Juan Ledesma
Born 1988 Auckland, NZ
Selected Exhibitions / Performances
2025 Mel Bokner (notes on value), [NAME], Miami, FL
2024 Now Sounds, Vorfluter, Berlin, GE
2023 El Espacio Entre Los Otros, Radio 28 CS, Mexico City, MX
2022 The BluPrnt, Bridge Red Studios, Miami, FL
2021 Rhythm of Speech, Locust Projects, Miami, FL (Solo Exhibition)
2018 Instrument, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2017 Performance for Parafiction, ArtCenter South Florida, Miami, FL
2016 Goin’ Ghost Cassette Release, Gramps, Miami, FL
2015 Morning Samba, Radioactive Records, Ft Lauderdale, FL Album Release, Sweat Records, Miami, FL
2013 Performance for Purple Goo, The Wolfsonian-FIU, Miami, FL
Residencies
2023 Radio 28 Creative Studios, Mexico City, MX
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO
2022 Summer Open, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL
2020 Home & Away, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna, FL
2017 Visiting Artist, ArtCenter South Florida, Miami, FL
MFU: MIAMI, Bruce High Quality Foundation University, Miami, FL
Public Art Commissions
2026 Skippin’ Over the Ocean, Coconut Grove Metrorail Station, MDC Art in Public Places, Miami, FL
Education
2012 Bachelors in Fine Arts, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Awards / Grants
2025 MIA Grant, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Miami, FL
2024 MIA Grant, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Miami, FL
2023 Artist Access Grant, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Miami, FL
2019 The Ellies Creator Award, Oolite Arts, Miami, FL
Press
2023 Artists Juan Ledesma and Cornelius Tulloch explore cultural identity at Anderson Ranch, The Aspen Times, March 2, 2023,
https://www.aspentimes.com/news/artists-juan-ledesma-and-cornelius-tull och-explore-cultural-identity-at-anderson-ranch/
Oolite Arts residency at Anderson Ranch gives visiting artists from Miami space for experimentation, Aspen Public Radio, March 7, 2023, https://www.aspenpublicradio.org/arts-culture/2023-03-07/ oolite-arts-residency-at-anderson-ranch-gives-visiting-artists-from-miami-space-for- experimentation
2019 Miami Artists Awarded $500,000 for “The Ellies”, ArtForum, October 23, 2019, https://www. artforum.com/news/500-000-awarded-to-miami-
artists-for-the-ellies-81110