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Radamés “Juni” Figueroa

NADA NY 2014

Solo Exhibition: Pineapple Trainwreck
New York, NY, USA

Proyectos Ultravioleta is pleased to present “Pineapple Trainwreck”, an ambitious project by Puerto Rican artist Radamés “Juni” Figueroa (Bayamón, Puerto Rico, 1982), for NADA Projects New York.

For “Pineapple Trainwreck”, Figueroa will create a makeshift structure (referencing the vernacular architecture found in his native Puerto Rico) that will serve as a place for people to come together, as well as a support for a series of works that reflect and celebrate the cultural, natural, and political nuances of life in a territory that is often dubbed as The Island of Enchantment. The combination works presented are created in a variety of mediums that include painting, sculpture, and installation, and will ultimately provide spectators with a multi sensorial insight into the practice of one of Latin America’s most exciting artists working today.

Radamés “Juni” Figueroa lives and works in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Solo exhibitions of his work include “Naguabo Rainbow, Daguao Enchumbao”, “Fango Fireflies” at Sculpture Center (New York, NY, USA 2014), “The Wild Nest” at NUMU New Museum of Contemporary Art (Guatemala City 2013), “Sal Si Puedes” at Roberto Paradise Gallery (San Juan, Puerto Rico 2012). Past projects include “Tree House -Club House”, a live monumental sculpture at a forest in Naguabo, Puerto Rico (2013); “Triangle Eucalyptus for Meditation” at 43 Salon Internacional (Medellin, Colombia 2013), “Salvajismo Caribeño” an intervention on the Roof of Houses in Barrio La Perla (San Juan, Puerto Rico 2009); and “Parada Phantom” a Tropical Bus Stop, created in a public space (San Juan, Puerto Rico 2009). Figueroa is included in the 2014 Whitney Biennial an site specific project makeshift structure that is installed in the Museum’s sculpture court serves as an open space for gathering, reflecting and celebrating. In 2011 in San Juan Puerto Rico, Figueroa was also co-curator of the first Tropical Biennial with Pablo Leon de la Barra.