JUSTIN FAVELA

The artists of Los Encuentros are dedicated to community collaboration and the representation of Latinx culture to confront the accessibility of art spaces, colonial art histories, the conditions of labor, and lived experience. Together, their works explore larger societal truths and complexities while responding to the experiences of the people and places they engage with and depict. Marfa’s proximity to Mexico and the borders—political, cultural, artistic—that intersect in a space like Ballroom Marfa provide a pivotal context for Los Encuentros.

The exhibition’s five artists work in converging visual languages, combining elements of painting, sculpture, and installation. This hybrid approach invites viewers to reconsider traditional artistic boundaries and engage with both historical and contemporary artistic practices. The artists’ welcoming and seductive materials create encounters that feel personal, inclusive, and resonant with their own experiences while also challenging art world paradigms and confronting issues of class, borders, and culture head on with humor, reverence and pathos.

Ballroom Marfa

Artists featured in the group show: Justin Favela, Ozzie Juarez, Antonio Lechuga, Yvette Mayorga, and Narsiso Martinez (not pictured).