Layqa Nuna Yawar

Layqa Nuna Yawar creates art deeply informed by his own immigrant and multicultural identity, confronting racism, injustice, and xenophobia through imagery that uplifts those targeted by these prejudices. Prioritizing public art in his practice, Layqa Nuna Yawar uses the mural as a platform to explore and celebrate the intricacies of these historically marginalized identities, emphasizing unity, diversity, history, and cross-cultural exchange in works that center the communities in which they are placed.

Layqa Nuna Yawar has had exhibitions at MoMA PS1, Queens, NY, the Newark Museum of Art, NJ, and more, including in Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, Berlin, San Juan, and Tehran. He has also painted murals throughout Newark, NJ, and New York City, as well as in Ecuador, El Salvador, Paraguay, South Korea, Mexico, and Canada. He was awarded a Monument Lab Research Residency (2020), a Creative Catalyst Fund Fellowship by the City of Newark (2020), and a Moving Walls Fellowship by Open Society Foundations (2019).