Kelly Tapia-Chuning

Check out Elisa Corollo’s article in the Observer. Thank you  @elisartgal for stopping by our booth! ⛓️‍💥 in bio! “Some Indigenous perspectives were also present at NADA this year, with an absolute standout being Milk Moon Gallery’s booth, which Kelly Tapia-Chuning transformed into a sacred space. A mixed Xicana artist with Indígena ancestry from the Sonoran Desert and the Sierra Madre, Tapia-Chuning has a textile- and research-based practice that appropriates and reimagines the traditional Mexican serape as a site and exercise of decolonization, revealing the histories, erasures and ancestral knowledge held within it. The booth presents four of them, each representing one of the natural elements—earth, air, fire and water—through their traditional color scheme, converging in a fifth installation at the center that becomes an energetic nucleus where the continuous vital exchange between them is enacted: the fifth element of harmony and balance, present throughout Mexican Indigenous knowledge systems. When we spoke, the artist described her practice as a combination of ancestral design, personal memory and relation to a stratified and often complex heritage; for her, art-making is a vehicle for entering into conversation with a largely erased inheritance, even while far from it, and for communing with her ancestors using her body as conduit. With prices between $17,000 and $18,500, the presentation attracted institutional interest and two works were on hold by the afternoon.” #kellytapiachuning #theobserver #nadanewyork #nada

Opening day at NADA NY! Join us for the opening of ‘Sacred Elements / Calling Elemental Spirits’, a solo presentation of new works by Kelly Tapia-Chuning. NADA NY || Booth E22 WED VIP Preview 10-4pm; Open to the public 4-7pm THU 11-7pm FRI 11-7pm SAT 11-7pm SUN 11-5pm #kellytapiachuning #nada #nadanewyork2026

As we prepare for an exciting day of install for NADA NY with the talented Kelly Tapia-Chuning, we wanted to give you all a little sneak peek into the interactive component of our booth. Stop by booth E22 once the fair opens, and if you feel called, you’ll have the opportunity to take a piece of the living document of Kelly’s work to carry with you. #kellytapiachuning #nadany #milkmoongallery

Milk Moon is pleased to present a solo booth featuring new work by textile artist, Kelly Tapia-Chuning at NADA NY next week! In addition to joining us on-site at Booth E22, Kelly Tapia-Chuning will also be participating in NADA Presents’ Don’t Touch the Art! The Premonition of Touch, Textile Art. Presented by Baker–Hall and moderated by Charlotte Grussing, Tapia-Chuningjoins Alissa Alfonso, Jen Clay, and Beck Lowry for a fascinating conversation on the tactile appeal of textile art. NADA NY ‘Sacred Element / Calling Elemental Spirits’ Booth E22 Starrett-Lehigh Building May 13-17 #kellytapiachuning #nadany

For our debut exhibition at NADA NY, Milk Moon Gallery is pleased to present a solo booth featuring new work by textile artist, Kelly Tapia-Chuning. Through her deconstructed serapes (Mexican blankets), Tapia-Chuning’s practice addresses colonialism and assimilation through the lens of her mixed-Indigenous ancestry. Featuring an impactful new body of work, our solo booth will be an immersive space of grounding and reflection. In addition to joining us on-site at Booth E22, Kelly Tapia-Chuning will also be participating in NADA Presents’ Don’t Touch the Art! The Premonition of Touch, Textile Art. Presented by Baker–Hall and moderated by Charlotte Grussing, Tapia-Chuningjoins Alissa Alfonso, Jen Clay, and Beck Lowry for a fascinating conversation on the tactile appeal of textile art. Stay tuned for additional updates and previews of our booth, and make sure to purchase your tickets to NADA NY! #kellytapiachuning #nadany

In just a couple weeks, we’ll be heading east for this year’s edition of NADA New York, where we’ll be showcasing the brilliant work of textile artist, Kelly Tapia-Chuning. Featuring a powerful new series of her new dismantled serape artworks, our solo booth will be an immersive space of grounding and reflection. We’re beyond thrilled to bring @kelly_chuning and her work to our first NADA fair, and to represent our little corner of the Southwest. Stay tuned for more updates, and we hope to see lots of you in Chelsea next month!

