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Astrid Terrazas, 2024
Photo by Sabrina Santiago

Taking the form of mixed media painting and illustrated ceramic vessels, Astrid Terrazas’ (b. 1996) symbolic work re-writes worlds. With unflinching vulnerability, Terrazas conveys stories that push personal and communal trauma towards tangible healing. Working in an illustrative, highly detailed style, Terrazas’ multimedia paintings resemble a visual dream diary full of transient figures, archaic symbols, and illogical narratives. Merging dreamscapes, Mexican ancestral folklore, lived experiences, and unearthly transfigurations, Terrazas’ personal range of recurring motifs function as artifacts of protection and evoke universal metaphors of transformation. Terrazas received her BFA in Illustration from Pratt Institute in 2018. She has exhibited work at P·P·O·W, New York, NY; Y2K Group, New York, NY; Andrea Festa Fine Art, Rome, Italy; Marinaro, New York, NY; Fort Makers, New York, NY; Gern en Regalia, New York, NY; Front Gallery, Houston, TX; 98 Orchard St, New York, NY; Nicodim, New York, NY; Lyles & King, New York, NY; Art in Common, Los Angeles, CA; Deli Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico, and UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles, CA; among others. Her work has been featured in articles in Art in America, Art Maze Mag, The Art Newspaper, and The Brooklyn Rail. Terrazas was featured in 52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone at The Aldrich Contemporary Museum of Art, Ridgefield, CT in 2022 and Perhaps the Truth at Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX in 2023. Terrazas presented a solo exhibition with Lodos Gallery at Condo Mexico City, Mexico in April 2024, and is currently on view at FOUNDRY SEOUL, South Korea.

Astrid Terrazas

b. 1996
Lives and works in Queens, NY

Education

2018     B.F.A. Illustration, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Solo Exhibitions 

2024
FOUNDRY SEOUL, Seoul, South Korea
The Snake Sings Backwards, Lodos Gallery, Condo Mexico City, Mexico 

2022
La Jardinera, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

Select Group Exhibitions

2024
Liminality is a sold place, Kates-Ferri Projects, New York, NY (forthcoming)
Aesthetics of Everyday Objects, The Cup, ATLA, Los Angeles, CA

2023
Elsewheres, UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles, CA 
Perhaps the Truth, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX 
Hic Sunt Dracones, Deli Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Boil, Toil + Trouble, Art in Common, Los Angeles, CA (travelled from Miami, FL) 

2022
The Tale Their Terror Tells, Lyles & King, New York, NY
52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT 
Prism, Y2K Group, New York, NY
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, Nicodim Gallery, New York, NY 
Leave A Light On, The Valley, Taos, NM

2021    
Recovery, P·P·O·W, New York, NY
THE SYMBOLISTS: LES FLEURS DU MAL, Hesse Flatow, New York, NY
Speech Sounds, Real Pain, New York, NY

2020    
Honest Gravy, Marinaro Gallery, New York, NY
Dreamscapes, Fort Makers, New York, NY
The Planter Show, Fort Makers, New York, NY
sunThread, Gern en Regalia, New York, NY

2019    
Spree, Front Gallery, Houston, TX
Ceno Group Show, 98 Orchard St., New York, NY

2018    
Everything I Could Carry, Shotgun Gallery, Dallas, TX

2017    
Goods & Services, The Hollows Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2016    
Goodnight, John Boy, Locust, Brooklyn, NY

Selected Works

Selected Works Thumbnails
Astrid Terrazas
Building a fool's passage by twisting my Hair, 2024
oil on canvas
90 x 80 ins.
228.6 x 203.2 cm

Astrid Terrazas
Building a fool's passage by twisting my Hair, 2024
oil on canvas
90 x 80 ins.
228.6 x 203.2 cm

Astrid Terrazas
Su estomago canta canciones de búsqueda, 2023
oil on canvas
71 3/4 x 99 1/2 ins.
182.2 x 252.7 cm

Astrid Terrazas
Su estomago canta canciones de búsqueda, 2023
oil on canvas
71 3/4 x 99 1/2 ins.
182.2 x 252.7 cm

Astrid Terrazas
Tending to our garden—planting housing, 2023
oil on canvas
48 x 40 ins.
121.9 x 101.6 cm

Astrid Terrazas
Tending to our garden—planting housing, 2023
oil on canvas
48 x 40 ins.
121.9 x 101.6 cm

Astrid Terrazas
Gates of Heaven. Do I have a key?, 2022
oil on canvas, sand
74 x 54 ins.
188 x 137.2 cm

Astrid Terrazas
Gates of Heaven. Do I have a key?, 2022
oil on canvas, sand
74 x 54 ins.
188 x 137.2 cm

Astrid Terrazas
How many love tokens went missing in Mexico, 2022
oil on canvas
74 x 60 ins.
188 x 152.4 cm

Astrid Terrazas
How many love tokens went missing in Mexico, 2022
oil on canvas
74 x 60 ins.
188 x 152.4 cm

Astrid Terrazas
How to Make it on the LAND!, 2022
oil on canvas, sand
74 x 54 ins.
188 x 137.2 cm

Astrid Terrazas
How to Make it on the LAND!, 2022
oil on canvas, sand
74 x 54 ins.
188 x 137.2 cm

Astrid Terrazas
Building a fool's passage by twisting my Hair, 2024
oil on canvas
90 x 80 ins.
228.6 x 203.2 cm

Astrid Terrazas
Building a fool's passage by twisting my Hair, 2024
oil on canvas
90 x 80 ins.
228.6 x 203.2 cm

Astrid Terrazas
Su estomago canta canciones de búsqueda, 2023
oil on canvas
71 3/4 x 99 1/2 ins.
182.2 x 252.7 cm

Astrid Terrazas
Su estomago canta canciones de búsqueda, 2023
oil on canvas
71 3/4 x 99 1/2 ins.
182.2 x 252.7 cm

Astrid Terrazas
Tending to our garden—planting housing, 2023
oil on canvas
48 x 40 ins.
121.9 x 101.6 cm

Astrid Terrazas
Tending to our garden—planting housing, 2023
oil on canvas
48 x 40 ins.
121.9 x 101.6 cm

Astrid Terrazas
Gates of Heaven. Do I have a key?, 2022
oil on canvas, sand
74 x 54 ins.
188 x 137.2 cm

Astrid Terrazas
Gates of Heaven. Do I have a key?, 2022
oil on canvas, sand
74 x 54 ins.
188 x 137.2 cm

Astrid Terrazas
How many love tokens went missing in Mexico, 2022
oil on canvas
74 x 60 ins.
188 x 152.4 cm

Astrid Terrazas
How many love tokens went missing in Mexico, 2022
oil on canvas
74 x 60 ins.
188 x 152.4 cm

Astrid Terrazas
How to Make it on the LAND!, 2022
oil on canvas, sand
74 x 54 ins.
188 x 137.2 cm

Astrid Terrazas
How to Make it on the LAND!, 2022
oil on canvas, sand
74 x 54 ins.
188 x 137.2 cm

Videos

Astrid Terrazas, Video Interview, La Jardinera, P·P·O·W, NY 2022