JuanJose Barboza-Gubo

A vuelo de pájaro 6, 2024 Oil paint, acrylic paint, polyurethane, Digital print, optical material, MDF, frosted acrylic 18.5 x 21 x 3.5 in / 47 x 53 x 9 cm @praise.shadows.art

A vuelo de pájaro 15, 2023 Oil paint, acrylic paint, polyurethane, Digital print, optical material, frosted acrylic 27 x 31 x 4 in / 68 x 79 x 10 cm @praise.shadows.art #juanjosebarbozagubo

A vuelo de pájaro 16, 2023 Oil paint, acrylic paint, polyurethane, Digital print, optical material, frosted acrylic 27 x 31 x 4 in / 68 x 79 x 10 cm @praise.shadows.art

Spring semester has started and for our first Visiting Artist and HotNight we are pleased to welcome Juan Jose Barboza Gubo!

Juan José Barboza-Gubo & Joiri Minaya at Untitled Miami. Dec 10 at Booth B10. @barbozagubo @joiriminaya @praise.shadows.art #untitledart #untitledmiami

A vuelo de pájaro 13, 2023 Oil paint, acrylic paint, polyurethane, Digital print, optical material, frosted acrylic 27 x 31 x 4 in / 68 x 79 x 10 cm @praise.shadows.art @untitledartfairs

A vuelo de pájaro 11, 2023 Oil paint, acrylic paint, polyurethane, Digital print, optical material, frosted acrylic 27 x 31 x 4 in / 68 x 79 x 10 cm @praise.shadows.art @untitledartfairs

@rod.fz

@Artadia . We are pleased to announce the 2023 Boston Artadia Awardees: Luis Arnías, the Wagner Foundation Boston Artadia Award recipient; Juan José Barboza-Gubo; and Alison Croney Moses, the Liberty Mutual Artadia Award recipient. Many thanks to our wonderful jurors: Maleke Glee, Director, Stable Arts DC; Audrey Lopez, Curator, Rose Kennedy Greenway; Gloria Sutton, Curator and Associate Professor of Contemporary Art History, Northeastern University; and Dexter Wimberly, Independent Curator and Co-Founder, CreativeStudy. #luisarnias @barbozagubo @alisoncroney @malekejg #gloriasutton @dexterwimberly @libertymutual @wagnerfoundation #art #artistgrant #artadiaawards #boston #bostonart #bostonartist #artadiaboston #artistgrant #visualartist #visualart #contemporaryart #grantfunding

Meet our 2023 Boston Artadia Awards Finalist! Juan Jose Barboza-Gubo is a Peruvian born artist living in Boston. He received his Bachelor’s Degree at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru and holds MFA degrees in Painting and in Sculpture, both from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Barboza-Gubo currently teaches at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. As a multidisciplinary artist, Barboza-Gubo’s artistic pursuits resemble the search for a mirror in which everyone can reflect. Barboza-Gubo asks questions about the relationship between the self and other, sexuality, the body, nature, and the landscape. Through the artistic process, he seeks to strip away the repressive social constructions of the self and the natural environment. The people, the animals, and the land are the source of his artistic preoccupations, however, as a migrant between Peru and the United States, he works through a lens that questions anthropocentrism in both countries, which historically has served as the justification for other forms of prejudice. Visibility and shadows animate this work, making the dynamics of light both theme and material for sculpture, painting, photography, and sound. Barboza-Gubo’s artistic practice is an offering, a revelation of the complexity and beauty that resides within each of us. It is an attempt to break free from imposed limitations and find a unique voice, a journey that reflects the very essence of the human condition and our interconnectedness with the vast environment that surrounds us. Photo credit: Lalo Rondon. @barbozagubo #art #artistgrant #artadiaawards #boston #bostonart #bostonartist #artadiaboston #artistgrant #visualartist #visualart #contemporaryart #grantfunding

"Momias de los Condores" by Barboza-Gubo & Moroczek @gallerykayafas