Las obras de técnica mixta de Darlene Charneco se fundamentan en una profunda reflexión sobre la simbiosis, la comunicación entre especies y las posibilidades transformadoras de la *Symmathesy* (aprendizaje mutuo en contextos relacionales complejos).
Inspiradas en los procesos naturales de coevolución y en la resonancia perdurable de la artesanía ancestral, sus piezas evocan la paciente precisión del encaje, los procesos biológicos y planetarios, y la complejidad digital de mapas de información en constante cambio.
Al clavar cada pieza en sus composiciones escultóricas, las concibe simultáneamente como una onda sonora y como un lenguaje topográfico de acumulación. Este proceso y práctica de enviar «Cartas al Universo» comenzó en 1999, impulsado por preguntas sinceras y esperanzas para la humanidad; la artista comparte sus visiones oníricas como interpretaciones de señales recibidas a través del espacio-tiempo. Mediante formas simbólicas —que ella denomina «Bibliotecas de Aprendizaje» y «Palacios de la Memoria»—, Charneco ofrece atisbos de «bases de datos visuales» inmersivas y en evolución, las cuales nos permiten explorar, aprender y nutrir colectivamente miles de formas matizadas de apoyarnos mutuamente y de cuidar nuestro planeta.
Como parte de un compromiso y una visión continuos que sustentan su obra, la artista destina un porcentaje de la venta de cada pieza a nutrir un «jardín» de causas globales y organizaciones sin fines de lucro que trabajan a diario para hacer realidad un mundo más benevolente y compasivo.
Darlene Charneco (New York, 1971)
Vive y trabaja en Long Island, New York.
Formación
2020 – Guild Hall Winner Top Honors & Pending Solo Exhibit
Guest Juror Susan Thompson; Associate Curator Guggenheim Museum
2017- Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grantee
MFA Studies, Full Fellowship Scholar; State University of New York at Stony Brook
BFA, Magna Cum Laude University Scholar; Southampton College of Long Island University
Exposiciones individuales
2024-25 – Conversations with the Future: New Weaves and Touchmaps, Praxis, New York, USA
2022-23 – Harmonious Holobiont, Praxis, New York, USA
2021 – Symbiosome Schoolhouse, Parrish Museum Roadshow at Oysterponds Historical Society, Orient, New York, USA
2021 – Evolving Perceptions, Gallery North, Setauket, New York, USA
2018 – Future Nurture, Praxis, New York, USA
2014 – Cohabitat, McCarthy Gallery of St. Michael’s College, Colchester, VT
2014 – Visionmap: The Story Thus Far, Tremaine Gallery at Hotchkiss, Lakeville, CT
2011 – Islands of Memory, Solar Gallery, East Hampton, New York, USA
2011 – Self Assembling Memorypalace, Christina Ray Gallery, New York, USA
2007 – Gameland, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, USA
2004 – Sparkleworld, Scope Miami, Townhouse Hotel, Miami Beach, USA
2003 – Everywhere, Room 305 Gallery, Bloomington, IL
2001 – Beyond Words, Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, New York, USA
1999 – The Writing Ritual, Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, New York, USA
1995 – Wall Constructions, Art Advisory Council of Port Washington, Port Washington, New York, USA
1994 – Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, New York, USA
1993 – The Heavy Page, Robert Avram Gallery, Long Island University, Southampton, New York, USA
Exposiciones colectivas
2023 – Parrish Artist in Residence – Superorganism & The Power of We, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, USA
2023 – Paintings’ Paradox Invitational, MM Fine Art, Southampton, New York, USA
2022 – NY Latin American Art Triennial (Abya Yala: Structural Origins), Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, New York, USA
2022 – D’être, Longview Gallery, Washington, DC, USA
2022 – Visual Language, Molina Gallery, Southampton, New York, USA
2021 – Recent Acquisitions to the Museum Permanent Collection, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, USA
2021 – Three Latina Artists: Truth & Beauty, Wisdom House M.L.T. Art Gallery, Litchfield, CT
2020 – This Land Is, curated by Arlene Bujese, MM Fine Art, Southampton, New York, USA
2020 – Diptchs, Museum of Contemporary Art Long Island, Patchogue, New York, USA
2019 – Warp & Woof: Beyond the Loom, Gold Coast Arts Center, Great Neck, New York, USA
2019 – A Survey of Contemporary, L.I. Art, Hale Hall Memorial Gallery, Farmingdale, New York, USA
2019 – On the Grid: Contemporary Explorations, VSOP Projects, Greenport, New York, USA
2019 – Takeover! Artists in Residence, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, New York, USA
2018 – Reimagining Constructs, Steinberg Museum of Art, Brookville, New York, USA
2018 – Refresh VIII, Longview Gallery, Washington, DC
2018 – Structuring Our Habitat, Omni Gallery Public Art Space, Uniondale, New York, USA
