José Parlá b. 1973
José Parlá is a critically acclaimed, multidisciplinary artist working in painting, large-scale murals, photography, video and sculpture. He started painting walls in Miami's underground art scene of the early 1980s and went to study at Miami Dade Community College, New World School of the Arts and Savannah College of Art & Design.
Parlá’s work has been exhibited at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Istanbul’74, Istanbul; SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah; Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase; National YoungArts Foundation, Miami; Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson; and the Havana Biennial, Havana, among others. Parlá’s work is in several public collections including the British Museum, London; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; POLA Museum of Art, Hakone; and the National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana.
Permanent Public Arts projects include commissions by New York City Department of Design and Construction Queens Public Library, the University of Texas, Austin; One World Trade Center for his monumental mural painting, ONE: Union of the Senses, the largest painting of its kind in New York City, in the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere; Barclays Center, New York; Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York; André Balazs' Chiltern Firehouse, London; North Carolina State University’s Hunt Library by Snøhetta; and at Concord City Place, Toronto.
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Ben Brown Fine Arts:
15 Jun - 31 Aug 2020 Hong Kong
Celebrating 10 years in Hong KongBen Brown Fine Arts is pleased to present an extraordinary group exhibition inaugurating the Hong Kong gallery's new location in Wong Chuk Hang and celebrating our 10 year anniversary in...Read more -
José Parlá
19 Sep - 4 Nov 2019 Hong Kong
Textures of MemoryBen Brown Fine Arts Hong Kong is extremely proud to present Textures of Memory, an ambitious exhibition of works by New York-based artist José Parlá. Curated by Dieter Buchhart, Textures...Read more -
JOSÉ PARLÁ
3 Oct - 9 Nov 2018 London
Echo of ImpressionsBen Brown Fine Arts is delighted to present Echo of Impressions, the first solo exhibition with the gallery of New York-based artist José Parlá. Echo of Impressions features a series...Read more
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José Parlá: It's Yours
The Bronx Museum of the Arts José Parlá, 2020 Hardcover, 112 pages
Publisher: Damiani
ISBN: 978-88-6208-7285
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José Parlá
Textures of Memory 2019 Hardpack, 259 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9574670-64
Dimensions: 30 x 25 cm Read more -
José Parlá
Roots 2017 Hardback, 94 pages
Dimensions: 30 x 25 cm Read more -
JOSÉ PARLÁ
Echo of Impressions 2018 Paperback, 41 pages
Dimensions: 17 x 24.5 cm Read more
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Jammie Holmes and José Parlá Named Gordon Parks Fellows
Taylor Michael for Hyperallergic January 22, 2023Two painters have been selected for the 2023 Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship, announced this week. Jammie Holmes and José Parlá were named fellows in Art,...Read more -
GORDON PARKS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2023 FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
ARTFORUM January 19, 2023The Gordon Parks Foundation has announced painters Jammie Holmes and José Parlá as the recipients of its 2023 fellowships and named art historian and scholar...Read more -
Gordon Parks Foundation Announces 2023 Fellowship Recipients: Jammie Holmes, José Parlá, Melanee C. Harvey
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VISION AND VIRTUE
Mark Westall for FAD Magazine October 12, 2022Ben Brown Fine Arts has just opened Vision and Virtue, an exhibition presented at Claridge’s ArtSpace in London, in the heart of Mayfair being held...Read more
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Covid. A Coma. A Stroke. José Parlá Returns From the Edge.
Max Lakin for The New York Times July 31, 2022After a lengthy recovery, the artist comes back with the most vigorous work he's made: 'It took me a really long time to understand what...Read more -
José Parlá | BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS
Max Lakin for Artforum March 1, 2021'It's Yours,' José Parlá's solo exhibition of recent paintings here, took its name from Bronx rapper T La Rock's 1984 formative hip-hop single, a self-reflexive...Read more -
José Parlá | WE NEED TO TALK: ARTS CALENDAR: FEBRUARY 11-14
Shana Nys Dambrot for LA Weekly February 12, 2021Together at the National YoungArts Foundation. An innovative, creative fundraising campaign, Together is centered in a commissioned short film that unites the work of YoungArts...Read more -
José Parlá | National YoungArts Foundation’s new animated short takes flight with help from KAWS and Shepard Fairey
Kelsey Ables for The Washington Post January 24, 2021When the National YoungArts Foundation asked Brooklyn-based artist José Parlá to contribute an image of a bird to an upcoming collaborative film, Parlá went for...Read more
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10 Galleries To Visit At Hong Kong Spotlight By Art Basel
Hong Kong Tatler, by Oliver Giles December 2, 2020Ben Brown Fine Arts is showcasing two very different approaches to abstraction in its booth, hanging some of Gerhard Richter's famous squeegee paintings alongside calligraphy-inspired...Read more -
