Thicket | Juan Arango Palacios, Josh Dihle, Anastasia Komar, Mevlana Lipp, Wen Liu, Alex McAdoo, Anna Ruth, Krzysztof Strzelecki, Ena Swansea, Erin Woodbrey
New York
July 11 – August 16, 2024
Juan Arango Palacios
Cielo y Tierra, 2024
Embellishment on Jacquard cotton weave
137 x 112 cm | 54 x 44 in
Juan Arango Palacios
Cabeza en las Nubes, 2024
Oil on canvas
122 x 101.5 cm | 48 x 40 in
Juan Arango Palacios
Tiene Fuego en la Boca, Que Quema y me Provoca, 2022
Pastel and colored pencil on paper
45.7 x 45.7 cm / 18 x 18 in
Juan Arango Palacios
Untitled (Jungle 1-3), 2022
Oil on canvas
121.9 x 182.8 cm / 48 x 72 in
Juan Arango Palacios
Baile Caliente, 2021
Acrylic and rhinestones on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm / 48 x 48 in
Juan Arango Palacios
Group Selfie, 2021
Acrylic and rhinestones on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm / 48 x 48 in
Juan Arango Palacios
Baile Caliente, 2021
Oil on canvas
122 x 81 cm / 48 x 36 in
Juan Arango Palacios
Naturaleza Muerta, 2022
Pastel and colored pencil on paper
60.9 x 91.4 cm 24 x 36 in
Juan Arango Palacios
Beso con Naturaleza Muerta, 2022
Pastel and colored pencil on paper
60.9 x 91.4 cm / 24 x 36 in
Juan Arango Palacios
Nadie Deja que Muera una Flor tan Bella, 2022
Oil on canvas
91.4 x 60.9 cm / 36 x 24 in
Juan Arango Palacios
El Brillo en tus Ojos no es Igual, 2022
Oil on canvas
91.4 x 60.9 cm / 36 x 24 in
Juan Arango Palacios
Untitled (Jungle 1), 2022
Oil on canvas
122 x 183 cm / 48 x 72 in
BORN
1997, Pereira, Colombia
EDUCATION
2020 BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Alta Montaña, Gaa Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Jardin del Deseo, Spinello Projects, Miami, FL
CORTAVENAS, Rusha & Co. Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
El Brillo en sus Ojos, Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL
Barely Fair, Selenas Mountain, Chicago, IL
Final Fantasia, FLXST Contemporary, Chicago, IL, USA
Verano Perpetuo, The Room Gallery, London, UK
2022
Amor de mis Amores, Jude Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
BIMBOFICATION SENSATION, Povos Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
I Wanna Be You Anywhere, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL, and Catskill, NY, USA
2021
Como Angel en Cielo, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2020
Recuerdos, SITE Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Thicket, Gaa, New York, NY, USA
Collect Art Fair group booth, Galerie Revel, London, UK
2023
Summer Escape, Gaa Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Are you a Friend of Dorothy?, Hashimoto Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Saints and Sinners, Guts Gallery, London, UK
Eve Presents #3, Eve Leibe Gallery, London, UK
The Cake Show, Soft Times Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Tinted Love, Good Mother Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2022
En Vivo y a Todo Color, Eve Leibe Gallery, London, UK
Tread Lightly, Lauren Powell Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Estilazo, The Latinx Project at NYU, New York, NY, USA
Friends Forever, The Latent Space, Chicago, IL, USA
Another Day in Paradise, Seasons, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Small Works Exhibition, Soft Times Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Salon, Guts Gallery, London, UK
Vernacular Glamour, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, USA
2021
Recuerdos, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL, USA
Orchids, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Queerness in Color, Queer Art Collective, California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, CA, USA
Clean Slate, Gruin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
A Flame Sparkling, Fluffy Crimes, Chicago, IL, USA
2020
ENTRECUERPOS, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Undefined: Pride Month Benefit Project, Curina, New York City, NY, USA
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, FELLOWSHIPS
2022
Resident Artist, The Macedonia Institute, Chatham, NY, USA
2021
Tanda 6 - Chuquimarca Projects, Chicago, IL, USA
2021
Resident Artist, Bed Stuy Art Residency, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Viewing Program 20 / 21 Participant, The Drawing Center, New York City, NY, USA
2020
Chicago Artists Coalition SPARK Grant Recipient, Chicago, IL, USA
2019
Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art Residency, Yale University, Norfolk, CT, USA
SELECTED PRESS
2023
“Visionary Interviews: Juan Arango Palacios”, New Visionary Magazine, San Francisco, CA
“Artist of the Week: Juan Arango Palacios”, LVL3, Chicago, IL
“Chicago’s Miniature Art Fair is a Big Success”, Hyperallergic, New York, NY
2022
Charlie Kang, “Juan Arango Palacios Q&A with Charlie Kang,” Ruckus Journal, July 21
Livy Onalee Snyder, “The Rhythm of Queer Love: A Review of Juan Arango Palacios at Jude Gallery,” Newcity Magazine, July 8
Verónica Dávila Ellis, “When the Barrios Hear Her Song,” Oxford American Magazine, March 22
Jordan A. Porter-Woodruff, “Juan Arango Palacios,” The Artists’ Feature, February 15
Ayla Angelos, “Juan Arango Palacios’ vibrant paintings are an ‘an ode and monument to queer people,’” Its Nice That, January 12
2021
“Juan Arango Palacios: Como Ángel en Cielo,” Juxtapoz Magazine, September 28
2020
“Juan Arango Palacios,” Art Maze Magazine, Winter Issue 16, London, UK
“Meet the Graduating Class,” School of the Art Institute of Chicago Magazine
2019
“Interactive Gallery: Room to Move,” Art Institute of Chicago Member’s Magazine, Summer Issue
Gaa Gallery New York is pleased to present Alta Montaña, a solo exhibition with Chicago-based artist Juan Arango Palacios. In a new body of work pairing weaving and painting, Arango Palacios explores the archetype of the mountain. Creating a contemporary hybrid of magical realism, autobiography, and folklore, the work in Alta Montaña explores the interactions of identity, diaspora, queer culture, and craft. Alta Montaña will be Arango Palacios’ first solo exhibition with the gallery in New York City and will open on Friday, February 9, with a reception from 6 - 8 pm.
Gaa Gallery is pleased to present Summer Escape, a group exhibition curated by Gavin Kennedy. Summer Escape will feature works by Juan Arango Palacios, Mark Joshua Epstein, Koak, Laurens Legiers, Amy Lincoln, Lauren Luloff, Erika Ranee, Pacifico Silano, Krzysztof Strzelecki, Richard Tinkler, Lumin Wakoa, Summer Wheat, and Letha Wilson. The exhibition will open at Gaa Gallery’s Provincetown space on June 30 with a public reception from 6 - 8 pm.
