Eso Malflor

ESO MALFLOR (b.1994) is a first-generation Mexican-Norwegian-American artist from Houston, Texas, now based in Chicago IL and Trondheim, Norway. A conceptual artist working across drawing, painting, sculpture, video, photography, installation, and performance, their work touches on themes of visibility/invisibility and the transness inherent within nature. Their work is in the collections of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Institute of Art, and private collections across the US.

2016, BFA, Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Upcoming:
06.2026 Two-person exhibition at Fotografiens Hus, Oslo, Norway

Solo + Two Person Exhibitions:
2024 The Earth is a Body in Transition / HAIR+NAILS / Minneapolis MN (solo)
2023 Sites of Exhaust: ESO MALFLOR + Nancy Julia Hicks / SOIL Art Gallery / Seattle WA
2023 Sites of Exhaust: ESO MALFLOR + Nancy Julia Hicks / Regis Center for Art / Minneapolis MN
2021 In Tending To / the pH Gallery / Fayetteville AR (solo)
2021 But the Skin of the Earth is Seamless / HAIR+NAILS / Minneapolis MN (solo)
2020 A Complex Desire / Sure Space / Minneapolis MN (solo)

Select Group Exhibitions:
2025 Photography Now / Woman Made Gallery / Chicago IL
2025 Friends of Dorothy / Evanston Art Center / Chicago IL
2025 PLASMIC / Second Shift Studio / St. Paul MN
2025 AFTER IMAGE 003 / AFTER/TIME / Portland OR
2025 SEA SALT // STONE AIR / Artruss / Chicago IL
2025 The Watcher / Mirror Lab / Minneapolis MN
2025 Leaves, Colors, and Machines Usurped / HAIR+NAILS / NYC
2024 Stand Out Prints / Highpoint Print Center / Minneapolis MN
2023 Currents / Public Functionary / Minneapolis MN
2023 Intervention / Nightclub / Minneapolis MN
2020 Critical* Reflections, Embodiments, and Disruptions / Clamp Light / San Antonio TX
2019 Interstellar Nepantla / Movement Ga...