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