CV
CEKIS
Santiago, Chile (1976)
Based in New York City
Education
1994-95-96
Undergraduate Graphic Design, Universidad Mayor, Santiago Chile
1993
Graduated Hispano Americano High School, Santiago Chile
Selected Public Art & Institutional Projects
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile
New York City Department of Transportation, New York
Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York
Parque Metropolitano de Santiago, Chile
Metro de Santiago (Quinta Normal / Metro Salvador), Chile
Brooklyn Arts Council, New York
The Point CDC, Bronx, New York
Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, New York
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2013 – Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine, Biarritz, France
Group Exhibitions
2003 – Expo Graffiti, Alpes Institute, Santiago, Chile
2005 – Aurora Gallery, New York
2007 – BRIC Rotunda Gallery, New York
2009 – Carmichael Gallery, Los Angeles
2011 – Galerie Itinerrance, Paris
2014 – Yves Laroche Gallery, Montreal
2015 – MYA Gallery, London
2018 – 13th District Street Art Fair, Paris
Publications & Recognition
2012 – Sostain L’Utopia (monograph)
Named by Complex Magazine as “One of the 100 most influential street artists of all time.”
Selected Mural work
2025
"The garden Next Door" Mural commission at Walmart Campus , Bentonville AR USA
"The school is like a Garden" Public mural project, PS 34 Jersey City NJ USA
"Untitled" Mural commission , Brooklyn NY US
"Natural Identity" Public mural project , PS 12 Jersey City NJ USA
2024
Untitled public Mural for 5 Points/ museum of the Urban Arts Queens NY USA
"Joan's Balcony" private Mural commission, Manhattan NYC USA
Untiled commercial Mural x Starbucks , Manhattan NYC USA
"Vota por tu Comunidad" Community Mural project x Popular Democracy , Las Vegas USA
2023
Untitled public Mural commission, Miami design district, Miami FL USA
Untitled private Mural commission Flatbush , Brooklyn NY USA
"La Gran Amapola" Public asphalt mural, Santiago Chile
Untitled public Mural for Grand Central Uptown Mural project NY USA Untitled private collaborative commission with Daniel Mitchell NY USA
2022
"Midtown Portal" Private mural commission Arlo Hotel, Manhattan NY USA
"Street Patterns" Public Art Grant Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and NY DOT
"Tropical Nacka" Public Mural "WallStreet" Festival , Stockholm Sweeden
"Wild Jouney" Public Mural at Journal Square station in Jersey City The Port
Authority NJ USA
"A nature's path" Private floor mural commission, Fort Lauderdale FL USA
2021
"Jardin Salvador" Public floor mural in Santiago Chile
Public Mural The Bushwick Collective, Brooklyn NY USA
"Untitled" Public commission mural in Newburgh NY USA
Private mural collaboratiob commission with Cern , Press 195 bar in Bay Side Queens NY USA
"A Pollinator's path" Public Mural commission , The Town of Greenwich CT USA
"A Caribbean dream " Public Mural , Uptown Grand Central Mural project Harlem NY USA
"Da garden" Public Mural commission , Jersey City Mural Program, NJ USA
2020
“Renacer” Public Mural at Villa Espana Renca Santiago Chile Untitled Digital Mural Commission , Tracy Oliver TV set show “From the Corner” Public Mural in Newburgh NY USA
Public Mural , Parque Metropolitano MET Santiago Chile 2019
Private backyard Mural commission , 342 East 8th building, New York NY USA
Private Mural commissions, collection of Dana and Micheal Goldstein, Manhattan New York USA Mural on Perrier , The Bushwick Collective block party, Brooklyn NY USA
Mural Installation , Governors Ball Festival, Randalls Island NY USA
Public Mural , Wallstreet Mural Festival, Stockholm Sweden
Public Mural at Soho Rag & Bone Store, New York NY USA
Private Mural commission , United AC, Newburgh NY USA
2018
Collaborative Public Mural with fellow artist Javier Barriga, Brooklyn New York USA Private Mural commission for The Rise building, Fort Lauderdale Florida USA
Public Mural commission , Metro SA, Santiago Chile
Public Mural , South west Detroit, Michigan USA
Public Mural , Section 8, Melbourne Australia
Public Mural project , City of Kaohshiung, Taiwan
“Borde Sur” Mural , Victor Manuel Flea Market, Santiago Chile
Private Mural commission Apex building, Fort Lauderdale Florida USA Private Mural commission South 275 Building, New York USA
2017
Private Mural commission , The Flat, New York USA
Private Mural commission , The Reinaissance High School, New York USA
The Bushwick Collective Block Party, Brooklyn New York USA
Private Mural commission Hispano Americano School, Santiago Chile
Untitled Public Mural Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago Chile
“ Growing Together“ El Punto Public Mural Project, Salem Massachusets USA Project COAT Mural Festival, Fort Lauderdale Florida USA
2016
Blank Canvas mural festival, Valparaiso Chile
Public Mural project, Iquique Chile
“Into the Wild Brooklyn“ Public Mural , The Brookyn Bridge Park, New York USA Public Mural commission , Jersey City Mural Art Program, New Jersey USA
2015
Private Mural commission in Lago Las Rocas Chile
Untitled Mural, Long Island City, New York USA
Projecto Whole Train, Maceio Brazil
Untitled Public Mural , Hecho en Casa Festival III, Santiago Chile
191st street Tunnel Beautification Project (DOT) Manhattan New York USA Private Mural commission for Chimu Restaurant, Brooklyn New York USA
2014
Untitled Murals , Djerbahood Festival, Djerba Tunez
Private Mural, collection of Dana and Micheal Goldstein, Manhattan New York Untitled Public Mural, Encadrix storefront, Montreal, Canada.
