residency at the Ross Global Academy; exhibited at the Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
2006
ISSAC H. TUTTLE FUND: Baby Quilt Intergenerational Community Project, New York, NY
ISSAC H. TUTTLE FUND: Young Audiences of New York, Teaching Residency culminating at the Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
ISSAC H. TUTTLE FUND: Legacy Project, Elders Share the Arts, culminating at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2003
ELDERS SHARE THE ARTS: Community Legacy Project, New York, NY
2002
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY: Finalist, Art for Transit, New York, NY
NYC DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS: Finalist, Percent for Art Program, New York, NY
2000
MOTT FOUNDATION: Grant, Elders Share the Arts, Intergenerational Programs, New York, NY
ELDERS SHARE THE ARTS: 21 Century Grant, Intergenerational Programs, New York, NY
1997
HAYM SALOMON FOUNDATION: Award, 200 foot Community Legacy Mural at Penn South, New York, NY
THE JEROME FOUNDATION: Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
URBAN GLASS: The Bead Project Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY
21 CENTURY: Grant, Elders Share the Arts, Intergenerational Programs, New York, NY
1996
THE NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM: New York State Museum Biennial, Albany, NY
1993
ARTS IN EDUCATION ROUNDTABLE: Sustained Achievement in the Visual Arts, New York, NY
1992
BRONX COUNCIL ON THE ARTS: Longwood Art Project, Mural, Bronx, NY
ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION: Change Grant, New York, NY
1990
ARTISTS SPACE: Exhibition Grant, New York, NY
SELECTED RESIDENCIES
2025
Artist in Residence: Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2024
Artist in Residence: Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture, Sisters, OR
2023
Artist in Residence: Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
Artist in Residence: Ucross, Clearmont, WY
Artist in Residence: The Stowe School, Dance and Percussion Program, Stowe, VT
2022
Artist in Residence: Artist Space, New York, NY
Tanda Cohort Program: Chuquimarca Projects, online program, Chicago, IL
2021
Artist Mentoring Program: Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Artist in Residence: Artist Space, New York, NY
Artist in Residence: Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY
2020
Artist Mentoring Program: Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Artist in Residence: Artist Space, MS 324, New York, NY
2019
Artist in Residence: McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC
Artist in Residence: Artist Space, MS 324, New York, NY
2018
Artist Studios Residency: Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Artist in Residence: Artist Space, MS 324, New York, NY
2017
Artist in Residence: BRIC, Brooklyn, NY
Artist in Residence: Artist Space, New York, NY
Artist in Residence: Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY
Artist in Residence: Ace Hotel, New York, NY
Artist in Residence: Caldera, Sister, OR
Artist Mentoring Program: Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Artist in Residence: Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, LA
Artist in Residence: Sculpture Space, Fellowship - New York State Council on the Arts,
National Endowment for the Arts, Utica, NY
2015
Artist in Residence: Webb School of Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
Artist in Residence: SPARC - Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, DCA, New York, NY
Artist in Residence: Bronx River Art Center residency at Conti’s Pastry Shop, Bronx, NY
Artist in Residence: Brooklyn Arts Council, Intergenerational Collaborative Project, Brooklyn, NY
Artist in Residence: Jeannette Solomon Award, Intergenerational Portraits of our Community, Brooklyn, NY
Virtual Residency: Agency For Spiritual Guest Work in the Service of Visualizing
2014
Artist in Residence: Intergenerational Project, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY
Artist in Residence: Intergenerational Project - Portraits of Home, Jeannette Solomon Award, Brooklyn, NY
Artist in Residence: Isabella Geriatric Center, Intergeneration Painting Project, New York, NY
2013
Artist in Residence: Morningside Center, Jeannette Solomon Award, New York, NY
Artist In Residence: Isabella Geriatric Center, Intergeneration Mural Project, New York, NY
2012
Artist in Residence: Emma Lazarus High School, Visual Arts and Dance Program, New York, NY
Artist In Residence: Intergeneration Project, Isabella Geriatric Center, Jeannette Solomon Award, NY, NY
Artist in Residence: Young Audiences of NY, Sculpture and Recycling, MCDNHS, New York, NY
2011
Artist in Residence: Bielska BWA Gallery, Bielsko - Biała, Poland
