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  • Caudillos
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ADRIAN AGUIRRE

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  • Migrantes
  • Jornaleros
  • Caudillos
  • Patrol
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Bio

Adrian Aguirre (b. 1980, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico) is a Mexican-American artist whose work focuses on the politics of immigration and the people caught in the middle. Adrian grew up on both sides of the El Paso/Juarez border, crossing the bridge daily to attend school. This experience influenced his perspective on borders and immigration. Adrian’s work consists of portraiture and representations of life as an immigrant or refugee. He has traveled to refugee camps, day labor sites and volunteered with immigrant organizations.

Solo Shows

2023 Caballos de fuerza (Solo),  Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2009  Drawing Dialectics (2-Person), Tarrant County College Art Gallery, Fort Worth, TX.2009  

2009 Jornaleros (Solo), FW Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX. 

Select Group Shows

2022 West #162, New American Paintings, Juried Exhibitions in Print

2022 Migratory Yellow Pages, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM

2022 Member Group Show, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2022 12 NM Artists to Know Now, Pie Projects, Santa Fe, NM

2022 Texas National, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX

2015   Lone Star, Missouri State University Art Gallery, Springfield, MI.

2012   71st Annual (Juror Alex Kanevsky), Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA.

2012   American Dream, Gallery Projects, Ann Arbor, MI.

2010   Fresh! Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

2009   Launch (MFA Juried Show), CADD Art Lab, Dallas, TX.

Publications:

Art as Advocacy
Adrian Aguirre: 12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now 2022
An Exhibition Belies Stereotypes of Artists in the Southwest

ADRIAN AGUIRRE

aj.aguirre@gmail.com
@adrian.aguirre.art