This richly illustrated bilingual monograph showcases Quevedo’s deft weaving of cultural histories, material legacies and personal narratives into evocative paintings and works on paper

The first major examination of Ronny Quevedo’s artistic practice—spanning drawing, sculpture, and installation—this bilingual Spanish/English monograph traces the artist’s mapping of identity, history, and place. Drawing on the artist’s Ecuadorian heritage and personal history, Quevedo’s unique visual approach synthesizes sports iconography with garment-making techniques and cartographic systems to express diasporic experiences. With essays by New York Times best-selling author Xochitl Gonzalez and art historian Sean Nesselrode Moncada, this volume positions Quevedo’s work within broader conversations in Latin American and contemporary art, history, and politics. Meanwhile, an interview between the artist and Ecuadorian art historian Anamaría Garzón Mantilla offers insight into how his work reimagines conventional understandings of belonging. Ronny Quevedo: Portero / Portal Keeper demonstrates how Quevedo challenges fixed notions of center and periphery, creating new cartographies that honor the complexity and fluid nature of cultural identity.

Born in Ecuador and raised in New York, artist Ronny Quevedo (born 1981) brings his Andean heritage into his work in ways both subtle and profound. In a practice that spans installation, drawings and prints, Quevedo creates intricate and densely layered works that incorporate elements of abstraction, painting, collage, cartography and sports imagery.