photo by: Krystal Conyé

Adrian Bermeo (b. 1989) is a New York City-born Puerto Rican-Ecuadorian visual artist and curator. His paintings, detectable by gestural mark-making through caricature and abstract figuration, reflect his formative influences in graffiti – referencing personal and cultural exchanges growing up in Jackson Heights, Queens.

Bermeo has studied at Liga de Arte in San Juan, Puerto Rico; the School of Visual Arts in New York City; and Hunter College. His paintings have been exhibited across NYC and are part of private collections internationally. As a visual artist and public programmer, Bermeo has collaborated with numerous nonprofits, businesses, and cultural institutions, including Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning; Local Project Art Space; The Blue Bus Project; and NYC Parks Department. His curatorial projects have been featured in Hyperalergic, and he has contributed as a fellow teaching artist for Family Fellowship Programs at MoMA.

 

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b.1989, Queens, NY

Based in Jersey City, NJ

SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS

2023  Haiku of A New York Minute: Book Launch, ALL ST NYC. NY,  NY

2023  Alien Fight Scenes, The Local NY. Queens, NY

2023  Bermeo x Cinco: Duo Exhibition, All ST NYC. NY, NY

2022  Ira y Ritmo, Wandering Barman. Brooklyn, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024  Street Symphony, ProArts. Jersey City, NJ

2024  Nostalgia Palooza, TNC Gallery. NY, NY

2024  UP MAG 5th Anniversary Show, Elm Foundation. Brooklyn, NY

2023  Soirée Henzo, Lavan Chelsea. NY, NY

2023  Riding The Gain, 17 Frost Gallery. Brooklyn, NY

2022  The Midtown Modern Art Fair, Blue Gallery. NY, NY

2021  Bowery Sticker Derby with 0H10 M1KE and Friends, Bowery Union. NY, NY

2020  RED, Novado Gallery. Jersey City, NJ

2019  Heart BEATS 4 Puerto Rico, Mana Contemporary. Jersey City, NJ 

2018  Underground Magazine Launch Party, undisclosed, Brooklyn, NY

2017  Mixed Media Residency Show, Con Artist Collective. NY, NY

CURATORIAL

2024  An Afro-LatinX Mixtape, JCAL. Queens, NY

2024  Kinetic Scripts, Revolving Store. NY, NY

2024  Off The Brick, Art Retail Therapy. Queens, NY

2023  A Lousy Summer, All ST NYC. NY, NY

2022  Unique New York, Astor Place Hairstylists. NY, NY

2022 Are You Gardening, The Queensboro. Queens, NY

2022  Imperfections, Local Project Art Space. Queens, NY

2022  Could Be A Duck, Ivy House Studio. Brooklyn, NY

PRESS

2024 Hyperallergic: “A Queens Show Celebrating NYC's Latine and African Music History”

2024 Spectrum News NY1: “Nostalgia Palooza revives classic kiddie rides, brings new art to Queens”

PUBLICATIONS

2023  Haiku of A New York Minute: Poems + Paintings by Adrian Bermeo - Self-Published

2021  Fresh Plywood NYC: Artists Rise Up in the age of BlackLivesMatter - Kurt Boone

MEDIA

Artist & The City Podcast - “Bermeo on being a NY artist Ep.10” August 15, 2024. 55min Video

Eminent - “Bermeo x Cinco: The Documentary” June, 30 2023. 18min Video

Chief Hasky Creates - “Live Painting @ The Local NY” May 19, 2023. 2min Video

What Does it Mean - “Episode #7: Cinco & Bermeo” April 17, 2023. 1hr 14min Podcast

Freeman Art Contemporary - "Adrian Bermeo” April 5, 2023. 1hr 12min Podcast

Alyona in New York - "Bermeo x Cinco: Duo Exhibition” Feb 17, 2023. Instagram Reel

UP Magazine - “Adrian Bermeo’s Colorful Spirit World” May 26, 2022. Article Interview

This City Confessions - “Ep 105: Adrian Bermeo” June 29, 2021. 44min Podcast

PerNYC, A PodCast - "When The Universe Speaks" May 18, 2017.  30min Podcast

RESIDENCY

2017  Mixed Media Residency, Con Artist Collective. NY, NY