RAELIS VASQUEZ

Born: 1995 in Mao Valverde, Dominican Republic

Lives and works in Philadelphia/ New Jersey

 

EDUCATION

2019 - 2021: MFA, with emphasis in Painting and Drawing, Columbia University, NY

2016 - 2018: BFA, with emphasis in 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         

 

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITION

2023- A Land Between Rivers, PM/AM Gallery, London, UK

2021- “As We Were” Sakhile&Me Gallery, Frankfurt Germany

          “Belleza Común” De Buck Gallery, Saint-Paul-de-Vence France

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) 

2019- “Stateless” Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, IL (two person- with John Rivas)

2017- "It Takes All Kind" Studio Oh!, Chicago IL (solo)

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2024- Art Basel,  Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

         “The Garden for Forking Paths”, Deli Gallery, NY. NY

          Meca Art Fair, Rulay Magazine, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

         “Entrangled Gaze”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Sanfrancisco, CA

2023- Art Basel Miami, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL

          Art Cologne, Sakhile and Me, Cologne Gemany

          “Tapestry”, Bode Projects, Berlin Germany

          Art Basel, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

          “Homecoming”, Gallery II, Tel Aviv, Israel

          Dallas Art Fair, PM/AM Gallery, Dallas TX

          MECA Art Fair, Ross and Kramer, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

          Art Basel, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

         

2022- Art Basel Miami, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL

          “Offsight”, James Fuentes Gallery, New York NY

          “Resilience”, Eastville Museum via Superposition Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY

          “Aqux”, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, CA

          “Pal Patio”, Calderon Gallery, New York, NY

          Frieze LA, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2021- “House of Crowns”, Superposition Gallery x Phillips, New York NY

          Art Basel Miami, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, Miami, FL

          Art Basel Miami, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL

          The Armory Show, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY

          “This is America”, Kunstraum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

          Frieze NYC, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

          The Armory Show, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, NYC

          Art Basel Miami, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Miami

          “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

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.)

2023- Painters Painting Paitings Residency, Amsterday

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- “Figurative Summer” Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

           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