Juan Arango Palacios

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Juan's practice works towards addressing the lived experiences of queer identities that have been marginalized within a diasporic or migratory context. Through the fluid and boundless medium of paint, they have been able to represent memories,places, people, and archetypes that they associate with the safety, survival, and endurance of queer bodies in spaces that challenge their existence.

Juan Arango Palacios was born in Pereira, Colombia. Juan lives and works in Chicago, graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and finding a safe-haven within the queer community in Chicago.

 

As queer body that was raised in a post-colonial context in Colombia, Juan's identity was shaped in the shadows of North American normativity. Juan's sense of self was further confounded by a series of migrations that their family experienced in search of work and a more prosperous future. Moving through varying homophobic and misogynistic cultures in Louisiana and Texas, they formed a disembodied identity that is not attached to any specific homeland and has always been challenged by the general norm.

 

Juan's practice works towards addressing the lived experiences of queer identities that have been marginalized within a diasporic or migratory context. Through the fluid and boundless medium of paint, they have been able to represent memories,places, people, and archetypes that they associate with the safety, survival, and endurance of queer bodies in spaces that challenge their existence. Also, through the process of weaving they are producing narrative objects that aim at expressing the stories of individuals within a similar context. Placing emphasis on color and composition, their work aims at creating images glorifying and fantasizing the idea of safety in a queer experience.





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  • Juan Arango Palacios, Tres Pasivas , 2023
    Juan Arango Palacios
    Tres Pasivas , 2023
    Oil on canvas
    121.9 x 152.4 cm
    48 x 60 in
  • Juan Arango Palacios, Jungle Study 4, 2021
    Juan Arango Palacios
    Jungle Study 4, 2021
    Oil on canvas
    40.6 x 50.8 cm
    15 49/50 x 20 inches
  • Juan Arango Palacios, Flor Tras Flor, 2021
    Juan Arango Palacios
    Flor Tras Flor, 2021
    Oil on canvas
    121.9 x 121.9 cm
    47 99/100 x 47 99/100 inches
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B. 1997 in Pereira, Colombia

 

Education

2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

 

Solo and Duo Exhibitions

2023 Solo Booth presentation at Barely Art Fair, Selena's Mountain, Chicago, IL

2023 Final Fantasia - FLXST Contemporary, Chicago, IL

2023 Verano Perpetuo - The Room Gallery, London, UK

2022 Amor de Mis Amores - Jude Gallery, Chicago, IL

2022 BIMBOFICATION SENSATION - Povos Gallery, Chicago, IL

2022 I Wanna Be You Anywhere - Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL

2022 I Wanna Be You Anywhere - Co-Prosperity Catskill, Catskill, NY

2021 Como Angel en Cielo - New Image Art, Los Angels, CA

2021 They Seek To Glimmer - Musik Curatorial, Dallas, TX

2021 Payasadas - Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL

2020 Recuerdos - SITE Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

 

Group Exhibitions

2023 Saints and Sinners, Guts Gallery, London, UK

2023 Eve Presents #3 - Evel Leibe Gallery, London, UK

2023 The Cake Show - Soft Times Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2023 Tinted Love - Goodmother Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2023 Winter Dreams - Very Serious Art Gallery, Chicago, IL

2022 En Vivo y a Todo Color - Eve Leibe Gallery, London, UK

2022 Tread Lightly - Lauren Powell Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2022 Gaa Gallery Booth - Untitled. Art Fair, Miami, FL

2022 Friends Forever - The Latent Space, Chicago, IL

2022 Another Day in Paradise - Seasons, Los Angeles, CA

2022 Art on A Postcard Benefit Auction - The Hepatitis C Trust, London, UK

2022 AMFM Booth - The Other Art Fair, Chicago, IL

2022 Small Works Exhibition - Soft Times Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2022 Salon - Guts Gallery, London, UK

2022 Vernacular Glamour - Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

2021 Recuerdos - Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL

2021 Orchids - New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA

2021 Queerness in Color - Queer Art Collective, California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, CA

2021 Clean Slate - Gruin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2021 A Flame Sparkling- Fluffy Crimes, Chicago, IL

2020 ENTRECUERPOS - Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL

2020 The Chicago Painters Exhibition - Happy Gallery Chicago, Chicago, IL

2020 Undefined: Pride Month Benefit Project - Curina, New York City, NY

2020 Undergraduate Exhibition - Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2020 HYBERNATE - Workshop 4200, Chicago, IL

2020 CUFFING - Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL

2019 CASA- 5th Floor Gallery, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago,IL

2018 Strange - Lune Noir Gallery, Chicago,IL

2017 ARTBASH - School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL