Holden Luntz Gallery (Palm Beach, FL)

Rhythms of the City
APRIL 20 – JUNE 22, 2024

“The bustling metropolises of Paris, London, and New York stand as iconic symbols of human civilization, each with a unique cultural, historical, and architectural identity. Photographers have long been drawn to these cities, seeking to capture the vibrant rhythms and intricate patterns that define urban life. This exhibition delves into the works of photographers who use these cities as their subjects, exploring the interplay between the rhythms of the city, the patterns it weaves, and the dynamic relationship between architecture and inhabitants. This exhibition showcases the works of classic photographers like Berenice Abbott, Andreas Feininger, Andre Kertesz, Bruce Davidson, Edouard Boubat, Louis Stettner, Robert Doisneau, and Sabine Weiss, as well as the work of contemporary photographers such as Stephen Wilkes, Xan Padron, and Michael Massaia.”

MORE INFO: https://www.holdenluntz.com/magazine/exhibitions/rhythms-of-the-city/

Delamour Gallery (Paris, France)

APRIL 20
DELAMOUR Contemporary Art

Opening of the Paris Branch of DELAMOUR Contemporary Art Gallery
Works by Pascal Pierme, Xan Padrón, Josquin Pouillon, and Corinne Mariaud
53 rue de Seine 75006 Paris MORE INFO: https://www.delamourgallery.com/about

All Street Gallery (New York, NY)
APRIL 18- MAY 16

Inhale the Exhaust
“Group exhibition of artworks by Kiki Joyce, Xan Padron , Larry Dobens, Liz Johnson, Vickie Byron, Katrina Slavik, K Sarrantonio, Young Grace Cho, Jodie Niss, Stephanie Tager, Lu Gao, Benny Cruz, and Jenniferm Saftler. The show features works spanning oil painting, textiles, photography, and found object sculpture. Through various mediums, the exhibiting artists explore New York’s “lived in” moments, examining the city from within, honoring the seconds of pause and chance encounters that truly define New York City.” 

MORE INFO: https://allstnyc.com

I’m excited to be featured at the Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Art Fair (March 21-24) with the Holden Luntz Gallery, surrounded by the work of photographers I have always admired, like Harry Benson, Elliott Erwitt and Helen Levitt.

I’m also excited to be back to The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art. During the Spring of 2024 I’ll be in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, together with amazing fellow artist and friends from all around the world. If you are around these cities and would like to visit the fair, I have a limited number of complimentary tickets, so don’t hesitate to send me an e-mail (or a DM on Instagram) to check their availability.  

The Other Art Fair Spring 2024 Schedule:

LOS ANGELES:
The Other Art Fair, presented by Saatchi Art
April 4-7, 2024

Barker Hangar, Santa Monica 

CHICAGO:
The Other Art Fair, presented by Saatchi Art

April 11-14, 2024

Artifact Events, Chicago

NEW YORK CITY: The Other Art Fair, presented by Saatchi Art

May 16 -19, 2024

Zerospace, Brooklyn

I’m excited to share a couple of articles and interviews about my work published in Marie Claire (Italy) and Las Últimas Noticias (Chile) in August 2023.

In other news:

• The MTA Arts & Design exhibit is still on view at 42nd St-Bryant Park subway station in New York City (click here for more information).
  
• The Michele Mariaud Gallery is bringing my work to Art on Paper in NYC

ART ON PAPER NY September 7th-10th 2023
Michele Mariaud Gallery: Showcasing Laurie Frick, Zhou Hongbin, Xan Padron, Serge Block

I’m excited to share this news with all of you: as you might know, my Time Lapse Project is about how much life happens on a single spot, and I couldn’t think of a better place to show it than a wall in the subway system of NYC...

MTA Arts & Design commissions dynamic contemporary art for subway and commuter rail stations, creating memorable and lively environments for travelers:

"Xan Padrón’s Photography Lightbox exhibition “Time-Lapse” is now on view at 42 St-Bryant Park station. Combining street photography with a sensibility rooted in modern art, seven images document the small, collective gestures of daily life in the ecosystem of a city. To develop each artwork, Padrón took photographs of people passing in front of the same wall over a period of two hours. Through digital manipulation, the colorful vignettes create a portrait of a distinct day and place. Quotidien moments from Chinatown, the Hudson River Park, the Flatiron District, Tribeca, Midtown, Greenwich Village and the West Village, are represented in a film-strip-like arrangement, implying motion and narrative. A color field is derived from a repeating background, and repetition of form draws the eye to details that provide context to the images, such as the presence of masks during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic or speckles of water during a rainy day. While the exhibition focuses on Manhattan, the artist has used this approach to create photographs of cities worldwide, including London, Beijing, Sydney, Trinidad, Berlin, Paris, and Medellín.

The exhibition is generously sponsored by DUGGAL NYC and KODAK PROFESSIONAL  

MTA Arts & Design 

I’m excited to be back to The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art. During the Spring of 2023 I’ll be in LA, Chicago, Dallas and New York, together with amazing fellow artist and friends from all around the world. These fairs have always been an important part of my career, I love meeting new artists, new collectors and art lovers, and I love the international team behind them. If you are around these cities and would like to visit the fair, I have a limited number of complimentary tickets, so don’t hesitate to send me an e-mail (or a DM on Instagram) to check their availability. 

Spring 2023 Schedule:
 

I'm so happy to be part of this beautiful initiative that brings together my two passions:

Inspired by an ongoing partnership with the noted Brooklyn Conservatory of Music in their cutting-edge Music Therapy program, The Watermark at Brooklyn Heights gallery presents “Sound and Sight: A Duet”, an exhibition in collaboration with nAscent Art New York and Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.nd Sight: A Duet”, an exhibition in collaboration with nAscent Art New York and Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.

“Sound and Sight: A Duet” brings creative conversations to life between eight artworks and eight original musical compositions by visual artists and musicians in the New York City area.“Sound and Sight: A Duet” brings creative conversations to life between eight artworks and eight original musical compositions by visual artists and musicians in the New York City area.

Click on the image above to learn more.

On April 23rd I was honored and humbled to be part of the opening of this incredible exhibition at the Holden Luntz Gallery. Surrounded by photographers I’ve admired all my life, like Harry Benson, Lawrence Schiller, Joyce Tennyson and Michael Eastman… I was able to see this show in person, to spend some time with them and with the Holden and Blazing families, and to admire the force and the beauty of their beautiful work produced on Chromaluxe Dye-Sub Aluminum.

The exhibit is on until June 18th, so if you are in Florida, make sure to stop by! More info and catalogue below: https://www.blazing.com/news/holden-luntz-the-immediate-image https://www.holdenluntz.com/magazine/exhibitions/the-immediate-image/

“The Exhibition features 10 iconic artists and over 40 pieces of artwork all produced on Chromaluxe Dye-Sub Aluminum. Chromaluxe sponsored this exhibition and partnered with Blazing Editions & Holden Luntz to bring this beautiful collection to life. “ “The current show highlights exceptional photographs that expand the medium's boundaries by incorporating technological advancements. These unique photographs, regularly printed on paper, are now produced in the sublimated aluminum process, enhancing the resonance of their photographic work, broadening the printing capabilities within the fields of portraiture, fashion, photojournalism, and landscape photography.”

Holden Luntz gallery has conducted a series of discussions with many of the contemporary photographers that they represent. They are original interviews that cannot be found anywhere else. Photographers’ motivations and personal insights can increase the viewer’s appreciation of their work.

Click on the image above to read the full interview.

I’m incredibly happy to be working with Blazing Editions for this unique solo exhibition at their gallery in East Greenwich, RI. Take a look to this video and check out the amazing quality of the Dye Sublimation Onto Aluminum by Blazing Editions.

I am really thrilled to have a solo show in my hometown in Galicia, Spain. A total of 30 works in different sizes and materials, divided in two main themes: pre and post COVID-19 works. The space for the exhibition, Centro Cultural José Ángel Valente is incredibly beautiful. The show will be up until January 2022

Presented by COPE NYC and beautifully curated by Vida Sabbaghi this exhibition will be on view until March 2022 at exhibition “WTFOLKS” at 630 Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn, NYC. I feel honored to be part of it, and to share the room with the amazing artists Christian Fair and Will Kurtz.

