About

Black and white portrait of a man with a bald head, full beard, and mustache, wearing a dark shirt, looking over his shoulder at the camera.

Born in 1974, Santo Domingo

Lives and works in Boston and Santo Domingo.

Inspired by surrealism and the global art market, Edward Telleria creates paintings and sculptures filled with recurring motifs of his own invention.

Telleria holds a BFA and MFA from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Visuales in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where he studied drawing, painting, and sculpture. His education in these traditional disciplines informs his contemporary approach, resulting in a body of work that bridges past and present, reality and abstraction.

In 2021, Telleria’s sculpture Tambor-in was selected for exhibition by the Museum of Modern Art in the Dominican Republic as part of the 29th Bienal Nacional de Artes Visuales.

In 2023, Telleria was honored by the Massachusetts Cultural Council for his exceptional contributions to the visual arts. Additionally, in 2018, he was recognized by the City of Boston in a collective show for the Fay Chandler Emerging Artist of Boston.

Over the course of his career, Telleria has held thirteen solo exhibitions. His work has been showcased in the United States since 2007, beginning with his debut at Cortile Gallery in Provincetown, MA, followed by a subsequent exhibition at Demouzy Contemporary Gallery in New York. In 2009, he participated in a group exhibition at the Brookline Arts Center, which led to his feature on the cover of the Lifestyle/Arts section of The Brookline Tab. Telleria’s solo exhibition at Gallery 360 at Northeastern University in 2013 garnered significant attention, and his work was subsequently featured in Artscope Magazine, one of New England’s premier arts and culture publications.

In the Dominican Republic, Telleria has exhibited at Mesa Fine Art, further cementing his international presence in the art world.

Artist Statement

En mi serie Miradas, exploro la mirada como un lenguaje y un símbolo en un mundo donde las imágenes se fragmentan, se repiten y se reconstruyen constantemente. Cada pintura, realizada con acrílico sobre lienzo, transforma el ojo en una forma viva que va más allá de lo figurativo: se convierte en un espacio de memoria, deseo y conciencia.

A través de estas obras, busco revelar la tensión entre lo que se ve y lo que se oculta, entre la presencia y la ausencia. Los ojos en cada pintura invitan al espectador a involucrarse de manera profunda, desafiándolos a confrontar su propia mirada dentro de una red de ojos que piden más de lo que muestran.

Miradas es una reflexión sobre cómo percibimos el mundo, cómo somos vistos y cómo la visión misma moldea nuestra comprensión de la realidad.

In my Miradas series, I explore the gaze as both a language and a symbol in a world where images are fragmented, repeated, and reconstructed. Each painting, created with acrylic on canvas, transforms the eye into a living form that goes beyond the figurative—it becomes a space of memory, desire, and consciousness.

Through these works, I aim to reveal the tension between what is seen and what is hidden, between presence and absence. The eyes in each painting invite the viewer to engage deeply, challenging them to confront their own gaze within a network of eyes that ask more than they reveal.

Miradas is a reflection on how we perceive the world, how we are seen, and how vision itself shapes our understanding of reality.