Jonathan Torres

(b. 1983, Puerto Rico)
📧 ejonathantorres@gmail.com
🌐 jonathantorres.net

EDUCATION

2012 — MFA, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2009 — MBA (Painting), Escuela de Artes Plásticas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2006 — AD, Graphic Design, Escuela de Diseño de Altos de Chavón / Parsons, Dominican Republic

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

  • MONSTRONAMIENTO III, Sports Hall Window Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

  • Fufú de Teddy (Teddy’s Curse), Embajada, San Juan, PR

2023

  • Happy Sad, curated by Michael Holden, Park Place Gallery (online, Artsy)

2022

  • Early Works, Hidrante, San Juan, PR

2020

  • MONSTRONAMIENTO II, Oficina Embajada, San Juan, PR

  • MONSTRONAMIENTO I, Embajada Foyer, Brooklyn, NY

2019

  • When You See Me Again It Won’t Be Me, MECA Art Fair (solo project), curated by Eveliina Tuulonen, San Juan, PR

2014

  • Off of the Head, Roberto Paradise, San Juan, PR

  • Tropicalíptico, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC), San Juan, PR

2013

  • Cody, Roberto Paradise, San Juan, PR

2011

  • Chochanchu, Roberto Paradise, San Juan, PR

2009

  • Bozo Relinquishes the Rainbow, Área Lugar de Proyectos, Caguas, PR

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2022

  • Damnation, KM.18, with Omar Velázquez, San Juan, PR

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2026

  • Aromantic, PS122, curated by Izzy Nova, New York, NY

  • Equelecúa, Embajada Gallery & El Apartamento Gallery, Madrid, Spain

2025

  • La Gran Bienal Tropical, curated by Pablo León de la Barra, Radamés Figueroa, Marina Reyes Franco, Stephan Benchoam

  • No Regerts, curated by Dominick Terlizzi & Christine Stiver, Brooklyn, NY

  • Body, Project Art Distribution (PAD), curated by Lydia McCarthy, New York, NY

2024

  • Ship of Fools, Freight + Volume, New York, NY

  • Into the Abyss, Embajada Gallery, San Juan, PR

  • Pintura Contemporánea, Trailer Park Project at Pública, San Juan, PR

2023

  • A Common Battleground, Embajada Gallery / Veta Gallery, Madrid, Spain

2022

  • Tamo Aquí, Embajada, San Juan, PR

2021

  • Cyborgian Swamp Thang II, Below Grand, New York, NY

  • Nunca es Suficiente, KM, curated by Radamés Figueroa (Juni), San Juan, PR

  • Studio Jamz, Brooklyn, NY

2020

  • Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC PR) with Google Arts & Culture (online), curated by Natalia Viera

  • Not One Day, Essex Flowers, New York, NY

  • Corona Care Field Project, online, NY

2019

  • The Joke Is On You, Embajada, San Juan, PR

  • Chlorine Tidal Wave, Field Projects (online), NY

  • My Pet’s Therapist, Tutu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

  • Requiem, Hidrante, San Juan, PR

  • Nada Tropical Miscelánea, Barcelona, Spain

2018 – 2008
(Additional exhibitions include venues such as Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (PR), Museo de Arte de Ponce, Josh Lilley Gallery (London), Sotheby’s (NYC), and others across the U.S., Puerto Rico, and internationally.)

ART FAIRS

2026

  • NADA Art Fair, Embajada Gallery, New York, NY (upcoming)

  • Feria Material, Embajada Gallery, Mexico City

2025

  • Feria Material, Mexico City

  • NADA Art Fair Miami, Miami, FL

2022

  • NADA Art Fair Miami, Miami, FL

2020

  • NADA Art Fair (viewing room), New York, NY

2019

  • MECA Art Fair (solo booth)

2014 – 2008

  • NADA Art Fair (NYC & Miami)

  • The Dependent Art Fair (NYC)

  • ArteBA (Buenos Aires)

  • Pinta Art Fair (NYC)

  • CIRCA (San Juan)

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2023 — Talde Par Party, Hidrante, San Juan, PR
2014 — Supermacho Active Space (co-curated with Cristina Tufiño), Brooklyn, NY
2012 — Oh My Fucking God (co-curated with Christopher Rivera), Brooklyn, NY
2009 — Inaugural Exhibition, Task, San Juan, PR
2008 — Morning Glory, Torres Residence, San Juan, PR

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)

  • Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC PR)

  • UBS Art Collection, San Juan, Puerto Rico

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2025 — Canopy Residency Program, New York, NY
2024 — San Juan 721 Residency, Puerto Rico
2022–2023 — Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program
2019 — Foundwork Artist Prize (nominee)
2016 — Alice C. Cole Fellowship (nominee)
2015 — Premios AICA (nominee), Best Solo Exhibition (Off of the Head)
2014 — Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT
2012 — Charles G. Shaw Award, Brooklyn College
2012 — Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant (nominee)
2011 — Fundación Arcos Dorados / ArteBA, Buenos Aires
2009 — Solista, Área Lugar de Proyectos, Caguas, PR

PRESS (SELECTED)

  • Art Spiel, “Jonathan Torres: Painting Anxiety and Beauty in Dialogue,” Etty Yaniv, 2023

  • CultureWork Magazine, “Mother Appetite,” Eva Mayhabal Davis, 2019

  • New City Art, Chris Miller, 2016

  • Beautiful Decay, NADA Miami Highlights, Victoria Casal-Data, 2013

  • Flash Art (online), Paco Barragán, 2013

  • El Metro, Celina Nogueras

  • Artlyst

  • Art Observed, The Dependent Art Fair, 2011