Gianfranco Reyes Laca

Born in Lima, Peru

Lives in New York, NY

Education

2027 MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY

2025 BFA, The Cooper Union, New York, NY

Solo Exhibitions

2024 Law of Desire, The Cooper Union, NY

2023 Puteria, The Cooper Union, NY

Group Exhibitions 

2025 La Feria, The Latinx Project, NY (forthcoming)

2023 ADV, The Cooper Union, New York, NY

2023 Dusk at Hand, EOY Show, New York, NY

2023 Spectacle, The Colonnade, New York, NY

2023 Obsessions, 41 Cooper Gallery, New York, NY

2022 Queer Futurities, Coaxial Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

2021 Absolutorium, Korpa Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland

2021 Tehom, SÍM Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland

Lecturing

2026 Instructor, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY (forthcoming)

2024 Studio Arts Co-instructor, CUSAI, The Cooper Union, new York

2024 Instructor, The Cooper Union Saturday Program, New York, NY

2023 Archives of The Cooper Union, New York, NY

2021 Moderator, Kendall Bessent, City University of New York, NY

2021 Artist Talk, Korpa Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland

Awards

2025 Teaching Assistant Fellowship, Columbia University

2025 Innovate Grant Honorable Mention

2024 Yale Norfolk Nomination 

2024 Professional Development Fund

2024 The Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation Grant  

2023 The Norman Sanders Fund

2022 Full Tuition Scholarship, The Cooper Union 

2022 Innovator Merit Grant

2021 SÍM Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland