Joel Gaitan

B. 1995 Miami, Florida

Education

2014

Miami Dade College Associates Degree in Art Education

Solo Exhibitions

2024

Solo Exhibition, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA (Forthcoming)

En El Corazón Del Infierno, En Las Alturas Del Cielo, KDR, Miami, FL

2023

Muerto Por Una Traición, NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Art Production Fund, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY

2022

Ríos de Agua Viva, Fairfax Dorn Projects, East Hampton, NY

Lágrimas de Oro, 56 Henry, New York, NY

2021

NADA Art Fair 2021, KDR305, Miami, FL

La Pulperia Doña Pina, KDR305, Miami, FL

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024

Expo Chicago, The Pit, Chicago, IL

Halfway to Sanity, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA

GRAAH, Lefebvre & Fils, Paris, FR

2023

NADA Art Fair, KDR, Miami, FL

Perhaps The Truth, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX

Clay Pop, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA

Love & Anarchy, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC

Tropic of Cancer, Pace Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

2022

NADA Art Fair 2022, The Pit LA, Miami, FL

DOMESTICANX, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY

Wet Hot, The Office x KDR305, Miami, FL

Light Up The Sky, The Pit LA, Los Angeles, CA

Grants & Residencies

2023

Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

2021

Casa Violeta Artist Grant Residency, Granada, Nicaragua

Collections

Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL

El Museo Del Barrio, New York, NY

The Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC

The Bunker, Collection of Beth DeWoody, Palm Beach, FL

Bibliography

2024

Rosa, Amanda; “This Miami artist makes a Nicaraguan dream world with terracotta and gold in his exhibit”, Miami Herald, March 07, 2024, online & print

2023

Clay Pop, Rizzoli Press, New York, NY, Book

Cruz, Ivana; “Exploring the Idea of Domesticanx Through Art”, W Magazine, February 06, 2023

Schneider Smith Julie; “Art in Focus: The Joy and Humanity in Joel Gaitan’s Terracotta Vessels”, The Center Magazine, January 23, 2023

2022

García-Alvarez, César; “Joel Gaitan Reclaims the Latinidad Body Through Clay”, Cultured Magazine, September 29, 2022

Cascone, Sarah; “Editors’ Picks: 12 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week”, Artnet.com, March 29, 2022

Cruz, Ivana; “Sculptor Joel Gaitan Pays Homage to Mesoamerican Ceramics and Nica Culture”, W Magazine, March 16, 2022

2021

Piejko, Jennifer; “Reality Focus: Miami 2021”, Flash Art.com, December 28, 2021

Donoghue, Katy; “Seven Standouts at NADA Miami 2021”, Whitewall.art, December 5, 2021

Eileen Kinsella & Annie Armstrong; “Collectors Unleash Pent-Up Buying Demand at NADA Miami, Where Concerns Over Speculation Abound” , Artnet.com, December 2, 2021

Greenberger, Alex; “Gallerist Ebony L. Haynes on Her NADA Miami Section: ‘Hopefully This Will Feel Like a Place for Discovery’, ArtNews.com, December 1, 2021

Maximilíano Durón, Alex Greenberger; “The Best Booths at NADA Miami, from Powerful Portraits to Spirit Carriers”, ArtNews.com, December 1, 2021

All the fun of the fairs in Miami” Financial Times, online & print, November 26, 2021

Dafoe, Taylor, “Tastemaking Curator and Dealer Ebony L. Haynes Will Organize a New Section for Under-the-Radar Art Platforms at NADA Miami” Artnet.com, November 11, 2021

Kerr, Fiona, “A Local’s Guide to Nicaragua”, Condé Nast Traveler, online & print, September 1, 2021