Charlie Quezada (b. 1986 Santo Domingo)
My work has focused on the study of the landscape seen through limits, understanding the historical propensity of humankind to contain nature at its convenience. My interest in these subjects arises from the everyday interaction between nature and architecture, as well as the appropriation of natural spaces that result in interference of the Caribbean landscape. I have also been interested in analyzing how industrial materials and resources refer to an artificial nature to recreate dystopian spaces and in this way think about the tropical imaginary. My work highlight feelings of alienation within a context that is familiar to me, which in turn shows the tension between two elements: the spaces we create and those assigned to us at birth, both equally necessary for the constitution of identity and artistic production.
Education
2010 - 2012 Parsons The New School New, York BFA in Fine Arts.
2008 - 2010 Altos De Chavón The School of Design, Dominican Republic Associated Degree in Illustration and Fine Arts.
Solo Shows
2019
Foreign Influences. Praxis Gallery, New York, USA.
Ventilación Cruzada. Miscelanea Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.
2018
What Exists Outdoors Belongs Indoors, Lucy García Gallery, Santo Domingo Dominican Republic.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Salón Acme No. 10. Convocatoria Abierta. Mexico City, Mexico.
Independientes. Centro Cultural Banreservas. Santo Domingo, Dominican Repúblic.
2022
Como Enterrar Una Imagen. Carlos Silva Impresos. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2021
Panoramas. Lucy García Gallery. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
El Padre es de Cristal, La Madre de Oro. Centro Cultural de España. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
28th Biennial Eduardo León Jimenes. Santiago De Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.
2020
¿Y Al Final Qué? - Lucy García Gallery. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Herramientas - Sindicato. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2019
Tiempo. Modo. Lugar. New Syntax of Dominican Contemporary Art. Fundación Cortés. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2018
Weather, Lines, Video & Tape. Lucy García Gallery, Santo Domingo Dominican Republic.
2016
Intro at Lucy García Gallery. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2015
28th Biennial of Visual Arts at the Museum of Modern Art. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Pájaro at Casa Quien, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Cosecha at La Alpargatería, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2014
INITIUM at Santiago De Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.
Fase at La Alpargatería, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
2013
27th Biennial of Visual Arts at the Museum of Modern Art. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The Garden Of Art and Space Travel at Brooklyn, New York.
Collective Unconscious And Further Destinations at Manhattan, New York.
2012
Femme Caribe at La Alpargatería, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Nobody In The Vision at Aronson Gallery, Manhattan, New York.
2011
Plátano at Third Eye Solation Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
Hispanic Heritage Month at Diageo Showroom, Norwalk, Connecticut.
Refresh at Center City Galleries, Paterson, New Jersey.
26th Biennial of Visual Arts at the Museum of Modern Art. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Odd Couplings at 25 East Gallery, Manhattan, New York.
Cooper Square Hotel at Manhattan, New York.
2010
Chavoneros at Casa De Chavón Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Chavoneros at La Galeria, La Romana, Dominican Republic.
3rd Triennial of Ceramic Tiles at Centro León, Santiago, Dominican Republic.
Santiago Paulós & The School of Fine Arts at La Galería, Altos De Chavón, Dominican Republic.
Publications
The Latinx Project: Artistas Dominicanos Manifiestan La Liberación En El Centro León: Reseña.
Marzo 13, 2021.
FOA (Friend Of The Artist) Volume 11, 2020.
Caribbean: Together Apart. Contemporary Artist from (part of) the Caribbean, Luciano Benetton Collection. Fabrica, Italy, 2014.
Flow Magazine, Year11 No.137 Abril 2014.
Re Magazine. Destemplanza: the beauty of time inequality. 2013, Digital Article.
Art Fairs
2023
Salón Acme No. 10. Mexico City. Mexico.
2019
Art Miami. Praxis Gallery, New York, USA.
Grants and Awards
2020 Catapult Caribbean Arts Grant - Honorary Grantee