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Reflecting on the lack of space and agency they possess, Salazar presents queer and immigrant bodies in environments where they can thrive and be safe.
About Moises Salazar Tlatenchi
Moises Salazar is a non-binary artist based in Chicago, Illinois. Salazar holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Salazar’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at WOAW Gallery, Salon ACME 8, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, NADA, National Museum of Mexican Art, and the Chicago Cultural Center.
Salazar has been focused on conceptual and installation-based work. Salazar’s presentation Let’s get Physical facilitated by Filo Sofi Arts was included in HEARSAY:HERESY Spring Break Art Show to much critical acclaim. In Gracias a la Vida Salazar created a chapel to queer ancestry at Red Arrow Gallery. Most recently Salazar’s project Santuario, a large-scale altar, was presented at Skin in the Game, Chicago edition, curated by Zoe Lukov. A Finalist of The QUEERART PRIZE, Salazar’s work has been featured in publications such as The Hispanic Executive, artnet, HYPERALLERGIC, and THE LATINX PROJECT. Salazar has participated in the The Hyde Park Art Center Residency and is a recipient of LuminArts Foundation Arts Fellowship, 3Arts Make a Wave Grant and is a Fire Island Artist Residency recipient.
Moises Salazar CV
EDUCATION
2020
Bachelors in Fine Art, The School of the Art institute, Chicago, IL
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Founding Sisters, Mindy Solomon, Miami, FL
Toda una Vida, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL (forthcoming)
En La Guarida De Las Monstras Divinas, LatchKey Gallery, New York City, NY
2023
A Quien le Importa, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2022
It’s my House, Hair+Nails, Minneapolis, MN
Nuestro Juramento, Ed. Varie, New York City, NY
Gracias a la Vida, The Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN
2021
Vamos a la Playa!, Soho Beach House, Miami, FL
Puto el Ăšltimo, Mindy Solomon, Miami, FL
2020
Ni de aquĂ, ni de allá, Hair+Nails, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
Forgive me not, Forgive me not, Roots & Culture, Chicago IL
2019
Brillo Putix, Happy Gallery, Chicago IL (solo) 5 Works: Moises Salazar, 5th Floor Office Space, Mana Contemporary Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
2018
Rompiendo Barreras, Casa Calle 20, Chicago IL
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Strike Fast, Dance Lightly: Artists on Boxing, The Norton Museum of Art, W Palm Beach, FL
2023
Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art, the Vincent Price Art Museum
at East Los Angeles College, curated by C. Ondine Chavoya and David Evans Frantz,
Los Angeles, CA
Seven Surfaces, The Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN
Hand over Hand: Textiles Today, Mindy Solomon, Miami, FL
Crafting Visions, Filo Sofi Arts, curated by Gabrielle Aruta, New York, NY
Perhaps Home is Not a Place, Alfred University, curated by Joey Quiñones & Jonathan
Christensen Caballero, Alfred, NY
MASC: Masculinity Reimagined, Morlan Gallery – Transylvania University, curated
by Josh Porter, Lexington, KY
2022
Men who Paint Flowers, Mindy Solomon, Miami, FL
Helter Swelter, curated by John Wolf, Yucca Valley, CA
A Confluence of Coastal Creativity, Albertz Benda, Los Angeles, CA
Forbidden Boundaries, Filo Sofi Arts, curated by Gabrielle Aruta, Marfa, TX
EXODUS, GALLERY ASCEND, Hong Kong
Vernacular Glamour, Cambridge Art Association, curated by Juan Omar Rodriguez,
Boston, MA
2021
DM ME, Kravest Wehby, New York City, NY
Skin in the Game, Palm Heights, curated by Zoe Lukov, Miami, FL
Across, Urban Arts Center, curated by Jose Villalobos, Dallas, TX
DĂa de Muertos: A Time to Grieve & Remember, National Museum of Mexican Art,
Chicago, IL
Maximum Self, Collar Works, curated by Yiyi Mendoza, Troy, NY
Recuerdos, Co-prosperity, Chicago, IL
Drool, Kravest Wehby Gallery, curated by Em Saltman, New York, NY
The Huma Scale, Hair+Nails, Rochester Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Waiting…, Filo Sofi Arts, curated by Kourosh Mahboubian, Cranford, NJ2021
Shape of an Image,WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong
State of Emergence, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Group Sex, Ed. Varie New York, NY
cruising the horizon, The Latinx Project, curated by Marissa Del Toro, New York City, NY
2022
