Cassandra Mayela Allen

 
 
 
 

Cassandra Mayela Allen has lived and worked in New York since 2014, following her migration from Venezuela. Her multidisciplinary practice explores themes of identity, migration, and belonging, drawing from personal experience, research, and dialogue.

Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include NADA Miami (Presented by Olympia, Miami, FL, 2024), Olympia (New York, NY, 2024 and 2021), JO-HS (Mexico City, Mexico, 2023), and NADA House (New York, NY, 2022).

Selected 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).

Allen has participated in several artist residencies, including Campo Garzon (Pueblo Garzon, Uruguay, 2024), Modern Ancient Brown (Detroit, MI, 2024), and Pocoapoco (Oaxaca, MX, 2024), where she was a Latin American Performance Artist Fellow. This summer, she will attend the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture on a full scholarship.

Her work has been featured in Artforum, The New York Times, Elephant Magazine, Bomb Magazine, Family Style, and Vogue Mexico.