SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010            Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN
Unframed: Sin Fronteras, large-scale paintings

2009            National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 
Muralla sobre lienzo: A Mural Work in Progress, site-specific, gallery-size interior mural

2005            The Cliff Dwellers, Chicago, IL
Return, paintings and works on paper

2003            Founders Lounge Gallery, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL
The Dimensions of a Giant: Studies for a Mural, paintings, prints, drawings

2001            Café Jumping Bean, Chicago
Remembering Haymarket, paintings and prints. Also, Casa Aztlan, Chicago, 2004.

1999            Taller Mestizarte, Chicago
¿Víctimas o cómplices? paintings, mixed media, and installation

1997            A.P.O. Building, Chicago
Candelaria, installation

1995            State of Illinois Gallery, State of Illinois Building, Chicago
Ritual of the Seven Spaces in the Vital Cycle of Death: A Mexican Offering, room-size installation

1993            Prospectus Gallery, Chicago 
Eros is Here (With Heart in Hand), paintings and monoprints

                    Mexican Printmaking Workshop, Chicago
Y de tripas corazones, silkscreen monoprints

1992            Prospectus Gallery, Chicago
Offering to Rafael, My Father, paintings and full-gallery installation (utilized paint, mirrors, water, neon, black light, and dance performance)

1987            Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago
Day of the Dead, paintings

1984            Casa de la Cultura de Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

1983            Casa de la Cultura de Jerez, Zacatecas, Mexico

1979            Instituto Tecnológico Regional, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

1978            Casa de la Cultura de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico

 



GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010            Casa de la Cultura de Jamay, Jalisco, Mexico, Imágenes religiosas: entre el cielo y la tierra

2010            Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, IL, Sanctuary: Flight of the Majestic Monarch

2009            National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL, Chicago Figurativo: Prints selected from the NMMA Permanent Collection

                    Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL, Celebration 2009

2008            Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL, Made in Pilsen III

2007            International Currents Gallery, John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago, Plzen to Pilsen

2006            Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, Caras Vemos, Corazones no Sabemos

                    Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City, Conjeturas: Obras de la colección del taller del Antiguo Colegio Jesuita, Pátzcuaro

                    Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, San Benito, TX, Gráfica popular de Chicago

                    Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Latin American Prints from Colección Salgado. Also,

                    Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI,  2007.

                    The Art Center of Highland Park, Highland Park, IL, Rascuache          

2005            Hot House, Chicago, two-man show with Candelario Vázquez

                    Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Día de los Muertos: The Journey Home

2004            Palacio de Gobierno, Morelia, Mexico, Zalce: Tiempo y Testimonio. Also, Casa Michoacán, Chicago, 2004            Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, Art at War

                    Museum of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic, IV International Biennial of Drawing Pilsen 2004

2003            Northwestern University Settlement House CCT Gallery, Chicago, Spiritus

                    Ex-Colegio Jesuita, Patzcuaro, Mexico, Bajo un mismo cielo

                    La Llorona Gallery, Chicago, Frida y Diego: Una pareja

                    Au Studio del Ermitage, Paris, France, Intercambio mortal

2002            Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Xicago!

                    Café Revolución, Chicago

2001            Boise State University, Boise, ID, Chicano/Chicana Juried Exhibition

                    Casa Guanajuato de Chicago, Chicago, Nuestras Raices

                    Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL, De Raices Mexicanas (Of Mexican Roots)

                    Café Jumping Bean, Chicago, Día de los muertos

                    Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Día de Muertos XV

2000            Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo, Mexico City, Fe, arte y cultura

                    Galería Arte de México (gallery run by the Mexican consulate), Chicago. Same Origin, Different Paths

                    Taller Mestizarte, Chicago, ¿El Arte Para Qué?