Artist in Residence: Intergenerational program, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Artist in Residence: The Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL
Artist in Residence: Isabella Senior Resource Center, Jeannette Solomon Award, Intergenerational Community Quilt Mural, Fresh Youth Initiatives - NORC Programs and, New York, NY
Artist in Residence: Elders Share the Arts, Jacob Riis Community Center, Intergenerational Project, NY, NY
2009
Artist in Residence: Altos de Chavón, Dominican Republic, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Artist in Residence: Can Serrat, El Bruc, Spain
2007
Artist in Residence: Young Audiences of NY and Museum of Art and Design & PS 7, New York, NY
2006
Artist in Residence: Elders Share the Arts, Seniors Visual Arts Legacy Project, Isaac H. Tuttle Fund -partnership Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1999
Artist in Residence: The Longwood Arts Project, Fellowship, Bronx, NY
1997
Artist in Residence: Socrates Sculpture Park, The Jerome Foundation - Emerging Artist Program, L.I.C, NY
Artist in Residence: Haym Solomon Foundation Award, Elders share the Arts, 200' Intergenerational Mural,
Penn South, New York, NY
Artist in Residence: 21st Century Grant, Elders Share the Arts - Intergenerational Baby Quilt Project,
High School for Pregnant and Parenting Teens, New York, NY
1995
Artist In Residence: Pearl Hawthorne School, 200ft. community mural project, Yonkers, NY
1994
Artist in Residence: New York Foundations for the Arts, New York, NY
Artist in Residence: Brooklyn Children’s Museum - Fellowship, 50' Outdoor Community Mural, Brooklyn, NY
1993
Artist in Residence: The Henry Street Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
1991
Artist in Residence: AIM Program, Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY
Artist in Residence: The International Studio Program, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY
1990
Artist in Residence: Longwood Art Project, Fellowship, Bronx, NY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS, 2 PERSON EXHIBITIONS, AND INTERVENTIONS
2024
CANTO, The Clemente Art Center, New York, NY
ANCESTRAL, Centro Cultural Antigua, Chapala, Mexico
2023
TIERRA DENTRO, The Current, Stowe, VT
2020
CANTAR DE CIEGOS/SONG OF THE BLIND, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
SOFA EXPO, Upfor Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019
ARRESTED SYMPHONY, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
CANTÉ JONDO, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curator Gabriel de Guzman
MINERAL STEAM, Esperanza Cortés and Michael Pribich, The Border Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
SONATA OSCURA, Thomas Hunter Project Space, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY
CUMBIA Dance Intervention, McColl Center for Arts + Innovation, Charlotte, NC
CANTE JONDO, Residency Culmination Exhibition, McColl Center for Arts + Innovation, Charlotte, NC
UNTITLED ART FAIR, Upfor Gallery, Ronny Quevedo and Esperanza Cortés, Miami, Fl
2018
LA CUMBIAMBERA - Video Premier BRIC, Brooklyn, NY
SONATA OSCURA, GALERÍA DEL BARRIO, New York, NY
SONATA OSCURA: EARTH MADE FLESH, Jadite Gallery, New York, NY
2017
OJO, BRIC GALA, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY
OJO, Caldera Residency, Sisters, OR
2016
WORKS IN PROGRESS, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
2015
NOT THE EMERALD CITY, Webb School Gallery, Knoxville, TN
OJO, Outdoor Community Installation Intervention, Knoxville, TN
EARTH POEM, Outdoor Intergenerational Community Installation Intervention, Knoxville, TN
WHITEWASHED, House Gallery 1814, Philadelphia, PA
2014
A FEATHER IN EACH HAND, Esperanza Cortés and Michael Pribich, Taller Boricua Gallery, New York, NY
2013
ENTRE SOMBRAS: SITE OF MEMORY, The Lorenzo Homar Gallery, Taller Puertorriqueño, curator Rafael Damast, Philadelphia, PA
2012
DOLLAR DAZE, Esperanza Cortés and Michael Pribich, Mestizo Gallery, curator Jorge Rojas, Salt Lake City, UT
2011
OJO VI: THE RELEVANCE OF HOPE, Plac Esperanto, installation intervention, Bielsko - Biała, Poland
OJO V: LAST TREE STANDING, Installation intervention, Plac Zamkowy - Warsaw, Poland
OJO IV: TREE HUGGERS DEMISE, Installation intervention, Bielsko - Biała, Poland
OJO III: CONTEMPLATION FOR THOSE THAT WON’T SEE, Installation Intervention, Bielsko - Biała, Poland
OJO II: BLACK POPLAR - SYMBOL FOR RENEWAL, Installation intervention, Bielsko - Biała, Poland
OJO I: THE ENCHANTED FOREST, Szyndzielnia Gora, Installation intervention, Bielsko - Biała, Poland
A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME, Outdoor Site Specific Installation covering a Nazi WWII Bunker, 18 Ft. dia. community project, Bielsko - Biała, Poland. Catalogue, Bielska BWA Gallery
Biala River intervention, Retrieval of river rocks for A Rose by any other Name, Bielsko - Biala, Poland.
HYSTERIA, Dance Intervention, Club Arrhythmia, Bielsko - Biała, Poland
2009
WHAT WAS LEFT, Taller Boricua Gallery, New York, NY, curator Christine Licata
AFLORADA, Altos de Chavón Gallery, La Romana, Dominican Republic
1999
CUERO, The Longwood Arts Project, curator Betty Sue Hertz, New York, NY
1998
REVELATIONS, The Neuberger Museum of Art, curator Judith Colishan, Purchase, NY
1995
FRESCOES AND CERAMICS, Carla Stellweg Gallery, curator Carla Stellweg, New York, NY
LIVE/WORK IN QUEENS, The Queens Museum of Art, Catalogue, curator Christina Yang, Queens, NY
TOMAR A PECHO, John Jay University Gallery, curator Frank Gimpaya, New York, NY
1994
AFTER THE EMBERS, The Jamaica Arts Center, curator Robert Craddock, Queens, NY
CANTO, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
1993
ENTRE SOMBRAS Y EL VACIO, Soho 20 Gallery, funded exhibition, New York, NY
1992
NO HAY OLVIDO, Taller Boricua Gallery, curator Marcos Dimas, New York, NY
CANTAR DE CIEGOS, New York Open Center Gallery, New York, NY
1991
OPEN STUDIOS, The Clocktower, New York, NY
LA CENIZA, Box on Bond, New York, NY
SELECTED PERFORMANCE
Altar de los Muertos, Cuando Gallery, New York, NY
El Día de los Muertos, El Tropico, New York, NY
Boys will be Beuys, Documenta V, Kassel, Germany
Losing Sight, Sistine Chapel, Rome, Italy
Lorca I, OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY
Lorca II, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Artist Research Fellows Exhibition, The Hispanic society Museum and Library, New york, NY
Among Friends, Metaphor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
HOMAGE, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2023
Beyond the Veil, Brooklyn Art Haus, Brooklyn, NY
2022
Beyond the Horizon, The Royal @ RSOAA in partnership with TECHNE, Oceanside, California
Trill Matrix, Kate Oh Gallery, New York, NY
Among Friends, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
2021
MAGIC, Metaphor Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Comunidades Visibles: The Materiality of Migration, Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York,
curator Andrea Alvarez
Vida, Muerte, Justicia, Ogden Contemporary Arts, Salt Lake City, UT, curators Jorge Rojas & Maria Del Mar Gonzalez
The Eyes Have It, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY, curator Bartholomew Bland
Inter/Sectionality: Diaspora Art in the Creole City, Miami, FL
New Art, New Year, Jonathan Ferrera Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2020
The Immigrant Artist Biennial, Elizabeth Foundation Project Space, New York, NY
Art Off-Screen, International outdoor facing exhibition, New York, NY
Remake/Remodel, Royal Society of American Art, Brooklyn, NY
Inter/Sectionality: Diaspora Art in the Creole City, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American
Arts + Culture, Charlotte, NC, Curator Rosie Gordon-Wallace
2019
Inter/Sectionality: Diaspora Art in the Creole City, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, Washington DC
Untitled Art Fair, Upfor Gallery, Miami, FL
gravity[tional], Newark Arts Festival, Newark, NJ
Latin Psychedelia, Latea Theatre, New York, NY
Smack Mellon Kentucky Derby Party & Art Auction, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Quinceañera, Mestizo Institute of Culture and Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah
DEMISE, CSU Galleries at Cleveland University, Cleveland, OH, curator John Moore
Allow me to Reintroduce Myself, The Cigar Factory, L.I.C, New York
Dimensions, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY
Smack Mellon Kentucky Derby Party & Art Auction, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
THE AMERICAN DREAM: The Latino Experience in America, Belskie Museum of Art and Science, Closter, NJ
2017
DVCAI, The Gallery at South Pointe, Miami, FL, curator Rosie Gordon-Wallace
UPROOT, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curator Gabriel Guzman
WBAI, Chesterfield Gallery, New York, NY
Bolero, Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY, curator Juanita Lanzo
Current Locations, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Right To Be Human, Thessaloniki Center of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece,
curator Thalia Vrachopoulos
2016
MUJERES, Artworks Gallery, Trenton, NJ
Bringing Brooklyn to Norfolk, Gallery 21, Norfolk, VA
Converging Visions, Medgar Evers College Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Errand Into The Maze, Art House Productions, Jersey City, NJ
Work in Progress, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
2015
The Sculpture of Food, Bronx River Art Center at Bronx Art Space, Bronx, NY
