As part of my 5th year organizing @nylivearts Pride, we host Gio Black Peter’s opening reception tomorrow June 16, 5pm - Free with RSVP (and wine;)! As always, so enamored with your work bb and can’t wait to cheers to you!! Love you, G! Gio Black Peter’s "FIRE IN THE NIGHT, A Celebration of Queer Tenacity” icludes a 7’x7’ painting of and honoring activist, self-identified drag queen, performer, and survivor Marsha P. Johnson. The work also features 23′′x32.5′′ portrait paintings on NYC subway maps of iconic queer thoughtleaders James Baldwin, Journey Forrester Streams, Urvashi Vaid, Ceyenne Doroshow, Feliz Gonzalez-Torres and Amanda Lepore! Gio Black Peter is a Guatemalan-American multidisciplinary artist living in New York City, who works across different media, including painting, installation, sculpture, photography, video and text. Portrait of Marsha P Johnson, 2022. Acrylic on canvas. ( 213 x 213 cm ) Portrait of James Baldwin, 2022. Oil pastel, acrylic on NYC Subway map. ( 58.4 x 82.55 cm ) Portrait of Journey Forrester Streams, 2022. Oil pastel, acrylic on NYC Subway map. ( 58.4 x 82.55 cm ) Portrait of Urvashi Vaid, 2022. Oil pastel, acrylic on NYC Subway map. ( 58.4 x 82.55 cm ) Portrait of Felix Gonzalez-Torres, 2022. Oil pastel, acrylic on NYC Subway map. ( 58.4 x 82.55 cm ) Portrait of Ceyenne Doroshow, 2022. Oil pastel, acrylic on NYC Subway map. ( 58.4 x 82.55 cm ) Portrait of Amanda Lepore, 2022. Oil pastel, acrylic on NYC Subway map. ( 58.4 x 82.55 cm ) @gioblackpeter11 @doroshow @amandalepore @jour.ney #LiveArtsPride