SELECTED CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

2008 Hunter College, Master of Fine Arts
2002 Hunter College, Bachelor of Fine Arts
2001 Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK

SELECTED AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2022 Artpace International Residency
2020 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grantee
2019 Jerome Hill Foundation Fellow
2016 EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Program, SIP Fellowship
2014 Yaddo, Artist Residency
2013 American Academy in Rome, Rome Prize in Visual Arts
2012 NYFA Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Arts

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 Foundational Dualities. Artpace, San Antonio, TX
2021 Gratitudes. Davidson Gallery, New York, NY
2019 The Shank. Participant Inc, New York, NY
2013 On the Flip Side A. Casita Maria Gallery, Bronx, NY
2013 Glendalys Medina. Unosunove Gallery, Rome, Italy

SELECTED PUBLIC ART

2024–2029 Past, Present, Future. Walter Gladwin Recreation Center, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art / NYC Department of Design and Construction / NYC Parks, Bronx, NY. Permanent mosaic commission. Fabricated by Mayer of Munich.

2023 Gratitudes Off Grand. MTA Arts & Design, Grand Street (L) Station, Brooklyn, NY. Permanent glass mosaic commission. Fabricated by Miotto Mosaic Art Studios. View MTA Arts & Design project

2020–2022 Stacks. Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library, Medford, MA. Permanent glass mosaic commission. Fabricated by Miotto Mosaic Art Studios. View project

2017 Wheels and Bars. NYC Department of Transportation Art Program, Barrier Beautification, Harlem River Driveway and West 155th Street, New York, NY. Temporary public art commission.

SELECTED SCREENINGS & PERFORMANCES

2020 BRIC Celebrates Brooklyn! LIVE EVERYWHERE. BRIC, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Dear Me & The Shank LIVE. Performa 19, New York, NY
2017 No Microphone. The Kitchen, New York, NY
2016 No Total. Artists Space Books and Talks, New York, NY
2016 BWA for BLM: Video Screening. New Museum, New York, NY
2013 Region 0: The Latin Video Art Festival. King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at NYU and Museum of Contemporary Art in Vigo, Spain
2012 49th Festival of Nuova Consonanza. American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy

SELECTED FAIRS & GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Something Beautiful: Reframing La Colección. El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
2022 Eyes of the Skin. Curated by Teresita Fernández. Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
2022 I Am: New Afro-Latinx Narratives — Chapter 2. Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Long Beach, CA. View exhibition
2022 Armory: Focus Section. Gratitude/Gratitud. Davidson Gallery, New York, NY
2021 We Are Here. Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021 LatinxAbstract. Curated by Elizabeth Ferrer. BRIC, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Graphica. Foxy Production, New York, NY
2020 Uptown Triennial. Wallach Gallery, New York, NY
2020 BMA Salon: Mono Practice. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
2019 I Come to This Place. Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2018 NADA Miami. EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Miami, FL
2018 QUEENIE. El Museo del Barrio at Hunter East Harlem Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Spots, Dots, Pips and Tiles. Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL
2016 Spots, Dots, Pips and Tiles. Hunter East Harlem Gallery, New York, NY
2016 SPRING/BREAK Art Show. Ground Floor Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Bodies. Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, ME
2015 Untitled Art Fair. Participant Inc, Miami, FL
2015 Cut N' Mix: Contemporary Collage. El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
2015 After AFROPOLITAN. Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Lebenswelten. Kulturhaus Karlshorst Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2012 Bronx Lab: Style Wars. Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
2011 Bronx Calling: The First AIM Biennial. Wave Hill Public Garden and Cultural Center and Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
2010 Do It Yourself. Damon Dash Gallery, New York, NY
2010 The Mothership Has Landed. Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Salad Days III. Artists Space, New York, NY

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA

2026 Dávila, Arlene. Visualizing Latinx: Creative Practices in Fashion, Film and Beyond. Duke University Press. Work included. View publication

2025 “11 Contemporary Artists Channelling Art Deco’s Sleek Geometry.” Artsy. Discussion of Medina’s work. Read article

2025 Estévez, Nicolás Dumit. “Glendalys Medina / and Nicolás Dumit Estévez.” The Interior Beauty Salon. Interview with Medina. Read interview

2024 “Glendalys Medina, Atabey.” Smarthistory. Scholarly video and discussion of Atabey. Watch Smarthistory Video

2022 Dávila, Arlene. “Nuyorican Abstract: Thinking through Cándida Alvarez and Glendalys Medina.” Women and Migration(s) II. Open Book Publishers, pp. 107–116. Critical essay on Medina’s work. Read chapter

2022 Goldberg, RoseLee. On the Town: A Performa Compendium 2016–2021. Performa / Gregory R. Miller & Co., New York. Documents Dear Me & The Shank LIVE, Performa 19. View publication

2022 Building Radical Soil. The Latinx Project, New York University. Exhibition publication featuring Medina’s work. View publication

2021 “The Destination Is Latinx.” Gagosian Quarterly. Discussion of Medina’s work and practice. Read article

2021 “12 Emerging Latinx Artists to Discover.” Artsy. Discussion of Medina’s work and visual language. Read article

2021 Dávila, Arlene. “Latinx Abstract: Reflections on a History-Making Exhibition.” The Latinx Project, New York University. Discussion of Medina’s work. Read article

2020 “Neverending Story: The Power of Pattern.” BmoreArt. Discussion of Medina’s work, including Exercise I. Read article

2018 VECTOR Artists Journal, Issue 8.Exercise I published. Issue presented at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, June 22, 2018.

2017 “Queer Abstraction: A Roundtable.” ASAP/Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2. Johns Hopkins University Press. Medina participated in the published roundtable. Read publication

2013 “I Tell You Who I Am: 4-Minute Video Interview with Artist Glendalys Medina.” MasterDabblers. Interview with Medina. Watch interview

LECTURES & SYMPOSIA

2025 MTA Arts & Design 40th Anniversary. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, NY. Watch Video

2023 MOLAA Zoom Project, Chapter 38: Glendalys Medina. Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Long Beach, CA. Watch Video

2023 Latinx Art in the Subway. New York Transit Museum in partnership with El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY. Watch Video

2019 Public Actions: Editions with Performance Artists and Sculptors. MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY
2019 Yaddo Inspirations: A Queer Look Through Generations. The Cell, New York, NY
2016 Round Table on Queer Abstraction. Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
2013 The Birth and Life of The Shank. American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
2012 Artist Spotlight. Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY
2012 Architecture Program, Cornell University, Guest Lecturer
2010 Colloquia. Department of Art and Art Professions, New York University, New York, NY

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2018– School of Visual Arts, New York, NY. MFA Art Practice & Fine Arts, Faculty
2018 Hunter College of the City of New York, Ceramics Department, Visiting Artist
2017 The Bridge, Shanghai, China, Visiting Faculty
2016 Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Witt Visiting Artist
2013 RISD European Honors Program, Visiting Artist and Guest Lecturer
2013 Tyler School of Art, MFA Program, Visiting Artist and Guest Lecturer

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Library of Congress
MTA Arts & Design
El Museo del Barrio
Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)
Studio Museum in Harlem
Cleveland Clinic Collection
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