Unfinished Jewish Sculptureshaped billboard found at Spertus Museum. Alterations made in styrofoam and acrylic
Installation view: The Program and Pedro Vélez's Cute Girls
Unfinished Socially Conscious Sculpture
shaped cardboard and colored push pins on Laundromat sign
"The flyers were free for the take.
Nina Luis vs Judy Ledgerwood curated by Pedro Velez
Site - specific parallel exhibition at TBA headquarters in which I decided to have underrepresented abstract painter from Puerto Rico Nina Luis compete against a painting by Judy Ledgerwood from the TBA collection. It took Nina Luis two full days to make her painting on site.
Judy's painting...
red swirls by Nina Luis
Sports and Hope curated by Pedro Velez (secret piece available only to employees of TBA) Decoration and "curation" of TBA's fridge. Includes an e-mail from friend Kasarian Dane detailing the news that he and his wife are expecting a child, and a newspaper clipping celebrating the Chicago Bears miraculous inclusion playoffs.
Many of the unwilling collaborators included on my fake shows and invitation to the exhibition are present on this fridge--including Alix Lambert and Jasmine Bleeth.
Wall Collage over Art Chicago, curated by Pedro Velezgraphite, white paint and ink variations over three walls and the Art Chicago/San Francisco logotypes.
Heavy Metal Mix Tapes, curated by Pedro Velezclose to 300 mix tapes, selected from an open call to submit a mix to the exhibition, were distributed free of charge to visitors.
flyer for Heavy Metal Mix Tape (edition of 3)
"Only Death is Real," mix tape by Alex Drake
Pedro Velez's Cute Girls
Monica Rizzo in Old San Juan by Carlos Ruiz, curated by Pedro Velez
Pamela Jo Buchwald in NYC by Maria Alos, curated by Pedro Velez
Emmi Mathis in a bathtub full of bubbles by Melissa Shubeck, curated by Pedro Velez
Kristen "Teen Beat" Van Deventer by Lisa Williamsom, curated by Pedro Velez
ex-girlfriend Jenn Ramsey in North Carolina, curated by Pedro Velez
Jennifer Schmidt in Boston by Stefano Pasquini, curated by Pedro Velez
Edra Soto in Chicago by Mara Ayala, curated by Pedro Velez
Sara Hicks at the beach by Yuki Kokubo, curated by Pedro Velez
Keri Butler's neck by Rebekah Levine, curated by Pedro Velez
The Program is Briezy, curated by Pedro VelezFor this exhibition the original version of The Program (2001), was re-edited by Rebekah Ruthkoff under the title of Briezy. Artist included in Rutkoff's version: Forcefield, Vicente Razo, Gayil Nails, Ximena Cuevas
The Program (2001)
interview about the fake shows by Gean Moreno in Arte al Día (2003)
