"Even when we are hardly aware of one another, we really are all living together."
–Nathan Budoff
Fresh on the heels of his group exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum, Vivarium, Puerto Rico-based painter, muralist, and printmaker Nathan Budoff presents new large-scale paintings and small-scale drawings that reframe the relationships between flora, fauna, and space. Faux taxidermy ceramic sculptures by Wookjae Maeng from our sister collection at form and concept join Budoff's discourse on the delicate balance of our ecological present.
Nathan Budoff lives and works in Puerto Rico and Santa Fe, NM. His recent exhibitions include shows at Pie Projects in Santa Fe, NM, the Museo de Arte y Diseño de Miramar in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the Rollins Art Museum (in collaboration with Frances Gallardo) in Winter Park, Florida. His work is in the public collections of Rollins Museum of Art, the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, the Museo de Arte de Ponce, and the Museo de Arte de Caguas as well as the Catherine T. and John D. MacArthur Foundation, the Boston Public Library, and the New York Public Library. Read Budoff's show statement.
Wookjae Maeng lives and works in South Korea. His recent exhibitions include The Boundary Between at Space Shinseon in Seoul, Korea, Balance at form & concept in Santa Fe, NM, and So Close Yet Far at Mokpo Ceramic Livingware Museum in Mokpo, Korea. His work is in the collections of the Yingge Ceramic Museum in New Taipei City, Taiwan, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Gwacheon, Korea, the Chinese Art Academy Museum in Hangzhou, China, and The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana, U.S.A.
