Romina Gonzales (b. 1989, Lima, Peru) is New York based, Peruvian interdisciplinary artist. Her work exists as an inquiry between the gaps of sculpture, video, installation, writing and performance. She addresses issues of identity, politics, human emotion, experience and collective consciousness through gestures that combine tangible and intangible materials.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Pardon Our Appearance, New Soho Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Watch Your Step, Rosenberg Gallery, New York University, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Blue Room, Fort Makers, New York, NY
2018 Full Moon Body Encircled, The Assemblage NoMad, New York, NY
2016 Let Them Eat Cake, Agnes Varis Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
Through the Looking Glass, Peruvian Connection, New York, NY
2015 Reflections, Memorial Sloan Kettering Infusion Center, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Texture and Tension, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburg, PA
Glass +A, Vitraria Museum,Venice, Italy
Seeing comes before words, One Art Space, New York, NY
Off-center, Agnes Varis Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
BKLYN Designs, St. Anne’s Warehouse, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Comfort Suture, The Commons Gallery, New York, NY
Brooklyn Creates, Brooklyn Glass, New York, NY
2011 Group Grope, curated by Kathe Burkhart, Rosenberg Gallery, NY
Glass Roots Collaborations with Matter, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
2010 72 Expo Anual de Arte de la PUCP, Facultad de Arte, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Lima, Perú
PERFORMANCES AND SCREENINGS
2019 Mopping, Wheaton Arts, Creative Glass Center of America, Millville, NJ
Molecular Tension, ArtReach, Chicago, IL, January 19th
2018 Mopping, Jackson County Green Energy Exchange Park, Dillsboro, NC, December 15th
Molecular Tension, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY December 1st
On Beauty, Stove Top TV, Brooklyn, NY, January 2018
VISITING ARTIST AND LECTURES
2019 Stanford University, New York, NY
Cornell University, Art and Architecture Program, New York, NY
2018 St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY
2017-19 Bard Graduate Center, Material Studies, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Pratt Institute, Sculpture Department, Brooklyn, NY
University of Georgia, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Peruvian American National Council, United States Capitol, Washington, DC
2014 Consulate General of Peru, New York, NY
New York University, Studio Art, NY, September
2013 Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2019 Creative Glass Center of America Fellowship at Wheaton Arts, Millville, NJ
Lemonade Stand Residency, ArtReach, Chicago, IL
2018 Jackson County Green Energy Exchange Park, Dillsboro, NC
GAS Saxe Emerging Artist Award, Murano, Italy
2017 Monarch Glass Studio, Kansas City, MO
2016 UrbanGlass, Development Scholarship, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Corning Museum of Glass, Scholarship, Corning, NY
Inhabitat, Nomination for Annual Inhabitat Green Awards, New York, NY
USCIS, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Aliens with Extra Ordinary Ability, United States
2013 Pilchuck Glass School, Scholarship, Seattle, WA
2012 New York University, Global Honors Seminar, London, UK
Yale University, Nomination for Ellen Battel Fellowship, Norfolk, CT
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS AND COMMISSIONS
2019 Formations, UrbanGlass Gala, Brooklyn, NY
Past in a future tense, Aki Sasamoto, New York, NY
2018 Extra Ordinary, Brooklyn, NY (ongoing)
Ropework, Doug Johnston, Brooklyn, NY
Inhabitants, Fort Makers, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Albumen I-X, Lynda Benglis and Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY
Without a body, Ivana Basic, New York, NY
The Glass Object, Celeste Wilson, Brooklyn, NY
Stubborn Materials, Inna Babaeva, New York, NY
Men O’War, Inna Babaeva, New York, NY
Vindel Project, Universidad de Vigo and Morgan Library and Museum, New York, NY
Gender Lens, Women Moving Millions, New York, NY
Grit Glass, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
2016 The Body’s Witness, Luke Smithers, New York Live Arts, NY
Brick Wall, 1 Hotel and Starwood Capital Group, Brooklyn, NY
The Garry L. Rich Archive, New York, NY
Freelancers|doc, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Towers, Mortimer Zuckerman and Boston Properties, New York, NY
2014 Sine Body, Julianne Swartz, New York, NY
Bricks, UrbanGlass Gala, Brooklyn, NY
Design Dictionary, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY
Air Bottle, Volvo and Grey London, London, UK
2013-15 Off-Centre, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Brick Wall NYFW, Pamela Gonzales SoHo, New York, NY
2012 Home, Museum of Arts and Design and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, New York, NY
2010 Viaje a la Luna, Teatro Peruano-Británico and Cola de Cometa, Lima, Perú
PUBLISHED TEXT
2012 Raw Art in the Mind of Lateral Thinkers, Mercer Street, New York University College of Arts and Science, print
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019 Blue Room by Fort Makers, catalogue, Nana Spears
2017 The Art Of Brooklyn: Meet The Artists Behind 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge, The Field Guide
2016 Vidrio Imperfecto, Cosas, Alejandra Nieto
2015 Curating for the Cure: Medical Facilities Embrace the Power of Art, Hyperallergic, Peter Malone
2014 New Glass Review 35, Corning Museum of Glass
Artist borrow natural forms, objects in Morgan Glass Exhibit, The Pittsburg Tribune, Kurt Shaw
La Estética del Error, Revista Casas 210, Alejandra Nieto
EE.UU. Romina Gonzales - Pardon Our Appearance, Turista Magazine
Escultores de vidrio, La Revista Semanal
Peruana presenta novedosa obra de arte en vidrio, Ayllu Times, Gery Vereau
Latinos dan vida al vidrio, Diario de Mexico, Gery Vereau
Artistas hispanos exhiben arte innovador, Westchester Hispano, Lisetti Robles
State of the Art NYC: This Week in Latino Art, Remezcla, Barbara Calderon-Douglass
2013 Comfort Sutra, The Commons Gallery Blog, Hiroshi Sunairi
Diálogo Intimista, ARQ, Año 2, Vol.15
2012 Group Grope, The Rosenberg Gallery Blog, Kathe Burkhart
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Fort Makers, New York, NY
Vitraria, Venice, Italy
COLLECTIONS
Museum of American Glass, NJ, U.S.A
Cooper Hewitt, NY, U.S.A
EDUCATION
2011 - 2013 B.F.A New York University, Studio Art, New York (Magna Cum Laude)
2007 - 2010 Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Facultad de Artes, Lima, Peru (Completed 149 credits towards a B.F.A in Sculpture)