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felipe baeza

felipe baeza

felipe baeza

1987, Celaya, México

Fusionando collage, pintura, grabado y otras técnicas, Felipe Baeza crea obras de múltiples capas y texturas que exploran nociones del cuerpo para distorsionar modos convencionales de habitar. Las obras de Baeza, de gran riqueza sensual y atractivo visual, evocan tanto dimensiones míticas como temas contemporáneos. Representa figuras en pinturas de densas capas, retratándolas en diferentes estados de transformación y, en ocasiones, abstrayéndolas hasta hacerlas invisibles. Las figuras de Baeza son híbridas, "fugitivas" y "rebeldes", y fusionan lo humano y lo no humano para crear imágenes fantásticas que evocan reinos del mito, el espíritu y la imaginación. Desvinculadas de referentes temporales o espaciales específicos, las figuras de Baeza construyen posibilidades alternativas para sí mismas como sujetos autónomos y multirelacionados. Como explica el artista sobre su propia fascinación por el cuerpo fragmentado: "Si la homosexualidad fuera un proyecto, el proyecto nunca estaría completo. Es este carácter incompleto lo que permite la imaginación".

Baeza recibió un BFA de Cooper Union, Nueva York, y obtuvo un máster en Bellas Artes en la Universidad de Yale, New Haven, Connecticut. Sus residencias incluyen la residencia Federico Sevilla Sierra, Mullowney Printing, Portland, Oregon (2023); Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado (2023); Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2022); y la Lower East Side Keyholder Residency, Nueva York (2010). Baeza ha recibido becas como la Latinx Artist Fellowship, US Latinx Art Forum (2023); la NXTHVN Studio Fellowship Program, New Haven, Connecticut (2019); y la Josef and Anni Albers Foundation Traveling Fellowship (2017). Baeza fue galardonado con el Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Visual Arts (2025), la Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2025), The Cooper Union’s President’s Citation, Nueva York (2025); JFK Airport Medallion Commission, presentada por JFK Millennium Partners y Public Art Fund, Nueva York (2024); la Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant (2018); The Robert Schoelkopf Memorial Traveling Fellowship (2017); y el Michael S. Vivo Prize for Drawing (2009). Fue comisionado por JFK Millennium Partners y Public Art Fund para crear un medallón permanente de mosaico de vidrio para el piso de la Terminal 6 del Aeropuerto Internacional John F. Kennedy, Nueva York (2026).

La obra de Baeza forma parte de las colecciones de diversas instituciones, como: Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas en Austin; Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, Nueva York; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA); Moderna Museet, Estocolmo, Suecia; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh; San Jose Museum of Art (SJMA), California; Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut; y Whitney Museum of American Art, Nueva York, entre otras.

Baeza vive y trabaja en Brooklyn, Nueva York.

Obra destacada

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felipe baeza. made into being II, 2024

felipe baeza. made into being II, 2024

felipe baeza. another place, another way, 2024

felipe baeza. another place, another way, 2024

unrecognizable form, refusing to be governed, 2022. ink, embroidery, acrylic, graphite, varnish, and cut paper on panel. 20 x 16 inches

unrecognizable form, refusing to be governed, 2022. ink, embroidery, acrylic, graphite, varnish, and cut paper on panel. 20 x 16 inches

the self must create its own reason for being, 2022. ink, acrylic, varnish, glitter, graphite, and cut paper on panel. 24 x 18 inches

the self must create its own reason for being, 2022. ink, acrylic, varnish, glitter, graphite, and cut paper on panel. 24 x 18 inches

emerging in difference, 2022. ink, graphite, glitter, interference powder, twine, acrylic, and cut paper on paper. 78 3/4 x 51 1/2 inches

emerging in difference, 2022. ink, graphite, glitter, interference powder, twine, acrylic, and cut paper on paper. 78 3/4 x 51 1/2 inches

a self that is not quite here but always in process, 2022. cast lead crystal glass. 17 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (left arm), 16 x 5 inches (right arm)

a self that is not quite here but always in process, 2022. cast lead crystal glass. 17 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (left arm), 16 x 5 inches (right arm)

tanto refugio como advertencia a la vez, 2019. 

tanto refugio como advertencia a la vez, 2019. 

