Jean-Pierre Villafañe
La Minita
Lot Closed
June 13, 07:29 PM GMT
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
Jean-Pierre Villafañe
b.1992
La Minita
Executed in 2025.
Colored pencil on archival paper
24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 cm)
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Courtesy of the artist and EMBAJADA, San Juan
Jean-Pierre Villafañe paints social environments exploring notions of intimacy, sexuality and self-concept in a satirical and macabre fashion. Through intermingling carnival figures, his paintings examine the inescapable performativity of being. Inscribed in social settings such as bars, museums, public squares or cultural centers, the characters, arrested in moments of decadence and indulgence, dance, drink and sing in an overlapping and hyperconnected manner.
Jean-Pierre Villafañe (b. 1992, Puerto Rico) earned his Master’s in Architecture from Columbia University in New York in 2019. Prior to that, he completed his Bachelor’s degree in Architecture at SCAD, concluding his final year of studies in Hong Kong, where he focused on the implications of urban conditions for social mobilization. His work has been featured internationally, including at Charles Moffett, New York, NY (2024); Diablo Rosso, Panama City, PA (2023); The Armory Fair, New York, NY (2023); Nino Mier Gallery, New York, NY (2023); Galerie Hussenot, Paris, FR (2022); Hoffmann Maler Wallenberg, Nice, FR (2022); The Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, CT (2022); Museo de Arte y Diseño, San José, CR (2021); and Galería Embajada, San Juan, PR (2021), among others. In 2024, he was selected as a resident artist for the year-long Silver Arts residency program at 4 World Trade Center in NYC. In 2023, he was awarded the TPC Art Finance Prize for 'the most exceptional and innovative presentation' at The Armory Fair. In 2023, he completed three large murals for the restaurant Cecchi’s in West Village, which have been featured in renowned publications such as The New York Times, Forbes, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Dezeen, and Vogue. His work was recently featured on the cover of the winter issue of Art in America. Jean-Pierre's studio practice is based in Chinatown, New York City.