The distance the wind travels, performance, 2024
Video documentation by Tova Katzman
the tiger and the spigot consider the stars
the tiger and the spigot consider the stars , installation view, 2024
Much like gunpowder, oil and soft pastels on paper, 2024
tender things, fabric stuffed with paper, thread, and sticks, 2024
holding the sun, monotypes, wood, cinder blocks, bricks, painters tape, and a plastic chain, 2024
first, forever, and if it shall come, sewn fabric, metal, found wood, porcelain, and twine, 2024
fearless is fearlessness, pastels on paper, wood, clamps, cinder blocks, bricks, and a bundle of burnt sticks, 2024
A spirit in flight, distressed fresco, 2024
the tiger, paper-mace headpiece and knotted fabric, 2024
Photo documentation by Tova Katzman
the spigot, paper-mache headpiece,
aluminum foil, and knotted fabrics, 2024
no I, no here, no now
no I, no here, no now, installation view, 2024
being one, fresco on drywall, 2024
a first dance, distressed fresco drywall, 2024
follow your nose, monotype installation, 2024
shit hit the fan, monotype, 2024
no I, no here, no now, installation view, 2024
a second skin, 24"x48", monotype, 2024
bent, 11"x27", monotype, 2024
over, 11"x17", monotype, 2024
bare bones, 24"x48", porcelain, 2024
you are here
you are here, installation view, 2024
cabinet of curiosities
cabinet of curiosities, installation view, 2024
collection of weapons found in the empty lot next to my house, sticks, metal, twine, colored pencils on rocks, paper, and a fly, 2022
nowhere, hand-sewn quilt, 2021
about
Javier Robelo (b.2000) is multidisciplinary artist from Managua, Nicaragua. He makes drawings, prints, sculptures, costumes, and performances that excavate and celebrate queer feeling. Using a cartoon-like figurative style, he abstracts personal experiences into the essence of being and being with others. The distressed yet playful characters inhabiting his work bend over, twist, and stumble; they melt into each other, dissolve into the landscape, and are weathered by time. Across mediums, Javier finds beauty in the pathetic, courage in vulnerability, and liberation in feeling out-of-place.
Javier received his BA in Art History and Studio Art from Williams College and is pursuing an MFA in Printmaking and Sculpture from the University of Texas at Austin. He has exhibited his work at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts (Pittsfield, MA), The Arts Center of the Capital Region (Troy, NY), The Williams College Museum of Art (Williamstown, MA), The Joseph Gross Gallery at the University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), and the Visual Arts Center (Austin, TX).
