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BIO

Herman Aguirre is a Mexican American artist born and raised in Chicago, IL. were he continues to live and work. He received his BFA (2014) and MFA (2017) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He currently teaches in the Painting and Drawing Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was one of eight individuals to be awarded the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship For Performing and Visual Arts (2017). He is represented by Zolla/Lieberman Gallery (CHI) and Portrait Society Gallery (WI), while continuing to exhibit in various galleries, museums, and art fairs throughout the United States.

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HERMAN AGUIRRE

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EDUCATION

SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

•MASTER OF FINE ARTS (2017)

•BACHELOR IN FINE ARTS (2014)

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SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS

  • PORTRAIT SOCIETY GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART (WI) - DUO EXHIBITION - “CRUCES|CROSSROADS” (SPRING 2023)

  • ZOLLA LIEBERMAN GALLERY (CHI) - SOLO EXHIBITION – “AGUA Y ACEITE” (FALL-WINTER 2021 - 2022)

  • UNIVERSITY IN SAINT FRANCIS (IN) - PRESIDENTS ART GALA - SOLO EXHIBITION “7:23” (SUMMER 2021)

  • ABATTOIR GALLERY (OH) - SOLO EXHIBITION “OCULTOS” (SPRING 2021)

  • STEVE TURNER GALLERY (LA) - SOLO EXHIBITION “TEJIDO” (SUMMER 2019)

  • ZOLLA LIEBERMAN GALLERY (CHI) - SOLO EXHIBITION “CICATRIZ” (SPRING 2019)

  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AT PARKSIDE (WI) - SOLO EXHIBITION “CHUNKS” (FALL 2018)

  • ZOLLA/ LIEBERMAN GALLERY (CHI) - SOLO EXHIBITION “EL CIELO ENTRE LOS DOS” (SUMMER 2018)

  • FINE ARTS WORK CENTER (MAS) - SOLO EXHIBITION “ANTES DE QUE NOS OLVIDEN” (SPRING 2018)

  • THE MAD CENTER GALLERY (CHI) - SOLO EXHIBITION “THE FINAL RECOGNITION” (FALL 2015) 

  • YOLLOCALLI ARTS REACH (CHI) – SOLO EXHIBITION “HOME SWEET MEXICO” (SPRING 2011)

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • NOT REAL ART ORGANIZATION – GROUP EXHIBIITON – “ARCHITECTURE, INTERIORS, AND URBAN LANDSCAPES “ (SUMMER 2023)

  • ABATTOIR GALERY (OH) – GROUP EXHIBITION – “LANDSCAPE/CITYSCAPE” (WINTER 2022 – SPRING 2023)

  • LUBEZNIK CENTER FOR THE ARTS (IN) – GROUP EXHIBITION – “NATURE NOW” (FALL WINTER 2021)

  • ABATTOIR GALERY (OH) – GROUP EXHIBITION – “NEW NARRATIVES” (WINTER 2021)

  • FINE ARTS WORK CENTER – HUDSON D. WALKER GALLERY (MAS) – GROUP EXHIBITION – “INTERSECTION” (FALL – WINTER 2021)

  • ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM (IL) – GROUP EXHIBITION - “TECHNICOLOR CONSTELLATIONS” (SUMMER 2021)

  • TAUBMAN MUSEUM OF ART (VA) – GROUP EXHIBITION – “A VERY ANXIOUS FEELING” (WINTER 2020 – SPRING 2021)

  • NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART (CHI) – GROUP EXHIBITION – SOLO UN POCO AQUI: DAY OF THE DEAD (FALL & WINTER 2020)

  • ZOLLA LIEBERMAN GALLERY (CHI) – GROUP EXHIBITION – “FACE TO FACE” (SUMMER 2020)

  • STEVE ZEVITAS GALLERY (BOS) – GROUP EXHIBITION – “ALL DRESSED UP WITH NOWHERE TO GO” (SPRING 2020)

  • UIC GALLERY 400 (CHI) – GROUP EXHIBITION “TURN THE LIGHT” (SPRING 2020)

  • HIDRANTE GALLERY (PR)– GROUP EXHIBITION “REQUIEM” (WINTER 2019 -2020)

  • PORTRAIT SOCIETY GALLERY (WI)- GROUP EXHIBITION “10TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION -SUSCEPTIBLE TO IMAGES” (FALL 2019)

  • HARPER COLLEGE (IL) - GROUP EXHIBITION “SMALL WORKS 42ND ANNUAL NATIONAL ART EXHIBITION” (SUMMER 2019) 

  • CHICAGO ART DEPARTMENT (CHI) - GROUP EXHIBITION “MUSCLE MEMORIES” (SUMMER 2019)

  • LAS LAGUNA GALLERY (LA) - GROUP EXHIBITION “MATTERS AT HEART” (SPRING 2019)

  • EVANSVILLE MUSEUM OF ARTS, HISTORY, & SCIENCE (IN)- GROUP EXHIBITION “THE 59TH MID STATES ART EXHIBITION” (WINTER 2018)

  • ZOLLA/LIEBERMAN GALLERY BOOTH (CHI)- 2015 CHICAGO EXPO (FALL 2018)

  • GILDAR GALLERY (COL)- GROUP EXHIBITION “STRANGE LOOKS” (SPRING 2018)

  • ZOLLA/ LIEBERMAN GALLERY (CHI)- GROUP EXHIBITION - “INS/CRIPTION” (SPRING 2018)

