兔子先生

Josias Figueirido is an artist from Spain based in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. With a focus on painting, Figueirido鈥檚 work combines digital and analog technologies to explore stories that speak of friendship, community, and belonging. In 2022, impacted by living and working at the US-Mexico border, Figueirido created his signature fictional characters Piri the Dreamer and Flying Coyote, two cartoon creatures who emerged out of a blend of ideas related to migration and immigration, biographical events and personal experiences.

Education

• MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia, PA), 2017
• Post Graduate Diploma (Drawing), The Royal Drawing School (London, UK), 2010
• BA Fine Art, London Metropolitan University (London, UK), 2008

Awards

• Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency (2023)
• Wassaic Projects Artist Residency (2022)
• National Endowment for the Arts, Challenge America: Arts Engagement in American Communities (2021)
• Millay Arts Artist Residency (2021)
• Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences (2020)
• University Creative Project Grant, Texas A&M International University (2020)
• Vermont Studio Center (2019)
• Moritz-Heyman Artist Residency (2018)
• CRE Fellowship, Second State Press (2018)
• The Horseman Collection Purchase Prize, The Horseman Foundation and PAFA (2017)
• FMC Tower Curator鈥檚 Award, FMC Tower and PAFA (2017)
• Fine Arts Venture Fund, PAFA (2016 & 2017)
• Dumfries House Artist Residency (2016)
• Post-Graduate Apprentice Program, Fabric Workshop and Museum (2015)
• Antonio Quesada Painting Prize, Francisco Fernandez del Riego Museum (2011)
• Paintings in Hospitals Purchase Prize, Royal Drawing School (2010)