Dreams are for Real, Aljira a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
2014
postcards4oscar, Julia De Burgos Latino Cultural Center, New York, NY
Raices de Felicidad, Taller Boricua Gallery, New York, NY
Vistas Latinas: Archives of a Collection, 1989 - 2014, Hunter College, MFA Campus Gallery, New York, NY
Latino Prints, Notre Dame University - Latino Studies Gallery, Indiana, IL
Incubarte, International Art Festival of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
2013
Illusive Self, Taller Boricua Gallery, New York, NY
POP UP - BOS, 11 Central Ave, Brooklyn, NY
2012
ART IN ODD PLACES, Pelar El Ojo, Curator - Raquel De Anda, New York, NY
Migration, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT, curator Rachel Moore
Backlash, Soho 20, New York, NY
2011
Center for Book Arts, Benefit, New York, NY
Scope Art Fair, Hardcore Gallery, New York, NY
Scope Art Fair, Spinello Gallery, New York, NY
Black Heart for America, Art for Change, Outdoor Installation intervention, New York, NY
2010
Littlest Sister, Spinello Gallery, Miami, FL
Private Eyes - at IMAA, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Alyssa Fridgen, and Sky Kim
Your Documents please, Alma in Manhattan - Fine Light Inc., New York, NY
curators Daniel Georges and Rumiko Tseda
Forward Here, Soapbox Gallery, New York, NY, curator Max Yawney
Encuentro, Grady Alexis Gallery - El Taller Latino Americano, New York, NY
An Artistic Response to a Broken Immigration System, Art for Change, New York, NY, curator Christine Licata
WHITE BOX GALLERY, Queens Move - Juvenal Reis Studios, Long Island City, NY, curators Juan Puntes,
Raul Zamudio
25th Anniversary Salon, Lehman College Gallery, CUNY, New York, NY
A Starter Kit for Collectors, Tribes Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Bronx Blue Bedroom Project, Bronx, NY
Your Papers Please, Traveling Exhibitions, curators Daniel Georges and Rumiko Tseda
Galeria Z, Bratislawa, Slovakia
Galerie Kurt im Hirsch, Berlin, Germany
Galería Ajolote Arte Contemporáneo, Guadalajara, Mexico
2008
Your Papers Please, Traveling Exhibitions, curators Daniel Georges and Rumiko Tseda
Galerie Paris, Yokohama, Japan
The Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami-Shi, Hyogo, Japan
Zaim Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
2B Gallery, Budapest IX, Hungary
2006
Celebrating Winter through Nature, Wave Hill, Riverdale, NY, Jennifer McGregor
The Front Room Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003
De Lo Que Soy, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY, curator Susan Hoetzal
2001
Other, Henry Street Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY, curator Kendal Henry
2000
Welcome, Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery, Riverdale, NY, curator Jennifer McGregor
Sacred heart University, permanent Outdoor Sculpture Installation, Fairfield, Conn
La Esencia Femenina, The Colombian Consulate, New York, NY
1999
Studio Fellowship Exhibition, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY, curator Betti Sue Hertz
Latin American Artist, curator Carol Norman, Catalogue, Traveling exhibition:
Deland Museum of Art, Deland, FL
Hollywood Arts and Cultural Center, Hollywood, FL
1998
Selections, Stony Brook University, Student Union Art Gallery, Long Island, NY, curator Marysol Nieves
Ceibal, Cortés, Esnoz, Kravitz Wehby Gallery, New York, NY
Latin American Artist, curator Carol Norman, Catalogue, Traveling Exhibition:
Sarah Moody Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Turman Art Gallery, Indiana Sate University, Terre Haute, IN
Gallery at Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
Stirring Spaces, The Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY, curator Suzanne Fleminger
1997
International 97, Socrates Sculpture Park, Catalogue, Queens, NY, curator Kathleen Gilrain
Dreams and Symbols, George Mason University, Washington DC, MD
New York State Biennial, New York State Museum, Catalogue, Albany, NY
Latin American Artist, curator Carol Norman, Catalogue, Traveling Exhibition:
Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Walter State Community College, Morristown, TN
Theosophy N Art, The Skylight Gallery, Catalogue, Brooklyn, NY, curator Ellsworth Ausby
From the Ground Up, Socrates Sculpture Park, Catalogue, Queens, NY, curator Kathleen Gilrain
1996
Bronx Spaces, Bronx Museum of Art, Catalogue, Bronx, NY, curator Betti Sue Hertz
Close to home, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY, curator Susan Hoetzal
Sub Rosa, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, New York, NY
Domestic Violence: The Facts Are In, P.S. 122 Gallery, New York, NY
