Luis Edgar Mejicanos
Entre mis manos
April 17 - May 22, 2021

Deanna Evans Projects is excited to present Entre mis manos, a solo exhibition of paintings by Luis Edgar Mejicanos. Mejicanos’s work is informed by a cultural sense of oscillation - a merging of traditions and rituals of contrasting origins. This oscillation creates the foundation for the world in which his paintings exist, where his visual vocabulary remains anecdotal yet metaphorical. Mirroring personal histories of intergenerational trauma, collective anxiety, and superstition, his paintings are concerned with these fears, and question the psyche of the people depicted.

Entre mis manos is focused on depicting specific psychological states that tap into a deeper subconscious. Through expression and gesture, he tells stories that convey intimacy and moments of tension through objects held between the hands of the figures portrayed.
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Luis Edgar Mejicanos (b. 1995) was born and raised in Miami, FL. He graduated from Fordham University in 2018 with a dual degree in Visual Arts and Art History, and attended the Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art in the summer of 2018. Mejicanos has attended residencies including the Wassaic Project in Wassaic, NY and Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT. He is the recipient of the James Storey Painting Award from Fordham University and the Ellen Battell Stoeckle Fellowship from Yale University. His work has been exhibited in New York, Miami and Connecticut.

Installation View

Luis Edgar Mejicanos, "Ofrenda", 2019, Oil on canvas, 48 x 41 inches

Luis Edgar Mejicanos, "Por mi culpa, por mi culpa, por mi gran culpa", 2020. Oil on canvas. 46 x 42 inches

Luis Edgar Mejicanos, "On high alert", 2021, Oil on canvas, 19 x 16 inches

Luis Edgar Mejicanos, "Secretos insidiosos, emociones contagiosos", 2021, Oil on canvas, 44 x 40 inches

Luis Edgar Mejicanos, "Entre la tierra y el cielo, abejas florecen", 2021, Oil on canvas, 38 x 32 inches

Luis Edgar Mejicanos, "La llave", 2021, Oil on linen, 10 x 8 inches

Luis Edgar Mejicanos, "Los limones", 2021, Oil on linen, 10 x 8 inches

Luis Edgar Mejicanos, "La plancha", 2021, Oil on linen, 10 x 8 inches

Luis Edgar Mejicanos, "Recogiendo mis lagrimas para mi puto bautismo", 2020, Oil on canvas, 40 x 36 inches

Luis Edgar Mejicanos, "A silent gasp", 2020, Oil on canvas, 22 x 20 inches

To inquire about the availability of any of these works please email info@deannaevansprojects.com.