                    Hot House, Chicago, Homage to Guayasamin

                    Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL, Cuarteto

                    Centro Cultural Ruiz Belviz, Chicago, Around the Coyote 2000

1999             Chicago Athenaeum at Schaumburg, Schaumburg, IL, Portraits of Life and Death: New Art by Latin American Artists of Chicago

                    Mexican Cultural and Educational Institute of Chicago (cultural arm of the Mexican consulate in Chicago), Cristos del mundo. Also, Latino Arts, Inc., Milwaukee, WI, 2000.

1998            Taller Mestizarte, Chicago, 1968-1998: Remembrance, Commitment, Change

1997            Taller Mestizarte, Chicago, Siqueiros 100

                   Roberto Lopez Gallery, Chicago, Around the Coyote

                   James R. Thompson Center, Chicago, Hispanic Month

                   Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, Tribute

1996           Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Pilsen and La Villita: Our Home, Our Struggle. Also,                                          Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, 1997

                   Montgomery Ward Gallery, University of Illinois at ChicagoArt of Iberoamerica. Also, Chicago Cultural Center.

1995           Betty Rymer Gallery, Art Institute of ChicagoImaging Aztlan

                   State of Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago and Springfield, IL, Healing Walls: Murals and Community, A Chicago History

                   Mexican Printmaking Workshop, Chicago, Calaveras del Taller

1994           International Art Expo, Navy Pier, Chicago (installation: Che-ca-gou: Heart of Wild Onions)

                   Dorothea Thiel Gallery, South Suburban College, South Holland, IL, Chicago Heritage of Latino Art

1993           Centro Cultural Tijuana, Identidades fronterizas, for the Ninth International Festival of la Raza. Also, Museo de la Ex-Aduana, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and La Casa de la Cultura de Nuevo Laredo, Mexico

                  Athenaeum Gallery, Chicago, Designs from Four Murals

                  Rockford College Art Gallery, Rockford College, Rockford, IL, Day of the Dead

1992          Prospectus Art Gallery, Chicago, Sun/Expressions

1991          Chicago Cultural CenterIn the Heart of the Country / En el corazón del país

                  Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN, Día de los Muertos

                  South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago, Mes de Hispanidad

                  Truman College, Chicago, Homenage a la Hispanidad

                  McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL, Day of the Dead / Día de los Muertos

1990          Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Día de los muertos (installation: “Ofrenda al abuelo Gregorio”)

                  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Latino Contemporaries (two-person exhibit with Jesus Acuña)

                  Daley Civic Center, Chicago, Latin Artists

                  Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Hispanic Arts Festival

1989          Loyola University, Chicago, Imágenes Latinas

                  Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Day of the Dead

1988          Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Adivina! Chicago Latino Expressions. Also, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City.

                  Montgomery Ward Gallery, University of Illinois at ChicagoVale Gas

                  Prairie Gallery, Chicago, Day of the Dead

1987          Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, The Barrio Murals

                  Community Gallery of Art, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL, Nuestras Imágenes: Our Images

                  Latino Arts Coalition Art Gallery, Chicago, Contemporary Latino Artists

1986          Chicago International Art Expo, Navy Pier, Chicago

                  Kalpulli Gallery, Chicago, Day of the Dead

                  Lawndale Bank, Chicago, Latino Art Festival ’86

                  Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Hispanic Arts Festival

                  Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City, Salón Nacional de Dibujo

1985          Villa Joya, Madrid, Spain, Bienal de Pintura

                  Senado de la República, Mexico City, Presencia Plástica de Zacatecas 

1983          Casa de la Cultura de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico, III Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven. Also, El Palacio Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City

1980          Museum of Contemporary Art, Morelia, Mexico

                  Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Hispanic Festival of the Arts ’80

1979          Museo San Agustín, Zacatecas, Mexico

1977          Siqueiros Mural Workshop, Cuernavaca, Mexico, Cartel

1976          Casa de la Cultura de Sahuayo, Sahuayo, Michoacán, Mexico

1974          Edificio de Cristal, Zamora, Mexico, 400th Anniversary of the Founding of Zamora; sponsored by the Municipality of Zamora