Raquel Albarran is a Puerto Rican-born artist living and working in Brooklyn. Preoccupied with toes, noses, and encapsulated forms, Albarran’s art is full of juxtapositions and playful explorations of life, illness, and objects begging to be squeezed. Prominent in both her drawings and sculptures is a delightful sense of Albarran’s mischief, humor, and energy. Albarran describes the fantastical and sometimes bizarre pairings in her work as an endearing “mix of light and dark,” and warns viewers that there will always be “a lot of amputations going on.” She's exhibited with the Fortnight Institute and the Albert B. Chandler Hospital in Lexington, KY.