@kelly_chuning “Voicing The Silenced; We Survive You” is included in the 25-26 Bunker exhibition “Companion Species” (Witness)

@davidcastillogallery presents Material, Material World (Miami), a group exhibition featuring works by Miami-based artists exploring and pushing the limits of materiality: Jevon Alexander Brown, Connor Dolan, Juan Pablo Garza, Gonzalo Hernandez, Loni Johnson, Amanda Linares, Victoria Ravelo, Ryan Sluggett, Kelly Tapia-Chuning, and Hayden Weaver. Opening Reception: Thursday, April 16, 6 - 9 PM

Truly honored to have work included in this exhibition with artists I have admired for years (and learned about in art school!)❤️ So much gratitude to @kristen_e_becker for curating this amazing show and @the.real.wilbur and @clubhousegallery team for making this happen🙏🏽 UNFIXED TERRAIN On view March 23 – April 23, 2026. Sun-Tue: 1-5PM Other days by appointment @clubhousegallery Artwork Details (left to right): Liza Lou, Allegory (x), 2025 Courtesy of the Artist and Lehmann Maupin © The Artist Liza Lou, Allegory (z), 2025 Courtesy of the Artist and Lehmann Maupin © The Artist Liza Lou, Allegory, 2025 Courtesy of the Artist and Lehmann Maupin © The Artist Kelly Tapia-Chuning, Ancestor Once Known; We Remember / Bison Eulogy / Remnants Remain, 2024 Courtesy of the Artist © The Artist Richard Mosse, The Dark Side of the Moon, 2011 Courtesy of the Artist and Jack Shainman © The Artist This exhibition is presented in collaboration with independent curator @kristen_e_becker , Founder of KB Art Strategies. Image credit @clubhousegallery

Installation images of “Speaking Ancestors / [Re]Awakening Spirit” Image credits Kevin Todora

Voices of the Ancestors / 7 generations before, 7 generations after / Sacred Lineage(s), 2025 dismantled serape (Mexican blanket), copal, handmade charcoal made from reclaimed mesquite wood, reclaimed copper dish, obsidian gathered by my family in southern Utah, copper nails, interfacing. 47 w x 29 d x 96.5 h inches Together, Copal and Obsidian hold an ancestral connection, offer spiritual cleansing, and provide protection. These elements anchor us to the past and the future. Featured work in “Speaking Ancestors / [Re]Awakening Spirit” on view until April 11th🤎

Unfixed Terrain March 23 - April 23, 2026 The environment on which we tread is a truly impressive and awe-inspiring sight. It is no wonder that artists for millennia have been trying to capture faithful depictions of the varied places humans call home or wish they could. However, the artists in Unfixed Terrain take a different approach and feature the nuances and extremes in colors, textures, materials, and settings in representing aspects of our world. This exhibition brings together seven global contemporary artists whose varied approaches to abstracted landscapes reveal the genre’s remarkable capacity for reinvention. These artists transform the landscape into a site of experimentation, where glass beads become paint, intricate marks of pastel and acrylic become elemental movement, and a horizon is a chaos of textured pastel marks. In each set of works, the images become vehicles for exploring memory, place, and perception. The exhibition journeys from meditative composition to exuberant gesture to profound material intensity, demonstrating how landscape can serve as both a visual anchor and a point of departure for formal and conceptual exploration. Featured artists: Diana Al-Hadid, Ann Craven, Liza Lou, Richard Mosse, Sterling Ruby, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and Kelly Tapia-Chuning In collaboration with independent curator Kristen Becker, Founder of KB Art Strategies @kristen_e_becker