June Canedo de Souza

(she/her)

2024–2026

Biography

June Canedo de Souza (b. 1989; United States) works in painting, sculpture, and performance. Her practice engages in a conceptual exploration of memory as it relates to migration, which she approaches with a perspective shaped by her upbringing in a working-class family of undocumented domestic and construction workers. She earned her MFA from the Milton Avery School of the Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, and is an alumni of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME.

Recent projects and exhibitions include the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA; the Kitchen OnScreen, New York, NY; and MIMO Gallery, New York, NY. Her books have been acquired by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; New York University, New York, NY; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; the Getty Research Institute, and more. She was a finalist for the Foundwork Artist Prize (2022) and is a 2024–25 session artist at Recess, Brooklyn, NY. June Canedo de Souza lives and works in New York, NY.

“Balloons” (2024) oil and acrylic paint, charcoal, oil pastel, and cotton thread on canvas, 55 x 71 inches. Courtesy of artist

“Gourd” (2024), oil and acrylic paint, charcoal, oil pastels, wild clay, and pencil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches. Courtesy of artist

“Five Ovals” (2024), paper mache, wire, acrylic paint, oil paint, pigment, and rope, 16 x 17 x 37 inches. Courtesy of artist

“Sitting Bones” (2024), glazed stoneware, paper mache, human hair, oil and acrylic paint, plaster, raw pigment, and soil, 24 x 32 x 64 inches. Courtesy of artist

“Dessert Table” (2024), oil and acrylic paint, charcoal, and oil pastel on canvas and cheese cloth, 67 x 78 inches. Courtesy of artist

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