OVERVIEW

José Parlá (b. 1973, Miami) currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
The artist is a critically acclaimed, multidisciplinary artist working in painting, large-scale murals, photography, video and sculpture. He started painting walls in Miami’s underground art scene of the early 1980s and went on to study at Miami Dade Community College, New World School of the Arts (NWSA) and Savannah College of Art & Design. Parlá’s work has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, The Bronx Museum, High Museum of Art, SCAD Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, National YoungArts Foundation, Gordon Parks Foundation, Goss Michael Foundation, Istanbul’74 Arts & Culture Festival, and the Havana Biennial, among others. Parlá’s work is in several public collections including the British Museum, London; the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York; the National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba; and Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami. Permanent Public Arts projects include commissions by Far Rockaway Writers Library, New York; the University of Texas, Austin, Texas; One World Trade Center for his monumental mural painting, ONE: Union of the Senses, New York; Barclays Center, New York; BAM FISHER(Brooklyn Academy of Music), New York; Chiltern Firehouse, London; North Carolina State University’s Hunt Library by Snøhetta, North Carolina; and at Concord City Place, Toronto.

Photo: Claudia Hilda, Courtesy of Parlá Studios

HISTORY

2025
‘Home Away from Home’, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
2024

‘José Parlá: Homecoming’, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, USA
2023
Phosphene, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, UK
2022
Breathing, Gana Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
Polarities, Library Street Collective, Detroit, Michigan
2020
It’s Yours, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York City
The Awakening, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo Japan
Entropies, Gana Art, Seoul, South Korea
2019
Textures of Memory, HOCA Foundation, Hong Kong
Textures of Memory Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong
Isthmus, Istanbul74′ Istanbul Turkey
Anonymous Vernacular, Bryce Wolowitz Gallery, New York City
2018
Echo of Impressions, Ben Brown Fine Arts London
No SPace / Non Place, Neuberger Museum of Art Neu Space 42
2017
Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy. Mirrors
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery,
ONE: Union of the Senses | Mono-Transfers
2017
Roots, SCAD Museum of Arts, Savannah College of Art & Design, Georgia
2016
Roots, National Young Arts Foundation, Miami Florida
Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Small Golden Suns
Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, Texas, Instincts
2015
Mary Boone Gallery, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, Surface Body
Action Space
2014
Segmented Realities, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York – IN MEDIAS RES
2013
PROSE, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo Japan
Broken Language, Haunch of Venison, London
2012
Gesture Performing Dance, Dance Performing Gesture
BAM FISHER – Brooklyn Academy of Music
2011
OHWOW gallery, Los Angeles – Character Gestures –
2010
Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York – Walls, Diaries, and Paintings
2009
Reading through Seeing: New Works – Ooi Botos Gallery, Hong Kong
2008
Layered Days -Cristina Grajales, Inc. New York
Adaptation / Translation – Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, London
2007
The Grand Tour – Autopsy Gallery, Melbourne
The Elsewhere Community – Monster Children Gallery, Sydney
2006
Cityscapes, Curated by Manon Slome Miami Beach
The Mystic Writing Pad, Koehler Gallery, Whitworth College, Spokane, WA

2023
The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century
Baltimore Museum of Art
2022
Brooklyn Abstraction, Four Artists Four Walls, Brooklyn Museum, New York
2019
Reflections, Gana Art Center, Seoul
Negus: Yasiin Bey, Julie Mehretu, Ala Ebtekar, José Parlá. Brooklyn Museum, New York City
Beyond The Streets, New York City
2017
Victors for Art, U-M Museum of Art University of Michigan
2016
Post No Bills: Public Walls as Studio and Source – Neuberger Museum of Art Purchase College, NY
SEEING | SAYING: IMAGES AND WORDS, Vann Every Gallery Davidson College, North Carolina
2015
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia – Imagining New Worlds, Wifredo Lam, Jose Parla, Fahamu Pecou
2012
Wrinkles of the City, Havana Cuba screening – 11th Havana Bienial, JR & JOSE PARLA Legal Tender – Martha Otero Gallery, Los Angeles
2010
It Ain’t Fair – O.H.W.O.W., Art Basel Miami Beach
The New Grand Tour – Bryce Wolkowitz, New York
2009
The Kings County Biennial – Curated by James Fuentes
Kidd Yellin Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Stages (Live Strong Foundation) – Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris Deitch Projects, New York
2008
The New Grand Tour – DNA Space, Dashanzi Art District, Beijing
Hi & Lo – Curated by Takashi Murakami and Hiroshi Fujiwara
Kai Kai Ki Ki Gallery, Tokyo
2007
The New Grand Tour, Hong Kong
Pirate Utopias – Futura and Jose Parla – Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, London
2004
Mimmo Rotella and José Parlá Curated by Manon Slome – Chelsea Art Museum, New York
The Barnstormers: Retrospective
SECCA: Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
2003
What about New York? Agnes B., Galerie, Paris Projects and Permanent Mural Commissions
2018
Amistad América, Landmarks, Univiersity of Texas at Austin
2014
ONE World Trade Center, New York City
2013
Hunt Library by SNØHETTA, North Carolina State University
2012
BAM FISHER, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
11th Havana Bienial, Cuba: Wrinkles of the City-Havana, Cuba. JR & José Parlá Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
2010 Concord CityPlace, City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Pérez Art Museum, Florida, USA
The Buffalo AKG Museum, New York, USA El Espacio, Florida, USA
Neuberger Museum of Art, New York, USA Caldera Arts, Oregon, USA
London Business School, London, UK
Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection, Texas, USA
The British Museum, London, UK
The Burger Collection, Hong Kong
The National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba
University of Texas at Austin, Landmarks Program, College of Fine Arts, Texas, USA

WORKS

NEWS

José Parlá ‘Home Away from Home‘

POLA MUSEUM ANNEX(Ginza)and KOTARO NUKAGA Roppongi are pleased to present ‘Home Away from Home‘, a solo exhibition by internationally acclaimed New York based artist José Parlá, opening concurrently on June 20, 2025. Through the common keyword of “Japan” in the two venues, the former focuses on Parlá’s substantial works to date and tracing his artistic

KOTARO NUKAGA to participate in 'Tokyo Gendai'

KOTARO NUKAGA is delighted to announce its participation in Tokyo Gendai from July 5(Fri) to July 7(Sun),2024. ■EXHIBITION DETAILS VIP Preview (by invitation only) 7/4(Thu)2pm-5pm Vernissage 7/4(Thu)5pm-8pm General Admission 7/5(Fri)11am-6pm 7/6(Sat)11am-6pm 7/7(Sun)11am-5:30pm ■ARTIST Michael Rikio Ming Hee Ho Nanami Inoue Maiko Kasai Takehito Koganezawa Tomona Matsukawa Tomokazu Matsuyama Joel Mesler José Parlá Carlos Rolón Yuichiro