Raul de Nieves (born 1983, Michoacán, Mexico) is a multimedia artist, performer, and musician. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.[1][2][3]
Raúl de Nieves | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1983 |
| Known for | Sculpture, Performance Art |
Early life
editDe Nieves grew up in Michoacán, Mexico. His father passed away when de Nieves was two. Several years later, de Nieves and his family emigrated to San Diego, CA.[4] At 20, de Nieves was accepted to the California College of the Arts, but decided against paying the tuition fees and instead moved to San Francisco's Mission District. He worked at an antiques shop called Gypsy Honeymoon and soon met fellow artist and sculptor Stewart Uoo.[5]
Work
editDe Nieve's showed first series of paintings, St George and the Dragon (2003–05), in 2005 at the back room of the Gypsy Honeymoon.
The following year, de Nieves moved to New York and exhibited new sculptures, shoes, at Newman Popiashvili.
In 2014, he completed his first life-sized work, Day(ves) of Wonder, which returned the artist back to his performance roots in Mexican textiles and Bushwick drag.[6]
Later that year, De Nieves and composer Colin Self staged The Fool which was an hour-long opera comprising a 15-member chorus, four soloists, and an instrumental quintet. The performance took place at Issue Project Room and De Nieves created two giant, gem encrusted doors for the performance that portrayed the tarot card, The Fool.[7]
For the 2017 Whitney Biennial, de Nieves was commissioned to make a stained-glass window titled, Beginning & the end neither & the otherwise betwixt & between the end is the beginning & the end (2017).
In 2018, in partnership with Art Production Fund and Bvlgari, de Nieves completed his first public art installation, a carousel called, When I Look in to Your Eyes I See the Sun. Various mythological beasts and anthropomorphic humans and jester-like creatures adorn the carousel. The work was displayed at The Faena Hotel in Miami Beach during the 2018 iteration of Art Basel Miami Beach.[8]
De Nieves had his first museum show, Eternal Return & The Obsidian Heart, at the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami in 2020.
In 2021, de Nieves was awarded the Joan Mitchell Fellowship from the Joan Mitchell Foundation.[9]
Raúl de Nieves uses religious poems and folk tales with fictional legends in his work, which are taken from Mexican literal roots and are therefore very useful in visual work.
Influences
editDe Nieves' art practice investigates notions of transformation, beauty, the human body, sexuality, and history.[10] De Nieves references the visual symbolism of both Catholic and Mexican art in creating own visual mythology.[11][12] Nieves' references also include diverse theatrical traditions including circus, religious processionals, and Kabuki theater.[13] De Nieves has been a vital figure of queer nightlife in New York for the past decade.
Selected Exhibition History
edit- ICA Boston July 22, 2020–January 3, 2021[13]
- Fina - Cleveland Museum of Art - February - April 2019[14]
- 2017 Whitney Biennial curated by Jane Panetta and Rujeko Hockley[4][15]
Public Collections
editPerformance history
editDe Nieves has performed at Documenta 14, Performa 13, MoMA PS1, ICA Philadelphia, The Watermill Center, The Kitchen, Artist's Space, and numerous other venues.[18]
Brand collaborations
editRaul de Nieves has collaborated with many brands including Tiffany's, Bvlgari, Swarovski, Missoni, and Hermès.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Raul De Nieves". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "Raúl de Nieves". Art21.
- ^ "Interview: Raul de Nieves". The FADER. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ a b c "Art, Nightlife & the Inspirational Force of NYC". www.grandlife.com. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "Raúl de Nieves's Endless Party | Frieze". www.frieze.com. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Raúl de Nieves's Endless Party | Frieze". www.frieze.com. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Raúl de Nieves's Endless Party | Frieze". www.frieze.com. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ Fund, Art Productuion. "RAÚL DE NIEVES: WHEN I LOOK AT YOU I SEE THE SUN". Art Production Fund. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Joan Mitchell Foundation Announces Inaugural Fellows". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ "'Happiness and Sadness All in One Place': See How Artist Raúl de Nieves Constructs His Colorful, Intimate Environments". artnet News. 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "Sculptor Raul de Nieves gives us a tour of his new bedazzled carousel". Interview Magazine. 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "Raul De Nieves by Brian Chidester - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ a b "Winter 2020 exhibitions - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
- ^ kmagerkurth (2018-11-08). "Raúl de Nieves: Fina". Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ Eckardt, Paul Quitoriano,Stephanie. "In the Studio with Raúl de Nieves, the Would-Be New Star of the Whitney Biennial". W Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Beginning & the end neither & the otherwise betwixt & between the end is the beginning & the end". whitney.org. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "UUU MEE". www.moca.org. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "Performance | US with Raúl de Nieves, gage of the boone, Marcel Alcala, Whitney Vangrin | Swiss Institute". Retrieved 2019-10-29.
External links
edit- ^ Raúl de Nieves: The Treasure House of Memory, retrieved 2021-12-05