Spirit Vessels, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Tiny Multiples, Gallery 121, New York, NY, curator Suzanne Fleminger
ARCO ART FAIR, Carla Stellweg Gallery, Madrid, Spain
SITES SANTA FE, Carla Stellweg Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Partial to Paper, Henry Street Abrons Art Settlement, New York, NY
1995
Women Sculptors of the 90’s, The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Catalogue, Staten Island, NY
25 New York Artist, Curator Carmelo Diaz, Nishi-Ku Gallery, Nagaya, Japan
Reaffirming Spirituality, El Museo Del Barrio, Catalogue, New York, NY, curator Susanna Torella Leval
Human/Nature the preview, The New Museum, New York, NY
Benefit - Longwood Arts project, PPOW, New York, NY
Pueblo Nuevo, Gallery 128, New York, NY
1994
Iconography - Vistas Latinas, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY
Conversations with the Spirits, City Gallery - Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY,
curator Fred Wilson
Independencia, Passaic Community College, Paterson, NJ
What is Art?, Art in General, New York, NY, curated by students of Drawing Center's education program
Colombianos al Exterior, Traveling Exhibition, organized by the Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ
Laura Lopez Museum, Periera, Colombia
Instituto de Arte Contemporaneo, Bogotá, Colombia
Salon De Arte Contemporaneo, Barranquilla, Colombia
Hispanic Heritage Month, Tweed Gallery, City Hall, New York, NY
1993
Wall Sculptures, The Bergen Museum, Bergen, NJ
Current Wave, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY, Curator Amir Bey
Gathering Medicine, Art In General, New York, NY
Reamerica America, Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Catalogue, New York, NY, curator Juan Sanchez Conversations in the Corridor, Goddard Center, New York, NY
Fire Trine, Alley Cat Gallery, New York, NY
My Friend, My Sister, Soho 20, New York, NY
1992
China: June 4, 1989, Traveling Exhibition, Asian America Art Center, New York, NY, curator Bob Lee
The Cleveland Art Museum, Cleveland, OH
The Mexi-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
500 Anos de Mestizaje, Galeria Latea, New York, NY
Salon - More than a group show. Art In General, New York, NY
Responds to the Columbus Quincentenary, Stony Brook University Union Art Gallery, Stony Brook, NY
Salon more than a Group Show, Art In General, New York, NY
1991
Artist In the Marketplace Exhibition, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, curator Marysol Nieves
Positive Action, The Clocktower Gallery, curator Alfredo Ciebal, New York, NY
The International Studio Program Exhibition, P.S.1 MoMA, Long Island City, NY
China, Blum - Helman Gallery, New York, NY, curator Bob Lee
A Pure and Ancient Spirit, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY, curator Fred Wilson
1990
Made in the Bronx, City Gallery - Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY, curator Fred Wilson
The Small Works, B. A. C. A. Downtown Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Selections, Artist Space, Catalogue, New York, NY, curator Connie Butler
Current Arrival, The Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, NY, curator Carla Stellweg
Artisistas Colombianos en Los Estados Unidos, Traveling exhibition:
El Museo De Arte Moderno, Cartagena, Colombia
El Salon De Arte Moderno, Barrenqilla, Colombia
El Centro Colombo Americano, Bogotá, Colombia
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2017
Abre Camino/Opening Paths, NoMAA at Rio II Gallery, New York, NY
2016
THE BORDER CROSSED ME, Bronx Art Space, Bronx, NY
ARTE Y EL AMOUR, Taller Boricua, New York, NY
2015
MICHAEL PRIBICH - LABOR DAYS, Solo exhibition, Cuchifritos Gallery, New York, NY
PANELS AND LECTURES
2023
Artist Research Fellowship Talk, Hispanic Society Museum and Library, New York, NY
Artist talk, TIERRA DENTRO, The Current Exhibitions, Stowe, VT
2022
Student Artist Panel, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
2021
Visiting Artist in Sculpture & Intermedia, University of IOWA, Iowa City, Iowa
Artist Talk, Comunidades Visibles: The Materiality of Migration, Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2020
Keynote Presentation, Tri-State Sculpture Conference, Turchin Center For The Visual Arts, Boone, NC Keynote Video Interview, Cantar De Ciegos - Exhibition, Turchin Center For The Visual Arts, Boone, NC
Artist Instagram Studio Visit, The Immigrant Biennial, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
Artist Talk, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Hispanic Chamber and Cultural Council, New Orleans, LA
2019
Artist Talk, Thomas Hunter Project Space, Sotheby’s MFA Program, New York, NY
