Education
Fall, 2021-Spring, 2022- Chicago School of Violin Making
Fall 2016- Spring 2020- Bachelor of Fine Arts with Art History Thesis, emphasis in Fiber and Material Studies: School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Solo exhibitions:
2025 Recent Works, Casa Caos, CDMX
2020 Llano en Llamas, SITE Gallery, Chicago Il
Group exhibitions:
2022 Midnight Things Juried Exhibition, The Martin Gallery, Chicago Il
2022 Recent Works Juried Art Competition, Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art, Grayslake Il
2020 BFA Show, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago Il.
2019 Revolución: a Latinx showcase, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago Il
2019 1973: Pro-Choice Voices Charity pop-up Exhibit, Chicago Art Department, Chicago Il
2017 Outside the House pop-up exhibition, Red/Orange Place, Chicago Il
2017 Art-Bash, SITE Gallery, Chicago Il
Live Performances:
2024, La Jacaranda y La Bugambilia, Venas Rotas Discos, CDMX
2024, La Jacaranda y la Bugambilia, CasaCaos, CDMX
2024, Improvisación con Ensamble Alquimia Vocal, Casa del Lago, CDMX
2024, Improvisación con Ensamble Alquimia Vocal, Preludio a :SonFauces Atenea, Museo El Chopo, CDMX
Press:
2025, Seebeck, Ray. Magazine TM Second Issue, Inclusion of Yellow Twill, 2022.
2020 Cox, Courine. Weaving Intricate Honesty in “Llano en Llamas” F News Magazine.
2017 Sinkin, Maya. Outside the House, Exhibition Catalog.
Writing:
Catalog for Sobre Espejos y Reflejos, Samantha Mendez, 2025
2020 Salazar, Eva. El Maestro y el Arte Popular: Francisco Toledo and Craft Politics within the Mexican Art World, School of the Art Institute, Chicago Il.
Catalog for Llano en Llamas, SITE Gallery, 2020
2020 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Il. Art History Symposium, El Maestro y el Arte Popular
Symposium:
2020 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Il. Art History Symposium, El Maestro y el Arte Popular
2020 SITE Gallery, Chicago Il, Virtual Loom making workshop and Artist Q&A
Curation:
2024, Sobre Espejos y Reflejos, Samantha Mendez, Centro del Arte y Pensamiento, CDMX
2024, Obras Recientes, festival aguaBrea, CasaCaos, CDMX
2020, Llano en Llamas, SITE Gallery, Chicago Il
Awards/Residencies/Fellowships:
2025, Watershed Summer Residency Session I: Re-Mixed Cohort
2024, Alquimia Vocal, International Voice Conference weeklong residency.
2021 Scholarship at the Chicago School of Violin Making
2019 Textile Art Center Full Tuition Scholarship for Painting with Thread with Erin M Riley
2018 John Quincy Adams Fellowship Travel Scholarship
2017-2020 SAIC Scholars Program member and Travel Abroad Scholarship
2017 SAIC Buonanno Scholarship Nomination
2016-2020 SAIC Merit Scholarship, 2016- 2020