JOSÉ PARLÁ
Born in Miami, Florida, 1973.
EDUCATION
Miami Dade Community College, Miami, Florida.
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia.
New World School of the Arts, Miami, Florida.
Lives in Brooklyn, New York.
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2016
The Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, Texas. José Parlá: Instincts.
Tuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. Small Golden Suns.
2015
Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY. Surface Body / Action Space.
Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, NYC, NY. Surface Body / Action Space.
The Standard, High Line Plaza, NYC, NY. Segmented Realities.
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia. Segmented Realities.
2014
Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, NYC, NY. In Medias Res.
2013
Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. PROSE.
Haunch of Venison, London, England. Broken Language.
2012
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York. Gesture Performing Dance, Dance Performing Gesture.
2011
OHWOW Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Character Gestures.
Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, NYC, NY. Walls, Diaries and Paintings.
2009
Ooi Botos Gallery, Hong Kong, China. Reading Through Seeing.
2008
Cristina Grajales, NYC, NY. Layered Days.
Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, London, England. Adaptation/Translation.
2007
Autopsy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia. The Grand Tour.
Monster Children Gallery, Sydney, Australia. The Elsewhere Community.
2006
Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach, Florida. Cityscapes.
Koehler Gallery, Whitworth College, Spokane, Washington. The Mystic Writing Pad.
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2015
Bienal de la Habana, Havana, Cuba. Detras del Muro/Behind the Wall.
2014
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia. Imagining New Worlds, Wilfredo Lam, José Parlá, Fahamu Pecou.
2012
Havana, Cuba. 11th Havana Biennial.
Havana, Cuba. Wrinkles of the City. (JR and José Parlá)
Martha Otero Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Legal Tender.
2010
Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach, Florida. It Ain’t Fair – OHWOW.
Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, NYC, NY. The New Grand Tour.
2009
Kidd Yellin Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. The Kings County Biennial.
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France. Stages.
Deitch Projects, NYC, NY. Stages.
OHWOW Gallery, Miami, Florida. Stages.
V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark. The New Yorkers.
2008
DNA Space, Beijing, China. The New Grand Tour.
Kai Kai Ki Ki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. Hi & Lo.
2007
Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, London, England. Pirate Utopias – Futura and José Parlá.
2004
Chelsea Art Museum, NYC, NY. Hollywood to the Street: Mimmo Rotella and José Parlá.
SECCA - Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Barnstormers: Retrospective.
2003
Agnès B. Galerie, Paris, France. What about New York?.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Laster, Paul, Wall Smart, TIME OUT NEW YORK, 16-22 September 2015, p. 54.
Lehrer, Adam, “Surface Body/Action Space” Finds Artist José Parlá at the Height of His Powers, FORBES.COM, 12 September 2015.
Smith, Jennifer, Painter Climbs Up in the Art World, One Wall at a Time, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, 11 September 2015, p. A17.
Braver, Rita, Artist José Parlá reaches new heights, CBS NEWS, 6 September 2015.
Belcove, Julie L., Art Scene, ARCHITECTURALDIGEST.COM, 31 July 2015.
Sheets, Hilary M., New Near the High Line, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 24 July 2015, p. C18.
Munro, Cait, Is José Parlá’s Mural at One World Trade Center the World’s Largest Welcome Mat?, ARTNET.COM, 21 November 2014.
A.M.B., Art Fit for a Skyscraper, ECONOMIST.COM, 6 November 2014.
Boatright, Kristen, In the Studio with José Parlá, ARTINFO.COM, 1 October 2014.
Kinberger, Charlotte, José Parlá In the Midst of Things, WHITEWALL, 30 September 2014.
Baumgardner, Julie, Higher Ground, CULTURED MAGAZINE, September 2014.
Binlot, Ann, A Lesson in Cultural Diplomacy, FORBES.COM, 26 June 2014.
Boatright, Kristen, High-Profile Names Help Istanbul Celebrate Arts and Culture, ARTINFO.COM, 19 June 2014.
