Born
Born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, 1981
Lives and works in New York, NY
Education
BFA Cooper Union School for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York NY, 2004
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan ME, 2008
MFA, Hunter College, New York NY, 2010
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
Hauser & Wirth, 'Firelei Báez. The Fact That It Amazes Me Does Not Mean I Relinquish It', Los Angeles CA
Vancouver Art Gallery, 'Firelei Baez', Vancouver, Canada (Traveling Exhibition)
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 'Firelei Báez: Trust Memory Over History', Wolfsburg, Germany (Traveling Exhibition)
South London Gallery, 'Firelei Báez: Sueño de la Madrugada (A Midnight’s Dream)', London, UK
ICA Boston, 'Firelei Baez', Boston MA (Traveling Exhibition)
2023
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 'Firelei Báez: Trust Memory Over History', Copenhagen, Denmark (Traveling Exhibition)
2022
James Cohan, 'Americananana', New York NY
The Momentary, 'Firelei Báez', Bentonville AK
MCA Chicago Atrium Project, 'Firelei Báez', Chicago IL
2021
ICA Boston Watershed, 'Firelei Báez', Boston MA
2020
James Cohan, 'Firelei Báez', New York NY
2019
Mennello Museum of American Art, 'Immersion into Compounded Time and The Paintings of Firelei Báez', Orlando FL
James Cohan, 'A Drexcyen Chronocommons (To win the war you fought it sideways)', New York NY
Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, 'Firelei Báez, new work', Rotterdam, Netherlands
2018
The Museum of Modern Art, 'The Modern Window: For Améthyste and Athénaire (Exiled Muses Beyond Jean Luc Nancy’s Canon), Anaconas', New York NY
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and The Studio Museum in Harlem, 'Firelei Báez: Joy Out of Fire', New York NY
Contemporary Arts Center, 'To See Beyond', Cincinnati OH
Kavi Gupta|Washington, 'Firelei Báez', Chicago IL
2017
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Firelei Báez: To See Beyond Its Walls (and access the places that lie beyond)', Kansas City MO
DePaul Art Museum, 'Vessels of Genealogies', Chicago IL
The Andy Warhol Museum, 'Firelei Báez: Bloodlines', Pittsburgh PA
2016
Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, 'Vessels of Genealogies', Charleston IL
Taller Puertorriqueno, 'Unpacking Hispañola: Scherezade Garcia and Firelei Báez', Philadelphia PA
Gallery Wendi Norris, 'Trust Memory Over History', San Francisco CA
2015
Pérez Art Museum Miami, 'Firelei Báez: Bloodlines', cur. María Elena Ortiz, Miami FL
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Firelei Báez: Patterns of Resistance', Salt Lake City UT
2013
Richard Heller Gallery, 'Appendix to a Memory Table', Santa Monica CA
2012
Richard Heller Gallery, 'Not Even Unalterable Limitations', Santa Monica CA
Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery at the University of Nevada, 'Psycho*Pomp', Reno NV
2010
Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, 'This elusive mirror image of matter ', New York NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Benton Museum of Art at Pomona, 'Black Ecologies in Contemporary American Art', Claremont CA
2024
Historic Hampton House, 'Invisible Luggage', Miami FL
Whitney Museum of American Art, 'Shifting Landscapes', New York NY
The 8th Floor, 'Narrative Obsession in the Post-Colonial Psyche', New York NY
Des Moines Art Center, 'Hurricane Season', Des Moines IA
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 'Surrealism and Us: Caribbean and African Diasporic Artists since 1940', Fort Worth TX
2023
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 'American Voices and Visions: Modern and Contemporary Art', Washington DC
Mortin Gallery, Kennesaw State University, '{UNDER}flow', Kennesaw GA
The Shah Garg Foundation, 'Making Their Mark', New York NY
The Museum of Modern Art, 'Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond', New York NY
Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, 'A Speculative Impulse: transgressing the archive, cur. Carlota Ortiz Monasterio', New York NY
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 'Spirit in the Land', Durham NC
Contemporary Arts Center, 'Ecologies of Elsewhere', cur. Dr. Chandra Frank and Dr. Portia Malatjie, Cincinnati OH
2022
Zeitz MOCAA, 'When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting', Cape Town, South Africa
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, 'Silver Linings: Celebrating the Spelman Art Collection', Atlanta GA (traveling through January 2026)
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, 'Breathe into the Past: Crosscurrents in the Caribbean', Colorado Springs CO
FRONT International 2022, 'Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows', Cleveland OH
La Biennale di Venezia, '59th Venice Biennale: The Milk of Dreams', cur. Cecilia Alemani, Venice, Italy
The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation/The 8th Floor, 'Articulating Activism: Works from the Shelley and Donald Rubin Private Collection', New York NY
SFMoMA, 'Shifting the Silence (Collection Show)', San Francisco CA
National Gallery of Art, 'Afro-Atlantic Histories', Washington DC
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 'Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s-today', Chicago IL
2021
Cleveland Museum of Art, 'Picturing Motherhood Now: Images for a New Era', Cleveland OH
Moore College of Art & Design, 'Abstracted Migrations: Ideas on Embodied Motion ', Philadelphia PA
Art Gallery of Ontario, 'Fragments of Epic Memory ', Toronto, Canada
North American Hand Papermakers, 'Paper: post-colonial narratives ', New York NY
Nasher Museum of Art, 'In Relation to Power: Politically Engaged Works from the Collection ', Duke University, Durham NC
Esker Foundation, 'RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting ', Calgary, Canada
Kunstverein, 'CARNIVALESCA—What Painting Might Be ', Hamburg, Germany
Bronx Museum, 'BORN IN FLAMES: Feminist Futures', Bronx NY
Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia PA
Palo Alto Art Center, 'Where the Heart Is: Contemporary Art by Immigrant Artists', Palo Alto CA
Henry Art Gallery, 'Plural Possibilities & the Female Body', Seattle WA
National Museum Cardiff, 'Artes Mundi 9', Cardiff, Wales
ICA Boston, 'i’m yours: Encounters with Art in Our Times', Boston MA
2020
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, 'A Beautiful Struggle: Black Feminist Futurism', Grand Rapids MI
Another Space, 'Stayin' Alive', New York NY
New Orleans Museum of Art, 'Mending the Sky', New Orleans LA
Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, 'Never Done: 100 Years of Women in Politics and Beyond', Saratoga Springs NY
Taubman Museum of Art, 'A Very Anxious Feeling: Voices of Unrest in the American Experience: 20 Years of the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection', Roanoke VA
Dallas Museum of Art, 'Contemporary Art + Design: New Acquisitions', Dallas TX
Institute of Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University/Philadelphia Contemporary, 'Commonwealth', Richmond VA/Philadelphia PA
San Jose Museum of Art, 'South East North West: New Works from the Collection', San Jose CA
Phi Foundation, 'RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting', Montreal, Canada
NXTHVN, 'Countermythologies', Hew Haven CT
Pérez Art Museum Miami, 'Allied with Power: African and Africa Diaspora art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection', Miami FL
Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, 'Pine’s Eye', Edinburgh, Scotland
2019
BOZAR/ Centre for Fine Arts, 'IncarNations', Brussels, Belgium
21C Hotel & Museum, 'Dress Up, Speak Up: Regalia and Resistance', Cincinnati OH
James Cohan, 'James Cohan: Twenty Years', New York NY
Ford Foundation Gallery, 'Utopian Imagination', New York NY
Kotaro Nukaga, 'Fixed Contained', Tokyo, Japan
Columbus Museum of Art, 'Driving Forces: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Ann and Ron Pizzuti', Columbus OH
Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Generations: A History of Black Abstract Art', Baltimore MD
Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Every Day: Selections from the Collection', Baltimore MD
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Lexicon: The Language of Gesture in 25 Years at Kemper Museum', Kansas City MO
Mandeville Gallery, Union College, EMBODY', Schenectady NY
Rockbund Art Museum, 'An Opera for Animals', Shanghai, China (traveling exhibition)
Para Site, 'An Opera for Animals', Hong Kong (traveling exhibition)
Museum of the African Diaspora, 'Coffee, Rhum, Sugar & Gold: A Postcolonial Paradox', San Francisco CA
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 'Now is the Time: 25 Years of Collection', Wolfsburg, Germany
2018
Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, '10th Biennale: We don’t need another hero', Berlin, Germany
21c Museum Hotels, 'Dress Up, Speak Up: Costume and Confrontation', Louisville KY
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, 'The Fabric of Felicity', Moscow, Russia
Anna Marra Contemporanea, 'Postcard from New York—Part II', cur. Larry Ossei-Mensah, Rome, Italy
The African American Museum in Philadelphia, 'Black Pulp!', Philadelphia PA
Kohn Gallery, 'Engender', Los Angeles CA
Brand New Gallery, 'A Space for Thought', Milan, Italy
2017
Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, 'HISPANIOLA: A Celebration of Haiti and the Dominican Republic with Selections from the Dion Kohler Collection', Atlanta GA
Frost Art Museum, 'Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago, Pacific Standard Time: LA>LA', Miami FL (traveling exhibition)
Wallach Art Gallery, 'Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago, Pacific Standard Time: LA>LA', New York NY (traveling exhibition)
Museum of Latin American Art, 'Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago, Pacific Standard Time: LA>LA', Long Beach CA (traveling exhibition)
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 'The Neighbors, part three: Love Thy Neighbor, Firelei Báez, Ignacio González-Lang, and Irvin Morazan', The Bronx NY
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, 'Black Pulp!', Middletown CT (traveling exhibition)
Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, 'Black Pulp!', Tampa FL (traveling exhibition)
2016
Pi Artworks, 'American Histories', London, UK
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, 'Africa Forecast: Fashioning Contemporary Life', Atlanta GA
Jack Shainman Gallery, 'For Freedoms', New York NY
International Print Center, 'Black Pulp!', New York NY (traveling exhibition)
32 Edgewood Gallery, Yale University School of Art, 'Black Pulp!', New Haven CT (traveling exhibition)
Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, 'Pure Pulp: Contemporary Artists Working in Paper at Dieu Donné', Clinton NY
Kings Theater, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, 'Diaspora Calling', Brooklyn NY
2015
The 8th Floor, 'Between History and the Body', New York NY
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, 'A Curious Blindness', New York NY
The Studio Museum in Harlem, 'Concealed: Selections from The Permanent Collection', New York NY
2014
Prospect New Orleans, 'Prospect.3: Notes for Now', cur. Franklin Sirmans, New Orleans LA
The Drawing Center, ''Small', cur. Claire Gilman, New York NY
Pérez Art Museum Miami, 'Caribbean: Crossroads of the World', cur. Elvis Fuentes, Miami FL
Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, 'I Scarcely have the right to use this ghostly verb', The New School, New York NY
Hudson D. Walker Gallery, 'Firelei Báez: Fine Arts Work Center Solo Exhibition', Provincetown MA
Pérez Art Museum Miami, 'Context and Counteractions: Selected Works by the 2013-2014 FAWC Visual Art Fellows', Miami FL
2013
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 'Bronx Calling: The Second AIM Biennial', New York NY
The Studio Museum in Harlem, 'Fore, Studio Museum’s upcoming fourth emerging artist exhibition', cur. Naima Keith, Thomas Lax and Lauren Hayes, New York NY
McClain Gallery, 'More Than A Likeness', Houston TX
Mixed Greens, 'Crossing the Line: Contemporary Drawing and Artistic Process', New York NY
Elizabeth Foundation, 'Emo Show', New York NY
Wave Hill, 'Drawn to Nature', cur. Jennifer McGregor, New York NY
Community Folk Art Center, 'Corporeal Contours: Works by Firelei Báez and Andrea Chung', cur. Jillian Narkornthap, New York NY
