Edra Soto: Design

Navillus Woodworks: Design Engineering, Project Management

Goodfriend Magruder CMD: Structural Engineering Consultation

Architectural Cast Stone, Millcreek Metalwork: Fabrication

Mariano Bros: Installation

Photos courtesy NYC Public Art Fund

Located in Doris C Freedman Plaza, Central Park NYC, this commission by the Public Art Fund is Soto’s latest in an ongoing series of installations based on rejas, wrought iron screens frequently seen outside homes in Puerto Rico. Rejas often feature repeating geometric motifs that can be traced to West Africa’s Yoruba symbol systems, in contrast to the Spanish architecture celebrated in official Puerto Rican tourism.

Edra Soto: Artist

Navillus Woodworks: Design Engineering, Fabrication, Installation

Cesareo Moreno, Alison Fraunhar and Raquel Carrero: Curators

Created for Cross Currents / Intercambio Cultural, this iteration of Graft featured photos taken on an artist exchange trip to Cuba in 2018.
Photos courtesy of the artist.

Graft
2022
12’ x 65’ x 4’

Part of the Whitney Museum of American Art Permanent Collection, as exhibited in “no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria”, Nov 23, 2022–Apr 23, 2023

This exhibition is organized by Marcela Guerrero, Jennifer Rubio Associate Curator, with Angelica Arbelaez, Rubio Butterfield Family Fellow and Sofía Silva, former Curatorial & Education Fellow in US Latinx Art.

Edra Soto: Artist

Navillus Woodworks: Fabrication

Abrons Art Center, NY NY

This interactive sculpture was commissioned by the Abrons Art Center, a community center based in the Lower East Side of New York City.

photos courtesy of the artist

Edra Soto: Artist

Navillus Woodworks: Design Engineering, Fabrication, Installation

Luis de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles CA

NWW worked closely with Edra Soto to realize her solo exhibition “The Myth of Closure” at Luis de Jesus Gallery.

Photos courtesy of the artist

Edra Soto: Artist

Navillus Woodworks: Fabrication

Aaron Ott: Curator of Public Art, Albright-Knox Northland

Buffalo, New York

The inaugural exhibition of Albright-Knox’s Northland Gallery featured work from Edra Soto’s Open 24 Hours series.

Photos courtesy of the artist

Edra Soto: Artist

Navillus Woodworks: Design Engineering, Fabrication, Installation

Fine Concrete: Concrete Casting

Stonetune Masonry: Installation

Goodfriend Magruder: Structural Engineering

Navillus was tasked with fabrication of Edra Soto’s Millennium Park commission, Screenhouse.

Photos courtesy of the artist.

Edra Soto

Navillus Woodworks: Design Consultation, Fabrication, Installation

Museum of Contemporary Art

Chicago, IL

This architectural intervention titled GRAFT was formatted as an immersive facade at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles booth A25 for UNTITLED Miami Beach. This intervention is influenced by vernacular architecture from Puerto Rico that also provides an intimate experience through photographic documentation. Encapsulated in small formats, each photo can be viewed through the “rejas’ (fence) structure. The photographs are a selection of years of documenting my visits to Puerto Rico. My motivation is to expand the narrative of the fence by providing multidimensionality through it’s vernacular language. This gesture also allows me to reflection on the intimate relationship I’ve been consumed by between Puerto Rico and the United States.