2019 was a hell of a year for me, I even found a studio near my apartment with 3 windows that filled the space with natural light, sadly, the building was sold or something similar so I had to move on December 31st and that broke my heart. I moved a couple bocks away to a smaller and no windows studio, I’m still lucky to be able to have a space for my art but is not the same with out the natural light, so I miss my old studio.
That’s all… Love,
Teresa.
Today i’m grateful for having a warm bed and feeling healthy, for having enough food and being able to eat ice cream any time I want, saying that at loud feels like a luxury right now. I’m grateful that my family in Mexico is healthy as well and that we are in communication.
I’m grateful for all the wonderful moments i’ve lived in the past couple of years, i’ve been going through a lot and i’ve been strong enough to move on to happier and safer places. Just by thinking about all the problems in the world and terrible situations people have to go through makes my problems tiny and that’s why I don’t think is worth the time writing about it.
I’m grateful that I can be presence for a sunset or a sunrise either on the west or on the east coast where I live while a hold a rose, this also feels like a luxury.
Please be safe, I wish you the best always,
Teresa.
Santa Cruz, California.
September 2019
This is a neon artwork I made back in 2017, the word “threesome” as far as I know, is related instantly to a sexual experience between 3 individuals, often seen as something is part of the devil or a sin at least in my culture and where I grew up. I learned that this type of experiences is not bad, depending in how you practice it and with who.
I’ve never been part of that adventure, maybe I never will, who knows?
Each tube represents 1 of the 3 individuals involved in this adventure, each one of them has its own light and adds an unique glow to the final “per se” encounter.
On a personal note, at the time I made this piece in 2017, I was going through a phase of discovering and exploring myself and accepting sexuality as something new and healthy without any judgments.
The final product was this simple abstract piece that adds a beautiful glow to any space.
Best always,
Teresa.
10mm and 12mm glass tube filled with Argon and Mercury.
“Threesome” 2017
This is a watercolor paint I made a couple months ago.
Is for sale.
Where is this road taking me to?
I love this photo so much but mostly I love how it makes me feel, first of all is taking me back to this place that I absolutely adore, Death Valley National Park, there, I was able to drive from one point to another feeling free, but is also reminding me how much I love adventure and how brave I am. Where is this road taking me to is just an analogy of the decisions I make in life and the road I choose to get to my goals.
Working on it!
Best always,
Teresa.
I wrote this poem the other day, I was at my dear Laguna Beach, California recently, this is one of my favorite places. I’m no expert in how to express my emotions with words so I make this little clips instead.
I find so much beauty throwing roses at the ocean, that vision through a slow motion video makes me feel so many things.
Love,
Teresa.
Hi,
is so beautiful outside but we can’t enjoy the first days of Spring because we’re in the middle of a pandemic that I hope it can disappear sooner than later.
I dedicate this beautiful rose to my home, New York, we will recover, in the meantime, stay at home.
Best,
Teresa.
I’m a big fan of sunsets and sunrises so I needed to have one in a different color combination because why not.
“El sol ante mis ojos no siempre es naranja”, means that the sun as I see it is not always orange.
This is a work I made in 2019 recently after a road trip that gave me so many sunrises and sunsets so I needed to have them capsule somehow, pattern was not necessary because I think the waves never follow a real pattern in the water... the sun might be orange as fire but sometimes I can see it in other colors.
Best always,
Teresa
A time at the neon shop means:
1.- Relaxation: Working with Glass, gas and fire could be a lethal combination but I find that to be so (can’t find the word for it) uncertain. The fire melting the glass is so satysfing but once the glass gets cold could break very easily. Going bend after bend if nothing breaks could be very relaxing, i’m happy when I get to do that right.
2.- Frustration/Learning: I’m not pro, there are many factors that affects the glass, and one tiny mistake could break a whole stick of glass or work already bent, so that’s very frustrating, not having the right tools or sense of the temperature of the fire, etc also affects. But is a process and I’m learning from it while developing my ideas.
3.- Discover new music: Bending Glass is my favorite time to listen new music (Only when i’m not listening to my favorite playlists of course) Do you have any good recommendations? Send them over.
This piece reflects my constant desire, my declaration of peace, my feelings about nature, the right thing to do. The universal feeling, between you and me, your friends, family, animals and good things in life.
This piece is permanently in view in “Bekeb Artisanal Mixology” in San Miguel de allende, Mexico.
All my love and the best always,
Teresa.
DIA: Beacon is one of the most awesome places in New York if you’re into art and escapades like me. I love it!
Take the Metro North train ride from Grand Central (is only $35 dls round trip to Beacon) is about 1:30 min that feels like 30 minutes really.
