On April 7, 2022, Second Street Gallery hosted a free, in-person artist talk with visiting exhibiting artist Francisco Donoso and SSG's Executive Director & Chief Curator Kristen Chiacchia in the Main Gallery. Donoso and Chiacchia discussed Donoso’s solo exhibition, Pathways, on view in the Main Gallery from April 1 - May 27, 2022. Attendees had the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the event.

Watch the recording of the talk on SSG’s Instagram HERE.

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Learn more about our speakers:

Francisco Donoso is a transnational artist based in NYC. Originally from Ecuador, but raised in Miami, FL, he is a recipient of DACA and an advocate for immigrants. He received his BFA from Purchase College and has participated in fellowships and residencies at Wave Hill, Stony Brook University, The Bronx Museum, and the Kates-Ferri Projects among others. Francisco has exhibited throughout NYC at El Museo del Barrio, The Bronx Museum, Field Projects, Affordable Art Fair, and Kates-Ferri Projects among others, in Los Angeles at SPRING/BREAK, and Baik + Khnessyer, in Las Vegas at the Believer Festival and in Berlin with Emerson Gallery. He is a recipient of an Artist Corp Grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts and a Cultural Solidarity Fund Grant. His work is in the permanent collection of the New York Community Trust and the Kates-Ferri Collection.
His work has been written about in publications like Hyperallergic, CRUSHfanzine, The Latinx Project Intervenxions, The Financial Times, The Village Voice, and Art Zealous among others. He is the owner of the online shop and brand, Donoso Studio, an immigrant-powered design studio specializing in uniquely handcrafted art objects and archival prints. He is the founder of The Undocu Spark Lab, a business incubator for undocumented and immigrant artists and creative entrepreneurs, fiscally sponsored by the New York State Youth Leadership Council. He is represented by Kates-Ferri Projects in New York City.

Kristen Chiacchia is the Executive Director & Chief Curator here at Second Street Gallery. Prior to joining Second Street Gallery in 2016, Kristen held the position of Director at Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art in New York, where she organized exhibitions of work by Ed Rooshay, Joan Mitchell, Hew Locke, Andre Serrano, and a number of Abstract Expressionist Masters. Kristen received her BA in the History of Art & Architecture from the University of Pittsburgh. She earned her MA in Modern and Contemporary Art: Critical and Curatorial Studies at Columbia University and completed a Certificate in Appraisal Studies in Fine and Decorative Arts at New York University.