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Born in Quito, Ecuador. Based in NYC.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Fencescapes, Kates-Ferri Projects, New York, NY
2022 Pathways, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2022 Undocumentedness: an ecology of dancing fences, SPRING/BREAK Art Show LA by Erika Hirugami/CuratorLove
2021 Playground, Affordable Art Fair NYC, by Veronica Petty, Domingo Comms
2014 Instructions on How to Build a Ladder, Tabler Center Gallery, Stony Brook University, NY
2013 Status Flux, Sunroom Project Space, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Psychic Landscape, co-curated with Veronica Petty, Domingo + NYC Culture Club Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Portals, NADA House, Kates-Ferri Projects, Governors Island, NY
2023 Glitch, Black Brick Project, Brooklyn, NY
2023 CLUB MIX, Club Gallery, Miami, FL
2023 Chroma Futures, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL
2023 The Aesthetics of Undocumentedness, Ruffin Gallery, University of Virginia, curated by Erika Hirugami/CuratorLove, Charlottesville, VA
2022 ART.NOW 2023, Hearst Tower, New York, NY
2022 Variable Elements, Club Gallery, Miami, FL
2022-24 Inside Art, Children's Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY
2022 X Marks The Spot, Kates-Ferri Projects at Demuro Das, New York, NY
2022 Homecoming, Kates-Ferri Projects, New York, NY
2021-22 Bronx Calling: Fifth AIM Biennial, The Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY
2021 Studio Associate at Store For Rent Gallery, Store for Rent, Brooklyn, NY
2021 if still ourselves, a thing to become, Baik + Khnessyer with Joey Lico, Los Angeles, CA
2020 -American, Sugarlift, New York, NY
2020 Reclaimed, Reimagined, Field Projects curated by David Rios, New York, NY
2020 A Live Curation with Joey Lico, Showfields, New York, NY
2020 Flat Files 2020-2021 at Collar Works, Troy, NY
2019 A Bronx Tale, Latchkey Gallery, Bronx NYC
2019 Latinx, La Bodega Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Esperanza de Otro Mundo Posible, White Toy Box + Chashama, New York, NY
2019 Orbit, with artist Justin Favela for Believer Festival, Las Vegas, NV.
2018 Cut Out (Ways of Being in New York), installation commission by New York Community Trust, New York, NY
2018 identity, 33 Collaborative, New York, NY
2018 Internalized Borders, Presidents Gallery, John Jay College, New York, NY
2018 People I Love Who Are Far Away, E.Tay Gallery, New York, NY
2018 100 Works, Electropositive Space, Brooklyn, NY
2017 uptown: nasty women/bad hombres, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
2017 Call & Response, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
2017 HERE/HEAR, Groundswell, Gowanus Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2017 The Art of Healing, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, New York, NY
2014 Ecuador Meets Berlin, Emerson Gallery Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2014 Language is Identity/El Lenguaje es Identidad, Bronx Arts Space, Bronx, NY.
2014 Reuse Remixed: Small Works Show, Materials for the Arts Gallery, Queens, NY
2013 Immigrant Too, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance Gallery, New York, NY
2013 We Are Still Here: Art In the Bronx, Andrew Freedman Home, Bronx, NY
2012 Reflexives, 2-person exhibition, New York Center for Art and Media Studies, New York, NY
SELECTED RESIDENCIES, FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
2023 LMCC Workspace Residency, New York, NY
2023 Artist in Residence, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL
2021 Kates-Ferri Projects Artist Residency, New York, NY
2021 City Artist Corps Grant
2021 Cultural Solidarity Fund Grant
2019 Race Forward’s Racial Equity in the Arts Innovation Lab Fellowship, New York, NY
2018 Artist in the Marketplace (A.I.M.), Bronx Museum of Art, New York, NY.
2017 Race Forward’s Racial Equity in the Arts Innovation Lab Fellowship, New York, NY
2014 Artist in Residence at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
2013 Van Lier Fellowship at Wave Hill, Bronx, NY.
2011-12 Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship, New York Center for Art and Media Studies, New York, NY
SELECTED LECTURES & INTERVIEWS
2023 Aesthetics of Undocumentedness Symposia, The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2022 Artist Panel: Creating an Immigrant Aesthetic, A conversation with artists Nancy Rivera, Francisco Donoso, and Ileana Doble Hernandez
2022 Private Artist Talk + Reception, UndocUVA, immigrant students of The University of Virginia, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2022 Public Artist Talk, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2022 Crit Collective, online Artist Talk
2021 Visiting Artist Lecture, UT Austin, Austin Texas
2021 Francisco Donoso in conversation with Sophie Buchmueller, IG Live
2021 The Queer Coin Chats with Francisco Donoso, IG Live
2021 Workshop: CUNY-IIE UndocuART Workshop, “Weaving My Whole Damn Self” artmaking workshop
2021 Panel: CUNY-IIE Workshop Series on Instagram. “Art and organizing at the intersection of immigration and education.”
