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Artist profile

Firelei Báez

Firelei Báez is a Dominican-born artist based in New York whose large-scale paintings and immersive installations explore Afro-Caribbean history, mythology, colonial legacies, and diaspora identity through lush, fluid figuration overlaid onto historical maps and architectural plans.

Ranking metrics

Cofactor

68.55

Credential score

780.5

Reference 80×100cm

$85,000

Credentials

Nationality
Dominican
Museum exhibitions
35
Solo exhibitions
25
Group exhibitions
80
Museum collections
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Tate, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Gallery representation
Hauser & Wirth, James Cohan
Private collections
60
Press
250
Scholarly articles
30
Books
6
Auction record
$670,000

Last updated 2026-08-08.

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Average field confidence 62% · 13 imported fields · 8 without a field-level source

Identity

Nationality

Dominican

46%

Birth / death years

1981

46%

Mediums

painting, installation, mixed media, drawing

87%

Prices

Auction record

$670,000

87%

Representation

Gallery representation

Hauser & Wirth, James Cohan

87%

Museum collections

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Tate, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

92%

Private collections

60

46%

Exhibitions

Museum exhibitions

35

46%

Solo exhibitions

25

87%

Group exhibitions

80

46%

Bibliography

Books

6

46%

Press

250

46%

Scholarly articles

30

46%