Staff, Artist José Parlá Opens Up on His Miami, ARTSY.COM, 29 November 2013.
Murphy, Tim, Layering it as it Plays, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 13 June 2013, p. E11.
Roffino, Sara, 29 Questions for Narrative Painter José Parlá, ARTINFO.COM, 13 May 2013.
Barrionuevo, Alexei, Is It Art, or Is It Just Real Estate?, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 11 April 2013, p. RE4.
Wee, Darryl Jingwen, José Parlá’s First Solo Show at Yuka Tsuruno, ARTINFO.COM, 5 April 2013.
Paginton, Fred, José Parlá’s Broken Language, WHITEWALL, 20 February 2013.
Aguilar, Andrea, El Rey Cubano de Brooklyn, EL PAIS, 16 January 2013.
Cashdan, Marina, Memo From Miami: The Cuban Connection, THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE BLOG, 7 December 2012.
Cembalest, Robin, Cuban Interest Section, ART NEWS, 5 December 2012.
Cohen, Patricia, New Art for Brooklyn, THE NEW YORK TIMES ARTS BEAT, 20 September 2012.
Parlá, José, Work In Progress, V MAGAZINE, Fall 2012, p. 139.
Vogel, Carol, A Really Big Painting for BAM’s New Theater, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 3 August 2012.
Jaffe, Tali, José Parlá’s “Character Gestures” Opens at OHWOW in LA, WMAGAZINE.COM, September 2011.
Schiller, Sara, and Jiae Kim, José Parlá’s Art Collection, THEME MAGAZINE, Issue 23, August 2011.
Laster, Paul, Review: José Parlá, “Walls, Diaries & Paintings”, TIME OUT NEW YORK, 4 April 2011.
Binlot, Ann, Asked & Answered: José Parlá, THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE ONLINE, 18 March 2011.
Daquino, John Everett, The Urban Life Force, ARTSLANT.COM, 13 March 2011.
Balestin, Juliana, José Parlá at Bryce Wolkowitz, PURPLE DIARY (France), 12 March 2011.
Slenske, Michael, Bomb, Memory: Q+A With José Parlá, ART IN AMERICA, 7 March 2011.
Indrisek, Scott, The Writing on the Wall, MODERN PAINTERS, March 2011.
Rabinovitch, Simona, Calligraphic Coding, NUVO MAGAZINE, Spring 2011.
Rabinovitch, Simona, José Parlá Brings Massive Murals to Toronto, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, 17 January 2011.
Pelleteri, Carissa, Featured Artists: José Parlá & Rey Parlá, ARTCARDS.CC, 30 November 2010.
Dauriac, Romain, José Parlá, CLARK MAGAZINE (France), November-December 2010, pp. 28-29.
O’Byrne, Alix, José Parlá, L’OFFICIEL HOMMES (Paris), September 2010, p. 85.
Birchill-White, Alexandra, 2010’s Wisest Resolution was to Fly to New York to Meet José Parlá, AIE MAGAZINE (Paris), Summer 2010.
Gleadell, Colin, Arts Market News, TELEGRAPH.CO.UK, December 2009.
Garfield, Joey, José Parlá, JUXTAPOZ MAGAZINE, December 2009, pp. 64-77.
Havis, Richard James, Off the Wall, SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST (Hong Kong), 17 May 2009, p. 10 Arts.
Parlá, Rey, José Parlá and the Bizen Pottery Tradition, THE NEW ORDER, Issue 2, 2009, pp. 124-125.
Bryce, James, José Parlá, THE NEW ORDER, Issue One, 2009, pp. 124-128.
Waltemath, Joan, José Parlá: Layered Days, THE BROOKLYN RAIL, December 2008.
Dauriac, Romain, José Parlá: Fragments de Memoires, CLARK MAGAZINE (France), November-December 2008, pp. 34-37.
Parlá, Rey, José Parlá Interview, THE NEW GRAND TOUR MONOGRAPH, 2008.
Gavin, Francesca, State of Decay: José Parlá, DAZED & CONFUSED, 2007, p. 158.
