Juan José Cielo (b. 1996) is multi-disciplinary visual artist working in painting, photography and short films. Cielo was born in Medellin, Colombia, grew up in Miami and is based in New York City. Cielo is a graduate of The Cooper Union in New York City with studies at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux- Arts in Paris, France. His work has been exhibited at the Coral Springs Museum of Art, Piero Atchugarry gallery Uruguay, The Colombian Consulate of New York, Alliançe française Bogota Colombia, XVII Festival Internacional de la Imagen Manizales, Colombia, and The National liberty museum in Philadelphia.
Cielo has participated in residencies with Fountainhead in Miami, Piero Atchugarry gallery in Garzon, Uruguay and in 2024 will be artist-in-residence with Smack Mellon in New York City. In 2017, Cielo was artist-in-residence along with scientists and researchers at a full-scale Mars simulation program run by the private organization Mars Desert Research Station. MDRS is a full-scale analog facility simulating living on Mars that receives partial research funding from NASA.
Cielo’s work has been featured on Univision, National Geographic Traveler magazine, RCN Television, RCN Radio, VoyageMIA, Hyperallergic and ARTnews. Cielo is the recipient of the 2022 YoungArts’s $25,000 Jorge Pérez Award.