Radames “Juni” Figueroa
Radamés “Juni” Figueroa was born in 1982 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. He lives and works in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Figueroa tropicalizes indoor spaces and architecture by combining organic and existing materials. For ACE, he includes a series of works that come with instructions on how to combine discarded, used sports equipment with plants as a way to give objects another life and to harness ideas of aspiration and growth.
Recent solo exhibitions include Rompiendo en Frío, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, California (2016); Radamés "Juni" Figueroa, Edel Essanti gallery, London, United Kingdom (2015); and Naguabo Rainbow, Daguao Enchumbao, Fango Fireflies, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, New York; (2014). Biennials and group exhibitions including SITElines Casa Tomada, SITE SANTA FE Biennial, Santa Fe, New Mexico (2018); Mutations, High Line, New York, New York (2017-18); and the Whitney Biennial, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York (2014).
Figueroa received a BFA from The School of Plastic Arts and Design of Puerto Rico, San Juan (2007) and in 2013 completed the Beta-Local Program in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- University at Albany
SITElines.2018
The third installment in the SITElines biennial series focusing on contemporary art from the Americas, Casa Tomada featured 23 artists from eight countries and ten new commissions. Questioning notions of private property — of the body, mind, land, and culture — the exhibition asks how boundaries are dissolved and/or violated.
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