fogata, 2009

fogata, 2009

naj tunich azul 1, 2018

naj tunich azul 1, 2018

mujer arrodillada (gente del occidente de méxico), 2017-2019. collage on paper. 8 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches

mujer arrodillada (gente del occidente de méxico), 2017-2019. collage on paper. 8 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches

post-colonial object of desire 5, 2015. collage on paper. 11 x 8 inches

post-colonial object of desire 5, 2015. collage on paper. 11 x 8 inches

en mar abierto, lejos de la tierra, en este lejano exterior salado naufragó mi cuerpo pero nunca falleció, 2018.
tinta, acrílico, tejido, gel, temple, brillantina y papel. 77 1/2 x 50 pulgadas

en mar abierto, lejos de la tierra, en este lejano exterior salado naufragó mi cuerpo pero nunca falleció, 2018.
tinta, acrílico, tejido, gel, temple, brillantina y papel. 77 1/2 x 50 pulgadas

objeto de la nueva españa 2, 2010

objeto de la nueva españa 2, 2010

actos santos 3, 2007. 

actos santos 3, 2007. 

felipe baeza. made into being II, 2024

felipe baeza. made into being II, 2024

felipe baeza. another place, another way, 2024

felipe baeza. another place, another way, 2024

unrecognizable form, refusing to be governed, 2022. ink, embroidery, acrylic, graphite, varnish, and cut paper on panel. 20 x 16 inches

unrecognizable form, refusing to be governed, 2022. ink, embroidery, acrylic, graphite, varnish, and cut paper on panel. 20 x 16 inches

the self must create its own reason for being, 2022. ink, acrylic, varnish, glitter, graphite, and cut paper on panel. 24 x 18 inches

the self must create its own reason for being, 2022. ink, acrylic, varnish, glitter, graphite, and cut paper on panel. 24 x 18 inches

emerging in difference, 2022. ink, graphite, glitter, interference powder, twine, acrylic, and cut paper on paper. 78 3/4 x 51 1/2 inches

emerging in difference, 2022. ink, graphite, glitter, interference powder, twine, acrylic, and cut paper on paper. 78 3/4 x 51 1/2 inches

a self that is not quite here but always in process, 2022. cast lead crystal glass. 17 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (left arm), 16 x 5 inches (right arm)

a self that is not quite here but always in process, 2022. cast lead crystal glass. 17 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (left arm), 16 x 5 inches (right arm)

tanto refugio como advertencia a la vez, 2019. 

tanto refugio como advertencia a la vez, 2019. 

fogata, 2009

fogata, 2009

naj tunich azul 1, 2018

naj tunich azul 1, 2018

mujer arrodillada (gente del occidente de méxico), 2017-2019. collage on paper. 8 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches

mujer arrodillada (gente del occidente de méxico), 2017-2019. collage on paper. 8 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches

post-colonial object of desire 5, 2015. collage on paper. 11 x 8 inches

post-colonial object of desire 5, 2015. collage on paper. 11 x 8 inches

en mar abierto, lejos de la tierra, en este lejano exterior salado naufragó mi cuerpo pero nunca falleció, 2018.
tinta, acrílico, tejido, gel, temple, brillantina y papel. 77 1/2 x 50 pulgadas

en mar abierto, lejos de la tierra, en este lejano exterior salado naufragó mi cuerpo pero nunca falleció, 2018.
tinta, acrílico, tejido, gel, temple, brillantina y papel. 77 1/2 x 50 pulgadas

objeto de la nueva españa 2, 2010

objeto de la nueva españa 2, 2010

actos santos 3, 2007. 

actos santos 3, 2007. 

Vistas de instalación

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installation view the milk of dreams, la biennale di venezia, 2022. photo: roberto marossi

installation view the milk of dreams, la biennale di venezia, 2022. photo: roberto marossi

installation view narrative threads, fiber art today, moody center for the arts, 2023. photo: sean fleming

installation view narrative threads, fiber art today, moody center for the arts, 2023. photo: sean fleming

unruly forms II, 2022. © felipe baeza. courtesy maureen paley, london. photo: nicholas knight, courtesy public art fund, ny. presented by publicart fund as a part of felipe baeza: unruly forms, an exhibition on 400+ jcdecauxbus shelters and street furniture in new york, boston, and chicago in the united states and mexico city, león, and querétaro in mexico, august 9–november 19, 2023