Honored to have one of my pieces as the cover of this volume of Personal Networks: Classic Readings and New Directions in Egocentric Analysis

Pescosolido, B., & Smith, E. (2021). Personal Networks: Classic Readings and New Directions in Egocentric Analysis (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences) (M. Small & B. Perry, Eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108878296

I’m excited that my 2014 photo “Joven Habana Vieja” is featured in the cover of the incredible literary magazine New England Review  Volume 42.1.  New design, essays, stories, and poems—from Susan Daitch, Carl Dennis, Matthew Lansburgh, Charif Shanahan, and more!  

It's always a joy to collaborate. Thanks!

I would like to invite you to the global launch of the virtual edition of The Other Art Fair on March 10-14. This will be a great opportunity to virtually visit this 3D environment with 75 TOAF artists from all over the world. You will be able to navigate the Fair, visit individual booths, chat to artists in real time, join workshops, talks, tours and many other features. I will be bringing new works from both pre-COVID-19 times, and also from NYC’s new landscape in 2020 and 2021. I have been documenting the city during this pandemic and It is amazing how the human presence in the streets of New York City has changed… Click on the image below and register online for free early access and unlock exclusive features

Ever since I started with the process of becoming a naturalized US citizen I began to play with the idea of recreating the US flag. Since I’m based in New York City and that’s the city I’ve documented the most, I started this process in my neighborhood, the West Village, at the red wall I photographed so much over the years, and then I began to look for a blue wall and a white one and once I found them I just stayed there taking pictures of people walking in the neighborhoods I inhabit ... It was a fascinating process for me, New York City is just a universe in itself and creating this flag in the city where millions of immigrants (like me) became locals, was my way of trying to visualize the “We" as opposed to the “I”. No matter how divided we think we are, we still are a community of people sharing a space in the world, and a way of life…

During the summer of 2020, I was able to return to New York City, where I reside, and I began documenting this moment through its almost empty streets... The city has deeply changed. Face masks, no tourists in the streets, people working from home, many residents fled pushed by the uncertainty caused by the pandemic... The human landscape of New York City has changed dramatically and so did the behavior of those living here during COVID times. This collection is an ongoing work, which I hope helps us remember how vulnerable we are, while also serving as a reminder of New Yorkers’ epic resilience and hope.

French and Spanish ferry operator Brittany Ferries unveiled the latest addition to its fleet, Galicia wich will serve routes linking Portsmouth and Santander (northern Spain) and Portsmouth and Cherbourg (Normandy). The ship is full with art featuring the rich artistic and cultural heritage of the region that bears her name. I am honored that two works from my Time Lapse series and several other works from my project Where I Come From are hanging on the walls in different rooms inside the ship, alongside the works of a group of talented artists whose amazing works invite passengers to take a journey through the towns, countryside and coastlines of northern Spain.

During my confinement in Galicia I couldn't stop doing, making and creating, and although I knew that everything I was creating was ephemeral, the process of making it brought me so much joy and hope that I began experimenting with things I had around me. You can see the results in these two pieces: the “Time Lapse Series: Lemonheads COVID 19 Special Edition”, with lemons and branches from our lemon tree “passing by” and old door, and “The secret life of Lemonheads” a real imaginary building in which one could just imagine the secret life of this magical and unique community: the Lemonheads :)

It was an honor to be part of the 28th edition of PhotoLA with the amazing Susan Spiritus Gallery at the historic Barker Hangar, Santa Monica from January 30th - February 2nd, 2020. A curated selection of more than 60 local and international galleries and art organizations offering an extensive selection of classic and contemporary photographic works. 

#ArtOnLink showcases local artists creating work that celebrates life in NYC. The scenes, people, icons, and sentiments showcased represent NYC and create an immediate connection between the art and the city for citygoers and visitors alike.

I'm so excited my work will be featured in 1.700+ Link digital kiosks across NYC's five boroughs. Keep an eye and feel free to send me a pic if you spot one!

P.S.: Thanks to Sabela and Carlos for sending me this images. Love you guys!