New York, New York
2021
This Lower East Side gallery was in need of a refresh befitting for the diverse, rotating collections of contemporary art that furnish the space. PROXYCO’s renovation created more functional spaces with crisp finishes, allowing the artwork to remain the central focus of every visitor’s experience. The existing industrial building infrastructure was intentionally left exposed, but painted a bright white to provide the art with a textured, but simplified background.
This gallery shares its ownership with the Roxbury House, which acts as an extension to PROXYCO. The Roxbury House offers additional exhibition space, including large outdoor sculptures.
Gallery Statement:
“PROXYCO presents the works of emerging and mid-career artists from Latin America.
Through exhibitions with artists that we represent as well as collaborations with galleries from Latin America and beyond, we aim to advance the understanding of work by artists of Latin American descent in an international art context. For PROXYCO, the term ‘Latin American’ is not an essentializing classified, but rather a fluid framework to value and engage with art that is informed by both a distinct cultural heritage and an ever-widening global perspective.
Located in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, PROXYCO was founded by Alexandra Morris (b. Mexico City) and Laura Saenz (b. Bogota).”