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Recuerdos De una Noche
In this painting, a nonbinary figure squats comfortably in flames. The figure is either about to be engulfed in the surrounding flames or can perhaps repel them. The calm background allows the viewer to focus on the precarious figure in the foreground.
In this series, the artist has created four paintings that occur over different times of the day. This painting is set at night.
As the child of immigrant parents in Chicago, nonbinary artist Moises Salazar makes paintings that explore Colonial, Mexican, and Catholic histories alongside LGTBQIA+ narratives. Salazar depicts queer and immigrant bodies by using their own faceless likeness as a stand-in for any proudly defiant, queer Latinx youth. Inspired by fashion and drag, Salazar’s artworks are embellished with fabrics, textures, and traditional Mexican craft techniques to immortalize their communities.
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As the child of immigrant parents in Chicago, nonbinary artist Moises Salazar experienced firsthand the instability and violence of living in the United States. Therefore, the artist advocates for their communities with paintings that explore their interest in Colonial, Mexican, and Catholic histories alongside LGTBQIA+ narratives. As a non-binary, first-generation Mexican American, Salazar creates states of conflict in their work since their lived experience has been one of constant combat, instability, discrimination, and erasure. The artist is especially interested in using iconographies of their various identities to create new images of queer and immigrant representation. Using the oft-stigmatized material of glitter, Salazar depicts queer and immigrant bodies by using their own faceless likeness as a stand-in for any queer Latinx youth. Inspired by fashion and drag culture, these figures are proudly defiant and glamorously embellished with fabrics, textures, and traditional Mexican craft techniques. Through this process, Salazar immortalizes their painted bodies to combat the erasure of these communities and transform that pain into healing energy.
Moises Salazar is based in Chicago, Illinois. They earned their BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, IL (2020).
Salazar has mounted solo exhibitions at The Red Arrow Gallery in Nashville, TN (2022); Soho Beach House in Miami, FL (2021); and Mindy Solomon in Miami, FL (2021).
Salazar’s work has been featured in group exhibitions such as Vernacular Glamour at the Cambridge Art Association in Boston, MA (2022); DM ME at Kravest Wehby in New York City, NY (2021); Skin in the Game at Zoe Lukov in Miami, FL (2021); and Across at Urban Arts Center in Dallas, TX (2021).
Salazar was an Artaxis Haystack Fellow, Artaxis (2019); a Luminarts Fellowship Recipient, Luminarts Cultural Foundation (2018); a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Recipient (2018); and a Visual Arts Winner, Young Arts, Miami, Fl (2014).
The artist’s work has been featured in publications such as The Hispanic Executive, artnet, HYPERALLERGIC, and THE LATINX PROJECT.
In this painting, a nonbinary figure squats comfortably in flames. The figure is either about to be engulfed in the surrounding flames or can perhaps repel them. In this series, the artist has created four paintings that occur over different times of the day.More
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