RAELIS VASQUEZ
Born: 1995 in Mao Valverde, Dominican Republic
Lives and works in Philadelphia/ New Jersey
EDUCATION
MFA, Painting and Drawing, Columbia University, New York, NY — 2019–2021
BFA, Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL — 2016–2018
Monte Castello Painting and Studio Practice, Umbria, Italy — 2017
Associate of Liberal Arts, Studio Arts and Art History, Middlesex County College, NJ — 2013–2015
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025- Reverberations, Museo de Arte Moderno, Cartagena, Colombia
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
2026- Under a Plantain Tree: Notes on Liberation, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Queens, NY
Hamptons Black Art Council, The Watermill Center, The Hamptons, NY
Evolving Clay: Where Traditional Meets Transformation, Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Boston, MA
2025- Foundations, Haus Kunst Mitte, Berlin, Germany
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
“Entangled Gaze”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023- Art Basel Miami, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL
Art Cologne, Sakhile and Me, Cologne Germany
“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/RESIDENCIES
2025- Apollo Constantine Projects Residency, Cartagena, Colombia
2023- Painters Painting Paintings Residency, Amsterdam
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
PRESS
New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/arts/design/deitch-black-artists-los-angeles.html
CNN https://www.cnn.com/style/article/raelis-vasquez-art-hyphenated/index.html
El Museo Del Barrio https://www.elmuseo.org/past-exhibitions/estamos-bien-la-trienal-20-21/raelis-vasquez/
El Universal https://www.eluniversal.com.co/cultural/2025/03/11/raelis-vasquez-expone-su-arte-afro-dominicano-en-cartagena/
The MET Museum https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/hispanic-latinx-artist-roundup
TALKS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS
2025- Universided Bellas Artes, Cartagena Colombia
Reverberacion, Museo de Arte Moderno, Cartagena, Colombia
2024- Virtual Conversation,NYU, NY, NY
2023- Frieze NY Virtual Conversation, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, NY NY
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