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- Name: Raelis Vasquez
- City/Place: Chicago/New York City
- Country: United States
- Hometown: Santa Cruz de Mao, Dominican Republic
Life & Work
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Bio:
Drawing on historical, political and personal narratives, my paintings are figurative compositions that conjure the complexity of the Afro-Latinx experience. The figures in my work inhabit a state of vulnerability that often encourages the viewer to question their positions on class, race, and geography. I immigrated to the United States in 2002 from the Dominican Republic. Today, I feel an overpowering responsibility (or calling) to the arts and towards my Black, Latinx, and immigrant communities.
I paint using oils in a naturalistic manner as a means to give clarity to the subjects I present. My devotion is to the accurate representation of the convoluted histories of the Dominican Republic. I am aiming to highlight an allegorical narrative that presents the psychological states of the figures in my works while presenting a window to the viewer of their daily lives.
Contact Information
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact by Webpage: http://www.raelisvasquez.com/contact-me
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- ▶ Twitter: raelisvasquez
- ▶ Instagram: raelis
- ▶ Website: http://www.raelisvasquez.com
- ▶ YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOiTouP8-3h41dGle0G2w0A
- ▶ Articles: http://www.raelisvasquez.com/press
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Raelis Rayson Vasquez Estrella
Born: 1995 in Mao Valverde, Dominican Republic
Lives and works in NJ/NYC
EDUCATION
2019 - 2021: MFA, Painting and Drawing, Columbia University, NY
2016 - 2018: BFA, Painting and Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
2017: Monte Castello Painting and Studio Practice, Umbria Italy
2013- 2015 Associates in Liberal Arts, High Honors, Studio Arts, Art History, Middlesex County College, NJ
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2021
Estamos Bien: La Trienal 20/21, El Museo del Barrio, New York NY
Shattered Glass, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Contemporary Domesticity, Taymour Grahne, London, UK
Frieze NYC, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Solo Exhibition, Sakhile&Me Gallery, Frankfurt Germany
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020
“Como Nosotros Somos” New Image Gallery, West Hollywood, CA (two Person -with Tiffany Alfonseca)
“Celebrate Longevity” Superposition Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (two Person- with John Rivas)
2019
“Both at Once” Latchkey Gallery, NY, NY (two-person- with Kevin M. Demery)
“Stateless” Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, IL (two-person- with John Rivas)
2017
"It Takes All Kind" Studio Oh!, Chicago IL (solo)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Art Basel Miami Beach, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Art Basel OVR, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Building Narratives” Monti 8, Latina, Italy
“Figurative Summer” Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Everyday is Sunday” UTA Artist Space, Beverly Hills, CA
“The Cookout: Kinfolk and Other Intimacies” MoCADA, Brooklyn, NY
“One Way Ticket” Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Thy Neighbor” 1-54 Contemporary African Art Far, Latchkey Gallery, New York, NY
“TB2P” Cantica Tabacuru Gallery, New York, NY
“Parallel Realities & Unpopular Truths” Superposition Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“The Living Room Kitchen” The Andrew Freedman Home, Bronx, NY
2019
“Syn-co-pa-tion” Ace Hotel\The Tenth Magazine, Chicago, IL
“Breaching the Margins” Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
“Both at Once” Latchkey Gallery, New York, NY
“Stateless” Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Remnants of Things Left Behind” Band of Vices, Los Angeles, CA
“Salon!” Rozsa Center for the Performing Art, Houghton, MI
“Don’t Be Scurred: Pathways to Liberation” Hairpin Arts Center, Chicago, IL
“Salon!” Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Houghton, MI
2018- “XL Catlin Art Prize,” San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
“XL Catlin Art Prize,” Linda Warren Projects, Chicago, IL
“XL Catlin Art Prize,” New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
“The Latin American Contemporary Fine Art Competition” Agora Gallery, New York, NY
“Interiors”, Happy Gallery, Chicago, IL
"The Art of Awareness," Fulton Street Market, Chicago, IL
"A Remembrance of Beauty," Moody Fellowship Hall, Chicago, IL
"SAIC BFA Show," SAIC Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
"Journey to America," Highland Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
"Black Love Matters," William Hill Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Buy Art Not Vices" NYCH Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Rompiendo Barrera" Carlos and Dominguez Fine Arts Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017
"Black Love Matters", SouthSide Arts Center, Chicago, IL
"Mostradarte" The International Centre for the Arts, Monte Castello di Vibio, Umbria, Italy
"Altering Realities" Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
"Taking Shape" Studio Oh! Chicago, IL
2016
"Understanding Time" Ballroom Projects, Chicago, IL
"ArtBash" Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL
2015
The Community Open House & Expo, 50-Year Anniversary Exhibition
2014
Perth Amboy Bi-Annual Exhibition. Perth Amboy, NJ
Annual International Summer Exhibition. Highland Park, NJ
2013
ACT-SO NAACP New Jersey Painting Competition. Newark, NJ
ACT-SO NAACP New Jersey Drawing Competition. Newark, NJ
GRANTS/AWARDS (Grants/Fellowships, Awards/Honors, Residencies, etc.)
2019
Mare Residency, SunSpot Studios with MICA, Baltimore, MD
2018
Odyssey Travel Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2017
John W. Kurtich Foundation Scholarship , School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2016
SAIC Distinguished Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
SAIC Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2015
Art Department Awards for Academic Excellence, Middlesex County College
2013
ACT-SO NAACP New Jersey Silver Medal in Painting
ACT-SO NAACP New Jersey Silver Medal in Drawing
Art Student of the Year, School of North Brunswick
Talks and Panel Discussions
2020
Panel Discussion with Schrezade Garcia and Toy Peralta, “Afro Latinos En Arte” at SVA, New York, NY
2018
Today at Apple, "Modern Meets Classic" Key Note/ Live Art, Chicago, IL
Clips (more may be added)
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The BEST ACRYLIC PORTRAIT TUTORIAL || Step by Step: Color Mixing, Preparing Paper, Painting Demo
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Acrylic Portrait Painting in Sketchbook
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PAINTING TIME-LAPSE || ACRYLIC ON PAPER
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COLOR MIXING FOR PORTRAIT PAINTING || FLESH TONES IN OIL
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SKETCHING IN ACRYLIC
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Profile Figure Painting (side view) oil
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PORTRAIT PAINTING TIME-LAPSE || Part 2- "During the Night We Rarely Fall"
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PAINTING HANDS- Pushing Color in Oil
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VARNISHING ACRYLIC PAINTINGS
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Acrylic Portrait Painting || Sketchbook
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Painting a Hand in Acrylic || Tutorial
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OIL PAINTING TIME-LAPSE || WET ON WET PORTRAIT PAINTING
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