October 18 – November 16, 2024
Steve Turner is pleased to present bodyfountain, a solo exhibition by New York-based Tiger Rocha, featuring four large-scale abstract paintings that are emotional explorations of the artist’s desires. They are composed of layers of thinned and sculptural oil paint that Rocha slashed and dripped across the canvas over a period of several months. He describes the paintings as expansive erotic environments, landscapes strewn with the energy and traces of his body, desires, and emotions. The paint, like blood or other bodily fluid, fountains in all directions conveying Rocha’s sense of ecstasy.
Tiger Rocha (b. 1998, Pleasanton, California) earned a BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design (2021) before moving to New York where he now lives. He has had a solo exhibition at Steve Turner, Los Angeles (2023); two-person exhibitions alongside Drew Dodge at 1969 Gallery, New York (2023) and KIAF, Seoul (2023) and has had work included in group exhibitions at Steve Turner, Los Angeles (2022) and Untitled, Miami Beach with Steve Turner (2022).
Born 1998, Pleasanton, California
Lives and works in New York
Education
2021
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2024
bodyfountain, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
2023
KIAF Seoul (with Steve Turner)
New Glow, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
Flesh + Bone: Drew Dodge and Tiger Rocha, 1969 Gallery, New York
Group Exhibitions
2022
UNTITLED, Miami (with Steve Turner)
Figuring, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
Bibliography
2022
Dozier, Ayanna. “The 10 Best Booths at Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2022,” Artsy, November 29
Fontaine, Pearl. “What to Look for at Untitled Art 2022,” Widewalls, May 4
