b. 1971 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Lives and works in Chicago, IL
EDUCATION
2000 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Master of Fine Arts, IL
1997 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, IL
1995 Alfonso Arana’s Foundation, One-year Painting Fellowship, FR
1994 Escuela de Artes Plasticas de Puerto Rico, Bachelor of Fine Arts., PR
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
Museo de Puerto Rico (forthcoming)
the place of dwelling, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO (forthcoming)
2025
Special Projects curated by Allison Glenn, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Untitled Art Miami Beach, FL
BB in the house, Profile, Engage Projects, Expo Chicago, IL
2024
por la señal, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY lazos terrenales / earthly bonds, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME La Casa de Todos / Everyone’s Home, Comfort Station, Chicago, IL
2023
Destination / El Destino: A Decade of Graft, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Dos Cuerpos, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Graft, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Open 24 Hours, LSD Bulletin Board (billboard), Land & Sea Department, Chicago, IL
2022
La Distancia, Engage Projects, Chicago, IL
Dos Cuerpos, Latchkey Gallery, New York, NY
The Myth of Closure, Cleve Carney Museum of Art, Glen Ellyn, IL Graft, IN/SITU, curated by Marcella Beccaria, Expo Chicago, Chicago, IL
2021
The Myth of Closure | El Mito del Cierre, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Graft, Platform series, curated by Ylinka Barotto, Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University, Houston, TX
Casas-Islas | Houses-Islands, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Let Love Win, curated by Natalia Viera Salgado, Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY
2019
Forgotten Forms, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2018
Open 24 Hours, Chicago Athletic Association, Chicago, IL
Open 24 Hours, Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2017
Open 24 Hours, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Screenhouse, curated by Janine Mileaf, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Manual Graft, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Graft, Sector 2337, Chicago, IL
2016
Graft, curated by Bert Stablers, Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space, New York, NY 2015 Dominodomino, with Dan Sullivan, IN/SITU, Expo Chicago, Chicago, IL
AWARDS, GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2026 United States Artists Fellowship, Chicago, IL 2025 Creative Accelerator Fund-2025, Illinois Arts Council Agency, IL
2024 Joyce Award, Sculpture Center in Cleveland, Great Lakes Region Public Art Dialogue Founders Award, National
2023 Next Level Awards, 3Arts Foundation, IL US LatinX Art Forum Fellowship, National
2022 Ree Kaneko Award Winner, Bemis Center, NE, National Illinois Arts Council Agency, Artist Fellowship Award, IL
2021 Artists-Run Chicago Fund, The Franklin, Hyde Park Art Center, IL
2020 Joan Mitchell Painters & Sculptors Grant, National Perto de Lá <> Close To There, MacArthur International Connections Fund, CH & BR
2019 Foundwork Artist Prize Winner, National Illinois Arts Council Agency, Artist Fellowship Award, IL Repatriacion, MacArthur International Connections Fund, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, CH & PR
2018 Cross Currents, MacArthur International Connections Fund, Smart Museum, CH & CU
2017 Make a Wave Grant, 3Arts Foundation, IL
2016 Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowship, Indianapolis, IN Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, New York, NY
2014 ArtSlant Prize, Grand Prize Winner, Aqua Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL
2008 New American Paintings, Midwest, National
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2025
a sombra que te cobija / the shadow that shelters you, curated by Strongroom, NY Sun / Shade, curated by The Beltway, CA Textile Lab & Entrepreneurship Center, Connect Highstar, TX 2024
Graft, Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, Public Art Fund, NY
La Casa de Todos / Everyone’s Home, Comfort Station, IL
Graft, Now & There, Central Wharf Park, MA
2023
Let Love Win, Brisas del Este and Paseo Del Rio Projects, Art in Public Places Trust, FL Tropicalamerican, Terminal 5, DCASE, O'Hare International Airport, IL
2022
Scala, with Dan Sullivan, Computer Design, Research & Learning Center, UIC, IL
Casa-Isla, Flourish at 50, Chicago Botanic Gardens, IL
Color Factory, collaboration, Willis Tower, IL
Graft | Knoxville, Tri-Star Arts, University of Tennessee, permanent, TN
2021
Remnants | Restos, with Dan Sullivan, Western Station, CTA Arts in Transit, IL
2020
Victoria, Meta Open Arts, Public Art commission, CA
2019
Screenhouse, Millennium Park Foundation and DCASE, Boeing North Park, Millennium Park, IL