Cuban/Italian American painter, Amy Bravo is interested in the shared language of culture and family, be it a found, queer family, or blood relatives. Her work is an attempt to understand and reflect on the existence of a queer Cuban person who has neither a found family, nor many living blood relatives of Cuban descent left. Challenged with the complications of Cuban politics regarding homosexuality, Bravo’s large-scale paintings seek to create an impossible utopia in the vague outline of Cuba, with the impossibility being the most crucial element. This utopian desire hinges on the question of what it means to love someone or somewhere you do not always agree with.
- Lot number
- #3
- Artwork
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- Artist:
- Amy Bravo
- Title and Year:
- Queens of Morro Castle | 2019
- Auction Status
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Bidding Ended
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Exhibitions
2021
Cruising the Horizon: New York
The Latinx Project at NYU, New York, NYFlame Tree
Regular Normal, New York, NYThese Opalescent Dreams of Mine
Selena’s Mountain, Brooklyn, NY2020
Portrait: Identity and Expression
Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NYRed Envelope Show
City Point, Brooklyn, NYYB2P
Catinca Tabacaru, Harlem, NYYoung Artists: One
Fridman Gallery100 Drawings from Now
The Drawing Center, New York, NYAdmirational Invitational
Studio E Gallery, Seattle, WAParadoxe
Serving the People, Online Exhibition2019
Featured in the Brooklyn Museum’s Pop-Up Library as part of the Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving openingTurista
Thesis show at Pratt Institute, self-curated in Brooklyn, NY2018
Volume 2: The Anniversary Show
Tectonic Space, Baltimore, MDRed Envelope Show
Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NY2017
BASH
Pop-up show, Brooklyn, NYWord Association Zine Release
Pop-up show in New York, NYFurry Friends Welcome
Grumpy Bert Gallery, Brooklyn, NYRed Envelope Show
Grumpy Bert Gallery, Brooklyn, NY -
Education
2022
Hunter College, New York
MFA Painting2019
Pratt Institute, New York
BFA Communications Design (Illustration)