Artist Statement

Xavier Robles Armas (b.1991 Zacatecas, Mexico), is an artist and curator, based in Brooklyn by way of Santa Ana, CA. Informed by brown practices of leisure, play and placemaking he investigates the alchemy and unstable moments of belonging. Attuned to light he creates photographs and sculptures for new perspectives in worldmaking. His most recent curatorial project was titled Ambientes: Places After Time at Heaven Gallery in Chicago. He is currently an Exhibitions and Programs Fellow at the Queens Museum.