1985 - Ecuador
based in Miami, FL


Selected SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 MARE MAGNVM: A Floridian Odyssey, curated by Christian Viveros-Faune, University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
2024 Barrio Alto, curated by Juliana Forero, Coral Springs Art Museum, Coral Springs, FL
2023 Run Run Run Like The Wind
, Miami Beach Arts & Culture, Miami Beach, FL
2023 Run Run Run Like The Wind
, Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, North Miami, FL
2021 MARE MAGNVM
, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2021 MARE MAGNVM: La llegada
, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2021 Camposcuro
, curated by Claudia Mattos, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
2020
Land Escape, Atchugarry Art Center, Miami, FL
2019 Land Escape, curated by Leilani Lynch, The Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL
2019 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art, curated by Coralie Claeysen-Gleyson + Hansen Mulford, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
2018 Ni Aqui Ni Alla, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC

Selected GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 XFactor: Latinx Artists and the Reconquest of the Everyday, curated by Christian Viveros Faune, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
2024 Trienal Poli/Gráfica: Bajo Presion / Under Pressure
, curated by Elvis Fuentes, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2024 Coined in the South, curated by Jonathan Stuhlman, Mint Museum, NC
2024 Everything Ends Eventually, curated by Rina Dweck & Richard Moreno, Latchkey Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Vessel and Veil,
curated by Claudia Matos, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
2022 History in Fragments,
curated by Babak Golkar, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2022 Lean-To
, curated by Leilani Lynch, Oolite Arts, Miami, FL
2021 BIENALSUR: Punto de Fuga
, curated by Marina Aguerre, Centro de Arte Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2021 Inside Feelings, Outside Voices: Reflections From Miami, Green Space Miami, Miami, FL
2021 Conflict Point,
curated by Jonell Logan, McColl Center, Charlotte, NC
2021 Bum Bum Ba Ye [Under Pressure], Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2020
Make America What America Must Become, curated by George Scheer + Katrina Neumann, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
2020 Life During Wartime: Art in the Age of Coronavirus, curated by Christian Viveros-Faune, USF Contemporary Art Museum OVR, Tampa, FL
2020 Ver Versus Ver, Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2020 A Posteriori, Liliana Bloch Gallery, Dallas, TX
2019 South Florida Cultural Consortium, curated by Amy Galpin PhD, Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, North Miami, FL
2018 Florida Biennial, curated by Laura Marsh, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
2016 The Space Between, curated by Jesus Petroccini + Chrisbeth Ortega, The Screening Room, Miami, FL
2016 27th University Exhibition, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2015 7th Biennial, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
2014 Freshly Squeezed, curated by Jesus Petroccini, Foto33 + Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami, FL
2013 Too Much Is Not Enough, curated by Marie Vickles, Little Haiti Cultural Center, Miami, FL
2011 Be Inspired!, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Selected Awards + Grants + Fellowships

2023 Specific Cultural Project Award, State of Florida Division of Arts and Culture, Tallahassee, FL
2023 Artist Innovation Grant, Broward County Cultural Division, FL
2022 Premio ARCO Comunidad de Madrid
, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain
2021 The Ellies Creator Award
, Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
2021
Specific Cultural Project Award, State of Florida Division of Arts and Culture, Tallahassee, FL
2020
Green Space Initiative Grant, Green Family Foundation, Miami, FL
2019 Knight Arts Challenge Miami Award, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Miami, FL
2019 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art Award, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
2019 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship, Broward County Cultural Division, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2018 Florida Biennial Juror’s Pick Award, Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL

Selected Residencies

2024 The Ant Project, México City, México
2023
Felipa Manuela Residencias de Investigación, Madrid, Spain
2023 AIR 351
, Cascais, Portugal
2023 MASS MoCA + Oolite Arts’ Home + Away
, North Adams, MA
2022 Oolite Arts
, Miami Beach, FL
2021
McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC
2021 Anderson Ranch + Oolite Arts’ Home + Away, Snowmass, CO
2019 100 W Corsicana Artist and Writer Residency, Corsicana, TX
2018 Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

2022 Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
2022 Colección Fundación ARCO, Centro de Arte 2 de Mayo, Madrid, Spain
2018 Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC

CATALOGS + Publications

2023 Oolite Arts, The Perpetual Loop
2022 New American Paintings
, Issue No. 160
2022 BIENALSUR 2021
2020 Land Escape Catalog
2019 Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, South Florida Cultural Consortium

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