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ACROSS THE AMERICAS
September 22–October 19, 2026

Now on view on Artsy.

Featuring Dante Migone-Ojeda, Nelmir Guzman, Angie Rangel, Hannah Banciella, and Marco Caridad.

Across ten works, the exhibition considers how cultural memory travels across generations and geography, taking new form through contemporary artistic practice.

The featured artists entered the Uncool Gallery ecosystem through our Solo Show Open Calls and UAR cohorts, and this exhibition continues that visibility through Uncool Gallery’s Artsy program.

Presented in dialogue with Hispanic Heritage Month.

View Across the Americas on @artsy via the link in bio.

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#AcrossTheAmericas #UncoolGallery #HispanicHeritageMonth #ContemporaryArt by @d_m_ojeda

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Introducing Dante Migone-Ojeda (@d_m_ojeda), one of the artists featured in 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒆 opening March 19th (reception 6-8pm) at @pelhamartcenter, curated by @neptuneinjune.ny ✨️

𝗢𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟵 - 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟲
𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟵 (𝟲-𝟴 𝗽𝗺)

Drawing on the poetics of his Peruvian-American identity, Dante Migone-Ojeda’s practice focuses on mestizaje, an identity born from the violent collision of indigenous culture and Spanish colonizers. It has since become the dominant identity in much of Latin America, often erasing its brutal history. Migone-Ojeda’s process reflects those origins, consisting of alchemical fusions of raw elements, combining wood, earth, metals, flowers, and religious materials into sculptural forms drawn from Catholic and Andean mythologies. These combinations serve as his reflection on living with this identity and spirituality so closely interwoven with his personal and family history, and the cruelty that underpins both.

Exhibition also featuring Armando Veve (@armandoveve), Naomi Chambers (@naomibdaygirl), Lydia Kinney (@l.m.kinney), and Brian Smith (@bri_n). taken in New York, USA by @d_m_ojeda

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7 months ago

#SoloShowOpenCall
Fall 2025 Cohort

Dante Migone Ojeda, A memory of growth, regrowth (2024)
Found wood, alpaca wool, rosary, dried roses, marble, epoxy, copper, huayruro seeds

Dante Migone-Ojeda (b. 1993) is a Peruvian-American sculptor born in Southern Illinois and based in Queens, NY. Informed by his childhood in the American heartland as the child of immigrants, his practice is centered around syncretism as it reflects and arises from mestizaje and its colonial and neo-colonial violence. He received his MFA from Columbia University in 2019. He is a 2017-2019 Leroy Neiman Print Fellow, and a 2019 Wassaic Project Print Fellow. His shows include The Future is Latinx at Eastern Connecticut State University, 9999 at the Fireplace Project in Easthampton, DRAWN (OVER) at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Serbia, Two Grains of Wheat at 601 Artspace, and Echo Locator at Field Projects. His work was also recently featured in The Body Show at Arts Warehouse in Delray Beach, FL, and Fragments: Reflections on Memory at Annemarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center. He completed the 2019 summer program at SOMA in Mexico City, and contributed to their 10 year anniversary publication, X. Also in 2019, Migone-Ojeda was awarded a scholarship to attend a residency at Arquetopia in Puebla, Mexico. More recently, in 2024 he was a member of the Canopy Program cohort through the NYC Crit Club, and was an artist in residence at ChaNorth in October 2024.

This work is now available on Artsy through Uncool Gallery.
@uncool_artist / Uncool Gallery
@d_m_ojeda by @d_m_ojeda

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10 months ago

Hey y'all! I'm pretty excited to be in this show over at @fieldprojects, so if you're around Chelsea tomorrow, come out! You can see this work in person (without all the cropping) and a bunch of fantastic other work too.
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Cinchona, Epoxy, Roses, Huayruro Seeds, Copper, 2024, 29" x 2.75" x 3"
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ECHO LOCATOR⁠
Opening Jan 3, 6pm⁠
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Featuring works by Alison Long, Brian Christopher Glaser, Caito Stewart, Chris Lael Larson, Dante Migone-Ojeda, Emma Hines, Georgie O’Brien, Gwyneth Scally, Heather Renée Russ, Helen Kauder, Isabelle Gotuaco, Libby Rosa, Lu Walstad, Luke Goodman, Lydia Kern, Mahsa R. Fard, Maryam Adibm, Jesusjoints, Morgan Rose Free,, Nicole Cooper, Nicolette Sloan, Norah Stone, Rania Abdalla Kadafour, Rebecca Frantz, Sally Veach, Sierra Iturrino, and Yifan Qian.⁠
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@velvet.moths taken in Field Projects by @d_m_ojeda

