Artist, Curator and Educator
Education
Masters of Fine Arts at Goldsmith University, London, UK (2019-2021)
Bachelor of Fine Arts at Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (2010-2014)
Residencies/Fellowships
SOMA summer Residency/ D.F, Mexico
Zona 30 Studio Residency/Lima, Peru
Vermont Studio Residency/Johnson, Vermont
§üb∫amsøñ at Samsøn Gallery Studio Residency/Boston, MA
TrueQué-Localidad Alterna Studio Residency/Ayampe, Ecuador
Engaging Artists Fellowship at More Art, NY, New York
New Contemporaries Digital Fellowship, London, UK
Gasworks, Participation Residency, London, UK
Selected Group/Solo Exhibitions & Festivals
2024-2025
‘Taking a Bow,’ Solo exhibition at Art Exchange, Essex University, Colchester, UK (upcoming)
2023
‘Footnotes,’ Brixton House, London, UK
‘De,Desde, En, Entre, Hacia,’ SET Woolich/Peckham, London, UK
2022
‘Ópera de Balcón,’ Solo exhibition at Cell Project Space, London, UK
‘Synchronous Errors,’ FOLD, London, UK
‘Curved Space,’ PEER Gallery/ACME, London, UK
‘Chela’s: Esa Vez Que Perreamos y Todos Nos Vieron,’ Solo Exhibition at Des Bains, London UK
2021
Bloomberg’s New Contemporaries 2021, FirstSite, Essex and South London Gallery, London, UK
‘All that and a bag of Chips,’ DesBains Gallery, London, UK
Mattflix, Matt’s Gallery, London, UK
Cortópolis Festival Latinoamericano de Cortometrajes, Córdoba, Argentina
‘Dancing to My Future,’ Deptford X, Deptford, London
‘La Placita: Crashing the Party’ , https://exhibitionshub.art/la-placita/ Goldsmiths Exhibition Hub, London, UK
The Pigeon Pavillion, The Bangkok Biennale, London, UK
Residencia Otro Norte, Lima, Peru
2019-2020
DEAR DESTRUCTION, https://www.deardestruction.com/,online exhibition, London, UK
Encuentro XI, Hemispheric Institute at NYU, D.F, Mexico
Waiting for the Session to Begin, Public Installation in Coney Island, More Art Public Art Grant, NY, NY
Goldsmiths Film festival, London, UK
Frontera Sur Festival: Tercer Festival Internacional De No_Ficción, Concepción, Chile
Cinetorio Experimental Film Festival,Cali, Colombia
Transcinema Festival Internacional de Cine Vol 7, lima, Peru
9° Festival Latinoamericano de Cortometrajes Cortópolis, Córdoba, Argentina
37th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Kassel, Germany
Hungry Eyes Festival, Giessen, Germany
2016-2017
New Latin Wave, Brooklyn Bazaar, NY
Scared Crows ,Womp Projects, Brooklyn, NY
The Great Black Expanse, Powrplnt, Brooklyn, NY
EXPO CHICAGO/Minimum Requirement, Silent Funny, Chicago, IL
Miami Performance Festival, Edge Zone, Miami, FL
SKIN, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Emergency Index Vol. 3, Launch Party at L.A Book Fair at MOCA Geffen Contemporary, LA, CA
Performeando 2015, Queens Museum, Queens, NY
Todo Bajo Control 2015, AS220, Providence, RI
Millennial Tragedy, Press Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
Bqstqn//Chicagq: Specialties of the House, Comfort Station, Chicago, IL
Festival Internacional de Cine Lima Independiente 2015, Lima, Peru
Wildlife Sanctuary ,Samsøn Projects, Boston, MA
Muestra de Cine y Video Contemporáneo Peruano, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Encuentro IV/Espacio abierto a libre performance, No Name Gallery, Lima, Peru
Ghetto Biennale 2015, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Docuperu XII, Lima, Peru
Transcinema: International Nonfiction Film Festival, Lima
ARTcetera, auction at AIDS ACTION, Boston, MA
2014
Illuminus 2014 / Boston, MA
Give & Get/Have & Take 2, Whitespace Gallery, Scotland, UK & Something Felix Gallery, Boston, MA
Videada vol.4 & 6, El Galpon, Lima, Peru
APUFF 2014, Lima, Peru
!Que Lástima! .2, The Beland Gallery @ the Essex At Center, Lawrence, Boston, MA
2013
International Festival of The New Latin American Cinema, Havana, Cuba
Todo Bajo Control , La galeria@ Villa Victoria, Boston, MA
Festival Internacional de Cine Lima Independiente , Lima, Peru
Ripa , UQAM, Montreal, Canada
Performeando at Grace Space, New York, New York
Miercoles de SOMA presents Daypussy SOMA, D.F, Mexico
Histories of Now: Space for Dialogue and Activism, Barbara and Steven Grossman Gallery, Boston, MA
2011-2012
Muestra Marrana, Barcelona, Spain
Video raymi, Cusco, Peru
Smash hits, Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Boston, MA
Baby Shower, collaboration with Ximena Izquierdo Zona 30, Lima, Peru
Performeada, collaboration with Ximena Izquierdo, El Galpon, Pueblo Libre, Peru
Selected Curatorial Experience
2014-2018
Cozy by Sweety’s, POWRPLNT, Brooklyn, NY
Jesus Loves Me Too in Concert at La Tea Theater featuring Jay Boogie, LES, NY
"US," film screening with BUFU collective, Brooklyn, NY
Edicion Especial at Cuchifritos Gallery & Project Space, ( Artist Alliance) featuring artists Elia Alba, Emmanuel Xavier, Raul Gonzales III, and Cecilia Gentili.