2012
The IMC Lab + Gallery, 'Harbingers & Psychopomps', New York NY
Morgan Lehman Gallery, 'Contemporary Watercolor', cur. Veronica Roberts, New York NY
Honor Fraser Gallery, 'ACIREMA', cur. Cesar Garcia, Los Angeles CA
White Box, 'Body Snatchers', cur. Raul Zamudio, New York NY
'Cultural Transference', cur. Sara Reissman, EFA Project Space, New York, NY
Casita Maria Center, 'Restrictions, Limitations, Confinements', New York NY
2011
El Museo del Barrio, 'El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files 2011, 6th Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American Biennial, cur. Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Trinidad Fombella and Elvis Fuentes, New York NY
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Museum as Hub: Alpha’s Bet is Not Over Yet', New York NY
The United Nations, 'The African Continuum', New York NY
The Center for the Humanities of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 'Afro-Latin@s Now! Strategies for Visibility and Action', New York NY
Middlesex Art Gallery, 'Disillusions: Gendered Visions of the Caribbean and its Diasporas', cur. Tatiana Flores, Middlesex NJ
IMC Lab + Gallery, 'Elastic Identity', New York NY
Kravets Wehby Gallery, 'Paperwork', cur. Nina Chanel Abney, New York NY
Recess Space, 'Edouard Glissant: Inhabit his Name, Be Black Baby', New York NY
2010
New Jersey City Museum, 'Hair Tactics', cur. Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, Jersey City NJ
Irvine Contemporary, 'Introductions6', Washington DC
Macy's, 'Around the Way', cur. El Museo del Barrio, New York NY
Art Solar, 'Lush', East Hampton NY
Kresge Gallery, Ramapo College, 'Boundless Discourse', Ramapo NJ
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, 'Wearing Spirit', New York NY
Vaudeville Park, 'Dance Ghost', Brooklyn NY
Awards & Residencies
2022
Fine Arts Work Center Honoree, Provincetown MA
Cooper Union President’s Citation Award, New York NY
2021
Philip Guston Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome, Italy
Artes Mundi 9, Cardiff, Wales
2020
Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, Santa Monica CA
Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, Washington DC
Recognition, 2019 Public Art Network Year in Review, Americans for the Arts, Washington DC
2019
Soros Arts Fellowship, Open Society Foundations, New York NY
United States Artist 2019 Fellow for Visual Arts, Chicago IL
2018
PES Residency, Project for Empty Space, Newark NJ
College Art Association Artist Award for Distinguished Body of Work, Los Angeles CA
2017
Future Generation Art Prize, Pinchuk Art Foundation, Kiev, Ukraine and Palazzo Contarini Polignac, 57th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Rome Prize (shortlist), Rome, Italy
2016
Chiaro Award, Headlands Center for the Art, Sausalito CA
2014
The Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City UT
2013
Artist in Residence, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown MA
Artist in Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito CA
Workspace Artist in Residence, Dieu Donné Paper Mill, New York NY
Workspace Artist in Residence, Wave Hill, New York NY
2012
AIM/Artist in the Marketplace, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Bronx NY
Keyholder Residency, Lower East Side Print Shop, New York NY
Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery at the University of Nevada, Reno NV
2011
Workspace Residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York NY
2010
Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant Recipient, New York NY
2008
Full Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan ME
2007
Bronx Recognizes its Own (BRIO) Award Recipient, The Bronx Council on the Arts, The Bronx NY
Aljira Emerge, Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark NJ
2004
The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Award for Painting, New York NY
2003
The O'Brien Travel Award, Cooper Union, New York NY
2002
William Randolph Hearst Award, Cooper Union, New York NY
Public & Special Projects
2023
Buffalo AKG Cornelia Café Commission, Buffalo NY
2019
En Plein Air, High Line Art Commission, New York NY
2018
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Public Art Commission, 163 Rd Street Subway Station, New York NY
Monographs
2023
Shire, Warsan, Rasmussen Kielsen, Katrine, Fernandéz Campa, Marta (et al.), 'Firelei Báez: Trust Memory Over History', Humlebaek: Louisiana Publications, 2023, ill. (exh. cat.)
2022
Norr, David (ed.), 'Firelei Báez: to breathe full and free', New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2022, ill.
2019
Fitzgerald, Shannon (ed.), 'Immersion into Compounded Time and The Paintings of Firelei Báez', Orlando: Mennello Museum of American Art, 2019, ill. (exh. cat.)
2018
Kavi Gupta (ed.), 'Firelei Báez', Chicago: Kavi Gupta, 2018, ill. (exh. cat.) Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (ed.), 'Firelei Báez: Joy out of fire', New York: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 2018, ill. (exh. cat.)
2015
Ortiz, María Elena, Keith, Naima J., Gay, Roxane, 'Firelei Báez: Bloodlines', Miami: Pérez Art Museum Miami, 2015, ill. (exh. cat.)
Publications
2024
Alemina, Cecilia, 'Elevated. Art on the High Line', New York: Monacelli/Friends of the High Line, 2024, pp. 32-33, ill.
Myers-Szupinska, Julian (ed.), 'Surrealism and Us: Caribbean and African Diasporic Artists Since 1940', Fort Worth: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 2024, pp. 85, 186, 190, ill. (exh. cat.)
2023
Hey-Colón, Rebeca L., 'Channeling Knowledges: Water and Afro-diasporic Spirits in Latinx and Caribbean Worlds', Austin: University of Texas Press, 2023
2022
Acevedo-Yates, Carla (ed.), 'Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s-Today', New York: Delmonico Books and Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 2022
Phaidon Editors (ed.) 'Prime: Art’s Next Generation', New York: Phaidon Press, 2022
2021
Bickford, Kerry, Guardiola, Pablo, Pollard, Nicole (et al.) (eds.), 'Commonwealth', Richmond: Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU, Philadelphia: ICA Philadelphia, Hudson: Publication Studio Hudson, 2021 (exh. cat.)
___, 'The Eyes Have It', New York: Lehman College Art Gallery, City University of New York, 2021
Liebert, Emily and Rivera Fellah, Nadiah, 'Picturing Motherhood Now', New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2021
Ciolek, Zuzanna (ed.), 'Beyond the Looking Glass', Beverly Hills: UTA Artist Space, 2021
___, 'Celebrating the End of Commonwealth', Philadelphia Contemporary Digital Publication, 2021
Hernandez, Jasmin, 'We Are Here: Visionaries of Colour Transforming the Art World', New York: Abrams, 2021
2020
___, 'Allied with Power: African and Africa Diaspora Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection', Miami: Pérez Art Museum, 2020 (exh. cat.)
PHI Foundation, 'Relations- Diaspora and Painting', Montreal: Hirmer, 2020
Drew, Kimberly, Wortham, Jenna (ed.), 'Black Futures', New York: Random House Books, 2020
O'Callaghan, Evelyn, Watson, Tim (eds.), 'Caribbean Literature in Transition, vol. 1: 1800-1920s', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020, cover, ill.
2019
Samson, Jean Erian, 'DOKREIS Revue Haitienne des Cultures Créoles', Association Vagues Littéraires, 2019
Matsuyama, Tomokazu, 'Fixed Contained', Tokyo: Kotaro Nukaga, 2019
Martin, Courtney J. (ed.), 'Four Generations: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection of Abstract Art', New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co, 2019
Wimberly, Dexter, Ossei-Mensah, Larry, 'Coffee, Rhum, Sugar & Gold: A Postcolonial Paradox', San Francisco: Museum of the African Diaspora and Cameron Books, 2019
Brown, Mariel, Archer, Melanie, 'A to Z of Caribbean Art', Trinidad: Robert & Christopher Publishers, 2019
2017
Flores, Tatiana, Stephens, Michelle Ann (ed.), 'Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago', Durham: Museum of Latin American Art, Duke University Press and Fresco Books / SF Design, LLC, 2017
2016
Donlon, Bridget, 'Pure Pulp: Contemporary Artists Working in Paper at Dieu Donné, organized by the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College', New York: Prestel Publishing, 2016
2013
Price, Matt (ed.), 'Vitamin D2: New Perspectives in Drawing', New York: Phaidon Press, Inc., 2013
2012
Haynes, Laura, Naima, Keith J., and Lax, Thomas J., 'Fore', New York: The Studio Museum in Harlem, 2012 (exh. cat.)
Selected Press
2025
Barrant, Jordan, 'At the ICA, Caribbean Artists Provide Portals to Other Worlds, But Who Enters?', on: bostonartreview.com, 14 January 2025, ill.
Cascone, Sarah, 'What Caught Collector Komal Shah’s Eye at Fog Design and Art Fair', on: artnet.com, 27 January 2025, ill.
Sienra, Regina, 'Firelei Báez Brings Explosive Explorations on Race, Gender, and Nationality to Vancouver Art Gallery', on: mymodernmet.com, 19 February 2025, ill.
2024
Artforum Video, 'Firelei Báez' [video interview], in: Under the Influence, Artforum, 19 December 2024
Suarez-Kanerva, Lorien, 'Firelei Báez Exhibition at Hauser & Wirth LA', on: whitehotmagazine.com, 16 December 2024, ill.
Dambrot, Shana Nys, Hinjinx Arts, '13ThingsLA: December 11' [review], on: hijinxarts.substack.com, 10 December 2024, ill.
Pacheco, Paloma, 'Painter Firelei Báez Confronts the Pervasive Impact of Colonialism Through Immersive Artworks at the Vancouver Art Gallery' [review], on: montecristomagazine.com, Winter 2024, ill.
Baez, Firelei, in: 'Erotic Review', no. 2, Autumn/Winter 2024, pp. 108-115, 165, ill.
The Editors of ARTnews, 'ARTnews Announces ARTnews Awards', on: artnews.com, 19 November 2024
Akers, Torey, '"It's a process of following your curiosity": Firelei Báez on her exhibitions in Los Angeles and Vancouver', on: theartnewspaper.com, 19 November 2024, ill.
Ditmars, Hadani, 'A painterly yet political vision of the world', in: The Globe and Mail, Toronto, 9 November 2024, ill.
Ebert, Grace, '"Crafted Kinship" Unravels the Creative Practices of 60 Carribbean Artists, Designers, and Makers', on: thisiscolossal.com, 8 November 2024, ill.
Smith, Janet, 'History and folklore flow together in Firelei Báez’s large-scale works at the Vancouver Art Gallery', on: createastir.ca, 6 November 2024, ill.
Cole, Meredyth, '“Firelei Báez” uses light to expose dark histories', on: straight.com, 7 November 2024, ill.
Urist, Jacoba, 'Firelei Báez’s Paintings Capture the Dominican Diasporic Experience', on: wmagazine.com, 7 November 2024, ill.
Laster, Paul, '6 Must-See Solo Gallery Shows in November', on: galeriemagazine.com, 6 November 2024, ill.
Keshav, Leela, 'Firelei Báez. "Sueño de la Madrugada (A Midnight's Dream)' [review], in: ArtReview, October 2024, p. 95, ill.
___, 'Firelei Báez "The fact that it amazes me does not mean I relinquish it" @ Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles', on: juxtapoz.com, 20 September 2024, ill.
Pofalla, Boris, 'Firelei Báez in Wolfsburg. Das gesammelte Weltwissen', on: monopol-magazin.de, 18 September 2024, ill.
___, 'Hauser & Wirth Downtown Los Angeles opens exhibition of works by Firelei Báez', on: artdaily.com, 13 September 2024, ill.
___, 'Firelei Báez. The Fact That It Amazes Me Does Not Mean I Relinquish It', on: whatweadore.fr, 10 September 2024, ill.
Valentine, Victoria L., 'On View: "Firelei Báez: A Midnight's Dream," Immersive Presentation at South London Gallery is Artist's First Institutional Solo Exhibition in UK', on: culturetype.com, 4 September 2024, ill.
Khela, Ajeet, 'Firelei Báez’s Enchanting Visions of Caribbean Mythology' [review], on: frieze.com, 26 August 2024, ill.
Kane, Ashleigh, 'Art shows to leave the house for in August 2024', on: dazeddigital.com, 1 August 2024, ill.
Almonte, Helina, 'Firelei Báez: Unveiling the Pan-African Diaspora', on: bostonartreview.com, 24 August 2024, ill.
___, 'Firelei Báez: Kunst gegen die Gewalt der Geschichte', on: kunstbar.de, 15 July 2024, ill.
Ortega, Bash, 'Firelei Báez Changes the Past to Create the Future at ICA Boston' [review], on: artefuse.com, 25 July 2024, ill.
___, 'Spellbinding UK Installations', on: aestheticamagazine.com, 25 July 2024, ill.
___, 'Firelei Báez. Trust Memory Over History', on: rainbow-lifestyle.com, 8 July 2024, ill.
Berning Sawa, Dale, 'Firelei Báez review – bring on the furry ciguapas: magnetic visions of diaspora' [review], on: theguardian.com, 2 July 2024, ill.
Di Clemente, Alessia, 'Firelei Báez: pittura come storytelling. La grande artista in mostra a Boston', on: artribune.com, 28 June 2024, ill.
Carollo, Elisa, 'Rewriting Maps and Resisting History: The Art of Firelei Báez at ICA Boston', on: observer.com, 26 June 2024, ill.
Keiju Kita, 'Firelei Báez', in: Bitjutsu Techo, Tokyo, vol. 76, no. 1101, April 2024, pp. 144-145, ill.
Kelleher, Solon, '14 art exhibits to explore this spring', on: wbur.org, 13 March 2024, ill.
Greenberger, Alex, '60 Must-See Exhibitions to Visit This Spring', on: artnews.com, 27 February 2024, ill.
Ebert, Grace, 'Through Vibrant Ruptures, Firelei Báez Untangles Colonialism’s Narrative Knot', on: thisiscolossal.com, 25 January 2024, ill.
Zambeletti, Federica, 'Recharting Histories: Cave_bureau and Firelei Baéz at Louisiana' [interview], on: koozarch.com, 15 January 2024, ill.
Kakar, Arun, '9 Collectors on the Artists, Shows, and Trends to Watch in 2024', on: artsy.net, 12 January 2024, ill.
Rosenau, Mirja, 'Vermessung die der welt', in: art das kunstmagazin, January 2024, pp. 48-58, ill.
Mina, AX, 'Firelei Báez Paints Away the World’s Borders', on: hyperallergic.com, 8 January 2024, ill.
2023
Fenton, Cheryl, 'Check out these exhibitions at the ICA in 2024', on: boston.com, 19 December 2023, ill.
Wei, Lilly, 'Smithsonian American Art Museum: new look, new mission', on: studiointernational.com, 29 November 2023
Abdessamad, Farah, 'On View Now: Women Making Their Mark', on: observer.com, 27 November 2023
POV International, 'Kulturlisten – Ferry, All Saints' Day, My father can fly, Firelei Báez, Pussy Riot and living literature', on: pov.international, 10 November 2023
Culgan, Rossilynne Skena, 'This empowering new art show in NYC features nearly 100 women artists', on: timeout.com, 6 November 2023
Schultz, Abby, 'Komal Shah Fulfills a Mission to Elevate Women Artists Through a Breathtaking Exhibition', on: barrons.com, 3 November 2023, ill.
Wiberg, Charlotte, 'Det här är en ovanligt spännande utställning', on: expressen.se, 1 November 2023, ill.
Ross, Trine, '5 hjerter på Louisiana: Det er hendes første soloudstilling i Europa. Det bliver næppe den sidste', on: politiken.dk, 18 October 2023, ill.
Söderholm, Sabitha, 'Firelei Báez viser os alt det, som de gamle arkiver ikke fortæller os', on: information.dk, 10 October 2023, ill.
Lyksted, Niels, 'LOUISIANA: Firelei Báez – Trust Memory Over History. Farvestærke og tankevækkende fortællinger fra Caribien' [review], on: kulturinformation.org, 6 October 2023, ill.
Oliver, Angela, 'Five Afro-Caribbean artists explore the body, family, identity in "{UNDER}flow."' [review], on: artsatl.org, 2 October 2023, ill.
Greenberger, Alex, 'Firelei Báez Joins Hauser & Wirth Ahead of Surveys in Europe and the US', on: artnews.com, 18 September 2023, ill.
'Firelei Báez. The vast ocean of all possibilities', Meer, June 24, 2023.
Sansom, Anna, '5 Artworks for Every Level of Collector at Art Basel, From an Early Jean-Michel Basquiat to an Intimate Portrait of Louise Bourgeois', Artnet News, June 15, 2023.
Brown, Kate, 'See Some of the Best Works in Art Basel’s Unlimited Sector This Year, From a Massive Metal Ship to an Ironic Mattress Sale Installation', Artnet News, June 12, 2023.
Goodman, Wendy, 'Firelei Báez Has Always Kept It Moving', New York Magazine, May 9, 2023.
Donoghue, Katy, 'Firelei Báez: Proposing a more complex, truthful story of America in all its sordid history and explosive beauty', Whitewall Magazine, Spring 2023.
Valentine, L. Victoria, 'Culture Type: The 18 Best Black Art Books of 2022', Culture Type, January 3, 2023.
Galerie Editors, 'Artful Life: 6 Things Galerie Editors Love This Week', Galerie, January 3, 2023.
2022
Summer Small, Rachel, 'With ‘Americananana,’ Firelei Baez Layers Myth Over Maps', Cultured, December 7, 2022.
Solomon, Tessa, 'Firelei Báez Brings an Afrofuturist Empire in the Atlantic to the MCA Chicago', Artnews, April 7, 2022.
Anania, Billy, 'The Problems and Pleasures of an Activist Art Exhibition',
Hyperallergic, March 23, 2022.
Greenberger, Alex, 'Venice Biennale Names 213 Artists for ‘Transhistorical’ 2022 Edition', Artnews, February 6, 2022.
2021
Christian, Re’al, A surrogate self, a site of memory: Firelei Báez, Hand Papermaking, Vol. 36, No. 2, Winter 2021
Okwuosa, Ashley, '’For us, by us’: How a new Caribbean exhibition is changing theAGO', TVOntario, October 19, 2021.
Alleyne, Allyssia, 'The 15 Best Booths at Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2021', Artsy, October 14, 2021.
Daut, Marlene, 'Resurrecting A Lost Palace of Haiti', Harper’s Bazaar, October 8, 2021.
Valentine, Victoria L., 'Best of September: 13 New Museum Exhibitions Feature Artists Ulysses Jenkins, Adam Pendleton, Deborah Roberts, Naudline Pierre, Arthur Jafa, Lorna Simpson & More', Culture Type, September 21, 2021.
Tarmy, James, 'At Art Basel, Hot Paintings Face Off Against House Made of Bread', Bloomberg, September 16, 2021.
Hawley, Anthony, 'Future Perfect: ‘Born in Flames’ At the Bronx Museum of the Arts', Art in America, August 2, 2021.
Scott, Chadd, 'Boston’s Most Compelling Summer Art Projects Are Found Outside Museum Walls', Forbes, July 25, 2021.
Rosenberg, Karen, 'Firelei Báez on Creating Space for Caribbean History Along the Boston Waterfront', Artful, July 21, 2021.
Cardwell, Erica N., '‘Born in Flames’ Trailblazes a Collective Feminist Future', Frieze, July 15, 2021.
'Consider This: The Complicated History of the Color Indigo' WBUR, July 9, 2021.
Whyte, Murray, 'At the ICA Watershed, artist Firelei Báez draws history from the deep', The Boston Globe, July 8, 2021.
Mitter, Siddhartha, 'In Boston, Art That Rises From The Deep' The New York Times, July 2, 2021.
'Arts This Week: Firelei Báez Rises From The Deep At The ICA Watershed' GBH News, June 24, 2021.
'Artes Mundi 9', e-flux, June 22, 2021.
Valentine, Victoria, 'Latest News in Black Art: McArthur Binion Joins Xavier Hufkens, ICI Announces 4 Okwui Enwezor Fellows, Basquiat Painting Featured on NYT Magazine Sells at Auction', Culture Type, June 21, 2021.
Harris, Gareth, 'Artes Mundi prize: six artists announced as joint winners', Financial Times, June 21, 2021.
Gaskin, Sam, 'Six Winners Share Britain’s £60,000 Artes Mundi Prize', Ocula Magazine, June 21, 2021.
Da Silvia, José, 'Everyone’s a winner: Artes Mundi 9 prize awarded to all six nominees', June 18, 2021.
'Six finalists share prestigious Artes Mundi award', Nation CYMRU, June 18, 2021. 'The week in art news – Artes Mundi Prize awarded to all six shortlisted artists', Apollo, June 18, 2021.
' Billionaire Donates More to Renamed Museum, Artists Split Prize, and More', ART News, June 18, 2021.
'Prestigious contemporary art prize goes to all six contenders', The Irish News, June 17, 2021.
Murphy, Yume, 'Radical, Feminist Futures Blaze at the Bronx Museum',Hyperallergic, June 14, 2021.
Harris, Gareth, 'Harrowing film on Japanese war-time atrocities in China is among shortlisted works on show in UK's biggest art prize', The Art Newspaper, June 10, 2021.
'BMA Opens Exhibition of Recent Contemporary Acquisitions, Highlighting Multi-Year Focus on Collection Diversification', Baltimore Fishbowl, June 7, 2021.
Whyte, Murray, 'Haiti’s revolutionary past rises at the ICA Watershed', The Boston Globe, May 21, 2021.
Packard, Cassie, 'Baltimore Museum Showcases Work by Underrepresented Artists, Funded by 2018 Deaccessioning', Hyperallergic, May 17, 2021.
Schulman, Sarah, 'Blood Ties', Harper’s Magazine, June 2021. 'Born in Flames: Feminist Futures', Time Out, April 26, 2021.
Ludell, Wallace, 'Armory Show will launch digital exhibition space, starting with a pandemic-related show', The Art Newspaper, March 30, 2021. Cosmo Whyte, 'The Poetics of Opacity', Art Papers, Spring 2021.
'‘This Year Has Deranged My Senses’: 12 Artists on How the Pandemic Has Changed the Way They Approach Their Work', Artnet News, March 11, 2021. Cascone, Sarah, 'See Inside a Beautiful New Coffee-Table Book Celebrating 50 Leading Artists and Curators of Color', Artnet News, February 26, 2021.
Alamishah, Tillet, 'How the Studio Museum in Harlem Transformed the Art World Forever', Harper’s Bazaar, February 26, 2021.
Prince, Nigel, 'What’s global is also individual', Arts Professional, February 17, 2021 Goldstein, Caroline, '‘She Was Meant to Be So Fearful’: Watch Artist Firelei Báez Reimagine a Cruel Female Character From Dominican Folklore as a Feeling Person', Artnet News, February 11, 2021.
Duron, Maximiliano, 'Game-Changing Artists and Curators of Color Showcased in New Book', ARTnews, February 3, 2021.
2020
'A Year in Figuration', Cultured Magazine, December 25, 2020.
Griset, Rich, 'The Wealth of Nations: ICA’s ‘Commonwealth’ explores colonization and social equity' Style Weekly, December 15, 2020.
Matthews, Nadine, 'Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham capture Black America’s zeitgeist with ‘Black Futures,’' New York Amsterdam News, December 10, 2020 Kokoula, Xenia, 'Frau* – Landschaft – Territorium. Die räumlichen Erzählungen von Firelei Báez als kritische räumliche Praxis', Feministische Studien, November 17 2020.
Pfohl, Katie, 'What a creature from Dominican folklore has to say about New Orleans and the South', NOLA.com, September 29, 2020.
Meet, Vicki, 'Op: Black Artists Matter: and the DMA has some shows to prove it', Dallas Weekly, September 28, 2020.
Urist, Jacoba, 'NXTHVN is a New Kind of Space Built to Uplift Artists and Curators of Color', Cultured, September 23, 2020.
Sheets, Hilarie M., 'A three-way collaboration delves into the paradox of ‘commonwealth,’' The Art Newspaper, August 28, 2020.
'Reopened Dallas Museum of Art to Debut New Acquisitions', Art & Object, August 14, 2020.
'Dallas Museum of Art Debuts New Acquisitions in New Exhibition Contemporary Art + Design', Dallas Weekly, August 13, 2020.
Valentine, Victoria L., 'On View: ‘50 Artists: Art on the Grid,’ a Citywide Public Art Exhibition in New York', Culture Type, July 5, 2020.
Durón, Maximilíano, 'Artists Respond to Coronavirus Pandemic, Ongoing Protests in Massive Outdoor Exhibition Across New York City', ARTnews, June 29, 2020. Sapsford, Beatrice, '10 In-Demand Works on Artsy This Week', Artsy, June 15, 2020.
Teicholz, Tom, 'Herb Alpert Awards in the Arts Go Virtual', Forbes, May 31, 2020.
'Firelei Báez Among 2020 Herb Alpert Award Winners', Artforum, May 25, 2020.
Sheets, Hilarie M., 'Firelei Báez’s Time and Space', Cultured, May 17, 2020. Valentine, Victoria L., 'On View: Firelei Báez Explores Diasporic Histories, Mythical Figures, and Imagined Realms at James Cohan Gallery in New York, Culture Type, May 8, 2020.
'Firelei Báez', Airmail, April 20, 2020.
Sayej, Nadja, '5 New York Galleries Showcase Women Artists in Online Exhibitions', Forbes, April 9, 2020.
Laster, Paul, 'Upcycling: 5 Artists Inventively Using Reclaimed Materials', Art & Object, April 6, 2020.
2019
Goldstein, Caroline, White, Katie, '9 Megawatt Gallery Shows to Check Out During Armory Week, From Kara Walker’s Drawings to Julian Schnabel’s Latest Works', Artnet news, March 3, 2019.
Young, Allison, '‘Utopian Imagination’', Artforum, December 2019.
Rodney, Seph, 'Imagining Utopia, Just Over the Horizon', Hyperallergic, December 4, 2019.
Leticia Alvarado, 'Speculative Ciguapas',Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present Journal, December 2, 2019.
Allen, Brain T., 'Utopian Imagination: Silly Clichés in a Beautiful Space', National Review, November 2, 2019.
Yau, John, 'How Happy I am to have Seen This Little Corner of America in a Museum', Hyperallergic, October 19, 2019.
'Boston’s ICA Selects Firelei Báez for Third Watershed Commission', Artforum, October 10, 2019.
Triunfo, Chris, 'Dominican multimedia artist Firelei Báez named Watershed artist for 2020', Boston Globe, October 10, 2019.
Ludel, Wallace, 'ICA Boston’s Watershed to reopen in May with massive ‘underwater’ installation by Firelei Báez', The Art Newspaper, October 10, 2019. Keener, Kathrine, '‘Utopian Imagination’: exploring the future at the Foundation Gallery', Art Critique, October 1, 2019.
D’ Oleo, Dixa Ramirez, 'Navigating the Portals Between Works by Ligia Lewis and Firelei Báez', Hyperallergic, September 25, 2019.
Da Silva, José, 'Shortlist announced for Artes Mundi 9, the UK’s biggest contemporary art prize', The Art Newspaper, September 24, 2019.
Jaegar, William, ' ‘Embody’ exhibit at Mandeville Gallery', TimesUnion, September 20, 2019.
Leticia Alvarado, 'Flora and Fauna Otherwise: Black and Brown Aesthetics of
Relation in the Firelei Báez and Wangechi Mutu', Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture, August 2019.
Haber, John, 'Firelei Báez', Artillery, July 2, 2019.
Elias, Diony, 'Firelei Báez: Celestial Gazing at the Afro-Caribbean Diaspora', Gallery Gurls, June 4, 2019.
Steinhauer, Jill, 'What to See in Art Galleries Right Now', New York Times, May 29, 2019.
Takac, Balasz, 'Collection Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Goes On View', Widewalls, March 24, 2019.Fateman, Johanna 'Firelei Baez', The New Yorker, May 16, 2019.Wood, Sura, 'Whose Paradise?, 'The Bay Area Reporter, May 14, 2019
Valentine, Victoria, 'Scenes From Frieze New York: A Look at African American Art Throughout The Fair', Culture Type, May 3, 2019.
Wolkoff, Julia, 'Firelei Baez’s Intoxicating Installation Is a Feminist Ode to the African Diaspora', Artsy, May 3, 2019.
Sang, Elliot, '10 Booths You Need to See At Frieze New York', High Snobriety, May 3, 2019.
Bishara, Hakim, 'Amid the Galleries at Frieze New York, a Special Focus on Overlooked Artists Adds an Educational Twist', Hyperallergic, May 2, 2019.
Loos, Ted, 'Frieze New York Addresses the Heart and Expands the Kitchen', The New York Times, May 1, 2019.
Armstrong, Annie, 'Open Society Foundations Name Winners of 2019 Soros Arts
Fellowships', Art News, March 25, 2019.
Herzig, Ilana, 'Craving Spring? Head to the 163rd Street Subway Stop in Washington Heights', Hyperallergic, February 13, 2019.
Kis, Eva, 'How does art get in the subway?' Metro New York, February 12, 2019 'Pictures at an Exhibition: Firelei Báez at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam', ARTnews, February 7, 2019.
Armstrong, Annie, 'Next Up on the High Line in New York: Painting', ARTnews, February 5, 2019.
Greenberger, Alex, 'United States Artists Names 2019 Fellows, Including Firelei Báez, Wu Tsang, and Cecilia Vicuña', ARTnews, January 22, 2019.
Dafoe, Taylor, 'Simone Leigh, Juliana Huxtable, and Wu Tsang Are Among the 45 Artists Awarded $50,000 Each From United States Artists', Artnet News, January 22, 2019.
Nash, David, 'Pamela Joyner on African-American Art and Its Representation in the History Books', Architectural Digest, January 22, 2019.
Matthew, Damon, 'See Inside 2019’s First Major Art Gala', Town and Country, January 22, 2019.
2018
Custodio, Isabel, 'Studio Visit: Firelei Báez', MoMA Magazine, 14 November 2018 Friedman, Julia, 'Redrawing the History of Women of Color in Vibrant Hues', Hyperallergic, 7 November 2018.
Trương, Hồng-Ân, 'In Conversation: Firelei Báez with Hồng-Ân Trương', The Brooklyn Rail, 1 November 2018.
Durón, Maximilíano, 'James Cohan Gallery Now Represents Firelei Báez', ARTnew, 10 October 2018.
Tully, Judd, 'Even as Brexit Looms, Galleries Notch Sales on Frieze London’s Opening Day', ARTnews, 3 October 2018.
Schwartz, Madeleine, 'The 10th Berlin Biennale', Artforum, October 2018, 220 Krisel, Brendan, 'Uptown Subway Station To Reopen After Months-Long Renovation', Washington Heights Patch, 25 September 2018.
Hernandez, Jasmin, 'How Firelei Báez Uses Yoruba Icons and Her Afro-Caribbean Heritage in Her Profound ‘Joy Out of Fire’ Murals', Artnet, 14 September 2018.
Furtado, Will, 'Sing-Song: The 10th Berlin Biennale', Canvas, 1 September 2018.
Wetzler, Rachel, 'Berlin Biennale', Art in America, September 2018, 114-115 Shokoohe, Leyla, 'Two New Shows at Contemporary Arts Center Look at Identity from Different Angles', City Beat, 9 July 2018.
Thackara, Tess, 'An Artist Finds Inspiration in Women of Color throughout History', T: The New York Times Style Magazine, 19 June 2018.
Sykes, Morgan, 'The Artist Creating Visual Roadmaps of Black Womanhood', The Cut, 13 May 2018.
Fabius, Roxana, 'The Powerful Women of Firelei Báez', Contemporary And, 9 May 2018.
Brown, Kate, 'Here’s the Full List of Participating Artists for the 10th Berlin Biennale', Artnet News, 25 April 2018.
Russeth, Andrew, 'College Art Association Announces 2018 Awards for Distinction', Art News, 26 January 2018.
2017
Sussman, Anna Louie, 'What Sold at EXPO Chicago', Artsy, 17 September 2017.
Rees, Lucy, 'Firelei Báez Tells Powerful Stories with Her Lush Paintings', Galerie, 25 August 2017.
Diaz-Camacho, Vicky, 'At the Kemper, a 'Treasure Hunt' Leads from Colonial Louisiana to Today's Kansas City', Kansas City University Radio, 25 August 2017 Smith, Andy, 'Firelei Báez’s Stirring, New Meditations on Femininity', Hi-Fructose, 15 December 2017.
Waxman, Lori, 'This is what Intersectional Feminist Art Looks Like', Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2017.
Newton, Amani 'Firelei Báez: Bloodlines tackles Race, Gender and History at the Warhol', Pittsburgh City Paper, 19 April 2017.
2016
Cotter, Holland, 'What to see in New York Galleries this Weekend', The New York Times, 10 November 2016.
Jansen, Charlotte, 'New Establishment', Elephant, March 2016.
Chun, Kimberly, 'Influences from Dominican childhood infuse Firelei Báez exhibit', SF Gate, 10 February 2016.
Quinton, Jared, 'Firelei Báez’s Complex Studies of Female Identity Show Why She’s an Artist for Our Time', Artsy, 9 February 2016.
Lee, Samuel, 'Exhibition Spotlights Black Visual Culture', Yale News, 20 January 2016.
Vogel, Wendy, 'Firelei Báez', Art in America, January 2016.
2015
Edwards, Stassa, 'Firelei Báez’s Stunning PAMM Exhibit, ‘Bloodlines,’ Dissects Complex Racial Identities', Miami New Times, 1 December 2015.
Indrisek, Scott, 'Beyond the Fairs: Must-See Exhibitions in Miami during ABMB', Blouin ArtInfo, 1 December 2015.
Vasquez, Neil, '‘Bloodlines’ at PAMM Takes a Look at Representation of Caribbean Bodies and Culture', Miami New Times, 9 November 2015.
2014
Means, Sean, 'Painter Firelei Báez will receive UMOCA’s Doctorow Prize', The Salt Lake Tribune, October 2014.
2013
'Firelei Báez ‘Appendix to a Memory Table’ @ Richard Heller Gallery, LA', Juxtapoz, December 2013.
Pearlman, Ellen, 'The Power Behind the Mask', Hyperallergic, 23 May 2013.
Hodara, Suan, 'Using Nature to Depict Itself', The New York Times, 12 April 2013 Merijan, Ara H., 'Fore', Artforum, March 2013.
2012
Meier, Allison, 'EMERGING: Firelei Báez Forms a Lush Mixed-Media Landscape from Self and History', Blouin Artinfo, 30 November 2012.
Caldwell, Ellen C., 'The Limitless Possibilities of Firelei Báez at Richard Heller Gallery', New American Paintings, 17 April 2012.
Myers, Holly, 'Art Review: Firelei Báez at Richard Heller Gallery', Los Angeles Times, 14 April 2012.
2011
Alberto Perez, Jorge, 'Pigmentocracy and the Calendar Girl', ARC Magazine, Issue 4, 19 November 2011.
Miller, Leigh Anne, 'A Continental Biennial: Rocio Aranda-Alvarado on 'The (S) Files', Art in America, 24 August 2011.
Cotter, Holland, 'Artists Whose Vitality Flows from the Streets', The New York Times, 16 June 2011.
Parker, Tasha, 'If you like...', Studio: The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine, Summer/Fall 2011.