HULDA GUZMAN

Hulda Guzmán creates paintings saturated in color that employ her tropical surroundings to illustrate her exploration of perspective and reality. Guzmán renders a world in which children, adults, animals, plants, and invented creatures alike come together to dance, lounge, congregate, share secrets, and play.  Her works often reference tropical vistas, or utilize mise-en-abyme effects to depict a surreal world in which domestic interiors spill into jungle landscapes. On view in the exhibition is a nocturnal scene with strong symbolism – a crescent moon and black cat anchor the right side of the frame while the center is divided by a red gash through a stylized landscape. The enchanting objects are lent almost mythical proportions or transcendent significance as they glow from within the frame.

Hulda Guzmán (b. 1984, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) received a BA from Altos de Chavón School of Design in the Dominican Republic and went on to study photography and mural painting at the National School of Visual Arts, Mexico. Her work is included in the permanent collections of He Art Museum (HEM), Guangdong, CN; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA); the Dallas Museum of Art, TX; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), CA; Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL; Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), São Paulo, Brazil; and Centro Leon Jimenes, Puerto Rico, among others. Guzmán has been featured in the Dominican Republic’s pavilion at the 58th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale; and at institutions such as Denver Art Museum, CO; Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo; the Pérez Art Museum Miami, FL; Museo de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil; Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, Costa Rica; and Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC.