July 8–August 5, 2023
Steve Turner is pleased to present New Glow, New York-based Tiger Rocha’s debut solo exhibition. The exhibition features glowing portraits that blur human and animal characteristics, enabling Rocha to convey his feelings as a biracial and queer person. Inflated eyes, protruding horns, and other animalistic features transform portraits of himself and his partner into hybrid creatures. In doing so, he emphasizes his feelings of otherness while contemplating primal instincts and desires. New Glow encapsulates Rocha’s realization that otherness allows for a more potent and powerful existence.
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. His work was included in a two-person exhibition alongside Drew Dodge at 1969 Gallery, New York (2023) and in group exhibitions at Steve Turner, Los Angeles (2022) and Untitled, Miami Beach with Steve Turner (2022). His work will next be featured in a two-person booth alongside Drew Dodge at KIAF, Seoul in September 2023.
