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Abel Reyes

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Missing the fire, missing metals, missing my A helmet, and most importantly missing blasting perreo and Britney Spears on the shitty speaker.

Thanks to @raulfernandostudio for the studio pics almost a year ago (💔💔) by @abel___reyes

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I’M NOT YOUR BEAST: St. Michael slays his monster, flanked by La Doña y El Diablo, 2026 158 in x 74”

digitally designed hand woven jacquard weavings with cotton, acrylic, and tinsel yarns, MX-dye paint, plastic sequins, aluminum chainmail and bugle beads, heirloom
bracelet blessed in Bonao, steel pole with cast iron detailing

Photo credit from 1 + 2: @rransomphoto

I wanna consume the world and I hope the world consumes me 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 by @abel___reyes

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13 days ago

Flying too close to the Sun every time I can!! by @abel___reyes

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a month ago

I AM NOT YOUR BEAST: Performance Documentation

So immensely grateful for this yearlong project absolutely beating me down and building me up.

7 nightcrawlerz and ganstas
2 paracord whips
1 blessed mechanical bull
And meeee

Models in order:
@sofiamcdanielss in VIOLENCE and ROMANCE, Poly Satin Dress Shirt with Box Pleat Sleeve Detailing, Embroidered Rubber Panty, and Hand-cut and Mig-welded Steel DIABLO Ring

@elora.rar in THUGS DON’T CRY, Faux Fur and Pleather Top and Upcycled Applique Jeans

@izaya_smith_ in MATADOR, Faux Suede Dress Shirt with Cracker Hair Brooch and Satin detailing, Faux Suede Pants with Satin Insert, and Embroidered Felt and Poly Satin Paperboy hat with Faux Feather.

@dhanvieee in HOLY SLASHER, Embroidered Rubber Mini-Dress and Felt Western-style Hat with Faux Feather, Steel Feather, and Branding detail

@claifery in BLOOD AND SKIN, Corseted Faux Fur Jacket with Cracker Hair Brooch and Cow Leather Skirt

@blackwomeninfiber in LIVE TARGET, Applique Pleather Jacket and Screen Printed and Appliqué Cotton and Silk T-Shirt Dress

@kehinde.llc in QUEEN BITCH, Digitally Designed Handwoven Double Cloth Dress with underbust internal corset

Love u all!!!!!!!!!

Thank you to @clubrachel for collabing with me on this metal fabrication!!!

Thank you to @human_grl for the performance advice!!

Thank you to @daniphotolopez for getting this crazy videooo!!!

Thank to all my models for forcing not to quit the day before despite all the bullshit.

And Thank you to everyone that came to see it live!!!

SoundTrack: “Suicide Doors” by Lil Uzi Vert and “Dido & Aeneas, Dido’s Lament” by Henry Purcell and performed by Elin Manahan Thomas.

All Rights and Credits Reserved To The Respective Owners. No Copyright Infringement Intended. by @abel___reyes

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2 months ago

Final sprint of my victory lap senior year. So much to say but come to my THESIS show and bring me roses!!

😻👹❤️‍🔥🥀 by @abel___reyes

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I’M NOT YOUR BEAST: a performance-based collection reckoning with responsibilities when faced with the spectacle of death.

When the dominant culture preaches that blackness or non-whiteness is evil and queer folk are going to hell, it is difficult to imagine life outside of this. Afro-Fabulation, coined by Tavia N’yongo, becomes a tool of survival, a means of creating a space where we make the rules. By using appropriation, we have the power to use the same language of oppression and domination to spit at the colonial face. This work culminates into a hissy fit, waging a war against an opponent that is never in the room.

WHITE MONSTERS, BEWARE! IM A BEAST, JUST NOT YOURS!

I’ll be showing + performing this work APRIL 24th + APRIL 25th at BBOX. Tickets in bio!!

Thank you to my models Sofia McDaniels @sofiamcdanielss , Claifery Castillo @claifery , and Izaya Smith @izaya_smith_ (my angels).

All pics by Sloan Lopez @sloanelopezart (you da best!) by @abel___reyes

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4 months ago

Finding that thousandth heaven!!!! by @abel___reyes

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7 months ago

Smiled and giggled all through summer.

Love everyone at @lmrm_chicago for treating me sooo well + my mother Valeska for taking me to Haystack + everyone else I’ve met and laughed with 😻😘😻😘😘😻😘 by @abel___reyes

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a year ago

Meet LMRM’s first student intern, Abel Reyes! Abel joins us as a rising senior at the Maryland Institute College of Art. They are a recipient of MICA’s GOYA Opportunity Award, which provides fine art students up to $14,000 in grant funding to support a national or international summer internship experience that might otherwise be unattainable. Abel will be in the studio with us for June and July, supporting our Exquisite Warps workshops with @meaganleggin as well as our TC2 loom rentals. Please say hello and give them a warm welcome to Chicago!

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧?

"I am most excited to tackle my fear of the warp painting process and learn how to get more color into my practice. I am also just excited to be in Chicago for my first time during the summer." by @abel___reyes

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a year ago

Some install shots of my solo show, NO DIABLO NI SANTO, last month. Thank you to everyone who came by. Grateful + very proud 😘😻⚔️🇩🇴

📸 (1-10) : @sethakgun
📸 (11) : @re9inald by @abel___reyes

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a year ago

Stuntin Like My Daddy, 2024

Digitally Designed Hand Woven Jacquard Weaving with Rayon, Cotton, and Metallic Tinsel yarn and Plywood Frame

Still on the come down from my show, which I’ll share some more photos of, but this one received a lot of love so here you go.

📸: @sethakgun by @abel___reyes

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a year ago

Please join us in celebrating the work of Abel Reyes in their show, "No Diablo Ni Santo" by @abel___reyes

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