photo by: Krystal Conyé

Adrian Bermeo (b. 1989) is a New York City-born Puerto Rican-Ecuadorian visual artist and curator from Jackson Heights, Queens. His paintings, detectable by gestural mark-making and abstract figuration, are informed by his formative experiences in graffiti. His artistic practice - both as a painter and curator - sets on examining primal and social relationships, ancestral connections, and the nuances of human nature.

Bermeo has collaborated with numerous nonprofits and cultural institutions in multiple capacities including: MoMA; Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning; Flushing Town Hall; Queens Collaborative; Local Project Art Space; The Blue Bus Project, and more. He studied at Liga de Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico; School of Visual Arts, NY, NY; with a BA in Studio Arts from Hunter College, NY, NY.

 

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b.1989, Queens, NY

2025 BA Studio Art, Hunter College

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

2020 Elmhurst Auxiliary Silent Auction, Elmhurst Hospital. Queens, 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

2017 Animalia, Local Project Art Space. Queens, 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

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2023 Teaching Artist Fellow, MoMA. NY, NY

2020 Not-Another-Sip-N-Paint, Bowery Union. NY, NY

RESIDENCY

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

PRESS

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

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

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

Spectrum News NY1: “Nostalgia Palooza revives classic kiddie rides, brings new art to Queens” August 29, 2024. News Article

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

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

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