Early Life and Artistic Foundations Carlos Reyes, born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1977, emerged as a distinctive voice in contemporary art through a practice deeply attuned to the ephemeral qualities of existence. His formative years in the Midwest instilled an early sensitivity to the interplay between built environments and human experience—a sensibility that would become central to his artistic investigations. Reyes’s education at Pomona College culminated in a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1999, providing him with a foundational understanding of art history and critical theory. However,…