Larissa De Jesús Negrón

(b. 1994 Puerto Rico) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Queens, New York who is focused on the expression and interpretation of nostalgia through the narrative of isolation in the confines of interior spaces. She yearns for introspection, self evaluation and amelioration through her intimate and often otherworldly indoor/outdoor mirages. The topic of introspection and self discovery inside of the home has been a recurring theme in Larissa’s work since 2017, when she began her “Home” series. Drawings of still lives of her unaltered day-to-day life at her first house by herself away from her family in Puerto Rico. Today she invites the viewer to get lost in reflection and existentialism through her richly textured, stylistically varied, at times disorienting spaces and portraits. For Larissa, the topic of the home has now, after 5 years, evolved into the topic of nostalgia due to the simple fact that “home” is where your loved ones are, where your culture is and where your most cherished or dreaded memories will always be.

Larissa was born and raised in Puerto Rico. Throughout twenty years, she lived in several municipalities such as Guaynabo, Trujillo Alto and Caguas. Her commitment to art making began as early as nine years old, where she excelled in the drawing classes her mother signed her up for. Larissa went on to study middle school and high school at Central High, the most well regarded specialized art school in Puerto Rico. Graduating with the highest honor the school has to offer, Larissa continued her education at The School of Plastic Arts in Old San Juan where she began majoring in Drawing and Painting. After two years, she transferred to Hunter College in NYC where she got her BFA degree with high honors in 2017. A year after graduating, Larissa started working at The Museum of Modern Art as a means to an end, where she still works today.