Gabriela Agreda is an interdisciplinary artist born and raised in Venezuela, currently based in New York City.
Gabriela’s practice delves into the complex socio-political climate of her birth country. Not bound by a single approach; she fluidly explores diverse themes, materials, and processes connected to this central investigation. She utilizes simple yet powerful materials such as personal photographs, wood, and cement to evoke intimate engagement with the lived experiences of ordinary Venezuelans affected by political turmoil.
With a focus on the reorganization and experimental presentation of photographs initially captured impulsively, Agreda is fascinated by how meaning evolves from the original moment of image-taking to subsequent moments of artistic engagement and display in various mediums.
Exploring the unseen landscapes of memory and social terrain
Education
2022
Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Awards
2018
Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Sedimentos, Ala Projects, Miami, FL
2023
Ecos, PS408 Studios, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibitions
2025
PERSPECTIVAS, Embajada, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2024
Amigo Secreto, Doble D, Madrid, España
An Exhibition of Inmigrant Artists at the Carousel, Between Hercules and a Butterfly, New York, NY
Act I: The Showcase, Ala Projects, New York, NY
Lighter Touch—Care as Radical Gesture, New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA)
2022
Fly on the Wall, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Sentiment: BFA Thesis Exhibition, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
Exhibition Showcase, Painting Dpt. of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2021
Exhibition Showcase, Photo Dpt. of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2019
Art Bash, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Publications
2024
“Ana Mercedes Hoyos: Atmósferas” Catalog, New York, NY
2023
GalleriesNow Magazine
2021
John M. Flaxman Library, Chicago, IL
2019
John M. Flaxman Library, Chicago, IL
Collections
Private collections in Caracas, Venezuela; Chicago, IL; Guatemala City, Guatemala; London, UK; Madrid, España