“Es ahora y para siempre” Public Mural Centro Cultural GAM, Santiago Chile
2013
Untitled Public Mural , 2013 Hip Hop Festival, Washington DC USA
“The Cajuns”Public Mural , Cheminance Festival , Fleury-les-Aubrais France Untitled Public Mural collaboration with Hoxhox, Miami Florida USA
2012
“Choro de puerto”Public Mural , Polanco Graffestival, Valparaiso, Chile 2011
Untiltled Trilok Fusion Center , Arts and Education, Fort Green Brooklyn, NY
“ La mujer de la terraza” Private Mural, collection of Dana and Micheal Goldstein, Manhattan NY “In the students I trust” Public mural Matucana100, Quinta Normal metro station, Santiago Chile
2010
“Rosario” Private Mural, Jerome Stern Collection, West Hampton NY
Know Your Rights, Cop Watch organization and Make the Road, Bushwick, NY Untitled Public Mural , Sims mural Project, Hunts Point, The Bronx
Untitled Mural, Primary Flight Art Basel Miami Florida USA
2009
Baltimore office of Promotion and the Arts, Farmers Market, Baltimore USA “Know Your Rights” Mural program, Washington Heights, New York USA
2008
“Harbor days” Public Mural Baltimore office of Promotion and the arts, Fells Point. Private Mural, Broadway Medical Practice, Washington Heights, NY
Untitled Mural for Baltimore office of Promotion and the Arts, Waverly, Baltimore “Bronx’s Jesus” Youth ministry of peace and justice, Bronx, NY
2007
Training Camp shoe store, Harlem, NYC
2006
Untiled Collaborative Mural with group DVE , “rio mapocho”, Santiago Chile Untitled Mural Flatbush Development Corporation, Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn, NY Untitled Mural Youth Ministry for Peace and Justice Organization Mural, Bronx, NY 2005 Private Mural, Building façade Mural, Manhattan, NY
Untitled Mural , The Archive Café, Brooklyn, NY
Private Mural Nike, Met Oval Soccer Field, Queens, NY
Set Design, “Nueva Estrella” television show, NYC
Collaborative Mural, Havana Outpost Restaurant, Brooklyn, NY
2004
Private Mural, Epsilon Interactive Media, Manhattan, NY
2003
Untitled Public mural, Cerro Polanco, Valparaiso Chile
2002
Untitled Mural collaboration with Grin, Santiago Chile
Selected Group and Solo Exhibitions
2021
“Finding our way” Group show, Greenwich Arts Conneticut USA
2019
"A better view" Group show, ABV gallery Atlanta USA
2018
“13th District” Street Art Fair, Galería Lira, Paris France
2017
“Transgresión Legal” Solo Exhibition, Galería Lira, Santiago Chile
2015
“Entre Muros”, group exhibition, MYA Gallery, London England
2014
“Latin Explorations”, group exhibition at Yves Laroche Gallery, Montreal Canada
2013
Solo Exhibition, Biarritz Festival Latin Amerique, Biarritz France Installation painting “La Tour Paris 13” , Gallerie Itinerrance, Paris France
2011
Paraiso Urbano: Chile graffiti and street art, Gallerie Itinerrance, Paris, France CH.ACO, Annual Contemporary Art Fair, Santiago Chile
Martha Cooper: Remix, Carmicael Gallery, Los Angeles
Something’s Missing, The Bronfman Center Gallery, NYU
2009
Chile Style, Carmichael Gallery, Los Angeles
Live to change something through art, Skylight Gallery, Brooklyn
Expressions for Social Justice, The Bronfman Center Gallery New York University, NY Ode to the Spraycan, 1AM Gallery, San fransisco
2008
14th Annual ArtWalk NY, Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC
Becoming: Visions of Childhood, The Bronfman Center Gallery New York University, NY
2007
13th Annual ArtWalk NY, Metropolitan Pavilion, NY
The walls belong to us, Group show at Powerhouse Arena, NY
YMI Group show, Ad Hoc Art Space, NY
