June Canedo de Souza

(she/her)

2024–2026

Biography

June Canedo de Souza (b. 1989; United States) is a Brazilian American artist currently based in New York. She works in painting, sculpture, performance, photography, and video. 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.

“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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