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Through layered materials, ranging from marble dust to sandstone silt, stained glass, and ornamental framing, Velasquez investigates cultural value, materiality, and the subtle gradations of color. His work challenges the distinction between clarity and obscurity, structure and fluidity, as objects interact and infiltrate one another over time.
Diffuse immerses viewers in a spatial experience where objects hover between weightlessness and solidity, reflection and shadow. The exhibition invites contemplation of perception itself, urging us to consider how proximity, material, and light shape our understanding of form and space.
Velasquez is an artist and curator who lives and works in Denver, Colorado. He holds a BA in studio arts and in art history from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an MFA from The Ohio State University. Velasquez has exhibited his works at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum, Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis, Drexel University, Pearlstein Gallery in Philadelphia, Center for Visual Art, Denver, VAC University of Colorado, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, FOCA Biennial, New Mexico Museum of Art, and the Arvada Center for the Arts. He has been awarded by MacDowell Colony Fellow 2019, MassMoCA Assets for Artist Residency 2018 – 2019, Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant 2017, Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum Artist Fellow 2015, and the Colorado Creative Industries Career Advancement Award 2015.