Visual Slang:The modern urban imagination, Abrons Arts Center, NY
Pais de Poetas:Contemporary art & artists from Santiago to Brooklyn, BRIC’s Rotunda Gallery, NY Home & Away:The Spaces we inhabit, The Bronfman Center Gallery NYU 2006 Group Exhibition, Dead End Gallery, NY
2005
ACB Fundraiser Art show, The Showroom Gallery, NY Graffiti got game : part 2, Aurora Gallery, NY
2003
Expo Graffiti, Alpes Institute, Santiago Chile
Group art exhibition “Taller Experimental Cuerpos Pintados”, Santiago Chile
Mural Workshop Educator
2010
Brooklyn Art Council after school workshop, Public School IS 62 , Brooklyn, NY
2008
Brooklyn Art Council after school Mural workshop, Public School 217 , Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Art Council after school Mural workshop, Public School IS 62 , Brooklyn, NY The Bronx Lab High school, Mural workshop, NY
2007
Brooklyn Art Council after school Mural workshop, Public School 217 , Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Art Council after school Mural workshop, Brooklyn, NY
2006
The Bronx Lab High school, Mural workshop, NY
2005
Youth Ministry for Peace and Justice, Art workshop, The Bronx NYC
Bronx Museum and The Point Community Development Corporation, Mural workshop “The Fish Parade”, NYC
Awards and Residencies
2017
“Transgresión Legal” Residence and solo art exhibition, Santiago Chile
2016
“Welcome to wild Brooklyn” Mural grant founded by The Brooklyn Bridge Park and DOT, Brooklyn New York USA
2015
191st street Tunnel beautification project (DOT) , Manhattan New York USA
2014
Galerie Itinerrance residency , Paris France
2012
Brooklyn Arts Council , Community Arts Fund, Brooklyn New York USA
2010
Brooklyn Arts Council, City Walls award
2008-09
Lower East Side Print Shop, Keyholder Artist in Residence, NYC
2004-05
Bronx Museum & The Point Community Development Corporation, Bronx LAB Artist in Residence, NYC
Publications and Press
- New York Rhythms issue feature, Kinari magazine, Japan 2018
- Newspaper Melbourne Australia 2018
- Pedro Lomboy , Book Graffito Graffiti Sudamericano, Chile 2017
- Yoav Livtin, Book 2Create , Shiffer Publishing, USA 2016
- Rod Palmer, Arte callejero en Chile, Ocho Libros, Chile 2015
- Albin Michel, Book Djerbahood Le musee de street art a ciel ouvert, France 2015
- Medhi Ben Cheikh, Book Tour Paris 13, l’evenement, France 2013
-Mario Cuche, Cekis, Toma la palabra el socio fundador. Joia Magazine Chile 2011
-Adeline Bash, Acclaimed Chilean graffiti arttist makes his mark at home and abroad. Santiago Times , July 2011
-Daniela Melo Egaña , El Chileno grafitero que catedra en el mundo, Emol TV, Chile 2011
-Sacha Jenkins and David Villorente, Book World Piece Book: Global graffiti drawings, Prestel, Munich, London, New York, 2011
-Maximilliano Ruiz, Book Nuevo Mundo:Latin American Street Art, Gestalten, Germany 2011
-Mr. M, Alejandro Gonzalez, Cekis:Los Muros de Nueva York tienen pintura Chilena, Pound magazine, Chile 2009
-Kiriakos Losifidis, Mural Art Vol.2: Murals on huge public surfaces around the world, Publikat , Greece 2009
-Patricio Naranjo, Zekis:El Chileno que vive de los trazos en Nueva York, AT2, Chile 2009
-Raul Alvarez, Book Muros Susurrantes, Arthur Ediciones, Chile 2006 -El Rio Mapocho, El Mercurio , Chile 2006
-Cekis, sobre el grafffiti, El Mercurio, Chile 2003
-Jose Yutronic & Francisco Pino, Book El Libro Del Graffiti, Paredes, Chile 2005 -Otavio Pandolfo, Gustavo Pandolfo, Zekis, Fiz Graffiti Attack magazine #3, Brazil 1997
Collections
Private collections