Artist Talk, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC
Panelist, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY
Artist Talk, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
Artist Talk, Gravity[tional], Newark Arts Festival, Newark, NJ
2018
Artist Talk, DEMISE, CSU Galleries at Cleveland University, Cleveland, OH, curator John Moore
Artist Talk, Sonata Oscura, Galería Del Barrio,New York, NY
Artist Panel, The Artist Role in Society, Galería Del Barrio, New York, NY
Esperanza Cortés Artist Talk, NYU - Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY, curator Marta Moreno Vega
2016
Artist Panel, Arte Y El Amor, Taller Boricua Gallery, New York, NY
Artist Panel, The Border Crossed Me, Bronx Art Space, Bronx, NY
Artist Panel, Mujeres, Artworks Gallery, Trenton, NJ
Artist Talk, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
2015
Artist Talk, Webb School of Knoxville, Knoxville, TENN
WHITEWASHED, Artist talk with exhibition, House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2014
A Feather in Each Hand, The School of Visual Arts, Taller Boricua Gallery, New York, NY
A Feather in Each Hand, Taller Boricua Gallery, New York, NY
Vistas Latinas: Collective Solutions and Strategies, Hunter College MFA Campus, New York, NY
2013
Place and Hogar: Ramifications in the Face of Demographic Flux, Taller Puertoriqueño, Philadelphia, PA
Claiming Places, The Lorenzo Homar Gallery, Taller Puertoriqueño, Philadelphia, PA
2011
Lecture and workshop with Residency, Galeria Bielsko BWA, Bielsko-Biala, Poland
2009
Altos de Chavón, Escuela de Diseño, lecture with exhibition, Dominican Republic
1998
The Neuberger Museum of Art, Artist Talk with exhibition, Purchase, NY
1997
Elders Share the Arts, Intergenerational Mural Programs, Pennsylvania South, lecture, New York, NY
1995
Bronx Museum of the Art, AIM Program, Artist Talk with exhibition - Carla Stellweg Gallery, New York, NY
Live/Work in Queens, lecture with exhibition - Queens Museum of Art, Queen, NY
1994
After the Embers, lecture with exhibition - The Jamaica Arts Center, Queens, NY
PRESS
2023
HISPANIC SOCIETY: Embroidered Allegories With Esperanza Cortés, Heightsites, New York, NY
Seven Days, Tierra Dentro, Amy Lilly, Stowe, VT
Stowe Reporter, Tierra Dentro, 1/26/2023, Stowe, VT
Cortés Finds Beauty in Dichotomies of Pre-Colonial Endurance, Audra Lambert, Cultbytes, New York, NY
2022
Creative Capital Shortlist 2022, Creative Capital, New York, NY
2021
Slug Mag, Art as Activism After the Pandemic: Vida, Muerte, Justice/Life, Death, Justice at Ogden..., Hannah McBeth, 11/3/2021, Salt Lake City, UT
Buffalo Spree, An Appealing Lesson in Social Politics: AK Northland’s New Show Makes Points Using Sequins, Lace, and Beads, Elizabeth Licata, 4/2/2021, Buffalo, NY
Albright-Knox Northland, Comunidades Visibles: The Materiality of Migration Features Artistic Highlights by Esperanza Cortés, Buffalo, NY
Ante Up The Arts, New York, NY
ABC4 UTAH, Weber State debuts Latin American Art Gallery for Hispanic Heritage Month, Vivian Chow, 10/1/2021, Ogden, UT
2020
The Art Newspaper, Three Shows to See This Weekend, Gabriella Angeleti
THE IMMIGRANT ARTIST BIENNIAL, CULTBYTES, New York, NY
Esperanza Cortés solo show, CANTAR DE CIEGOS/SONG OF THE BLIND, AT TURCHIN CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, ANTE_MAG, New York, NY
South America Archives - ARTEFUSE, artefuse.com/category/south-america, New York, NY
Inter/Sectionality: DIASPORA ART FROM THE CREOLE CITY, Catalogue, Miami, FL
2019
Listings Project, Holiday Artist Features, Mayela Rodriguez, 12/16/2019, New York, NY
Stephanie Eche, 16 Recent Art Exhibitions in NYC That I Found Inspirational, 12/1/2019, Brooklyn, NY
Arte Fuse, Esperanza Cortés, Canté Jondo / Deep Song at Smack Mellon, Jonathan Goodman, 10/30/2019, New York, NY
Artnet, Editors’ Picks: 20 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week, Sarah Cascone, 9/23/2019, New York, NY
Hyperallergic, Your Concise New York Art Guide for Fall 2019, 9/10/2019, New York, NY
BELatina, Everything You Need to Know About Artist Esperanza Cortés, Erica Nahmad, 3/29/2019
Art Rabbit, Esperanza Cortés, Canté Jondo/Deep Song (Gallery One)Aug 6, 2019
2018
Artforum, Guggenheim Foundation Announces 2018 Fellows, New York, NY
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 2018 Fellows, guggenheim.org, New York, NY
Los Angeles Times, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announces new fellows, Los Angeles, CA
List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2018 - Wikipedia
Artnews, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Names 2018 Fellows ..