JOSÉ PARLÁ: It's Yours at The Bronx Museum of the Arts
September 3, 2020José Parlá: It's Yours 9 September 2020 - 10 January 2021 The Bronx Museum of the Arts 1040 Grand Concourse Bronx, New York 10456 ...Read more -
JOSE PARLA at The Bronx Museum of the Arts Ball
September 20, 2019Thursday, 3 October 2019, 6:30pm - 11pm The Bronx Museum of the Arts Ball 1040 Grand Concourse, The Bronx, NY 10456 USA José Parlá will...Read more -
GLASSTRESS 2019
May 7, 2019Vernissage: Wednesday, May 8, 7pm - 11pm 9 May - 24 November 2019 Fondazione Berengo Art Space Campiello Della Pescheria, Murano To mark the 10th...Read more
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JOSE PARLA: Landmarks commissions major work by the artist
January 23, 201826 January 2018 at The University of Texas at Austin College of Fine Arts 2305 Trinity St., PAC 3.204 Austin, TX 78712 AUSTIN, Texas...Read more -
JOSE PARLA: No Space / Non Place
at Neuberger Museum of Art, New York December 17, 2017December 15, 2017 - April 28, 2018 José Parlá: No Space / Non Place is organized by the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, SUNY,...Read more -
JOSÉ PARLÁ: ONE: Union of the Senses
at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), NY May 22, 2017Thursday, 25 May 2017 ONE: Union of the Senses| a film by José Parlá. Featuring a score composed and performed live by El Michels Affair...Read more -
JOSÉ PARLÁ: Roots
at SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA December 12, 20167 February - 16 July 2017 SCAD Museum of Art presents Roots, an exhibition of recent artworks by SCAD painting alumnus José Parlá that explores...Read more
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ART SG
12 - 15 Jan 2023Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to participate in the inaugural edition of Art SG. Our booth will present a carefully curated selection of modern...Read more -
West Bund Art & Design OVR
8 - 15 Nov 2022Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to announce our participation in West Bund Art & Design's Online Viewing Room. Our Viewing Room will present a...Read more -
The Armory Show
9 - 11 Sep 2022Ben Brown Fine Arts is pleased to return to The Armory Show from September 9-11th (VIP preview September 8th ) at the Javits Center in...Read more -
TEFAF Maastricht
25 - 30 Jun 2022Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to return to TEFAF Maastricht (Stand 403), from June 25-30, 2022. Our selection includes rare and iconic pieces by...Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong 2022
25 - 29 May 2022Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to return to Art Basel Hong Kong , with a curated selection of iconic works by gallery artists and...Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach 2021
2 - 4 Dec 2021Art Basel Miami Beach art fair 2021. We will be presenting a curated booth highlighting the gallery's stable of international contemporary artists, including Yoan Capote, Vik Muniz, José Parlá and Hank Willis Thomas. Another section of the booth will be designated for an historical exhibition of eminent post-war artists including Miquel Barcelo, Georg Baselitz, Alighiero Boetti, Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, Enrico Castellani, Lucio Fontana, Robert Indiana, Jeff Koons, Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne, Roy Lichtenstein, Gerhard Richter, Sean Scully and Andy Warhol.Read more -
West Bund
Art & Design 11 - 14 Nov 2021Ben Brown Fine Arts is pleased to announce our participation in the West Bund Art & Design fair in Shanghai taking place November 11-14th, 2021....Read more -
Frieze London 2021
13 - 17 Oct 2021Ben Brown Fine Arts is thrilled to announce our inaugural participation in Frieze London (stand C18), October 13-17. Our booth will unveil recent and important...Read more -
The Armory Show
9 - 12 Sep 2021Ben Brown Fine Arts is thrilled to participate live in The Armory Show in New York,9-12 September 2021. Our booth will unveil recent and important works by the gallery's stable of New York, London and Cuba-based contemporary artists, including Yoan Capote, Awol Erizku, Vik Muniz, Nabil Nahas, José Parlá, Enoc Perez, Ena Swansea, Hank Willis Thomas and Gavin Turk. The curated selection will include quilts, paintings, photographs and sculptures straight from the artists' studios, illuminating the engaging and innovative practices of the gallery's diverse and talented team of contemporary artists.Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong
19 - 23 May 2021Ben Brown Fine Arts is thrilled to return to Art Basel Hong Kong fair 2021, with a curated presentation highlighting the gallery's stable of international...Read more -
Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel
José Parlá and Gerhard Richter 26 - 30 Nov 2020Ben Brown Fine Arts, London and Hong Kong, is thrilled to participate in 'Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel' at the Fine Art Asia fair,...Read more -
West Bund Art & Design OVR
2 - 15 Nov 2020Ben Brown Fine Arts is delighted to announce our participation in West Bund Art & Design's first Online Viewing Room. Our Viewing Room will present...Read more -
West Bund Art & Design
7 - 10 Nov 2019Stand A111 Ben Brown Fine Arts looks forward to participating in the West Bund Art & Design fair in Shanghai taking place November 7-10th ,...Read more