WALLWORKS NEW YORK Presents

URBAN RUNES - a solo exhibition of Fabian Verdejo​

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BRONX, NY — WALLWORKS NEW YORK is proud to present URBAN RUNES, the gallery's first exhibition with artist Fabian Verdejo. In this exhibition, Verdejo examines the city as a site of visual language, where letters, symbols, gestures, and marks become carriers of memory, identity, and meaning. Drawing from his formative relationship with New York’s streets and his rigorous study of classical drawing and painting, Verdejo situates graffiti and typography within a broader history of image-making and abstraction.

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The works reflect an ongoing inquiry into the tension between the vernacular and the formal—between the immediacy of the street and the discipline of the studio. Through layered marks and symbolic forms, Verdejo reimagines the urban environment as a kind of contemporary lexicon, one in which language is not simply read, but seen, felt, and decoded.

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Opening Reception

Thursday, September 10, 2026 | 6:00–8:00 PM

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Exhibition Dates

September 10 - October 8, 2026

 

Gallery Hours

Wednesday - Friday | 11AM - 4 PM

Saturday & Sunday | appointment only​

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ABOUT FABIAN VERDEJO

​Fabian Verdejo was born in Manhattan of Colombian and Chilean parents and raised throughout all of New York City\'s five boroughs. Although gifted in both Mathematics and The Sciences, Verdejo decided to leave them behind for a career in Art after highs chool. Verdejo graduated from The Fashion Institute of Technology in 2009 with an A.A.S. in Fashion Illustration. An academic/scientific approach to Art then led Verdejo to study classical drawing and painting at The Grand Central Academy of Art.

 

In 2011, Verdejo relocated to Gothenburg, Sweden to further this mode of learning at The Florence Academy of Art at their second campus. 2011 also marked the year where Verdejo was inducted into The Graffiti Hall of Fame, located in Manhattan\'s East Harlem district, as acknowledgement for the street installations he left abroad. In 2012, Verdejo led a multi-tiered skillshare class entitled \"Urban Typography\" where students were made to understand graffiti as an art form and not vandalism, as well as explore and appreciate its origins and most notable artists.

 

This love for letters continued in 2013 sparking the kickstarter project iWish:Life-Changing Doodles and Sigil Magic, which was successful and overfunded. In 2013, Verdejo also briefly studied at The Harlem Academy of Art, has shown at Tribeca\'s Gallery 69, and is foregoing a B.S. in Art History and Museum Professions at The Fashion Institute of Technology.