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Guadalupe Maravilla

2025 Milestone Grantee

Bio

Maravilla currently lives in New York City. His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, Brooklyn Museum, New York; the TATE; GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami and many more. Additionally, he has performed and presented his work at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; Queens Museum, New York; The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, among others. In 2019 Guadalupe was awarded Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship.

Mariposa Relámpago, 2023Recycled school bus, metal, volcanic rocks60 × 17 feet

  • A large metallic vehicle-like art installation with glowing purple lights and ornate details stands in an industrial gallery space.
  • An ornamental, black, spiky sculptural frame surrounds a colorful artwork featuring cartoon-like characters on a tiered platform, with mountains and fantastical elements in the background.
  • Mixed-media art piece with a central painting of two figures, a black dog, and birds, framed by woven, spiky materials, antlers, feathers, beads, and natural elements, creating an intricate and organic border. Surrounding the artwork is a spiky, ornamental frame.
  • Installation in a modern gallery space with three benches made from woven natural materials with organic shapes and rough textures, a curving sculpture resembling a snake on the wall behind, and two round gongs incorporated into the benches.
  • An outdoor sculpture made of metal and stone stands on a grassy field with plants in the foreground and tall city buildings in the background under a partly cloudy sky.
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