Diana Guerrero-Maciá American, b. 1966

  • Diana Guerrero-Maciá is an artist working in the expanded fields of painting and textiles. She values craft, consciousness, sustainability, and material metaphor. Her studio practice, spanning over twenty-five years, includes slow-craft processes in painting, textiles, drawing, print, and sculptural objects. Guerrero-Maciá is most known for her Unpainted Pictures - paintings constructed with textile cutwork, stitching, collaging, and dye that she began working on in the early 1990's and continues to make today. The haptic moments of touch, revealed in her materials, compiled over years, folded into colorful abstractions, holds time.  Color and decoration, in all their expansiveness and elusiveness, are integral to Guerrero-Maciá's work. As a child of exile, she recognizes that history, form, and identity are ever changing and her art champions transformation.  She samples equally from lived experience, internet databases, and Modernist & Medieval works of art, among many random sources.
  • Exhibitions
  • A 2021 Guggenheim fellow, Guerrero-Maciá has exhibited widely nationally and internationally. She has created several public art commissions for the Public Art Fund, NYC and the City of Chicago. Her artworks are collected into multiple public and private collections. Her exhibitions include Kohler Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Art Pace San Antonio, Elmhurst Art Museum, and Crocker Museum of Art. She is a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grantee, Illinois Artist Fellow and MacDowell Colony Fellow. She is an alumnus of Skowhegan School of Painting & Drawing, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Penland School of Craft and Villanova University. Guerrero-Maciá is currently a Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
  • Works
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, GLAZIER no. 1, 2024
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      GLAZIER no. 1, 2024
      Dye, gouache, canvas, deconstructed clothing, cutter quilt, deadstock wool, and buttons
      56 x 48 inches
      57.75 x 49.75 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, NOMAD no. 2, 2024
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      NOMAD no. 2, 2024
      Dye, gouache, canvas, army blanket, and deadstock wool, feather and driftwood
      56 x 48 inches
      57.75 x 49.75 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Paintings for Birds no. 1, 2024
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Paintings for Birds no. 1, 2024
      Gouache, paper, and archival inkjet print on paper on Lanaquarelle paper
      26.5 x 23 inches
      28 x 24.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Paintings for Birds no. 10, 2024
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Paintings for Birds no. 10, 2024
      Gouache, paper, and archival inkjet print on paper on Lanaquarelle paper
      26.5 x 23 inches
      28 x 24.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Paintings for Birds no. 11, 2024
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Paintings for Birds no. 11, 2024
      Gouache, paper, and found material on Lanaquarelle paper
      26.5 x 23 inches
      28 x 24.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Paintings for Birds no. 12, 2024
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Paintings for Birds no. 12, 2024
      Gouache, paper, and found material on Lanaquarelle paper
      26.5 x 23 inches
      28 x 24.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Paintings for Birds no. 2, 2024
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Paintings for Birds no. 2, 2024
      Gouache, paper, and found material on Lanaquarelle paper
      26.5 x 23 inches
      28 x 24.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Paintings for Birds no. 3, 2024
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Paintings for Birds no. 3, 2024
      Gouache, paper, and archival inkjet print on paper on Lanaquarelle paper
      26.5 x 23 inches
      28 x 24.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Paintings for Birds no. 4, 2024
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Paintings for Birds no. 4, 2024
      Gouache, paper, and found material on Lanaquarelle paper
      26.5 x 23 inches
      28 x 24.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Paintings for Birds no. 5, 2024
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Paintings for Birds no. 5, 2024
      Gouache, paper, and archival inkjet print on paper on Lanaquarelle paper
      26.5 x 23 inches
      28 x 24.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Paintings for Birds no. 6, 2024
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Paintings for Birds no. 6, 2024
      Gouache, paper, and found material on Lanaquarelle paper
      26.5 x 23 inches
      28 x 24.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Paintings for Birds no. 7, 2024
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Paintings for Birds no. 7, 2024
      Gouache, paper, and archival inkjet print on paper on Lanaquarelle paper
      26.5 x 23 inches
      28 x 24.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Paintings for Birds no. 8, 2024
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Paintings for Birds no. 8, 2024
      Gouache, paper, and found material on Lanaquarelle paper
      26.5 x 23 inches
      28 x 24.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Paintings for Birds no. 9, 2024
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Paintings for Birds no. 9, 2024
      Gouache, paper, and found material on Lanaquarelle paper
      26.5 x 23 inches
      28 x 24.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, PARLEY no. 1, 2024
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      PARLEY no. 1, 2024
      Dye, gouache, canvas, deconstructed clothing, towels and flag
      56 x 48 inches
      57.75 x 49.75 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, PARLEY no. 2, 2024
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      PARLEY no. 2, 2024
      Dye, gouache, canvas, deadstock wool, towels, drop cloths, and buttons
      56 x 48 inches
      57.75 x 49.75 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, THE BIG ONE, 2024
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      THE BIG ONE, 2024
      Dye, canvas, deconstructed clothing, cutter quilt, and Belgian linen
      56 x 48 inches
      57.75 x 49.75 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, NOMAD no. 1, 2023
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      NOMAD no. 1, 2023
      Dye, gouache, canvas, deadstock wool, towels, and driftwood
      56 x 48 inches
      57.75 x 49.75 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, SOUTH-SOUTH, 2023
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      SOUTH-SOUTH, 2023
      Dye, canvas, deconstructed clothing, and deadstock wool, and button
      56 x 48 inches
      57.75 x 49.75 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Stranger No. 1, 2023
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Stranger No. 1, 2023
      Canvas, dye, deconstructed clothing, driftwood, Shou sugi ban turned cedar, textiles, gouache and buttons on canvas
      57.5 x 49.5 inches
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, TREE no. 1, 2023
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      TREE no. 1, 2023
      Dye, canvas, deconstructed clothing, and deadstock wool
      56 x 48 inches
      57.75 x 49.75 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, TREE no. 2, 2023
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      TREE no. 2, 2023
      Dye, canvas, deconstructed clothing, and deadstock wool
      56 x 48 inches
      57.75 x 49.75 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Civil Twilight, 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Civil Twilight, 2022
      Canvas, dye, deconstructed clothing & textiles on canvas
      57.5 x 49.5 inches
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Ghost No. 1, 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Ghost No. 1, 2022
      Canvas, dye, deconstructed clothing & textiles on canvas
      57.5 x 49.5 inches
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Hotter Years, 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Hotter Years, 2022
      Canvas, dye, deconstructed clothing & textiles on canvas
      57.5 x 49.5 inches
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, The Job of the Sun, 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      The Job of the Sun, 2022
      Canvas, dye, deconstructed clothing & textiles on canvas
      57.5 x 49.5 inches
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, The Moveable, 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      The Moveable, 2022
      Used shipping palette, Hans Wegner-style folding chair, sheepskin, Bargello embroidered pillow, dyed linen & canvas, dropcloth, driftwood, house paint & safety pins
      96 x 48 x 40 inches
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant, 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant, 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle paper
      36 individually framed works on paper, 20 x 17.5 inches, framed/each
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (1), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (1), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (10), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (10), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (11), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (11), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (12), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (12), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (13), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (13), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (14), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (14), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (15), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (15), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (17), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (17), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (18), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (18), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (19), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (19), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (2), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (2), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (20), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (20), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (21), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (21), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (22), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (22), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (23), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (23), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (24), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (24), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (25), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (25), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (26), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (26), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (27), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (27), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (28), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (28), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (29), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (29), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (3), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (3), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (30), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (30), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (31), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (31), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (32), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (32), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (33), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (33), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (34), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (34), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (35), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (35), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (36), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (36), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (5), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (5), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (6), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (6), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (7), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (7), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (8), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (8), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sleeping Giant (9), 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sleeping Giant (9), 2022
      Gouache & collage on Lanaquarelle Paper
      20 x 17.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, The Cost of Doing Business, 2022
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      The Cost of Doing Business, 2022
      Canvas, dye, gouache, bleach, deconstructed clothing, US Army blanket, quilt, washrags & domestic textiles on canvas
      57.5 x 49.5 inches
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Big Smile, 2020
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Big Smile, 2020
      Unique collage with paint and archival inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Museum Etching paper
      16 X 13.5 inches
      17 x 14.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Devil's Daughter, 2020
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Devil's Daughter, 2020
      Unique collage with paint and archival inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Museum Etching paper
      16 X 13.5 inches
      17 x 14.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Giant, 2020
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Giant, 2020
      Unique collage with paint and archival inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Museum Etching paper
      16 X 13.5 inches
      17 x 14.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Let Down, 2020
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Let Down, 2020
      Unique collage with paint and archival inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Museum Etching paper
      16 X 13.5 inches
      17 x 14.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Staring at The Sun, 2020
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Staring at The Sun, 2020
      Unique collage with paint and archival inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Museum Etching paper
      16 X 13.5 inches
      17 x 14.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Sunshower (small version), 2020
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Sunshower (small version), 2020
      Unique collage with paint and archival inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Museum Etching paper
      16 X 13.5 inches
      17 x 14.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, This Way Sunrise, 2020
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      This Way Sunrise, 2020
      Unique collage with paint and archival inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Museum Etching paper
      16 X 13.5 inches
      17 x 14.5 inches, framed
    • Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Time Tables, 2020
      Diana Guerrero-Maciá
      Time Tables, 2020
      Unique collage with paint and archival inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Museum Etching paper
      16 X 13.5 inches
      17 x 14.5 inches, framed