Pedro Troncoso
Espejo Ciego (blind mirror), 2026

Graphite on paper mounted on wood cutout, acrylic, epoxy clay, wax pigment

36 x 24 x 1 inches (91.44 x 60.96 x 2.54 cm)

Courtesy of Pedro Troncoso

Pedro Troncoso (b. 1996, Dominican Republic) is a New York–based artist whose practice spans painting, drawing, and sculptural relief. Rooted in his Caribbean heritage and its diasporic conditions, his work examines how identity is restricted through inherited colonial structures. Troncoso approaches identity as a condition continuously negotiated under pressure. His practice combines graphite drawing, painting, and hand-built sculptural elements on wood panels. His sculptural interventions draw from ornamental grilles in colonial architecture, transforming them into a second body: intimate, invasive, and unstable. Through imagined worlds and layered material processes, Troncoso reconfigures these histories, sustaining a tension where the line between imposition and autonomy remains unresolved.

Troncoso is the recipient of a 2026 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts and the 2026 Bronx Recognizes Its Own (BRIO) Award. He also received the Equal Prize at the 31st National Biennial of Visual Arts of the Dominican Republic, where his work was acquired into the permanent collection of the Museo de Arte Moderno in Santo Domingo. In 2026, he was named to Forbes 30 Under 30. His work has been presented at NADA Miami, Art Central Hong Kong, Arrival Art Fair, ComplexCon, and the AXA Art Prize, and featured in Blanc Magazine, Whitewall, and New American Paintings.