María Fragoso Jara
María Fragoso Jara (b. 1995, Mexico City) lives and works in New York, NY. She earned a BFA from the Maryland Institute College Art (MICA) in Baltimore. Fragoso Jara is represented by 1969 Gallery, where she had her first solo exhibition El jardín entre tus dientes in 2021, and most recently Bodas de sangre in 2023. Other recent exhibitions include I'm Stepping High, I'm Drifting, and There I Go Leaping, Xiao Museum, China; Iώ, Cassina Projects, Milan, Italy; Friend Zone, curated by Vaughn Spann, Half Gallery, New York, NY; A Very Anxious Feeling: Voices of Unrest in the American Experience (20 Years of the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection), Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia; and Fragmented Bodies II: Fluidity in Form, albertz benda, New York, NY. Recent art fairs include Material Art Fair (Peana, Mexico City); Untitled Art Fair Miami Beach 2021 and 2022 (1969), and The Artsy Vanguard, Miami Beach, 2021. Her residences include Silver Art Projects, New York, NY in 2022 and 2023; along with Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Yale Norfolk School of Art, Vermont Studio Center Fellowship and Palazzo Monti. Fragoso Jara’s work has been acquired by Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizhao, China, The Hort Collection, Beth Rudin deWoody, Peter and Michelle Scantland, and John Marquez and Stephanie Thomas.
Press
Issue 3, On Paper | Obra Magazine | January 2024
“The 10 Best Booths at Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2023” | Artsy | December 2023
“María Fragoso Jara: Bodas de Sangre” | MutualArt | November 2023
Boobs in the Arts: Fe:male Bodies in Pictorial History | Distanz | November 2023
“Best Prints and Editions”| Artsy | March 2023
“Maria Fragoso Jara Overview” | Silver Arts Project | January 2023
“The Artists Picking Up Where the Surrealists Left Off” | W Magazine | March 2022
“Artists To Watch” | Galerie Magazine | March 2022
“La promesa de la monogamia” | UNAM | February 2022
“The Artsy Vanguard 2021: María Fragoso” | Artsy | December 2021
“Nessuna si salva da sola” | La Repubblica | November 2021
“Editors’ Picks: 8 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week” | Artnet News | August 3, 2021
“Ritual of Desire” | Plus Magazine | Fall 2021
“Three Philanthropic Art Collabs You Can Shop This Pride Month” | ElleDecor | June 2021
“מבהיל ומפתה” | Haaretz | May 1, 2021
“5 Artists on Our Radar in April 2021” | Artsy | April 1, 2021
“Goings On About Town: María Fragoso” | The New Yorker | March 2021
“María Fragoso: El jardín entre tus dientes @ 1969 Gallery, NYC” | Juxtapoz | March 2021
“11 Events For Your Art Calendar” | ArtNet News | March 2021
"Por debajo de la mesa, a painting by María Fragoso Jara" | Harper's Magazine | March 2021
“María Fragoso” | Xibt Magazine | March 2021
“Iώ dal 18 febbraio a Cassina Projects Milano” | Hestetika | February 15, 2021
Essay by María Fragoso | "A Very Anxious Feeling" Taubman Museum of Art | January 16, 2021
““Transatlantico” Mana Contemporary / Jersey City” | Flash Art | December 7, 2020
“5 Artists to Follow if You Like Frida Khalo” | Artsy | December 16, 2020
“30 Under 30: Art & Style 2021” | Forbes | December 1, 2020
“An Art of Familiar Touch” | XENO | October 21, 2020
“Mana Contemporary / Palazzo Monti: ‘Transatlantico’” | FLAUNT | October 19, 2020
“María Fragoso” | 31 Women | September 14, 2020
“Artist Spotlight: Maria Fragoso” | ShePerforms | September 2020
“Art Utopia: Material Art Fair CDMX” | Bmore Art | February, 2020
“Mini Visit María Fragoso” | Inertia | February 22, 2019
“María Fragoso” | AXA Art Prize | 2019
Exhibitions
María Fragoso Jara: Bodas de Sangre | November 2 - December 16, 2023
Untitled Art Fair Miami Beach | November 29 - December 3, 2022
Untitled Art Fair Miami Beach | November 29 - December 4, 2021
I have an idea! | July 8 - August 20, 2021
María Fragoso: El jardín entre tus dientes | March 11 - April 24, 2021
Miami Is A Beach: Cristina BanBan, María Fragoso and Jarrett Key | December 3rd, 4th, & 5th, 2020
Routine Malfunction: Co-curated by Coady Brown and Pat Phillips | November 1 - November 10, 2019
Installation Images
María Fragoso: El jardín entre tus dientes | March 2021
