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
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITION
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
2022- “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, Berlin, Germany
“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
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