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2 years ago

Hey y'all it has been a while but I have been BUSY. I've been avoiding posting and Instagram in general a bit, but I wanted to let you know about this opening!! Come see this work and more of mine and other people's! I've been meeting with this fantastic group of artists and we want to show you what we've been cooking up. So, please swing by if you're around!! Address is on the second slide :)
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Fruta y vientre, 2024, 42" x 8" x 4", Found Wood, Dried Roses, Slag, Copper Nails, Copper Chain, Epoxy Resin, Medallions
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#groupshow #contemporaryary #newart #wood #copper #religiousart #catholicism #virgendeguadalupe #tonantzin #slag #roses taken in West Chelsea Arts Building by @d_m_ojeda

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As the blood trickled down the haft
and splashed across my eyes
I was keenly aware of the intimacy-
i pierced his breast
and felt the pull of his flesh through wood and iron-
and now here we were,
inextricable
doomed to one another, ourselves-
my eyes opened anew,
casting about for forgiveness
his blood dripped from my fingers,
a liquid covenant
forever sealing us as priest and sacrifice,
bonded in devotion
and utterly consumed.
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Still up for a little longer! Go see this and a bunch of beautiful work in Two Grains of Wheat at @601artspace, on view through July 2! Thanks to everyone who has gone already, it means a lot.
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"Longinus,” 2023, cast stone, copper, epoxy clay, macaw feathers, copper chain, steel, 66 x 12 x 24 inches.
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#contemporaryart #hands #sculpture #longinus #spear #holylance #cathart #syncretic #mestizo #mestizaje by @d_m_ojeda

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3 years ago

Today I cracked the stone
right along the center, just like you said
Two crumbling hemispheres
pouring blood and
water
This was the last thing you left me
and I'm not sure what I expected to find.
As the liquid oozes from the halves
sitting in the palms of my hands
and mixes with the dust at my feet
somehow the stones feel heavier than before.
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This work is currently on view at @601artspace! You should go see the show, it's really wonderful and I feel truly blessed to be part of it. It's up as part of Two Grains of Wheat, curated by @sarareisman. Go before July 2!
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“Amaru,” 2023, red cedar, copper, steel, cast stone, alpaca skull, alpaca wool, artificial pothos, Huayruro seeds, medallion, prayer beads, dried yellow potatoes, wax, slag, 54 x 30 x 12 inches. Photos by Etienne Frossard @etienne_fro
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#altar #contemporaryart #mestizaje #amaru #sacrifice #sculpture #alpaca #skull taken in 601Artspace by @d_m_ojeda

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3 years ago

Super proud and excited to be featured in this exhibition with such incredible and fantastic artists, curated with such a clear and brilliant vision by @reismansara. Please come by tomorrow if you're available! See the new works I've been making!! Say hey!! I'll be there, hoping to see you too!!!
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Reposted from @reismansara
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Come through tomorrow for the opening of 𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩 @601Artspace

OPENING Friday, April 21, 6-8pm
601Artspace, 88 Eldridge St, New York

𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩 frames a discussion about spirituality in times of crisis, featuring art works that speak to collectively held beliefs, from intimately scaled devotional objects to projects that address the public square.

Image 1: Dante Migone-Ojeda
Longinus, 2023 (detail)
Cast stone, copper, epoxy clay, macaw feathers, copper chain, steel

Image 2: Pamela Valfer
In Situ: A Memorial to a Memorial - English and Arabic, 2019
Graphite on paper

Image 3: Olu Oguibe
Ephemera related to A Monument for Strangers and Refugees, 2017

Images 4 and 5: Sina Rockensüß
I was stranger and you took me where?, 2019
Softcover artist book documenting the response to Olu Oguibe's obelisk

It has been a pleasure to work alongside @sarashaoul and the team at @601_artspace ❤️❤️❤️

John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres @jahearnart @rigoberto_torres60
Mel Chin @mel.chin
Zachary Fabri @zacharyfabri
Baseera Khan @baseerakhan
Joseph Liatela @josephliatela
Dante Migone-Ojeda @d_m_ojeda
Olu Oguibe @oluoguibe
Sina Rockensüß @sinarockensuss
Jorge Luis Rodriguez @jorgeluis_sculptor
Pamela Valfer @__pamela__v
Mierle Laderman Ukeles @mlukeles
Hinda Weiss @hindaweiss
@artiscontemporary by @d_m_ojeda

