SGR Galería

About the Gallery
SGR Galería was founded in 2014, focusing primarily on Latin American contemporary art. Since then, it has worked closely with young and emerging artists, always seeking to push their practices, taking risks to stimulate the emergence of exhibitions and projects that lead to the constant evolution of their work. For the gallery, it has been fundamental to grow hand in hand with the artists it represents, showing a determined commitment to the development of their careers.

The artists with whom SGR Galería has worked over the years are characterized by developing rigorous works with different levels of conceptual strategies. It has managed to represent proposals that cover a wide spectrum between practices that are, on the one hand, mainly visual and, on the other hand, mainly conceptual, thus being able to offer a perspective that shows the diversity and complexity of the artistic discourses that are produced from Latin America today.

Through its program, SGR Galería has managed to create a synergy between the artists, the gallery, its public, and the diverse cultural agents and allies with whom it collaborates. More than a commercial space, the gallery is a cultural space where relevant conversations about contemporary art in the region take place. From this place of dialogues and encounters, it aims to generate experiences and knowledge that can be healing and produce well-being in society.

About the Presentation
Johan Samboni will make his New York debut in a solo presentation with SGR Galería, a first-time exhibitor at Independent. Samboni, an artist from eastern Cali, Colombia, addresses in his work profound questions surrounding marginality and the identities that emerge within complex social contexts. His choice of materials such as brick is not merely aesthetic; it becomes a vehicle for exploring lived realities. Brick symbolizes both the hope of completing a home and the inexorable waiting that characterizes life in these spaces. By articulating this relationship between materials and the urban environment, Samboni invites a critical reflection on social construction and the collective imaginary of communities in situations of vulnerability.