Sweety's Radio Season 2, a monthly talk show and podcast featuring: Playground Coffee Shop, La Chamba Press and Maroon World, and Oscar Sanchez (Oscar1992)
Palm Trees Swaying in a Hurricane at Five Myles Gallery, Sweety's, Brooklyn, NY
Black Radical Imagination, An Afrofuturist Film Showcase at the ICA Boston, MA
Sweety’s Radio, a monthly talk show and podcast featuring: Jay Boogie, Guarionex Rodriguez, Carlos Martiel, BLKBX and Mal Devisa (Strange Noir), Paloma Valenzuela, BBYMUTHA, Dell Hamilton, Intelligent Mischief, Hifadility, Thurmon Green, DJ SEGA
Flash Forward 2034 Imagining with Sweety’s Radio: Trap Orchestra, Boston, MA
First Class: Intro to Showbiz with Jay Boogie at Sweety’s | Samson Gallery, Boston, MA
Black Radical Imagination at Sweety’s Gallery and Musem of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
‘Segregation,’performance by Carlos Martiel, curated by Sweety’s, at Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Passing By at Illuminus 2014, Boston, MA
TRU LOVE at Sweety’s Gallery, Boston, MA
SWEAT at Sweety’s Gallery, Boston, MA
Beaching: Matan Golan at Sweety’s Gallery, Boston, MA
Pink, Gray, Navy and Cream: Paul Pescador at Sweety’s Gallery and Anthony Greaney, Boston, MA
Volando Bajito, La Galeria at Villa Victoria, Boston, MA
Another Spectacle/Foster Prize Exhibition, Sweety’s collaboration with Ricardo De Lima, ICA, Boston, MA
Bqstqn//Chicagq collaboration: Specialties of the House, Sweety’s and Chicagq at Comfort station, Chicago, IL
2012-2013
Pared Pizarra: Castillos at Zona 30 with Ximena Izquierdo Ugaz, Wonhee Cho & Aaron Lopez, Lima, Peru
¡Qué Lástima! .1 at Godine Gallery, Boston, MA
Work Experience
2014-2020
Independent Music Release Toolkit Coordinator at Music Exchange Project, Goldsmiths, London, UK
Teen and family Programs Coordinator The Museum of Moving Image, Queens, NY
Jury Member for Lima Independiente Festival de Cine Internacional 2017, Lima, Peru
Education Manager at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
Activity Specialist at East Side House Settlement, Bronx, NY
Camp Music Counselor at Steve and Kate’s Camp, Manhattan, NY
Co-founder/curator of Sweety’s, an art space and platform for artists of color, www.sweetys.info
Co-moderator for 13th Annual Latinx Students Conference Keynote Panel at Amherst College, MA
Co-moderator for Black Radical Imagination at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Director and editor of MOMENTS, a Promo video For Jay Boogie
Gallery Assistant & Art Handler at School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Co-director for Jay Boogie’s Music video/Body Remix, Brooklyn, NY
Actor in “As Da Art World Might Turn” Directed by Kalup Linzy, Boston, MA
2012-2013
Counselor at Sociedad Latina, Boston, MA
Teacher’s Assistant for Jeff Silva, Film Department at SMFA, Boston, Ma
Video department monitor at SMFA, Boston, MA
Gaffer for Through the Wormhole television series, Boston, MA
Personnel Chair at Beantown Advisory Board/Youth Organization and Nonprofit , Boston, MA
Videographer for Don’t Ask Don’t Tell party at The Great Scott, Boston, MA
Selected Print and Online Publications
2023
STRIKE, Forma HQ, London, UK
2022
In Other Words Publication (commision), London, Uk
Art Monthly No. 454, London, UK
Tique: Publication on Contemporary Art, Six questions, Belgium/Netherlands