  • FINE ARTS WORK CENTER (MAS)- GROUP EXHIBITION (SPRING 2018)

  • PROVINCETOWN ART AND ASSOCIATION MUSEUM (MAS) - GROUP EXHIBITION (WINTER 2017)

  • ZOLLA/LIEBERMAN GALLERY BOOTH - 2017 ART MIAMI - (WINTER 2017)

  • ZOLLA/LIEBERMAN GALLERY BOOTH - 2017 CHICAGO EXPO - (FALL 2017)

  • INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART AT (MECA)(ORE) - GROUP EXHIBITION - “AMERICAN GENRE: CONTEMPORARY PAINTING” (SUMMER 2017)

  • ELMHURST COLLEGE (IL) - GROUP EXHIBITION - “WORKS ON PAPER” (SUMMER 2017)

  • PORTRAIT SOCIETY GALLERY (WI)- GROUP EXHIBITION “NOW FIGURATION” (SUMMER 2017)

  • SAIC MASTER OF FINE ARTS EXHIBITION (CHI)- CLASS OF SPRING 2017 (SPRING 2017)

  • JULIUS CAESAR GALLERY (CHI)- GROUP EXHIBITION “STICKY THOUGHTS” (SPRING 2017)

  • ZOLLA/ LIEBERMAN GALLERY (CHI) - GROUP EXHIBITION “LAYERED CAKES” (SPRING 2017)

  • SAIC - MASTER’S IN FINE ARTS OPEN STUDIO (CHI) - “PORTRAIT” GROUP EXHIBITION (FALL 2016)

  • SAIC - MASTER’S IN FINE ARTS OPEN STUDIO (CHI) - GROUP EXHIBITION (SPRING 2016)

  • ZOLLA/LIEBERMAN GALLERY BOOTH - 2015 CHICAGO EXPO (FALL 2015)

  • SAIC - BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS (CHI) - EXHIBITION CLASS OF SPRING 2014 (SPRING 2014)

  • AFTER SCHOOL MATTERS - GALLERY 37 – GROUP EXHIBITION (SUMMER 2010)

  • CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CHICAGO ALL CITY COMPETITION GROUP EXHIBITION (SPRING 2010)

 

AWARDS/RESIDENCIES

  • NEW AMERICAN PAINTING - MIDWEST ISSUE PUBLICATION - ISSUE NO.129, NO.137, NO.143, NO.161 (2018 – 2020 & 2022)

  • UNIVERSITY IN SAINT FRANCIS (IN) - ARTIST IN RESIDENCY - (SUMMER 2021)

  • BOYNES EMERGING ARTIST AWARD FINALIST (2019)

  • THELMA KARGES MEMORIAL MERIT AWARD - EVANSVILLE MUSEUM OF ARTS, HISTORY, & SCIENCE (2018)

  • STUDIO VISIT PUBLICATION - ISSUE 39, 44 (2018)

  • ROBERT GRAHAM ENDOWED FELLOWSHIP - FINE ARTS WORK CENTER RESIDENCY (2018)

  • FINE ARTS WORK CENTER RESIDENCY (MA) (FALL 2017- SPRING 2018)

  • LEONORE ANNENBERG FELLOWSHIP SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS – LEONORE ANNENBERG FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION FUND (FALL 2017- FALL 2018)

  • SAIC NEW ARTIST SOCIETY PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP – SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (2015)

  • SAIC JACQUES AND NATASHA GELMAN HONORARY SCHOLARSHIP – JACQUES AND NATASHA GELMAN TRUST (2015)

  • SAIC MERIT SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT - SCHOLARSHIP – SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (2010)

  • CHICAGO ALL CITY COMPETITION SCHOLARSHIP – CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS (2010)

 

PUBLICATIONS

  • SHEPHERD EXPRESS PUBLICATION – FINDING THE “CROSSROADS” AT PORTRAIT SOCIETY BY SHANE MCADAMS (SPRING 2023)

  • NEW CITY ART PUBLICATION – RECLAIMING MEMORY BY RAFAEL SALAS (WINTER 2021)

  • UNIVISION CHICAGO NEWS – VISUAL ARTS PUBLICATION (SPRING 2021) 

  • AGUA Y ACEITE PUBLICATION - ZOLLA LIEBERMAN GALLERY – ESSAY BY NADIA RIVERA FELLAH (SPRING 2019)

  • CICATRIZ PUBLICATION - ZOLLA LIEBERMAN GALLERY – ESSAY BY MATTHEW GRISON (SPRING 2019)

  • AMERICAN GENRE: CONTEMPORARY PAINTING PUCLICATION – CURATED BY MICHELLE GRABNER – (SUMMER 2017)

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • ABATTOIR GALLERY – ARTIST CONVERSATION WITH CLEVELAND MUSEUM ASSOCIATE CURATOR - NADIA RIVERA FELLAH (SPRING 2021)

  • ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY - VISITING ARTIST PROGRAM - LECTURE SERIES (SUMMER 2020)

 

PUBLIC/PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

  • PROGRESSIVE ART COLLECTION (2022)

  • THE JOHN AND SUSAN HORSEMAN COLLECTION, MO (2021)

  • AKRON MUSEUM, AKRON, OH (2021)

  • UNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS (IN) (2021)

  • SERAPION & BELK COLLECTION (PR) (2020)

  • THE BETH RUDIN DEWOODY COLLECTION (2019)

  • ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM, ROCKFORD, IL (2019)

  • NATIONAL MEXICAN MUSEUM OF ART, CHICAGO, IL (2019)

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