SAÚL AGUIRRE
Born 1974 Mexico City, Mexico, Resides in Chicago, IL
Lives and works in Chicago IL
Education The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1992-1995 and 2005-2009
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Recent drawings and Paintings, Citlalin Gallery and Theater, Chicago, IL
2021 In between the Lines, Humboldt Park Boathouse, Chicago, IL
2016 Saul Aguirre: Reload, Antena, Chicago, IL
2013 Childhood Discussions, Dorothea Thiel Gallery, South Holland, IL
2012 Impossible Mission, Calles y Sueños, Chicago, IL
Self Portraits, Zhou B Cafe, Chicago, IL
Immersion, Oxalá Gallery, Chicago IL
2005 Solo Exhibition Efebos Café, Chicago IL
2004 New Works, Las Palmas, Chicago, IL
2000 Saúl Aguirre,….. works, La Llorona Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 Saúl Aguirre …., Escuela Superior de Formación Artística, Ancash-Huaraz, Peru
1993 The artwork of Saúl Aguirre, Chicago Park District Administration Building, Chicago, IL
Performances
2017 ReBuild, Todavia Cantamos, Hairpin Art Center, Chicago, IL
2016 5 days 5 Performances, Performance Art Houston, Houston TX
2014 Migrants, Antena Gallery, Chicago, IL
Chicago Home Theater Festival, Lakeview, Chicago, IL
2013 Tokeo, UICA, Grand Rapids, MI
Unconscious Mind, Zhou B Center, Chicago, IL
2012 Theme Room, Articule & Casa del Polpolo, Montreal, Canada
I AM NOT MAD, NOMAD; Chicago Calling Festival, The Yellow Book, Chicago, IL
Seventh Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival, Reversible Eye Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011 ¡Action Figures! Cobalt Studio, Chicago IL
2010 MDW Art Fair, Propeller Fund, Chicago, IL
Hybrid Reflections / Translating /Borderbend Arts Collective @ Rec Roomers, Chicago, IL
Out of Site, Chicago Calling Arts Festival, Defibrillator, Chicago, IL
Action Figures! Cobalt Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
Monte Santo, Borderbend Art Collective, Revolution Brewery, Chicago, IL
Religare: Artists Explore the Concept of Religion, Antena Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sangre, Sudor y Papeles, Artists examine the immigration issue, Antena Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Padre-Cito, Pool Art Fair, Antena Gallery, Miami, FL
Two Person Exhibitions
2009 Summer Show, Saul Aguirre & Yarima Ariza, Antena Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 Amatl: Recent Work by Saúl Aguirre and Jesús Macarea-Avila, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 The Fall of the Angels: Saúl Aguirre and Juan Villanueva, Corosh, Chicago, IL
Selected Exhibitions
2013 Pulso: Arte de las Americas/ Art of the Americas Transcends the Gallery, UICA, Grand Rapids, MI
Anode: The path from a negative to a positive voltage, Sol Studio, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibition, Museo Internazionale Italia Arte, Turín, Italy
Rebirth: Every Act of Creation Is First an Act of Destruction, Archer loft, Chicago IL
Retratos el Rostro de lo Humano, Aguafuerte Galeria, Mexico City, Mexico
Made in Pilsen VIII, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 Which Way Our Children, Chicago Temple, Chicago, IL
Hecho en Pilsen, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL
Squared! Art + Community, Township, Chicago, IL
Antena, Verge Art Fair, New York, NYC
Transmission: Oak Cliff, Mighty Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
2011 Summer Heat: Saul Aguirre & Miguel Cortez, Carlos and Dominguez Gallery, Chicago, IL
CelebrArte, Zhou B Center, Chicago, IL
Lucy Parsons-Hard Days and Times of Change, Caza Aztlan, Chicago, IL
2010 Shikaakwa, Gallery 414, Fort Worth, TX
Hot Buns and Blazing Artists, The Texas Theater, Dallas, TX
Mano/Mundo/Corazón: Artists Interpret La Lotería, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
2009 Todos Somos Imigrantes, Caza Aztlan, Chicago, IL
The Chacon-Soto Dances (collective drawing installation) Installation by Edra Soto, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Art Expo, Corosh Galeria, Chicago, IL
2008 Artifacts of Cultural Digestion, Sol Studio, Chicago, IL
The Hispanic Heritage Month, West Chicago Museum, West Chicago, IL
Art Expo, Corosh, Chicago, IL
2007 Artistic Ties, Sol Studio, Chicago, IL
Art Expo, Corosh, Chicago, IL
2006 18th St. Open Studios, Jesus Oviedo Studio, Chicago, IL
Made in Pilsen, Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 7th Psychedelic Revolution Art, Mars Gallery, IL
One Inspired Night, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2004 Art at War- The Artist's Voice, Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, IL
Tu Casa es mi Casa: Artists Response to Gentrification, Antena Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 Visual Candy, Butcher Shop Gallery, Chicago, IL
Terrorist Art: Protesting War, Polvo Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Latino Horizons, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
2000 Su Carta, Traveling Exhibition, Mexico City, Mexico,
Art For Life, American States Organization, Washington, DC
1999 Horizons/Horizontes, La Llorona Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art for Life, Embassy of Argentina, Washington, DC
1998 A Night to Remember: World Aids Day, MCA/Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mes Guerrerense, IMCE Gallery, Mexican Consulate, Chicago, IL
1997 Siqueiros 100, Taller Mestizarte, Chicago, IL
Cuentos: A Visual Dialogue, Gallery 2 SAIC, Chicago, IL
Hispanic Heritage Month, James Thompson Center, Chicago, IL
Twelve into One, Flat Iron Building, Chicago, IL
1996 Dia de los Muertos, National Pastime Theater, Chicago, IL
Dia de los Muertos, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Arlington Heights, IL
1995 Unknown Chicago, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
International Art, Paulina Arts Center / Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, IL
Gatherings, Mind and Sol Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995 Zambo, South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Spiritual Art, Rosary College, Oak Park, IL
Masque, Vignette Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993 Small Works, One Country Gallery, Chicago, IL
Young Artists, El Nandú, Chicago, IL
1991 Group Show, Roberto Clemente Community Academy, Chicago, IL
1990 Hispanic Festival, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
Art Fairs
2013 Red Dot Art Fair, Contemporary 33 Miami, FL
2012 Verge Art Fair, Antena, Miami, FL
2012 Verge Art Fair, Antena, New York, NY
2011 Verge Art Fair, Antena, Miami, FL
MDW Art Fair, Antena, Chicago, IL
2010 Next Art Fair, Antena Chicago, IL
MDW Art Fair, Antena, Chicago, IL
2009 Version Fest, Antena, Chicago, IL
2008 Bridge Art Fair, Antena, Miami, FL
2006 Pool Boomerang Miami Beach, Black market Miami Beach, FL
2004 The Stary Show, Antena, Chicago, IL
Curated Exhibitions
2015 50 Shots: America's Most Hunted - Photography Imani Amos, La Catrina Café, Chicago, IL
2012 Verge Art Fair, Antena, New York, NY
Grants and Awards Tamalli Space Charros Collective, Propeller Fund; Merit Scholarship SAIC, Hispanic Festival Kraft Honorable Mention.
Board member of Borderbend Art Collective
