El Museo del Barrio presents “Flow States”—organized by chief curator Rodrigo Moura, curator Susanna V. Temkin, and guest curator María Elena Ortiz— the museum’s second large-scale triennial of Latinx contemporary art. The exhibition— which opens on October 10, 2024, and runs through February 9, 2025— includes commissioned projects, an illustrated catalogue, and related programming. El Museo is located at 1230 5th Avenue at 104th Street, New York, New York.
Caribbean-rooted artists include Widline Cadet (Haiti), Tony Cruz Pabón (Puerto Rico), Madeline Jiménez Santil (Dominican Republic), Anina Major (Bahamas), Karyn Olivier (Trinidad and Tobago), Alina Pérez (Florida), Carlos Reyes (US/Puerto Rico), Gadiel Rivera Herrera, Kathia St. Hilaire (Florida), Chaveli Sifre (Puerto Rico/Germany), Magdalena Suárez Frimkess (Venezuela), Alberta Whittle (Barbados), and Cosmo Whyte (Jamaica). See full list of artists below.
Description: Flow States – LA TRIENAL 2024 is El Museo del Barrio’s second large-scale survey of Latinx contemporary art. Organized by El Museo’s chief curator Rodrigo Moura, curator Susanna V. Temkin, and guest curator María Elena Ortiz, the exhibition will feature 33 participating artists working across the United States, Puerto Rico, and—for the first time—extending into new geographies that reflect the complexities of diasporic flows, with artists based in the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia.
Emphasizing plurality and a sense of movement, the title, Flow States, is a pun on creative focus and the fluidity of geographic boundaries and cultural exchanges. This phrase connects to diasporic themes—broadly defined as a dispersion, scattering, and flux of populations, languages, and cultures—that inform the exhibition. The selected artists share interests related to transformation, porosities of landscape and the built environment, spiritual connections, collective memories, hybrid belongings, and material exchanges. This edition builds on the framework of the critically acclaimed ESTAMOS BIEN – LA TRIENAL 20/21, the museum’s inaugural survey of Latinx contemporary art—the first of its kind in the United States. Flow States will be accompanied by a fully illustrated, bilingual publication.
ARTISTS
Carmen Argote b. 1981, Guadalajara, Mexico; lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Hellen Ascoli b. 1984, Guatemala City, Guatemala; lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland
Esteban Cabeza de Baca b. 1985, California; lives and works between the US Southwest, New York
Widline Cadet b. 1992, Pétion-Ville, Ayiti; lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Liz Cohen b. 1973, Phoenix, Arizona; lives and works in Phoenix, Arizona
Tony Cruz Pabón b. 1977, Vega Alta, Puerto Rico; lives and works in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Lance De Los Reyes b.1977, Houston, Texas; d. 2021 New York, New York
Christina Fernandez b. 1965, Los Angeles, California; lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Verónica Gaona b. 1994, Brownsville, Texas; lives and works in Houston, Texas
Roberto Gil de Montes b. 1950, Guadalajara, Mexico; lives and works in Nayarit, Mexico
Maria A. Guzmán Capron b. 1981, Italy; lives and works in Oakland, California
Madeline Jiménez Santil b. 1986, Dominican Republic; lives and works in Mexico & the D.R.
Caroline Kent b. 1975, Sterling, Illinois; lives and works in Chicago, Illinois
Koyoltzintli b. 1983, New York, New York; lives and works in New York, New York
Anina Major b. 1981, Nassau, Bahamas; lives and works in New York, New York
Mario Martinez b. 1953, Penjamo, Scottsdale, Arizona; lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
Mark Menjívar b. 1980, Fairfax County, Virginia; lives and works in San Antonio, Texas
Karyn Olivier b. 1968, Trinidad and Tobago; lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Alina Perez b. 1995, Miami, Florida; lives and works in New York, New York
Carlos Reyes b. 1977, Chicago, Illinois; lives and works in New York, & Caguas, Puerto Rico
Gadiel Rivera Herrera b. 1963, San Juan, Puerto Rico; lives and works in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya b. 1989, Parral, Mexico; nomad
Norberto Roldan b. 1953, Roxas City, Philippines; lives and works in Roxas City, Philippines
Sarah Rosalena b. 1982, Los Angeles, California; lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Ser Serpas b. 1995, Los Angeles, California; lives and works in New York, New York
Chaveli Sifre b. 1987, Würzburg, Germany; lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Kathia St. Hilaire b. 1995, Palm Beach, Florida; lives and works in New York, New York
Studio Lenca b. 1986, La Paz, El Salvador; lives and works in Margate, England
Magdalena Suarez Frimkess b. 1929, Caracas, Venezuela; lives and works in Venice, California
Sarita Westrup b. 1989, Edinburg, Texas; lives and works in Dallas, Texas, and Penland, North Carolina
Alberta Whittle b. 1980, Bridgetown, Barbados; lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland
Cosmo Whyte b. 1982, St. Andrews, Jamaica; lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Joe Zaldivar b. 1990, Rosemead, California; lives and works in Los Angeles, California
For more information, see https://www.elmuseo.org/exhibition/flow-states-la-trienal-2024/
El Museo del Barrio presents “Flow States”—organized by chief curator Rodrigo Moura, curator Susanna V. Temkin, and guest curator María Elena Ortiz— the museum’s second large-scale triennial of Latinx contemporary art. The exhibition— which opens on October 10, 2024, and runs through February 9, 2025— includes commissioned projects, an illustrated catalogue, and related programming. El
