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🎨 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT | VICENTE TELLES
Meet Vicente Telles, a Santero and Cultural Iconographer whose work brings centuries-old New Mexican traditions into conversation with contemporary life. Using hand-carved wood, locally sourced pigments, homemade gesso, and piñon sap varnish, he creates work rooted in ancestry, land, and cultural memory.
Through retablos, textiles, handmade papers, and repurposed materials, Vicente explores resilience, continuity, and the evolving nature of tradition.
Join us at the Los Abogados’ 50th Anniversary Gala on October 17 to experience their work alongside an incredible group of artists.
#LosAbogados #ArtistSpotlight #LosAbogados50 #ArizonaArt #LatinoArt by @vcents83

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Late NM Post!

Blessed to have grown up in such a beautiful landscape of earth, life and people… all you georgia o’keefes and billy zane’s stay the F out haha…
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#newmexico #pentax #35mmfilm #desert taken in New Mexico, USA by @vcents83

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Save the date! We are thrilled to announce our next exhibition, "Confluencia: Contemporary Nuevomexico Art," opening Saturday, October 17, 2026, at Gallery Hózhó.

Curated by Vicente Telles (@vcents83).

Vicente has brought together a small but mighty cross-section of artists, each at a different point in their creative journey, yet all united by a unique vision of Nuevomexico today.

More to come soon... 👀

#Confluencia #NuevomexicoArt #SantaFeArts #GalleryHozho #ComingSoon #ContemporaryArt #Vicente #NewMexicoArtists by @vcents83

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Our EXISTENCE is RESISTANCE

Our Words Our Cultura

#didactics #nuevomexico #southvalley #contemporaryportrait by @vcents83

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Border Biennial/Bienal Fronteriza 2026

Excited to Participate in 2 Biennials in One Year

#elpaso #albuquerque #texas #newmexico
#culturaliconography taken in El Paso Museum of Art by @vcents83

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2 months ago

The Biennale of Sydney wraps up today and I am thankful for the opportunity and more importantly I am thankful for the people that made it happen starting with @hooralq (I will forever be thankful for you and the work that you did for of us) , those who welcomed me in @yangzhi1212 and @victorwang._ @toby___chapman , the amazing folks @campbelltownartscentre @penrithregionalgallery , @eugeniaraskopoulos, and to those who made it a life long experience. I met many great people that I consider friends and amazing contemporaries. @ema.shin @norbertoroldan_projects @benjaminwork @fezshaheen
@maritea.daehlin @marianne_keating @abdul_abdullah @basilalrawi @angelpoyon @angelica_serech @fernandopoyon @cannupahanska @8190luna
@daisyquezadaurena @dreadscottart @kubadora
@heshowzoff @massinissaselmani

What an amazing experience. Gracias Para todos. by @vcents83

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“When I’m doing research, not being able to read documents that my family’s names are in… I’m missing half of my world.” - Vicente Telles for @artguideau

Developed during Vincente Telles’s residency at Campbelltown Arts Centre for the 25th Biennale of Sydney: ‘Rememory’, ‘Primera Voz / First Voice’ reflects on language as both inheritance and loss.

Featuring Telles’ largest painting to date, the work is rooted in the artist’s upbringing in Albuquerque’s South Valley, a predominantly Latino community shaped by forced assimilation.

The painting emerges from the erasure that occurs when a first language is taken away through coercion and punishment. English becomes a necessity, while Spanish lingers as a shadow, producing a sense of displacement that unfolds across generations.

While in residence at Campbelltown Arts Centre, Telles incorporated micaceous clay and mineral pigments foraged in New Mexico, embedding the land itself into the surface. For Telles, these materials carry memory, voice, and identity, situating the work within broader conversations about place, Country, and the histories embedded in the land.

Discover Vicente's work at Campbelltown Arts Centre until 14 June | Free entry

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Image credits:

1) Photograph: Daniel Boud.

2-4) Vicente Telles, ‘Primera Voz/ First Voice’, 2026. Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney with generous support from Campbelltown Arts Centre. Courtesy of the artist © Vicente Telles. Installation view, 25th Biennale of Sydney, Rememory, 2026, Campbelltown Arts Centre. Photograph: Silversalt Photography.

The Biennale of Sydney is assisted by the NSW Government through Create NSW and gratefully acknowledges the assistance provided through the NSW Government Exhibitions Indemnification Scheme.

Campbelltown Arts Centre is assisted by the NSW Government through Create NSW and receives support from the Neilson Foundation and the Packer Family Foundation. taken in Campbelltown Arts Centre by @vcents83

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5 months ago

Images of Faith: 3000 years of Spiritual Expression in Mexico

National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, Ill.

#newmexico #traditionalart #fuerzayfe #artecontemporaneo by @vcents83

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6 months ago

We’re pleased to share that Primera Voz / First Voice (2026), a commissioned work by Albuquerque-based Presa House artist Vicente Telles, is included in the Campbelltown Arts Centre presentation of the 25th Biennale of Sydney, Rememory, curated by Hoor Al Qasimi. The exhibition will be on view from March 14 through June 14, 2026. We extend our congratulations to Vicente Telles and to all of the Australian and international artists participating in this internationally celebrated exhibition, recognized as the world’s third longest-running biennial.

Primera Voz reflects on language as both inheritance and loss. Developed during Vicente Telles’s residency at @campbelltownartscentre, the work draws from the artist’s upbringing in Albuquerque’s South Valley, a predominantly Latino community shaped by histories of forced assimilation. The painting considers the erasure that occurs when a first language is taken away through coercion and punishment, when English becomes a necessity while Spanish lingers as a shadow across generations. Grounded in place, the work incorporates micaceous clay and mineral pigments foraged in New Mexico, embedding the land itself into the surface and situating the painting within broader conversations around memory, place, and the histories carried in the land.

@vcents83, Born 1983, Lives and works in Albuquerque, NM
Primera Voz / First Voice, 2026
Watercolour pigments, foraged micaceous clay, oil pastel, soft pastel, Masonite panel, T-Shirt, bean sack, split logs
Commissioned by the @biennalesydney with generous support from Campbelltown Arts Centre @hooralq
Courtesy of the artist by @vcents83

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ARTGUIDEAU Vicente Telles. whose work commands Art Guide Australia's March/April cover, began his career as a santero (a painter of devotional art)--one of the oldest living folk art traditions in the United States. As Oliver Giles writes, Telles' paintings explore his experiences as a Nuevo Mexicano man living in a 21st century US.

Telles' work features in the 25th Biennale of Svdney, who we have proudlv partnered with to bring you a quide to some of the many highlights. Themed 'Rememory', this Biennale seeks to "highlight marginalised narratives, share untold stories, and inspire audiences to rethink how memory shapes identity and belonging",

This and more in the March/ April 2026 print edition of Art Guide Australia. Subscribe via the link in our bio, or pick ur a copy at your local gallery or newsagents.

#newmexico #australia #folkrealism #biennaleofsydney
@oliver.giles @biennalesydney @artguideau taken in Sydney, Australia by @vcents83

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.Biennale of Sydney.

We will not be punished into silence

#mano #textures #nuevomexicano #australia taken in Campbelltown Arts Centre by @vcents83

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