HSC&A / SPRING/BREAK Art Show
Installation view of Dino Urpí: Tropiqult, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York
HSC&A / SPRING/BREAK Art Show
May 6-12, 2025
New York, NY
Hannah Sloan Curatorial & Advisory is pleased to announce Dino Urpí: Tropiqult at SPRING/BREAK Art Show New York 2025: PARADISE LOST + FOUND—presenting a solo booth of new sculptural works and paintings installed over 50 linear feet of hand painted mural by the Costa Rican artist. Join us from May 6-12 to celebrate the artist’s first major installation in the United States.
Installation view of Dino Urpí: Tropiqult, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York
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“Tropiqult is a fusion of nature, creative expression, and spirituality—echoing the tropical exuberance of where I live and the joy of being alive.”
/ Dino Urpí
Dino Urpí, Emblem 2, 2025, acrylic on MDF, 45 x 26 inches, $6,500.
DINO URPÍ: TROPIQULT
Tropiqult presents a divine, ancient realm where the wilderness of a primeval Eden meets a celestial sanctuary for queer expression. The reference to “cult” refers to Urpí’s use of ancient symbolism and esoteric practices. The use of the “q” in “qult” is the queer essence.
Urpí’s work merges the sacred and the sensual, bringing together references to flora, divinity, mythology, and queer resilience in a maximalist display of colorful sculptural emblems, amulets, and large-scale paintings. With a practice rooted in spirituality, nature, and cultural memory, Tropiqult invites viewers into a playful yet deeply symbolic space where ancient ritual meets contemporary liberation.
/ About The Artist
Dino Urpí (b. Costa Rica) received his BFA and graduated summa cum laude from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2012, and obtained a postgraduate degree in Art for Social Inclusion from the University of Barcelona in 2017. He has lived at various times in Baltimore, Vancouver, New Orleans and Barcelona and his time abroad has had a significant influence on his practice.
His work has been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions at esteemed institutions including Museos del Banco Central de Costa Rica, and Princess of Wales Conservatory, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, London, UK. He has been the recipient of awards including the FIA Honorarios, San José, Costa Rica (2014); MICA Achievement Award, Baltimore, MD (2011); Printmaking Departmental Recognition Award, MICA, Baltimore, MD (2010); Starr Foundation Scholarship, The Starr Foundation, New York, NY (2008).
