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SUMMARY:Rituals of Repair
DESCRIPTION:Cuchifritos Gallery is pleased to present Rituals of Repair\, a three-person exhibition bringing together the work of Jonathan Sánchez Noa\, Alejandro Valencia\, and Carlos Vielma\, on view April 17-June 13\, 2026. Centered on themes of cultural resilience\, the exhibition considers how artists mobilize material\, memory\, and ritual to confront the enduring effects of colonialism and to imagine forms of continuity across rupture.  \nAt the heart of the exhibition is an exploration of the porous relationships between colonial histories\, religious inheritances in cultural diaspora\, and personal ritual. Through sculpture\, assemblage\, and materially charged paintings\, the exhibition traces how inherited knowledge persists\, transforms\, and reemerges through the body\, the landscape\, and everyday acts of resilience.  \nJonathan Sánchez Noa’s handmade paper works are laden with culturally significant materials such as cascarilla\, indigo\, and tobacco. Intertwining traditional modes of fabrication\, natural materials\, and ritual practices\, his works create connections between nature\, spirituality\, and the body while reconstructing narratives of displacement in relation to cultural and religious significance.  \nAlejandro Valencia’s sculptures emerge as a product of mestizaje: a process of collision where materials and their histories meet\, fracture\, and recombine. Found and reclaimed objects marked by social\, cultural\, and political memory\, are brought into contact\, altering the meanings they carry. Moving between symbol and material\, the works give rise to new narratives\, where identity appears not as fixed\, but as an alchemical and shifting condition\, continuously transformed.  \nCarlos Vielma returns to a pictorial technique typical of the border\, popularized in the 1970s in Mexican craft markets where gringos bought souvenirs. Black velvet paintings have long been considered kitsch\, as their typical subjects range from stereotyped Indigenous imagery to pop icons like Elvis. Through a kind of auto-ethnography\, he draws on family memory to highlight the  \npolitical conditions that have shaped his family through representations of the border landscape.  \nConceived as a dialogue between artists from across the Americas\, the exhibition highlights shared affinities in material experimentation and symbolism. Together\, they reinvigorate traditions of found object assemblage\, material symbolism\, and creolization to examine knowledge systems that remain at the edges of Western thought while also reaching beyond it.  \nRather than offering fixed histories\, the works in Rituals of Repair open a space for reflection on survival\, transformation\, and relation. Across diverse practices\, the exhibition proposes cultural resilience not as recovery alone\, but as an active\, ongoing process of making meaning from fracture\, inheritance\, and change. \nAbout the artists \nJonathan Sánchez Noa is a Cuban-American multidisciplinary artist working with installation\, papermaking\, and sculpture. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Cooper Union in 2020\, and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2023. He was a fellow at The Bronx Museum AIM Program and resident at Santa Fe Art Institute\, Ellis-Beauregard Foundation\, Aslan Foundation Loghaven\, Dieu Donné\, LMCC Arts Center\, Artists Alliance Inc\, Pratt>FORWARD\, Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts\, and Oak Spring Garden Foundation. His work has been exhibited at Voloshyn Gallery\, Kiev\, Ukraine (2025); Liste Art Fair Basel\, Switzerland (2025); ARCO Madrid\, Spain (2025); The Bronx Museum\, NYC (2024); Print Center New York\, NYC (2024); Sugar Hill Museum\, NYC (2024); Zilberman Gallery\, Miami\, FL (2024); Marianne Boesky Gallery\, NYC (2024); Cleve Carney Museum of Art\, IL (2023); The Clemente Center\, NYC (2022); and Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art\, Copenhagen\, Denmark (2021) among others. He was the recipient of the Santa Fe Art Institute BIPOC Award (2024)\, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Fellowship (2023)\, and Hosfeld Gift Art School Scholarship (2020)  \nCarlos Vielma graduated as an architect\, Carlos Vielma is a Mexican visual artist. His work in painting\, video\, and installation deals with subjects like migration\, the landscape and its monuments. Recently\, he was part of the Core Program at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston and he has participated in several residency programs\, including the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture\, Casa Wabi\, the Bemis Center\, and the Banff Centre\, among others. Vielma has exhibited his work at institutions such as MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey\, Lawndale Art Center\, and Tokyo Arts and Space\, among others. He was awarded a membership of the National System of Art Creators by the Mexican Government and he lives and works between Mexico City and Toronto\, Canada. \nAlejandro Valencia earned his BFA from New World School of the Arts (2017) and his MFA from Columbia University (2026). He pursued advanced research in Memory Studies at Universidad de Antioquia (2020) and in Political Aesthetics at Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (2021) in Colombia. His work has been exhibited at CAC Passerelle\, Brest\, France (2026)\, Wallach Gallery\, Lenfest Center for the Arts\, New York (2025)\, Centro Cultural de España en Tegucigalpa\, Honduras (2023)\, AIM Biennial\, Miami (2023)\, Galeria Nueveochenta\, Bogotá\, Colombia (2023)\, Museo de Arte Pereira\, Colombia (2023)\, ARTBO/Artecamara\, Bogotá\, Colombia (2022)\, Fountainhead Residency\, Miami (2018)\, Cisneros Fontanals Foundation\, Miami (2017)\, Mindy Solomon Gallery\, Miami (2017)\, among others. He was nominated for the Sara Modiano Contemporary Artist Award (2022) and the Harpo Foundation Emerging Artist Fellowship (2017)\, and is the co-founder of colectivo\, an artist collective dedicated to exploring DIY culture in the Global South\, and of NOMUSEO\, a curatorial research initiative based in Colombia. His work is part of the Museo de Arte de Pereira’s permanent collection.  \n  \nAccessibility \nIf desired\, a folding chair can be provided\, should standing for short or long periods interfere with your viewing experience during your visit. Additionally\, sound-dampening headphones and tinted glasses are available and will be provided upon request for visitors for whom the sound or lighting of the gallery space is disruptive. A quiet\, off-site/off-view space can be arranged for those with a need during viewing hours. Baby strollers are welcome in Essex Market and Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space. Both facilities are wheelchair accessible\, and service animals on a leash are permitted.  \n  \nIf you have questions about accessing Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space or attending programs\, please email gallery@artistsallianceinc.org. \n  \nWith thanks \n  \nArtists Alliance Inc. (AAI) is a 501c3 not-for-profit arts organization located on the Lower East Side of New York City. Programming support is provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council\, and public funds are provided by the New York State Council on the Arts\, with support from the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. We thank the New York City Economic Development Corporation\, The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center\, and individual supporters of Artists Alliance Inc. for their continued support. Special thanks go to our team of dedicated volunteers and interns\, without whom this program would not be possible.
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