I’m sharing just a few photos of what you can see in there but there’s way more! too bad the lower level was closed this time but I guess i’ll have to come back when they reopen it.
My always favorites: Richard Serra and Mary Corse, but this time I was completely seduced by Sam Gilliam’s work.
Doug Wheeler
Over the past five decades, Wheeler has become known for his innovative constructions and installations that engage with the perception and experience of light, space, and sound. On view will be an immersive environment by the artist that further expands on his groundbreaking investigations of the possibilities of luminous space.
This is Wheeler’s fourth solo exhibition at the gallery and coincides with the release of the first major monograph devoted to his work. David’s press release by the Gallery
Noah Davis.
Davis’s body of work encompasses, on the one hand, his lush, sensual, figurative paintings and, on the other, an ambitious institutional project called The Underground Museum, a black-owned-and-operated art space dedicated to the exhibition of museum-quality art in a culturally underserved African American and Latinx neighborhood in Los Angeles. The works on view will highlight both parts of Davis’s oeuvre, featuring more than twenty of his most enduring paintings, as well as models of previous exhibitions curated by Davis at The Underground Museum. Noah’s press release by the Gallery.
This is video is called “I’m the dog on a leash” because I felt a little bit like it. I was riding my bike in Prospect Park feeling alive and joyful when the dog passed me with his owner riding skates, the excitement of the dog was contagious and I have to admit I saw myself reflected in this cute dog that was running so fast with the tongue out, jumping and looking at everyone wanting to bark or laugh, i’m not sure, I think he could’ve been running and chasing all over the place with even more joy but the leash wasn’t letting him. I feel I have an imaginary leash I wish I can get rid of it so I can be free and run and chase all over the place with even more joy and excitement.
Best always,
Teresa.
“I Carry you with me” Director: Heidi Ewing
I’m so lucky I was able to watch this extraordinary love story at the world premiere at Sundance Oil Festival 2020 celebrated in Park City, Utah. This is an incredible narrative film by the greatest Documentarist and director Heidi Ewing, she created this piece based on the true story of her and my 2 good friends Ivan and Gerardo. This movie shows you once again that love has no barriers.
“I Carry you with me” starring by Armando Espitia and Cristian Jimenez.
I also got to see during the festival these other movies: “Identifying features”, “Rarely never often sometimes” and Blanco de Verano”.
“She cries (Part 3)”
She tries to hold her tears,
but they’re in a rush to come out,
her heart was sad
but you look at her and smile,
She tries to hide her feelings,
but they come out as water from her eyes,
She cries to a dream
She cries for love
but soon her tears become joy.
- Teresa Escobar
Edible Art at Friedman Benda’s Gallery Sam Stewart and Laila Gohar Comfortable Chair.
What a fun experience this was, lots of great energy from everyone, great way to start the year! I didn’t go into the water tho… I didn’t want to leave my camera and belongings unattended but maybe i’ll bring a friend to keep an eye on my stuff next year. I loved how everyone was cheering on the plungers.
Happy 2020 everyone.
I recently went to check this exhibit out in Chelsea, this is the first time I get to see Jason Rhoades’s work in person and Is pretty cool, lots of neon as you can see in the photos.
Here are some of the words from the press release…
The title of the work refers to the cities of Tijuana, Mexico, and Tangier, Morocco, two socially and culturally distinct locales separated by 6,000 miles, which Rhoades associates through their respective locations at the borders between the so-called developing world and the Euro-American West. The visually striking installation is composed of a chaotic web of dangling chandelier-like sculptures made up of neon lights and assorted wares the artist collected during his travels. Rhoades included fifty-one of these unique chandeliers in the original installation, forty-four of which are presented here. The sculptures are suspended above an array of items and souvenirs including mattresses, rugs, animal pelts, imposter handbags, sombreros, Moroccan lanterns, taxidermied animal heads, leather belts, ceramic gourds, trucker paraphernalia, bullwhips, and wooden maracas, among other found objects. Reminiscent of a bazaar or marketplace, the work addresses the rise of global tourism and consumerism—industries that have come to define the economies of these areas—while also visualizing the tension that emerges between cultural expression and identity, and cultural appropriation and stereotype. In his choice of these two locations, Rhoades also acknowledges the broader targeting of Latin Americans and Muslims in the post-9/11 political climate. Though created before the 2008 global recession, the global refugee crises, and the ensuing wave of xenophobic nationalism, Tijuanatanjierchandelier anticipated the tensions that have recently erupted between the drive for increased free trade and globalization and the persistence of traditional notions of national sovereignty and security.
This photo was taken by one of my best friends this past summer when she visited me in New York. I love wearing this flower in the summer.
