Juan William Chávez
Page 1 | Biography
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Born: Lima, Peru
Lives: St. Louis ,MO USA
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2004, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Masters of Fine Art in Studio: Painting and Drawing
2000, The Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Bachelor of Fine Art: Painting and Drawing
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2008, The Great Rivers Biennial 2008,- The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
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EXHIBITIONS
2007, Whoop Dee Doo, group exhibition, Getsumin Gallery,Tokyo.
2006, LIVE ACTION, group exhibition White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
2006, The Politics of Friendship, group exhibition Boots Contemporary Art
Space St. Louis, MO
2006, Flat Files. SELECTIONS FROM THE CONTEMPORARY'S FLAT FILES
The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
2006, Whoop Dee Doo, group exhibition, Rocket Projects, Miami, FL
2006, Viotos, Group Exhibition at The Portia K. Bakes Cultural Centre
Kastori, Greece
2005, Drawn Out
University of Illinois at Chicago Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
2005, Video 2005
Art in General, New York, NY
2005, The Art of the Artist Statement
Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2005, Pre and Post Exhibition
The Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO
2004, MFA Thesis Show
847 W. Jackson Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004, The Party
Track House, Chicago, IL
2003, Group Show
Gallery 2: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2003, Menace No.1 WLUW 88.7 FM: sound performance, Chicago, IL
2003, Group Show
Gallery 2 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2002, Arousal 2002
Monkey Building, St. Louis, MO
2001, Celebración: A Premier Hispanic Artists Exhibition
Millstone Fine Arts Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2000, The Ugly Show
The Kansas City Art Institute Student Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1999 Blood and Guts
The Kansas City Art Institute Student Gallery, Kansas City, MO
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2007, Winner of The Great Rivers Biennial 2008- The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
JURORS: Cheryl Brutvan, Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston;
Lilian Tone, Assistant Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, Director and Chief Curator, Aspen Art Museum,Aspen, Colorado.
2007, The Visiting Critics and Curators, Nicholas Baume Chief Curator at the
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
2006, The Visiting Critics and Curators, Franklin Sirmans curator for Modern and
Contemporary Art at The Menil Collection in Houston, Texas.
The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
2005, The Visiting Critics and Curators, Domonic Molon Pamela Alper Associate
Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago,
The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
2004, Anna Louise Raymond Alumni Fellowship Award, judged by Carlos
Basualdo, Eugenie Tsai, Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy and Nick Debs of
Debs & Co. (NYC), The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2004, Certificate of Recognition at the Tenth Annual Leadership Awards,
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2003, Certificate of Recognition at the Ninth Annual Leadership Awards,
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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2007, Here and Elsewhere - Panel Discussion, Moderated by Erin Riley-Lopez. Assistant
Curator-The Bronx Museum, topic geographical location and the art market
2007, Invited guess panelist- Innovative Exhibition Spaces
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2007, Guess speaker - “Institutions and Artists: Independent Exhibition Spaces.”
MFA Seminar class- The Constant Evolution of being An Artist.”
taught by Mary Jane Jacob, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2006, Guest lecturer, Webster University-Conceptual drawing class.
Topic Contemporary Drawing and Artist Run Spaces
2006, Founder of Boots Contemporary Art Space
An Art Lab for emerging and mid career artist www.bootsart.com
2006, Viotos- Residency at The Portia K. Bakes Cultural Centre in Kastori,
Greece January- March
Exhibition, lecture, educational workshop
2005, Discussion panelists, Drawn Out exhibition, University of Illinois at Chicago
Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
2004, Art Cabinet of 1st Ward, Research Team: Juan Wm. Chavez and Georgia
Kotretsos. Moderators: Mary Jane Jacob, assigned by
Alderman Manny Flores
2000, Art Residency Initiative: Lima, Peru March- October
Researched and painted a body of work focusing on social
observations of Lima
Organized art discussion groups at universities for art students and artists
on similarities and differences between Peruvian and U.S. art, philosophy,
politics, and ideas
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http://www.miaminewtimes.com/Issues/2006-06-29/culture/art.html
Bad to the Bone, This plains posse shoots straight from the hip
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
http://www.newcitychicago.com/chicago/4479.html
Eye Exam,Drawn Together, Michael Workman
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