Juan Angel Chavez b. 1971
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Juan Angel Chavez (Chicago) repurposes found wood, figuratively and conceptually, through public burns and the use of seemingly random words - phrases and nouns - that confound and placate.
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Exhibitions
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Juan was born in La Junta, Chihuahua, Mexico, where he lived until 1985. At the age of thirteen, he immigrated with his family to Chicago, where he lives and works to day.
Exhibitions: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; FIGGE Art museum, Davenport, Iowa; Krennart Museum, Champaign/Urbana, Illinois; Chicago Illinois state University, Normal Illinois; MASSART, Boston Ma; University of Texas, San Antonio, TX; Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago; Linda Warren Projects, Chicago; Matthew Marks Gallery, NY, NY; Margaret Thatcher Projects, NY, NY.
Community Public Art projects: Marquette Park Field House, Chicago; Iglesia San Isidro Mosaics, Chihuahua, Mexico. Commissions: Chicago Sun-Times 50th Anniversary Mural; Uprise Skateboard Shop, Chicago.
Bibliography: Hoy, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader. Collections: Eaton Corporation, Cleveland Ohio; Kirkland &Ellis LLP, Chicago.
Awards: Richard H. Driehaus Individual Artist Award, Chicago; The Louis Comfort Tiffany award in NY, NY; Artadia Individual artist award NY, NY; State of Illinois Individual artist fellowship; 3Arts, Chicago and The Joan Mitchell Foundation award for painters and sculptors, NY, NY.
