Biography
Jean Pierre Arboleda was born in Quito, Ecuador. He grew up fascinated with animals and nature and loved to draw and paint through out his childhood. He moved as a young adult to New York City and received his BFA in illustration at the School of Visual Arts and his Masters degree in fine art at the New York Academy.
Jean Pierre Arboleda's life long passion for animals and nature grew to encompass topics that concerned issues of evolutionary change, environmental toxicity, and war. The very humanoid qualities Jean Pierre gives to his animals invites the viewer be drawn into their soul. The feeling of peacefulness, beauty, struggle, and spirituality coincide to encompass a world where creatures emerge as fellow stewards of the earth. His paintings provoke thought and compassion for our counterparts and encourage us to empathize with their reality as humanity's impact grows ever larger in their world.
Artist CV
Solo Shows
2014 The Nature of Evolution, AFA Gallery, New York NY
2008 Jinetes, DFN Gallery, New York NY
2008 Riders, Fuse Gallery, New York NY
Group Shows
2017
AltRealties, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa AZ
Take Home a Nude, Sotheby’s Art Auction, New York NY
New York Academy of Art Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, NY Chelsea
Origins (Two person show with Hannah Yata) Parlor Gallery Asbury Park NJ
Works on Paper, AFA Gallery, New York, NY
Creature, BeinArt Gallery, Brunswick, Australia
2016
Cosmogonies, AFA Gallery, New York, NY
Take Home a Nude, Sotheby’s Art Auction, New York NY
Blab, Copro Galley, Santa Monica, CA
Summer's Ghost, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
New York Academy of Art Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, NY Chelsea
From the Academy, organized by Robert Lange Studios at the Vendue, Charleston SC
See No Evil, AFA Gallery, Los Vegas CA
Animalia, Abend Gallery, Denver CO
2015
Pandora's Box, AFA Gallery, New York NY
Charismatic Megafauna, Roq La Rue, Seattle WA
Into the Woods, Haven Gallery, Northpoint NY
2013
The Pond, the Mirror, the Kaleidoscope, curated by Thomas Woodruff at the School of Visual Arts, New York NY
Compulsion, Mark Miller Gallery, New York NY
2012
Awaken, AFA Gallery, New York NY
The Drawing Room, Milavec Hakimi Gallery, New York NY
The Sum of Their Parts, The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, NJ
2010
Draw, Tour Mexico City, Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico
(Group exhibition curated by Peter Drake and Alix Sloan) Sloan Fine Art Gallery, New York NY
Looks Good on Paper, DFN Gallery, New York NY
2009
18th Annual Take Home a Nude, Sotheby’s Art Auction, New York NY
Wide Open de Par en Par, United Nations Headquarters, New York NY
Draw, Tour Shooting Gallery, San Francisco CA
Nuestra America, General Consulate of Venezuela, New York NY
2008
Take Home a Nude, Phillips de Pury & Company, New York NY
Drawing Group Show, Stolen Space Gallery, London England
Works on Paper Art Fair, Park Avenue Armory, New York NY
Works on Paper, DFN Gallery, New York NY
Wet, DFN Gallery, New York NY
2007
Summer Exhibition, NYAA, New York NY
Miami Bridge Art Fair, DFN Gallery, Miami Beach FL
2006
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, NYAA, New York NY
Take Home a Nude, Phillips de Pury & Company, New York NY