Biography

CV

BORN

1997, Pereira, Colombia

 

EDUCATION

2020 BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

Alta Montaña, Gaa Gallery, New York, NY

 

2023

Jardin del Deseo, Spinello Projects, Miami, FL

CORTAVENAS, Rusha & Co. Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

El Brillo en sus Ojos, Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL

Barely Fair, Selenas Mountain, Chicago, IL

Final Fantasia, FLXST Contemporary, Chicago, IL, USA

Verano Perpetuo, The Room Gallery, London, UK

 

2022

Amor de mis Amores, Jude Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA

BIMBOFICATION SENSATION, Povos Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA

I Wanna Be You Anywhere, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL, and Catskill, NY, USA

 

2021

Como Angel en Cielo, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA

 

2020

Recuerdos, SITE Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

Thicket, Gaa, New York, NY, USA

Collect Art Fair group booth, Galerie Revel, London, UK

 

2023

Summer Escape, Gaa Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Are you a Friend of Dorothy?, Hashimoto Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA 

Saints and Sinners, Guts Gallery, London, UK

Eve Presents #3, Eve Leibe Gallery, London, UK

The Cake Show, Soft Times Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA

Tinted Love, Good Mother Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA

 

2022    

En Vivo y a Todo Color, Eve Leibe Gallery, London, UK

Tread Lightly, Lauren Powell Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Estilazo, The Latinx Project at NYU, New York, NY, USA

Friends Forever, The Latent Space, Chicago, IL, USA

Another Day in Paradise, Seasons, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Small Works Exhibition, Soft Times Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA

Salon, Guts Gallery, London, UK

Vernacular Glamour, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, USA

 

2021

Recuerdos, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL, USA

Orchids, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Queerness in Color, Queer Art Collective, California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, CA, USA

Clean Slate, Gruin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA

A Flame Sparkling, Fluffy Crimes, Chicago, IL, USA

2020

ENTRECUERPOS, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA

Undefined: Pride Month Benefit Project, Curina, New York City, NY, USA

 

AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, FELLOWSHIPS

2022

Resident Artist, The Macedonia Institute, Chatham, NY, USA

 

2021

Tanda 6 - Chuquimarca Projects, Chicago, IL, USA

 

2021

Resident Artist, Bed Stuy Art Residency, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Viewing Program 20 / 21 Participant, The Drawing Center, New York City, NY, USA

 

2020

Chicago Artists Coalition SPARK Grant Recipient, Chicago, IL, USA

 

2019

Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art Residency, Yale University, Norfolk, CT, USA

 

SELECTED PRESS

2023

“Visionary Interviews: Juan Arango Palacios”, New Visionary Magazine, San Francisco, CA

“Artist of the Week: Juan Arango Palacios”, LVL3, Chicago, IL

“Chicago’s Miniature Art Fair is a Big Success”, Hyperallergic, New York, NY

 

2022 

Charlie Kang, “Juan Arango Palacios Q&A with Charlie Kang,” Ruckus Journal, July 21

Livy Onalee Snyder, “The Rhythm of Queer Love: A Review of Juan Arango Palacios at Jude Gallery,” Newcity Magazine, July 8

Verónica Dávila Ellis, “When the Barrios Hear Her Song,” Oxford American Magazine, March 22

Jordan A. Porter-Woodruff, “Juan Arango Palacios,” The Artists’ Feature, February 15

Ayla Angelos, “Juan Arango Palacios’ vibrant paintings are an ‘an ode and monument to queer people,’” Its Nice That, January 12

 

2021 

“Juan Arango Palacios: Como Ángel en Cielo,” Juxtapoz Magazine, September 28

 

2020 

“Juan Arango Palacios,” Art Maze Magazine, Winter Issue 16, London, UK

“Meet the Graduating Class,” School of the Art Institute of Chicago Magazine

 

2019 

“Interactive Gallery: Room to Move,” Art Institute of Chicago Member’s Magazine, Summer Issue