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Ivelisse Jiménez

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Image Schema #2 is an abstract assemblage on a white wall with layers of opaque plexiglass, and other plastics assembled over a support of acrylic painted shaped canvas, with linear patterns overlaid with vertical strips of color.

Image Schema #2

2023

mage Schema #1 is an abstract assemblage on a white wall with layers of opaque plexiglass, and other plastics ensemble over a support of acrylic painted shaped canvas resulting in a composition with parts that come off the wall and that partly cover the frontal view.

Image Schema #1

2023

Towards, against, from #3 is an abstract assemblage on a white wall with several fragments of painted plastics are attached to a shaped canvas, in brightly colored overlapping rounded and geometric patterns.

Towards, against, from #3

2023

Image Schema #3 is an abstract assemblage on a white wall with layers of opaque plexiglass, and other plastics ensemble over a support of acrylic painted shaped canvas resulting in a composition with parts that come off the wall and that partly cover the frontal view.

Image Schema #3

2022

Once 1

2008

H 3

2008

H 1

2008

Ten con Ten 21

2006

Artworks shown are selected from works submitted by the artist in their grant or residency application. All works are copyright of the artist or artist’s estate.

About Ivelisse Jiménez

Ivelisse Jiménez gazes to the right in a black and white photo. A Puerto Rican woman, she has long dark curly hair, and wears a dark collared shirt and pendant necklace.

Ivelisse Jiménez’s paintings, installations, and assemblages present visual propositions concerning the construction of meaning in dialogue with the inhabited space. Her work has been exhibited in the US, Europe, Latin America, and Puerto Rico, including as part of the Museo del Barrio’s biennial, the Prague Biennale, Cuenca Biennial, and ARCO project rooms in Spain. Her awards include the Joan Mitchell Foundation’s Painters & Sculptors Grant and The Adolph Gottlieb Foundation Grant. Her work is in the collections of the Museo del Barrio (New York), Bronx Museum (New York), and Museo de Puerto Rico (San Juan). Jiménez has a BA in Humanities from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, and MFA in Studio Arts from New York University. After living and working in New York for 20 years, she now has her residence and studio in Puerto Rico.

Program Participation

Painters & Sculptors Grant, 2009

Joan Mitchell Center Residency, 2025

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“ My practice emerges from my love of language and my desire to expose its gaps, limitations, and constraints. Following certain rhythms and thought patterns, I find myself asking: what do these spaces conceal? I am interested in unveiling the gaps between perception and understanding.”