Adrian Aguilera

A native of Monterrey, Mexico, currently lives and works in Ithaca, NY and Austin, TX

Education
2025 MFA - Master of Fine Arts in Creative Visual Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2004 BFA - Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Solo Exhibitions
2022 How Soon Is Now??, Co-lab Projects, Austin, TX
2021 in the co-confluence of the civilizations in the americas, ARTPACE, San Antonio, TX
2015 Landscapes, Leun'un ArteHabitacion, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico

Two-Person Exhibitions
2020 people the We, w/ Betelhem Makonnen, Prizer Arts & Letters, Austin, TX
2017 yo soy aquí / i am here, w/ Betelhem Makonnen, ICOSA Collective, Austin, TX

Group Exhibitions
2024 thrivance, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2024 Freedom of Expression, Hartell Gallery, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2023 Over and Over, Tjaden Gallery, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2022 Open Space: BIPoC Residents, Cohen Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2021 Crit Group Reunion Chapter 1: Facing the World, The Contemporary Austin, Austin, TX
2021 Stations to Stations, Museum of Human Achievement, Unlisted Project, CEC ArtsLink, Austin, TX
2021 From the Limitations of Now, w/ Betelhem Makonnen, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
2019 constant escape, Betelhem Makonnen and Tammie Rubin, George Washington Carver Museum, Austin, TX
2019 Media Art, w/ Betelhem Makonnen, UNESCO, SXSW, and City of Austin, Austin Central Library, Austin, TX
2018 TEMPO, w/ Betelhem Makonnen, Art In Public Places, City of Austin, St. John Public Library, Austin, TX
2018 CRIT Group, The Contemporary Austin, grayDuck Gallery, Austin, TX
2018 Primitivo Fallido, Los14, Mexico, CDMX
2018 Natural 20, TSALA and Montevista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Boundless, w/ Betelhem Makonnen, Central Features, Albuquerque, NM
2017 From Eden to Oblivion, ICOSA Collective, Austin, TX
2015 From Mountains To Sea, Art.Science.Gallery, Austin, TX
2008 Sierra Madre Artist Showcase, Instituto Cultural de Mexico, Paris, France

Collaborative Projects
2023 Material Art Fair, w/ Betelhem Makonnen, Co-Lab, Beverly’s, CDMX, Mexico
2022 EAST: Sun - Rise AR Intervention, Community Initiatives Cultural Arts Funding Program, Austin, TX
2021 Ludicy: An Evening of Para-Pandemic Liberation, w/ Betelhem Makonnen & Claudia Hart, Mozilla Virtual Hub
2020 Apex to Base 2.0, Fusebox Festival 2020 Virtual Edition, Black Mountain Project, Austin, TX
2020 Rock Standard Time: Betelhem Makonnen, Tito’s Vodka Prize Exhibition, Big Medium, Austin, TX
2019 SoundSpace: Word/Play, w/ Betelhem Makonnen, The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
2018 Selfie Gauntlet, w/ Betelhem Makonnen, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX
2018 Black Mountain Project, founder member of a POC project art platform, Austin, TX
2017 Non-Visual Show, Museum of Human Achievement, Open Marfa, Marfa, TX
2016 Sew Wasted, w/ Jay Byrd and los Outsiders, Fusebox Festival, Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX
2016 EAST: By the Pound, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX
2015 ICOSA Collective Gallery, founder member of an artist-run non-profit exhibition space, Austin, TX

Residencies and Programs
2022 Art Prospect Network Residency Fall, CEC Artslink, State Silk Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
2022 BIPOC Residency Summer, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2021 International Artist-in-Residence Spring, ARTPACE, San Antonio, TX
2018 CRIT Group, The Contemporary Austin, Austin, TX
2015 PARAC, Programa de Arte Contemporaneo, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico

Curatorial Projects
2022 Station to Station Season 2, EAST, Big Medium, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX
2022 Curses: Hiba Ali, “It’s NOT fair”, Fusebox Festival, Black Mountain Project, Austin, TX
2020 In-Kinship Artist Relief Fellowship, Community Initiatives Cultural Arts Funding Program, Black Mountain Project, Austin, TX
2019 The Vegetal Other, EAST, Big Medium, Black Mountain Project, Austin, TX
2019 BMP Video Room: Short Takes/Long Views, Black Mountain Project, Austin, TX
2019 BRIM, Vladimir Mejia, Fusebox Festival, Black Mountain Project, Austin TX
2018 Black Mountain Project, w/ Betelhem Makonnen and Tammie Rubin, Big Medium, BMP, Austin TX
2016 Bread and Butter I, ICOSA Collective, Austin, TX
2013 Everyone is a Potential Provocateur, Jesica López, Polyglot Gallery, Austin, TX