unruly forms II, 2022. © felipe baeza. courtesy maureen paley, london. photo: nicholas knight, courtesy public art fund, ny. presented by publicart fund as a part of felipe baeza: unruly forms, an exhibition on 400+ jcdecauxbus shelters and street furniture in new york, boston, and chicago in the united states and mexico city, león, and querétaro in mexico, august 9–november 19, 2023

installation view the milk of dreams, la biennale di venezia, 2022. photo: roberto marossi

installation view the milk of dreams, la biennale di venezia, 2022. photo: roberto marossi

installation view narrative threads, fiber art today, moody center for the arts, 2023. photo: sean fleming

installation view narrative threads, fiber art today, moody center for the arts, 2023. photo: sean fleming

unruly forms II, 2022. © felipe baeza. courtesy maureen paley, london. photo: nicholas knight, courtesy public art fund, ny. presented by publicart fund as a part of felipe baeza: unruly forms, an exhibition on 400+ jcdecauxbus shelters and street furniture in new york, boston, and chicago in the united states and mexico city, león, and querétaro in mexico, august 9–november 19, 2023

unruly forms II, 2022. © felipe baeza. courtesy maureen paley, london. photo: nicholas knight, courtesy public art fund, ny. presented by publicart fund as a part of felipe baeza: unruly forms, an exhibition on 400+ jcdecauxbus shelters and street furniture in new york, boston, and chicago in the united states and mexico city, león, and querétaro in mexico, august 9–november 19, 2023

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exposiciones individuales notables

Entre sus exposiciones individuales se encuentran: Anima, Print Center New York (2026); viajó a Hammer Museum, Los Ángeles (2026); Sentir un entonces y un allí, kurimanzutto, Ciudad de México (2025); Unruly Forms, comisionada por Public Art Fund para paradas de autobús de JCDecaux en Nueva York, Chicago y Boston, Massachusetts, y en Ciudad de México, León y Querétaro, México (2023); Made Into Being, Fortnight Institute, Nueva York (2022); Through the Flesh to Elsewhere, The Mistake Room, Los Ángeles (2020); La Emergencia de Hacer Memoria, Fortnight Institute, Nueva York (2019), entre otras.

exposiciones grupales y bienales

Entre sus exposiciones colectivas se encuentran: House of Nisaba: New Stories of Painting, Moderna Museet, Estocolmo, Suecia (2026); Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Nueva York (2026); Dispossessions in the Americas: The Extraction of Bodies, Land, and Heritage from La Conquista to the Present, Wrightwood 659, Chicago (2026); Ficciones patógenas, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, Nueva York (2025); Tending and Dreaming: Stories from the Collection, San José Museum of Art, California (2025); An Unlikely Inventory: Dialogues with Surrealism, kurimanzutto, Ciudad de México (2024); I Feel You, PinchukArtCentre, Kiev, Ucrania (2024); Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art, Vincent Price Art Museum, Los Ángeles (2023); viajó a Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts (2024); The Contemporary Austin, Texas (2025); y El Museo del Barrio, Nueva York (2026);  Aesthetics of Undocumentedness, Ruffin Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia (2023); The Dreamers, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Nueva York (2023); Raíz, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Quito, Ecuador (2021); View from Here, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (2020); A Very Anxious Feeling: Voices of Unrest in the American Experience; 20 Years of the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia (2020); Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall, Brooklyn Museum, Nueva York (2019); viajó a Center for Creativity and Arts, Fresno State University, California (2021); Underlying Borders, Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, D.C. (2019); XL Catlin Art Prize, San Francisco Art Institute (2018); viajó a New York Academy of Art, Nueva York (2018), entre otras.

Ha participado en bienales y festivales internacionales como: Dreaming Is Seeing, 17. Graphica Creativa Print Triennial, Jyväskylä, Finlandia (2025); La voz de la montaña, 15 Bienal FEMSA, León, México (2024); At the Still Point of the Turning World, Artefact 2024, Lovaina, Bélgica (2024); Excavated Selves: Becoming Magic Bodies, The Immigrant Artist Biennial, Nueva York (2023); The Milk of Dreams, 59ª exposición internacional de arte de la Bienal de Venecia (2022); Yesterday we said tomorrow, Prospect.5 New Orleans, Luisiana (2021); y Desert X 2021, Palm Springs, California (2021), entre otros.