Juan Angel Chávez
Speaker Project, 2007. Wood, paper, fiberglass, plastic traffic cones, glass bottles, plastic tubes,
shipping crates, and other found materials, 10 × 6 × 25 feet.
Swallow’s Nest, 2006. Wood, found signage, window, shingles, and dollar-store items, 12 × 20 × 5 feet.
BIOGRAPHY
Born: La Junta, Chihuahua, Mexico, 1971
Resides: Chicago, Illinois
Education: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1990–91)
Website: www.juanangelchavez.com
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007
Samson Projects, Boston. Catalogue.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. Catalogue.
2006
Klemens Gasser and Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York.
Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, New York.
2004
“G-Pots and Gems,” Jersey City Museum, New Jersey. Catalogue.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
“Fusiform: Chavez, Genovese, Hudson,” Rhys Gallery, Boston.
2006
“It’s a Long Walk Home,” Space 1026, Philadelphia.
“The Love Station,” Pursuit Gallery, Burlington, Vermont.
“Take Over,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago. Catalogue.
“The African Presence in México: From Yanga to the Present,” National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago. Traveled. Catalogue.
2005
“Tragic Beauty,” Open End Space, Chicago.
“Junta,” Scion Installation, Los Angeles.
2004
“Scene in Chicago,” Judy Saslow Gallery, Chicago.
2002
“Xicágo,” Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago.
“prestar=borrow+lend,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago.
2001
“The Love Mural,” Gallery 645, Chicago.
2000
“Site Works,” Gallery 312, Chicago.
1995
“Footprints/Huellas,” Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago.
1994
“Sin Fronteras,” Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago.
Selected Bibliography
2007
Gastman, Roger; Neelon, Caleb; and Smyrski, Anthony. Street World: Urban Art and Culture from Five
Continents. New York: Harry N. Abrams, and London: Thames & Hudson.
Hawkins, Margaret. “Chavez Brings on the Noise with the Speaker Project,”Chicago Sun-Times (June 8).
“Profile: Juan Angel Chávez,” Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine (March).
2005
Huebner, Jeff. “One Man’s Ceiling Is Another Man’s Artwork.”Chicago Reader (April 29).
2000
“Watching: An Artist’s View,”Chicago Sun-Times (January 1).
1999
Koslowski, Carl. “Art Sponsors View Shape of Things To Come,”Chicago Tribune (December 15).
“Random Walk: Picturing the Future, One Little Tile at a Time,”(September 27).