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3 years ago

Super excited and grateful to be a part of this show! Very thankful to @reismansara and @601_artspace for the opportunity. I haven't posted much of my new work on here lately, so come through in April and see what I've been hiding! 😅
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Reposted from @601_artspace
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🚨2023 exhibitions sneak peek 🚨

This April, curator Sara Reisman @reismansara brings together artworks that embody spirituality in times of crises. Featuring artists Joseph Liatela, Zachary Fabri, Dante Migone-Ojeda, among others, the exhibition explores how and why spirituality can shift perception - and in some instances reality - in uncertain times.

Image 1: Portrait of Sara Reisman, photograph by Elia Alba, 2017.

Image 3: Joseph Liatela, To Move Is To Remember, 2022, live performance. Photograph by Whitney Browne. Dancer: Héctor Cerna.

Image 4: Zachary Fabri, Mourning Stutter, 2017/2022, single-channel video, 8’00’’. Directed, performed, and sound by Zachary Fabri. Cinematography by Rodrigo Valenzuela. Project manager: Bella Hall.

Image 5: Dante Migone-Ojeda, Untitled (hanan, kay, ukhu), 2022, obsidian, cast stone, copper wire, copper chain, Huayruro seeds, medallion, 18 x 7 x 7 inches.
Reposted from @601_artspace by @d_m_ojeda

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life as an archive
memories etched in breathing flesh
A bounded container for the limitless -
La carne no se olvida
lleva cicatrices y callos -
pesan cada día más -
and each day it burns slowly
creaks and snaps as bones stretch
and beg to return to what they were
A self-immolating message whispering across a yawning chasm
aquel fuego frío
cada día transfigura
ultimadamente irreconocible
y bello
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Transubstantiation, 5'x3'x.75', Cast Stone, Copper Nail, Copper Etching, Gold Plated Chain, Steel Nails, Artificial Pothos, 2022.
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#caststone #hands #transubstantiation #plants #copper #sculpture #syncretism #archive #identity #latinxart by @d_m_ojeda

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I've been working on things! New works! Show with artists I really dig and respect! Please check it out I think it's really cool stuff.
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Syncretic: Religion and Ritual in Diaspora⁠
May 2nd - June 30th, 2022⁠
Curated by Dante Migone-Ojeda @d_m_ojeda
Link in bio
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Including works by:⁠
Priscilla Aleman @priscillaaleman.studio⁠
Ruhee Maknojia @ruheemaknojia⁠
Dante Migone-Ojeda @d_m_ojeda⁠
Shani Strand⁠ @foxybrownfastcar
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A young Yu @ayoungyustudio⁠
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#onlineexhibition ⁠
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Reposted from @projectgalleryv by @d_m_ojeda

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💙ARTIST TO WATCH 💙 Check out the work of Dante Migone-Ojeda ( @d_m_ojeda ) from our last OPEN CALL 2021!

He writes: “For many of us, code-switching comes as second nature; we adapt to the pressures we encounter, shifting meanings and language to suit our needs and survival. While often this comes as a necessity, I find that there is something uniquely powerful in this fluidity and flexibility; in our adaptation lives that which no one could destroy. My work uses chains, wood, and other found objects, brought together using text, image, and collage; these combinations perform and propose code-switching as a site of radical transformation, complete with its alternating intimacy and violence. Both of these ideas contain an inherent tension, that of a chain link about to snap or a flower about to wilt. My mixed media sculptures, paintings, and immersive installations suspend those moments, fixing them in place and time. Drawing on elements of ritual and hypersensation, I implicate my viewers as voyeuristic visitors, pulled into a reimagining of desire, subjugation, spirituality, and language. I challenge the white colonial structures that have overshadowed the construction of Latinx identity, and chart a new path rooted in the unique experience of Latinidad in the United States.”

Work information: (1) Entwined (Bound), 2020. Resin, Cut Chain Links, Black Light, Dim. Variable.Te debo todo/Pero me pides tan poco-/All I have to give you/Is the home I built in my heart. (2) Locust Shells and Plastic Flowers (Memoria Genetica) [Detail], 2020. Installation, Dim. Variable.

#OyGuaranteed #oygprojects #artisttowatch #art #artist #DanteMigoneOjeda #Installation #installationart #mixedmedia #contemporaryart taken in Ortega y Gasset Projects by @d_m_ojeda

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