Born in Chile, lives and works in Brooklyn, New York B.F.A. The School of Visual Arts, New York, New York
PRESENT EXHIBITION
2004 THE MEt COpyist program, COPYING MAID ASLEEP BY JOHANNESS VERMEER, GALLERY 614; the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM of art. EACH TUESDAY. october 8th through DECember 3rd, 2024; 11:30-3:30 PM.
UPCOMING Exhibition
2024 THE MEt COpyist program 2024, PATROn’s lounge; THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, OPENING RECEPTION DECEMBER 13TH 6-8 PM
PAST Exhibitions
2024 Metabolism of Cities & Soils, HII Urban Environmental Health Lab Fellowship Exhibition at usi’s 9th annual symposium. Project FarmHouse, New York, NY
2024 Vitamina A curated by Maria José Sagredo. Galería Animal, Santiago de Chile
2023 Somos/We are: Latinx Artists from Long Island, curated by nina sangimino and kelynn adler, The Long Island Museum; New York, NY
2018 Tunes of Hope benefit curated by Isabel Aranguren. South Pointe Park Lighthouse; Miami
2014 Rowan Sphere Solo Show curated by Todd StewarT, Picture Farm Gallery, New York
2012 Vista curated by Eva Mendoza Chandas. University of Maryland, Washington, DC
2011 Have you seen this guy’s work? curated by Ryan Feeney. Soft Spot, On-line Gallery
2011 Nostalgia curated by Lupe Gehrenbeck. One Art Space, New York, New York
2010 Artist of the Week curated by Alejandra Villasmil. Artishock Magazine, On-line Gallery
2010 Ellas ArtReach video-series curated by Poppy Muir. Night of Festivals, Nottingham, UK
2010 Greeny curated by Alexander Berscheid. Astor Row Unlimited Gallery, Buschwick, NY
2009 Home Feria de Arte BA. Galeria Trafix, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2008 All Cut Up curated by Rita de Alencar Pinto. Roebling Hall Gallery, New York, New York
2008 Reflect/Refract curated by Lucia Pizzani. Rich Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2007 Slideluck Pot Show curated by Valeria Cordero. Museo Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela
2006 Pinta curated by Andreina Fuentes. HC Contemporary, New York, New York
2006 Balance, Fuera de Balance curated by Barrios. Jóvenes con FIA, Caracas, Venezuela
2005 The Secret Show curated by Valeria Cordero. The White Box Gallery, New York, New York
2005 One of a kind Dumbo Arts Festival. P-LOFT Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2005 Victims of Katrina Benefit Exhibition. The Halcycon Gallery, Dumbo, New York
2005 Venezueland curated by Alejandra Villasmil. Galeria Galou, Brooklyn, New York
2005 The First Art Parade curated by Kathy Grayson. Deitch Projects, New York, New York
2004 L Factor curated by Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo. Exit Art, New York, New York
2003 Animas Night Out curated by Mariano Franzese. The Frying Pan, New York, New York
2003 Ephemeral Trends curated by Milagros Bello. Feria Arte Americas, Miami, Florida
2003 Night of the 1000 Drawings Benefit for The Artist Space. Artists Space, New York, New York
Private Collections ( Selection )
Derek Fordjour (New York); Steven & Alessandra Rich (London); Abigail Asher (New York); Jessica Asher (London); Clara Van den Bosch (Paris); Rimjhim Dey (NewYork); David & Barbara Slater (Boston); Patrick & Rebeca Craig (Lousiana); David Tunkl (Los Angeles); Margarita Hanckes & Carlos Jerez (Santiago); Fabienne & Carlitos Jerez (Santiago); Elizabeth Mitchell (New York); Dan Bailey (Birmingham); Rebecca Smeyne (New York); Alex & Jennifer Gillette (New York); Michael & Laura Doak (Texas); Cristóbal Infante (London); Geraldine Garcia Esquivel (NewYork); Diego Sanchez & Ana Lasala (Los Angeles); Antonio Briceño (Miami); Valentina Meersohn (Santiago); Valentina Greene (Santiago); Maria Laura Quintero (NewYork); Oscar Carvallo (Paris); Valeria Cordero (New York); Cecil Chellew Bulnes (Santiago); Todd & Marina Stewart (NewYork); Jamie Gili & Lucia Pizzani (London); Amira Esquivel (Santiago); Carla Harshman (New York); Lorenzo Marcelli Fiori & Agathe Lerolle (New York); Jaime Mendoza (Caracas); Mariuschka Lovera (Miami); Richard Melillo (Fort Lauderdale); Stefan Sagmeister (NewYork); Bianca Alvarez (Puerto Rico); Katz & Antonio Parada (Miami); David Genat (Perth); Robert Richardson (Vancouver); Veronica Menache (Santiago); Ximena Menache (Santiago); Ben Callaway (Mallorca); Jonathan Sanchez-Obias (Miami); John McWhinnie (NewYork).
