Trailer Park Proyects: Generation NEXT 2024 @ El Schomburg

For my first exhibition in Chicago, I joined forces with El Schomburg Gallery and director and friend Brenda Figueroa-Torres.

As much Puerto Rican artists that we produce and with a fair share studying at the SAIC, the Puerto Rican diaspora has been taught that art is more about culture so their idea of art is patriotic and culturally driven with most artwork having to have our flag, the sun, our palm trees, El Morro a national landmark, political figures, sports idols, our coqui and other specific regional symbols and characteristics. They have not been exposed to contemporary art or much art from the mainland, most born and raised local artists with roots attached to PR, not really showing our reality but their love for the Island and the nostalgic thoughts of PR and their dream of going and staying one day.

I took on the task of trying to organize an exhibition where we could showcase the new younger generation of contemporary artists that are going through the ranks in the International and Puerto Rico art scene. So I selected 12 of what I believe will be the best artists from this generation and will be the artists representing our Island in the near future and for years to come.

The exhibition will run from December 6, 2024 up to January 19, 2025. We will also have an artist talk with artist Oscar Melendez Rivera (you can watch it in our Instagram Account @trailerparkproj on December 7th at 2:00pm

The exhibiting artists are:

Kivan Quinones

Jotham Malave

Dany Pabon

Gabriela Nieves

Saki Sacarello

Oscar Melendez Rivera

Alberto Zayas

Javier Moreno

Laura Colon

Steven Rivera

Kroniko

Being this a new venture in an unknown market, I'm exhibiting 10 works of each artists and keeping my statement of accesible art for everyone to be able to afford a piece of art, all works will be $100 or less. In a great variety of mediums, we have are exhibiting monotypes, drawings, paintings, silkscreens, woodcuts, cyanotypes, mix media collages, etc...

I'm beyond exited for this exhibition as it marks a new era of a series of shows I'm planning on showing bringing to Chicago in collaboration with El Schomburg.

See you there