Performances

• [2024, Solo Exhibition] The Garden Ladders, Jodee Harris Gallery 兔子先生 University - Greensburg, PA
• [2024, Solo Exhibition] Encounters in the Garden, Ivester Contemporary - Austin, TX
• [2024, Group Exhibition] Infinite Scroll, Ivester Contemporary - Austin, TX
• [2024, Group Exhibition] Summer Blooms (virtual, Artsy viewing room), Ivester Contemporary - Austin, TX
• [2024, Group Exhibition] Figurative: Fact or Figurative?, 19 Karen Gallery - Mermaid Beach, Australia
• [2023, Two-Person Exhibition] Dreaming at the Border, Laredo Center for the Arts - Laredo, TX
• [2023, Solo Exhibition] Our Place, 19 Karen Contemporary - Mermaid Beach, Australia
• [2023, Solo Exhibition] Piri the Dreamer and Flying Coyote in Good Company, K Space Contemporary - Corpus Christi, TX
• [2022, Group Exhibition] Kawaii Seoul, FNG-Art & APPortfolio, The Hyundai Seoul - Seoul, South Korea
• [2022, Group Exhibition] It's Your Turn, Off The Record & FNG-Art, The Pulse - Hong Kong
• [2022, Group Exhibition] White: Save the Children: FNG Friends in Taipei, FNG-Art - Taipei, Taiwan
• [2022, Group Exhibition] Instagram Live, 19 Karen Contemporary - Mermaid Beach, Australia
• [2022, Group Exhibition] That Wilderness Within, PRIOR Art Space - Barcelona, Spain
• [2022, Group Exhibition] AHAF Taipei 2022, FNG Collection Room, Marriott Courtyard - Taipei, Taiwan
• [2022, Group Exhibition] @abstractduke 12 x 12 Project (virtual), Smythe-McKee - Philadelphia, PA
• [2022, Group Exhibition] NEW pAGE, Artoftmrw Paper Work (virtual), Art of Tomorrow - Tel Aviv, Israel
• [2022, Collaborative Project] The Living Mural, NEA-Funded Collaborative project with ceramist Emily Bayless, Border Heritage Museum - Laredo, TX
• [2022, Curatorial Project] Spectrum, co-curated with Alberto Santos, Estudio Abierto Vigo - Vigo, Spain
• [2021, Solo Exhibition] Pelea en el estudio, Estudio Abierto Vigo - Vigo, Spain
• [2021, Group Exhibitions] BORDERWALLS IV, The Border Project Space - New York, NY
• [2021, Group Exhibitions] Work Behind the Work, Demuth Museum - Lancaster, Pa
• [2021, Group Exhibition] For the Many Not The Few, Guts Gallery - London, UK
• [2021, Group Exhibition] Virtual Group Exhibition (virtual), Zebra One Gallery - London, UK
• [2021, Collaborative Project] An Untitled Trio of Drawing and Movement, choreography by Jee Eun Ahn and Tim Ruben, Texas A&M International University - Laredo, TX
• [2020, Two-Person Exhibition] Shin Haus, Shin Gallery - New York, NY
• [2020, Solo Exhibition] Anything Goes As Long As It's A Joke, C.R. Ettinger - Philadelphia, PA
• [2020, Group Exhibition] All Dressed Up with Nowhere to Go, Steven Zevitas Gallery - Boston, MA
• [2020, Group Exhibition] BarbantiaRte VII, Fundartes Museo de Artes do Gravado - Ribeira, Spain
• [2019, Solo Exhibition] Portal: Governors Island (formerly Governors Island Art Fair) - New York, NY
• [2019, Solo Exhibition] Prints and Process, Second State Press - Philadelphia, PA
• [2019, Group Exhibition] New American Paintings 2019 Review, Steven Zevitas Gallery - Boston, MA
• [2019, Group Exhibition] An Inherently Hopeful Gesture, Curated by Bill Scott, Cerulean Arts - Philadelphia, PA
• [2019, Group Exhibition] Flower in the Snow, Curated by Sam Jones, Automat - Philadelphia, PA
• [2018, Group Exhibition] BarbantiaRte VI, Fundartes Museo de Artes do Gravado - Ribeira, Spain
• [2018, Group Exhibition] Faculty Biennial, Pennsylvania College of Art & Design - Lancaster, PA
• [2018, Group Exhibition] Pratt and Pafa, Old City Jewish Art Center - Philadelphia, PA
• [2017, Solo Exhibition] Give Me a Light That I May Walk Safely into the Unknown, Marginal Utility - Philadelphia, PA
• [2017, Group Exhibition] Playbook, Curated by Didier William and Josephine Halvorson, On Stellar Rays - New York, NY
• [2017, Group Exhibitions] Surface Forms, Fabric Workshop and Museum - Philadelphia, PA
• [2017, Group Exhibition] Way of Light, FMC Tower - Philadelphia, PA
• [2017, Group Exhibition] Good Fellows, Gallery 128, PAFA - Philadelphia, PA
• [2016, Group Exhibition] Summer Show, Marginal Utility - Philadelphia, PA
• [2016, Group Exhibition] Wars, and Rumors of Wars, Gallery 128, PAFA - Philadelphia, PA
• [2016, Group Exhibition] Future's Past, Gallery 128, PAFA - Philadelphia, PA
• [2015, Group Exhibition] Apprentice Training Program Banners Summer 2015, The Fabric Workshop and Museum - Philadelphia, PA
• [2015, Group Exhibition] Entre Mares, Lustres Rivas de Ribeira Cultural Center - Ribeira, Spain
• [2015, Group Exhibition] Rear Window, Mile Space - New York, NY
• [2014, Group Exhibition] BarbantiaRte III, Fundartes Museo de Artes do Gravado - Ribeira, Spain
• [2013, Group Exhibition] Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy of Art - London, UK
• [2013, Group Exhibition] Atlante, Fundartes Museo de Artes do Gravado - Ribeira, Spain
• [2011, Group Exhibition] X International Visual Arts Contest Ourense, Marcos Valcarcel Cultural Center - Ourense, Spain
• [2010, Group Exhibition] Genesis, West Ferry Studios and St. Paul's Shadwell - London, UK
• [2010, Group Exhibition] Drawing London's River, The Brunel Museum - London, UK
• [2009, Group Exhibition] Earling Art Festival, St. Barnabas Church - London, UK
• [2008, Group Exhibition] Drawntogether, Red Church Street Gallery - London, UK