Cassandra Mayela Allen
Cassandra Mayela Allen has lived and worked in New York since 2014, when she migrated from Venezuela. Her practice delves into identity, migration, and belonging, drawing from personal experiences, research, and conversations.
Recent solo exhibitions include Olympia (New York, NY, 2024, 2021), JO-HS (Mexico City, Mexico, 2023), and NADA House (New York, NY, 2022).
Group exhibitions include Eric Firestone (East Hampton, NY, 2024), Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (Detroit, MI, 2024), V1 Gallery (Copenhagen, Denmark, 2024), apexart (New York, NY, 2024), Olympia (New York, NY, 2023), EFA Project Space (New York, NY, 2023), and Acompi and NARS Foundation (New York, NY, 2021).
Forthcoming projects include a two-person presentation at NADA Miami (Presented by Olympia, Miami, FL, 2024).
Mayela Allen was an Artist in Residence at Modern Ancient Brown (Detroit, MI, 2024), a Latin American Performance Artist Fellow at Pocoapoco (Oaxaca, MX, 2024) and will be in residence at Campo Garzon this December (Pueblo Garzon, Uruguay, 2024). Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Bomb Magazine, Family Style, and Vogue Mexico.
Exhibitions:
Work in Gress, Olympia x JO-HS, 2023
NADA House 2022, _e_ _z_ _ _a, a star, 2022
Maps of Displacement, 2021
Dodecagon, 2021
Fairs:
News:
Juxtapoz Magazine, 15 Things to See at NADA Miami, 2024
Lila Gamble, Family Style, The Materials We Carry, 2024
Artforum, Must See: Cassandra Mayela Allen, Desahogando - Undrowning, 2024
Juan A. Ramírez, The New York Times, In Art, Migrants Weave Memories of Their Great Escape, 2024
E.R. Pulgar, BOMB Magazine, Cassandra Mayela Interviewed, 2023