ARTEFACT, online publication, London, UK (https://www.artefactmagazine.com/2022/03/14/opera-de-balcon-a-celebration-of-coded-messages/)
2014-2020
https://desistfilm.com/frontera-sur-2020-que-linda-detenerte-en-el-pulso-home-los-anos-y-macao/
Remezcla, "Sweety's Uplifts Black and Brown Artists with its For Us, By Us Philosophy, BK, Ny
Accent Magazine, "The Kids are Right On!" London, UK
Emergency Index: An Annual Document Of Performance Practice Vol. 3, Ugly Duckling Press, NY Emergent Art Space, Artist Feature
“Get Slapped at Sweetys: Young Artists Open New Gallery”, DigBoston.com, Boston, MA
“Art in the Innovation Hub Part 3: Artists”, BigRedandShiny.com, Boston, MA
Latino Caribbean Artists, latinocaribbeanartists.tumblr.com
Diaspora Drama Zine Issue. 2, www.diasporadrama.com
Picó Picante: Celebrating four years of politics on the dance floor, Remezcla, New York, NY
New shows question identity, embrace earthy contemplation, The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
A Boston Podcast by and for Artists of Color, Hyperallergic, Boston, MA
Cine Peruano 2015: La gran ilusión (II)
Un Ojo Salvaje, reflexiones sobre el cine peruano, Lima, Peru
“Love in Public” and “Sweety’s Radio” Podcasts Aim To Bring Visibility Through Voice, 90.9WBUR, The Artery
“Bryan Rodriguez and Tween Rappers” Clocktower Radio, Brooklyn, NY
2013
¡ Qué Lástima!, BigRedandShiny.com, Boston, MA
Habrá post Festival Lima Independiente 2013, La Republica, Lima, Peru
Interview for La Mar Brava Screening, Canal 7, Noticias, Lima, Peru
“Volvamos a hablar de cine en el Perú ”, OtroCine.com, Lima, Peru
Catálogo De Lima Independiente 2013, Lima, Peru
“Argentine Film P3ND3JO5 Wins Lima Independent International Film Fest,” CinemaTropical.com
Show Announcement (with Daypussy), La ciudad de Frente, No. 1, Mexico, D.F.
“Un Ejercicio Del Espíritu”, maderasalvaje.blogspot.com, Mexico, D.F
“La Claqueta ”, Palente, Havana, Cuba
Awards
2012-2024
Global Talent Visa, London, UK
Art Council Project Grant, London, UK
ACME Studio Prize, London, UK
Special Jury Mention, 9° Festival Latinoamericano de Cortometrajes Cortópolis, Córdoba, Argentina
Chelsea Arts Club Trust MA Materials and Research Award, London, UK
Covid-19 Student Hardship Fund, Goldsmiths University, London, UK
Public Art Grant/Artist Project Support, More Art, NY, NY
Best Film for ‘Pedro Navaja’ at Festival Internacional de Cine Lima Independiente, Lima, Peru
Best Film for ‘La Mar Brava’ at Festival Internacional de Cine Lima Independiente, Lima, Peru
President’s Research Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
President’s Research Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Lectures and Workshops
2023
Guest Artist for MA Arts and Learning Partnership, Goldsmiths CCA, London, UK
Open Studios presentation, Gasworks, London, UK
‘Queer Tropical Frames,’ screening of ‘La Mar Brava Trilogy and talk, Cambridge University, Cambridge,UK
2022
‘Cajon Remix,’ music workshop as part of the exhibition, ‘Ópera de Balcón’ with IRMO and Latin American Youth Forum (LAYF) at Cell Project Space, London, UK
‘Horror Beats,’ as part of the exhibition, ‘Ghost Show’ at Copeland Park, London, UK
2012-2018
Workshop with Miguel Andrade, Lima, Peru
Sweetys, First Year Program at School of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Sweetys Live at The Cooper Union Great Hall| School of Art, NY, NY