Men who Paint Flowers, Mindy Solomon, Miami, FL
Helter Swelter, curated by John Wolf, Yucca Valley, CA
A Confluence of Coastal Creativity, Albertz Benda, Los Angeles, CA
Forbidden Boundaries, Filo Sofi Arts, curated by Gabrielle Aruta, Marfa, TX
EXODUS, GALLERY ASCEND, Hong Kong
Vernacular Glamour, Cambridge Art Association, curated by Juan Omar Rodriguez,
Boston, MA
2021
DM ME, Kravest Wehby, New York City, NY
Skin in the Game, Palm Heights, curated by Zoe Lukov, Miami, FL
Across, Urban Arts Center, curated by Jose Villalobos, Dallas, TX
DĂa de Muertos: A Time to Grieve & Remember, National Museum of Mexican Art,
Chicago, IL
Maximum Self, Collar Works, curated by Yiyi Mendoza, Troy, NY
Recuerdos, Co-prosperity, Chicago, IL
Drool, Kravest Wehby Gallery, curated by Em Saltman, New York, NY
The Huma Scale, Hair+Nails, Rochester Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Waiting…, Filo Sofi Arts, curated by Kourosh Mahboubian, Cranford, NJ2021
Shape of an Image,WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong
State of Emergence, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Group Sex, Ed. Varie New York, NY
cruising the horizon, The Latinx Project, curated by Marissa Del Toro, New York City, NY
2020
Right Now, Hair+ Nails, Minneapolis, MN
The long Dream, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago IL
myselves, Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Material Intentions, Flaxst Contemporary, Chicago IL
Recalentada, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL
In Flux: Chicago Artists and Immigration, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Salon ACME No.8, Salon ACME, Cuidad de Mexico, Mexico
Regarding Sculpture, Savannah Center, Gary, IN
Future Future, Hair+ Nails, Minneapolis, MN
Separation Anxiety, The 5th Floor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Critical Chicago Craft, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Forgive me not, Forgive me not, Roots & Culture, Chicago IL
2019
Casa, The 5th Floor,University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago,IL
Pink Things Pop Up, AMFM, Chicago Art Department, Chicago,IL
D6 Design + Art #12, Dock 6 Collective, Chicago, IL
2018
Living Architecture, 6018 North, Chicago, IL
2015
Terrain, 6018North, Chicago IL
ART FAIRS/SPECIAL PROJECTS
2023
SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Filo Sofi Arts, curated by Gabrielle Aruta New York, NY
EXPO CHICAGO, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022
NADA Art Fair, Hair+Nails, Ice Palace Studios, Miami, FL
Skin in the Game, Mindy Solomon, curated by Zoe Lukov, Chicago, IL
2021
Let’s Get Physical, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Filo Sofi Arts, curated by Gabrielle
Aruta, New York, NY
2020
Nada Art Fair, Everybody Gallery, curated by Marissa Del Toro, Chicago, IL
Salon ACME No.8, Salon ACME, Mexico City, MX
RESIDENCIES
2023-2024
Leslie-Lohman Artist Fellowship, New York City, NY
2022
Fire Island Artist Residency (FIAR), Cherry Grove, NY
2021
Radicle Studio Residency, The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2020
ACRE Residency, Steuben, WI
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
2023
“Understanding Identity by Reclaiming Latinx Craft Traditions,” The Arts as a Site of
Social Reconstruction: A conference of the John Dewey Society in conjunction with the
Philosophy of Education Society. Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Chicago, IL
2022
“Reconstructing Ourselves, Reconfiguring Borders: John Dewey, the
Spontaneous Community, and the Art of Moises Salazar Tlatenchi,” Border Justice and
InterAmerican Cooperation: A Joint Conference of the John Dewey Society and the Latin
American Philosophy of Education Society. Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego, CA
AWARDS/HONORS
2023
Breakout Artist 2023: Chicago’s Next Generation of Image Makers, NEWCITY ART, Chicago, IL
2020
Make a Wave Artist Fellowship Grant, 3Arts, Chicago, IL
2021
Queer Prize 2021 Finalist, New York, NYC 2021
2019
Haystack School of Craft Artaxis Fellow, Artaxis, 2019
Luminarts Visual Art Fellowship, Luminarts Cultural Foundation, Chicago, IL 2019
2018
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Travel Grant
NCECA Multicultural Fellow Recipient, NCECA
Walter and Shirley Scholarship, School of the Art institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2014
Young Arts Visual Art Winner, Young Arts, Miami, FL
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