Cleveland State University, CSU EXHIBIT PRESENTS ART ABOUT LIFE, DEATH
2017
Whitehot Magazine, Ojo! Esperanza Cortés makes her Art Basel Miami Beach debut, Petra Mason
http://www.mustonline.gr/index.php?pageaction=kat&modid=1&artid=31359
http://www.artandlife.gr/-ekthesi_to_dikaioma_na_eisai_anthropos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJRY3ByYlf8
2016
The Times of Trenton, Must-see exhibit in Trenton, By Jean Purcell, 9/14/2016
New York 1, Interview - The Border Crossed Me, Bronx Art Space, Bronx, NY
Observer-Dispatch, Artist in Spotlight at Sculpture Space, Works in Progress Reception, Utica, NY, Peter Franchell
The Jersey Journal, Art Exhibit Inspired by 'Errand Into the Maze' Set to Open in Jersey City, Caitlin Mota
2014
ARTFORUM, Joan Mitchell Foundation 2014 Painting and Sculpture Grants Announce, 12/22/2014
ARTNEWS, Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces 2014 Painters & Sculptors Grant Recipients, Dan Duray, 12/19/2014
ART & EDUCATION, Joan Mitchell Foundation 2014 Painting and Sculpture Grants Announced, 12/22/2014
ARC Magazine, Joan Mitchell Foundation announces the 2014 Painters & Sculptors Grant Recipients, 12/19/2014
Remezcla, NYC: Three Can’t-Miss Latino Art Exhibits this Week, Barbara Calderón-Douglass, 9/15/2014
2013
Hola Ciudad, La pintora colombiana Esperanza Cortés expone en Filadelfia, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Neighborhoods, Fairhill: Taller begins conducting neighborhood study, Philadelphia, PA
2012
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, ‘Migration’ in Art and More, 9/20/2012
Artists of Utah/15 Bytes, Mestizo’s Dollar Daze, Geoff Wichert, 6/5/2012
2011
SKULL STYLE: SKULLS IN CONTEMPORARY ART & DESIGN, book published by Patrice Farameh, 12/5/2011
Finał rezydencji artystycznych, 9/11/11 sierpnia w Bielsku-Białej odbył się finał międzynarodowych Rezydencji artystycznych "Beyond the time / Poza czasem”, była Galeria Bielska BWA,9/12/2011
BB365: Prezentacja multimedialna: Beyond the time, 9/10/2011
Kurier - Radia Bielsko: Final Artystycznych rezydencji, Bielsko - Biała, Poland, 8/11/2011
Kamienna róża - Bielska Telewizja Internetowa, BTI, filmy Bielsko - Biała
Radio Bielsko: Kaledarium Rezydencje artystyczne „Poza czasem”, 8/3/2011
Beyond Time, Poza czasem, Installation intervention “Ojo” by Esperanza Cortés / Akcja artystyczna “Ojo”
BB365: Rezydencje artystyczne w Bielsku-Białej, Bielko Biála, 9/9/11
Bielsko-Biała Telewizja: bwa róża Esperanaza Cortés, filmy Bielsko, filmy z Bielska,
Esperanza Cortés rozpocznie dzisiaj na Szyndzielni akcję artystyczną „Ojo”.
Artystka z USA umieści na drzewach ceramiczne oczy symbolizujące naturę, która nieustannie na nas patrzy.
Esperanza Cortés (USA) – Róża pod każdą inną nazwą pachniałaby tak samo słodko”
Bielska Telewizja Internetowa: Oczy natury na Szyndzielni - BTI, filmy Bielsko - Biała
TV Bielsko Biala.pl: Bielsko - Biała, Poland, 8/3/2011
Spotkanie z uczestnikami rezydencji artystycznych Beyond the Time, 7/20/2011
Kurier - Radia Bielsko: Yasuaki Onishi w Galerii bielskiej, BWA, Bielsko - Biała, Poland, 7/14/2011
L Magazine: Northside Art: 12 Must-See Events and Studios at Northside Open Studios, Benjamin Sutton, 6/6/2011, Brooklyn, NY
L Magazine: Northside Photos: Northside Open Studios, Benjamin Sutton, 6/19/2011, Brooklyn, NY
Manhattan Times: Using Art to Cross the Generations, Mike Fitelson, 5/25/2011, New York, NY
2010
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council: Art for Change an Artistic Response to Immigration, 9/2010, New York, NY
2009
Amsterdam News: What Was Left - Esperanza Cortés, New York, NY
Casa de Campo Living: Altos de Chavón - Artistas en Residencia, 4/14/2009, Dominican Republic
Sol del Este: Artistas en Residencia de Altos de Chavón, 4/2009, Dominican Republic
2005
Art New England: Sacred Heart University Sculpture Walk, Book, Basquiat, Briton, MA
2003
ArtNexus: De Lo Que Soy/Of What I am, New York, NY
El Diario la Prensa: De Lo Que Soy, 10/2003, New York, NY
2000
The New York Times: Pieces of Domesticity and Links to Nature, William Zimmer, 6/11/2000, New York, NY
1999
The New York Times: Way Up in the Bronx a Hardy Spirit Blooms, Holland Cotter, 5/7/1999, New York, NY
The New York Times: Longwood Studio Fellowship Exhibit, Holland Cotter, New York, NY
The New York Times: ART GUIDE, May 14, 1999, New York, NY
1998
New Art Examiner: Esperanza Cortés At the Neuberger Museum, Dominick Lombardi, 8/1/1998, Chicago, IL
Channel 13: Picture This - Esperanza Cortés Artist, TV 411, 11/1998, New York, NY
The New York times: WESTCHESTER GUIDE, 5/10/1998
1997
El Diario La Prensa: Artistas Latinas en Nueva York, 9/1/1997, New York, NY
The New York Times: Honoring Women as Keeper of the Home, William Zimmer, 10/26/1996, New York, NY
1996
The New York Times: Tribute to shows linked to the Bronx, Vivien Raynor, 5/26/1996, New York, NY
The New York Times: Alternative, But an Alternative to What, Holland Cotter, 4/19/1996, New York, NY
1995
The New York Times: Depicting The Multiculturalism of Queens, Pepe Karmel, 9/1/1995, New York, NY
The Village Voice: Gris-Gris Goddess Ya Ya, Jan Avigos, 8/8/1995, New York, NY
1994
Imagenes, Channel 13: Two Latina Artists, 9/1994, New York, NY
The Village Voice: What is Art? 6/1994, New York, NY
New York Newsday: Iconography, 5/1994, New York, NY
New York Newsday: Artist at the Jamaica Center, 1/1994, New York, NY
The New York Times: Playing in the Neighborhood, Erin St. John Kelly, 1/2/1994, New York, NY
1993
The New York Times: ART: A Synthesis of East and West, Vivien Raynor, 5/16/1993, New York, NY
1992
The Village Voice: Whack Attack, New York, NY
The Plain Dealer: The Great Wall of Protest, Helen Cillinan, 8/27/1992, Cleveland, OH
The Cleveland Tribute: China, 8/1992, Cleveland, OH
1991
The New York Times: Artist in the Marketplace, Vivien Raynor, 7/21/1991, New York, NY
New York Newsday: P.S.1 Museums International Studio Program Exhibition, New York, NY
1990
New York Newsday: Reflecting on Tiananmen Square, 5/1990, New York, NY
Art in America: China, 6/1990, New York, NY
The Village Voice: China at P.S. 1, 7/1990, New York, NY
1989
The Village Voice: Open Door, 11/1989, New York, NY
The Daily News: Made in the Bronx, Joan Shepard, 9/17/1989, New York, NY
Spiral: Tiananmen Square, 6/1989, New York, NY
El Universal Dominical: La Avanzada Pictórica en Colombia, 8/28/1988, Bogotá, Colombia
La Prensa: Artistas Colombianos en EU, 9/1988, Bogotá, Colombia
La Voz Hispana: Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art Presenta: Current Arrivals, 7/1988, New York, NY
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