LAND GALLERY
Raquel Albarran
Raquel Albarran
Raquel Albarran (b. 1987) is a Puerto Rican-born artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Preoccupied with toes, noses, and encapsulated forms, Albarran’s art is full of juxtapositions and playful explorations of life, illness, and objects begging to be squeezed. Albarran’s drawings and sculptures reflect her delight in a sense of mischief, humor, and energy. Albarran describes the fantastical and sometimes bizarre pairings in her work as an endearing “mix of light and dark”. She warns viewers that there will be “a lot of amputations going on” in her upcoming exhibitions.
Exhibitions
2019
Opening reception: September 11th, 6:00–8:00 PM
LAND is excited to announce LAND at the State Capitol — An exhibition of new drawings, paintings, sculptures and textiles by Raquel Albarran, Nicole Appel, Rudy Bansraj, Carlo Daleo, Myasia Dowdell, Garrol Gayden, Kenya Hanley, Robert Latchman, Christine Lewis, Michael Pellew, James Rosa, Corey Scarboro and Byron Smith.
LAND artists Raquel Albarran, Nicole Appel, Myasia Dowdell, and Christine Lewis will exhibit selected works in the Every Woman Biennial.
LAND will be exhibiting works on paper, paintings and sculptures by Raquel Albarran, Nicole Appel, Carlo Daleo, Garrol Gayden, Kenya Hanley, Michael Pellew, and Byron Smith. Join us in booth #60!
LAND is excited to participate in ArtYard’s upcoming exhibition, The Creative Commons. This innovative collaboration will feature works from LAND’s Raquel Albarran, Nicole Appel, Rudy Bansraj, Garrol Gayden, Kenya Hanley, Dean Millien, James Rosa, and Byron Smith.
2018
Fortnight Institute presents Raquel Albarran's first solo exhibition in New York.
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 18th, 6–8pm
Portraits is a group exhibition of works by LAND Gallery artists at Entrance gallery. The exhibition is curated by 8 Ball Community. Opening Reception: Thursday, August 2 from 6–9pm
View work by LAND artist Raquel Albarran at J Hammond Projects in London.
Join us for an exhibition of artwork created through MoMA’s Access Partnership Program. Opening reception: 11am–1pm, Feb. 6th.
Join us at the Ace Hotel New York where we will launch Raquel Albarran's first book.
Please join us at the 2018 Outsider Art Fair in booth #60 to see new work by Raquel Albarran, Nicole Appel, Carlo Daleo, Kenya Hanley, Garrol Gayden, Michael Pellew, and Byron Smith.
Raquel Albarran's first solo exhibition will be held at the Albert B Chandler Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky.
2017
In conjunction with the Annual Russian Heritage MonthⓇ, LAND has partnered with the Russian American Foundation to showcase a group exhibition of 12 artists who work at LAND.
Join us at the National Arts Club for an evening celebrating the artistic accomplishments of the artists of LAND.
2016
Come join us for Hungry For The Holidays, a food themed art exhibition and holiday gift show. Feast your eyes on tasty fine art, hand-drawn buttons, ceramics, balsa ornaments, magnets, holiday cards, tote bags and more.
Through our partnership with Instagram's Community Team we have organized a fundraiser event at the Facebook headquarters. Fine art and products will be for sale, and the show will be accompanied by a workshop taught by LAND artist Michael Pellew.
Blackboard is an interactive and collaborative mural created by LAND artists and Austin English. The exhibition will include related work curated by Austin English and Shrine Gallery Founder Scott Ogden.
Creature Feature, a group exhibition exploring imagery of monsters and other-worldly beings, opens Thursday, April 7th at Weird Days in Williamsburg.
2015
An exhibition of one of a kind gifts created by LAND artists. Unique, hand drawn balsa ornaments, drawings, paintings, canvas tote bags and holiday cards.
10 Years in 1 Day is an exhibition and fundraiser celebrating the ten year anniversary of LAND, Brooklyn’s pioneering studio and gallery for artists with developmental disabilities.
Floating Holiday is an exhibition by the LAND artists celebrating summer and the surreal pageantry of the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. LAND artists and staff have created a site-specific window scene for this exhibition.