Artist Assistant & in Collaborations with Bios by Chat GPT ;)
Roberto Ruspoli is an Italian muralist, who works in large scale, in-situ, using charcoal and pigments. I worked assisting with the general production of his large-scale mural for studio shamshiri, mixing colors, painting & prepping; Private Residence, West Village, NY. December 2023
Derek Fordjour is an American interdisciplinary artist and educator of Ghanaian heritage, who works in collage, video/film, installation, sculpture and painting. I assisted Derek with the exponential production of his art-work to meet various deadlines, including with creative solutions like silver gilding and doing the paint finish on his sculptures. I was also part of the team assisting with the general production of his large-scale paintings: faster-than-light color mixing and matching, actual figurative miniature painting, all related to prepping and collaging the paintings for his show SCORE, at Petzel Gallery, NY. April-November 2023
Alan Carrol is a Scott expert artisan, who works in New York creating faux finishes for over two decades. Under his guidance, I worked for Michael Simon interiors and Evergreene Architects, helping in two projects in Manhattan: Upper East side residence mixing the colors for many of the rooms there, doing traditional strié samples in varying subtle shades. Mixed and matched gallons of his custom recipe, which incorporated Blanc de Meudon marble dust, replicating the dead-flat patina of the Palais Paar period room at the Met. Among other things, I also prepared two dozen doors and panels for faux wood grain including mixing the new wood stain shade that would be used in the entire residence, and rendering life-size oil samples, in front of clients. In Harlem: restoring, and doing the in-painting for the damaged murals at the very top of the ceiling inside the Church of The Ascension, including cherubs, angels, and filigree. 2022
Ryan McGinness is an American multimedia artist from Virginia Beach, known for his colorful silk-screen paintings of geometric abstractions, and for his use of symbols. I worked as his Studio assistant including Manager running his studio while he traveled a few years ago, and more recently, I assisted him again with the general production of large-scale paintings, mixing specific acrylic colors, helping Ryan with all related to oversized silk-screening, varnishing, etc. 2022
Ian Vanek is a musician and visual artist from Olympia, best known as the co-founder of the punk band Japanther, which combines music, performance art and multimedia to create a unique DIY aesthetic. We collaborated a-painting-for-a-song, he used my portrait for his Howardian record titled “Too Big To Be Quiet” as well as for a drum-key design. 2022
Theo Pinto is an American mixed media artist of Brazilian heritage whose work combines paint and resin, and explores themes of light and nature with gradients. I worked as a color consultant/specialist, and mixed to match hundreds of oil-paint colors for his gradient paintings, to be finished with a resin top coat. 2021
Laura Owens is an American Artist based in Los Angeles, known for her eclectic approach to abstraction, combining traditional painting techniques with digital technology. I worked for her as a dry-lay assistant via LGA Partners, The Public Art Fund and BRB Tiles, organizing, re-arranging gradients, photographing, cutting-to-size and dry-laying the non-white area of a 28,000 sqf tile-mosaic mural (the largest in the world). LaGuardia Airport, New York. 2019 - 2020
Jeff Koons is an American conceptual artist, known for his playful sculptures, often inspired by American popular culture and consumerism, which have made him one of the most recognizable figures in the art world. I was part of his Painting Department, working with a small team of color experts to match computer generated swatches, and as a Color Specialist and Stencil Painter, I mixed to match thousands (5,750) costume oil-paint colors for the complete Gazing Ball series for his solo show at Gagosian Gallery, NY. I worked on the underpainting by dovetailing several hundred layers of perforated velum-stencils, and stippling the oil paint directly from the oil tube onto the canvas. I was part of the team brought over Rockefeller Center in order to custom-color spot-restore “Seated Ballerina” a ballon piece based on a previous stainless-steel sculpture he made. 2014 - 2017
Karin Schneider is a conceptual artist from Brazil, known for her minimalist compositions. I was her painting assistant along with Ian Szydlowski; worked on her-large format painting, in-painting black capital letters on a black background. I also helped her restore several of her smaller monochrome paintings, including Syria. 2015.
