IN MY ARMS
Catacombs Gallery
June 7, 2024 to July 27, 2024
As a non-binary, first generation Mexican American, Moises Salazar’s work is heavily influenced by their lived experiences, cultural upbringing, and the Chicago queer community. Salazar dedicates their practice to advocating for the communities they are a part of, and their paintings act as a visual exploration of their interest in, queer nightlife, trans experience, and immigration activism. Using glitter, a material often stigmatized, Salazar creates depictions of queer and immigrant bodies. With their own likeness as template, Salazar creates faceless figures serving as a stand-in for any queer Latinx youth. Through Salazar’s paintings, these bodies are proudly defiant and become immortalized to combat the erasure of these communities. Inspired by fashion and drag culture, Salazar uses a myriad of embellishments, fabrics, and textures combined with traditional Mexican craft techniques. Through this process, the bodies Salazar paints become immortalized to combat the erasure of these communities and transform that pain into healing and restorative energy.
RSVP for the opening reception on Friday, June 7 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the link below:
Click HERE for more information on gallery hours and private appointments.
IN MY ARMS
Catacombs Gallery
June 7, 2024 to July 27, 2024
As a non-binary, first generation Mexican American, Moises Salazar’s work is heavily influenced by their lived experiences, cultural upbringing, and the Chicago queer community. Salazar dedicates their practice to advocating for the communities they are a part of, and their paintings act as a visual exploration of their interest in, queer nightlife, trans experience, and immigration activism. Using glitter, a material often stigmatized, Salazar creates depictions of queer and immigrant bodies. With their own likeness as template, Salazar creates faceless figures serving as a stand-in for any queer Latinx youth. Through Salazar’s paintings, these bodies are proudly defiant and become immortalized to combat the erasure of these communities. Inspired by fashion and drag culture, Salazar uses a myriad of embellishments, fabrics, and textures combined with traditional Mexican craft techniques. Through this process, the bodies Salazar paints become immortalized to combat the erasure of these communities and transform that pain into healing and restorative energy.
RSVP for the opening reception on Friday, June 7 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the link below:
Click HERE for more information on gallery hours and private appointments.
Moises Salazar is a non-binary artist based in Chicago, Illinois. Salazar holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Salazar’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at WOAW Gallery, Salon ACME 8, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, NADA, National Museum of Mexican Art, and the Chicago Cultural Center. Represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery, Salazar had their inaugural solo exhibition in August 2021.
Salazar’s installation Let’s get Physical facilitated by Filo Sofi Arts was included in HEARSAY:HERESY Spring Break Art Show to much critical acclaim. In Gracias a la Vida Salazar created a chapel to queer ancestry at Red Arrow Gallery. Salazar’s project Santuario, a large-scale altar, was presented at Skin in the Game, Chicago edition, curated by Zoe Lukov. A Finalist of The QUEERART PRIZE, Salazar’s work has been featured in publications such as The Hispanic Executive, artnet, HYPERALLERGIC, and THE LATINX PROJECT. Salazar has participated in The Hyde Park Art Center Residency and is a recipient of LuminArts Foundation Arts Fellowship, 3Arts Make a Wave Grant and is a Fire Island Artist Residency recipient. Salazar was recently recognized by NEWCITY ART as one of ten 2023 Breakout Artists: Chicago’s Next Generation of Image Makers.
Moises Salazar is a non-binary artist based in Chicago, Illinois. Salazar holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Salazar’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at WOAW Gallery, Salon ACME 8, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, NADA, National Museum of Mexican Art, and the Chicago Cultural Center. Represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery, Salazar had their inaugural solo exhibition in August 2021.
Salazar’s installation Let’s get Physical facilitated by Filo Sofi Arts was included in HEARSAY:HERESY Spring Break Art Show to much critical acclaim. In Gracias a la Vida Salazar created a chapel to queer ancestry at Red Arrow Gallery. Salazar’s project Santuario, a large-scale altar, was presented at Skin in the Game, Chicago edition, curated by Zoe Lukov. A Finalist of The QUEERART PRIZE, Salazar’s work has been featured in publications such as The Hispanic Executive, artnet, HYPERALLERGIC, and THE LATINX PROJECT. Salazar has participated in The Hyde Park Art Center Residency and is a recipient of LuminArts Foundation Arts Fellowship, 3Arts Make a Wave Grant and is a Fire Island Artist Residency recipient. Salazar was recently recognized by NEWCITY ART as one of ten 2023 Breakout Artists: Chicago’s Next Generation of Image Makers.
