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Born in Quito, Ecuador. Based in NYC + Miami
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
2022 Forthcoming: group exhibition, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL
2022 The Aesthetics of Undocumentedness, Ruffin Gallery, University of Virginia, curated by Erika Hirugami/CuratorLove, Charlottesville, VA
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
UNDOCU SPARK LAB
2022 Groundswell + Undocu Spark Lab present higher ed and career development for immigrant youth
2022 2-part Professional Development for Undoc/Immigrant + BIPOC artists, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2021 Fellowship Launch, Bronx, NY
SELECTED RESIDENCIES, FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
2022 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
2021 The Neighbors, “Erase the Silence” Online Artist in Residence
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
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 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
2020 San Diego REP Latinx Next Play Festival digital artist booth
2019 Art People Podcast I've appeared on the podcast twice: "Francisco Donoso: Artist,Undocumented and Unafraid" and "LIVE at The Believer Festival with Francisco Donoso and Ramiro Gomez"
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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
COLLECTIONS
Capital One Collection
Memorial Sloan Kettering Collection
New York Community Trust
Time Equities 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.