cai guo-qiang is a Chinese artist known for his firework display at the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. He turns the sky into a canvas. I worked as his videographer documenting a three week period installation of each one of his works at the artists’ Retrospective. Guggenheim Museum. 2008
Taylor McKimmens is an artist from California, known for his fluorescent and gritty narrative-driven paintings and sculptures, that explore American culture. I was his painting assistant and mixed color in the floor-to-ceiling backdrop mural for the main stage. Death by Audio’s last show in Williamsburg. 2014
E. V. Day is a New York based artist whose work explores themes of sexuality and humor while employing gravity-defying suspension techniques. I did and Internship for her helped her with sowing and hanging her sculpture dresses for studio-tests, maybe for a MET exhibit. 2012
Vito Acconci was a pioneering Italian-American performance artist whose work explored the relationship between the body and public spaces, influencing subsequent generations of artists. I got to work directly with Vito as an intern, archiving, organizing, and tending the originals kept in folders, each folder labeled with the title of a work of art and organized inside his metal cabinets: Like a giant poem containing material corresponding to his 1969-1974 work, which was to be acquired by the Getty Museum. 2007
Lucia Pizzani is a Venezuelan Artist based in London, who has an expressive and mixed media approach to art making involving nature and the body, working with performance, photography, video and sculpture; with whom I did collaborations, including “el Librito”. 2010
Martin Zimmerman is a New Zealander expert in faux finishes and antique restoration. I learned Oil Gilding & Faux Finishing and old master’s oil glazing from him. We decorated poles and finials with filigrees in 24k gold paint for high-end clients including Harold Prince; did faux finishing on-site and at the studio, marble and wood restoration for furniture coming from The Louvre, I was his drafts-person for any and all incoming pieces.
Peter Lazic is a Yugoslavian artist known for his sculptural creations of classical and contemporary art. I was a large-scale Clay and Plasticine Sculptor for him, rendering works for Jose Alvarez and others, making rubber and fiberglass molds and doing resin casting.
MORE INTERESTS
Asylum Seeker Interpreter.
Spanish / English translator: In-person Interview with asylum seekers from Latin America at the US Immigration Offices. NJ. Conducted under oath, for two hours in front of a US Immigration Officer. Had a successful outcome in 50% of the cases. Immigration Offices. 2020-2021
@pilitaartclass.
Created an art class for Children ages 4-11 in my neighborhood, including Free Art-Fridays at The Williamsburg Library for underserved communities; making collage, and watercolors from life. 2017-2018
Volunteer.
Documenting for Author BIZ ( Elizabeth Mitchell ) in various events, including for her book Liberty’s Torch and the project Downtown for Democracy, a non-for profit working to get people to vote for Jon Ossof. 2018
planting, weeding, harvesting, at the Randall Island Location for Project EATS, a work of art founded by the trailblazing artist & aRtivist Linda Goode Bryant. 2024
art consulting.
connected/introduced the work of matr.lab (former artmtr) a robotics-in-develpoment company; to jeff koons’ enterprise.
FELLOW.
The Human Impacts Institute's Urban Environmental Health Lab (UEHL)