2021 Meet the Artist: amigos, Let’s Talk Arte y…! Artist talk, interview on Clubhouse moderated by Joey Lico
2020 Panel: Exploring the Loss and Survival of New York’s Latinx Culture Through the Lens of the Home, Praxis Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Art Zealous Live Interview on Instagram, with Editor Stephanie Zimemrman
2020 The Nuance 2020 Live Interview on Instagram, with Kim Heil
2020 DACA and Art from the Diaspora, Team DAYDA Podcast Interview
2020 Artfare Featured Artist- “The Foreclosure Series”
2020 Studio Practice with Francisco Donoso, Studio Confessions Podcast
2019 Art People Podcast: "Francisco Donoso: Artist,Undocumented and Unafraid" and "LIVE at The Believer Festival
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024 Spiritual Potential, The Psychic Landscape, exhibition curatorial essay, Domingo + NYC Culture Club
2023 to be visible, Eligible/Illegible exhibition curatorial essay co-written with danilo machado, PS122 Gallery
2023 How These Artists Reimagine the Immigration Process, Art & Object, Sarah Bochicchio
2023 Chroma Futures, exhibition catalog by Kates-Ferri Projects and exhibition essay by Edgar Picazo Merino
2023 Aesthetics of Undocumentedness, publication, CuratorLove press
2022 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me When I First Became An Artist, Authority Magazine
2022 Yet, Amongst Ourselves, We Know. Fencescape as site of infinite deliverance, Erika Hirugami, MA, MAAB
2022 Undocumentedness: an ecology of dancing fences, Erika Hirugami, MA, MAAB, Curator Love, Los Angeles, CA
2022 The Spring/Break Art Show Fills Up a Warehouse With Eccentric Visions, Hyperallergic
2022 CRUSHfanzine interview
2021 Reframing the Border: An Interview with Francisco Donoso, Intervenxions, The Latinx Project NYU
2021 Editors Picks, Artnet
2021 Playground by Francisco Donoso Presented by Domingo Comms, Affordable Art Fair Blog
2020 Bronx-Based Latinx Artist Francisco Donoso is Trespassing Immigrants’ Limitations Through Abstraction, Art Zealous
2019 Vegas as a Literary Hub? You Bet, The New York Times
2019 Immigrant artists depict their experience, The Villager
2019 Nonprofit Gallery Featuring Immigrant Artists Opens on UES, Patch
2018 Internalized Borders at John Jay, Art Spiel
2018 In A New Show, Immigrant Artists Reckon with the Plight of Displacement, The Village Voice
2017 Uptown, Show of Goodwill and Bad Hombres, The Financial Times
CURATORIAL & PROGRAMMING
2024 Co-curated: Psychic Landscape, NYC Culture Club Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Co-curated: Eligible/Illegible, PS122 Gallery, New York, NY
2017-21 Associate Manager, Parsons Scholars Program, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2018 Co-organized Panel: Radical Creative Practices for POC, ArtFuture NYC, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2017 Co-curated: HERE/HEAR, Groundswell, Gowanus Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Co-organized: Careers in the Arts Fair, ArtFuture NYC, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2017 Studio Programs Coordinator, Groundswell, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Family Art Project Visiting Artist, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
2016 Youth Advocate/Educator, Parsons Scholars Program, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2015 Education Program Associate, Museum Education, Queens Museum, Queens, NY
2011 curated: Oven Fresh, HomeSpace Gallery, Purchase College, NY
COLLECTIONS
Capital One Collection
Memorial Sloan Kettering Collection
New York Community Trust
Francis J. Greenburger Collection
Private Collections in US and Ecuador
EDUCATION
2011 BFA, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY.
2007 New World School of the Arts, High School Diploma, Miami, FL.
2005 Pre-College Summer Intensive, MICA, Baltimore, MD.