Victoria Ravelo

“Born in Miami to Cuban exiles, Victoria Ravelo’s practice begins at the crossroads of personal, ancestral, and collective memories. She is deeply inspired by Afro-syncretic practices passed down through generations of women in her family. Her work manifests as drawings, photographs, sculptures and installations that tease apart the multilayered histories that form a site, inviting viewers to reflect on their own connections to history and the ways in which it shapes their present.

Ravelo graduated with a BFA from the University of Miami in 2015 and an MFA from Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University in 2021. Recent exhibitions include, Draw: Point to Point, Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL (2023); Round 54: Southern Survey Biennial, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX (2022). Solo exhibitions include the space between thoughts, Under the Bridge Art Space, North Miami, FL (2022) and Hidden in Plain View, Locust Projects, Miami, FL (2021). Ravelo is a recipient of the Ellies Creator Award (2022), and has participated in residencies at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO (2022) and Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY (2023). ”