2017 – Art, Community, & Collaboration, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, USA
2017 – The Structure of Things, Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York, USA
2016 – Get With The Program,Roman Fine Art East Hampton, New York, USA
2016 – Refresh VI, Longview Gallery, Washington, DC
2015 – East End Collected, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, New York, USA
2015 – Art Southampton, Nova’s Ark Project, Watermill, New York, USA
2014 – Do You See the Picture?, Praxis, New York, New York, USA
2014 – Bujese Selections at Kathryn Markell Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York, USA
2013 – New York Bound: International Book Art Biennial, Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York, USA
2012 – Sensoria, Art Sites: Architecture + Art, Riverhead, New York, USA
2012 – Urban / Suburban, Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York, USA
2012 – The December Show, Kesting / Ray, New York, USA
2011 – Frame of Reference, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, New York, USA
2011 – Pinta Fair, Earl’s Court – Brompton Hall, London, England
2011 – Chromesthesia, Tribeca Project Space, New York, New York, USA
2011 – Supercluster, Praxis, Miami, USA
2010 – Around the Way, El Museo del Barrio; Macy’s Herald Square, New York, New York, USA
2010 – Collection, Christina Ray Gallery, New York, USA
2010 – Living River, Art Sites: Architecture + Art; Riverhead, New York, USA
2009 – Home, Art Sites: Architecture + Art; Riverhead, New York, USA
2009 – Think Small, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009 – Six Directions, Spanierman Gallery, East Hampton, New York, USA
2008 – The House That Sprawl Built, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
2008 – Locate/Navigate: Exercises in Mapping, Urban Culture Project, Kansas City, MO
2008 – Brave New World, Solar, East Hampton, New York, USA
2007 – Aqua Art Miami, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
2007 – Scope Hamptons, East Hampton Studio, Wainscott, New York, USA
2007 – Nina Bovasso ▪ Darlene Charneco ▪ Ben Jones, Ada Gallery, Richmond, VA
2007 – Virtual Migration, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 – I Love the Burbs, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York, USA
2006 – Art L.A., Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA
2006 – Art Chicago, 222 MM Plaza, Chicago, IL
2005 – The Nature of Things, Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York, USA
2005 – Excavating Realities – Charneco & Natrop, Maas Projects, Houston, TX
2005 – Abstraction, Gallery North, Setauket, New York, USA
2004 – Mapped, Margaret Thatcher Projects, Chelsea, New York, USA
2004 – Topologies, Galeria Galou, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2004 – Currents, Art Miami, Miami Beach Convention Center, FL
2003 – Elements, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, CT
2003 – Methods and Materials, Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, New York, USA
2003 – Latin American Artists, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, USA
2002 – Dealer’s Choice, Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, New York, USA
2002 – Urban Organic, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, CT
2001 – 37th Juried Exhibition, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, USA
2001 – Abstraction: 6 Perspectives, Center Gallery, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, USA
2001 – 60 Years/60 Artists: Abstraction, Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, New York, USA
2000 – Visual Vernacular, Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, New York, USA
2000 – Abstraction, Gallery North, Setauket, New York, USA
1999 – Robert Munford Alumni Invitational, The Avram Gallery, Southampton, New York, USA
1999 – Concept, Complex, Coherence, Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, New York, USA
1998 – 43rd Annual Long Island Artists’ Exhibit; Hecksher Museum, Huntington, New York, USA
1998 – Sub/Urban, Huntington Station Arts, Huntington, New York, USA
1998 – Point & Plane: Drawing & Sculpture, Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, New York, USA
1997 – On the Edge, Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, New York, USA
1996 – Mixed Media, City of Slidell Cultural Center, Slidell, LA
1995 – The Fine Art of Salvage, Gallery North, Setauket, New York, USA
1995 – 40th Annual Long Island Artists’ Exhibition, Hecksher Museum
1995 – The Matter of Synthesis, Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton, New York, USA
1994 – Winner’s 94, Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, New York, USA
1994 – Rediscovering the Latin Artist, East End Arts Council, Riverhead, New York, USA
1994 – 39th Annual Long Island Artists’ Exhibition, Hecksher Museum
