Press Release
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Saul Aguirre, Eddie Alvarado, Yong Choi, Miguel Cortez, Jaime Mendoza, And Jennie Priego.
Art and Mind
Dates:
October 1 � October 30, 2010
Opening October 2, 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Address: Sol Studio 1303 North Maplewood Avenue 3rd FL. Chicago, IL 60622
T. 312-282-37777
Web: www.saulaguirre.com/solstudio
Email: artinfo_saul@hotmail.com
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Sol Studio is pleased to present the work of Saul Aguirre, Eddie Alvarado, Yong Choi, Miguel Cortez, Jaime Mendoza, and Jenny Priego. The exhibition is a combination of Digital Work, Painting and Drawings that explores the minds of the artists. Art and Mind is the reflection of the use of materials to the disposal of the artist.
About the Artists:
Saul Aguirre is a Chicago Based artist born in Mexico City. He has been considered a standout at NEXT 2010 Chicago by Pedro Velez who is an artist and critic living in Chicago. Saul used real manacles, to remind people of the reality of being picked up by the police during a live spectacle, and captivated people with his small drawings. Saul has been exhibiting Nationally and Internationally, in several Museums and Galleries since 1990. http://www.saulaguirre.com
Eduardo A. Alvarado is a self taught artist born in Monterrey, N.L, Mexico and raised in Little Village, in Chicago. At a young age, Eddie worked with artists such as Tim Rollins, and Keith Haring. In the past ten years, he has shown at the National Museum of Mexican Art, in 2007and in 2009, as well as several independent galleries throughout the city. Eddie uses various mediums, favoring acrylics and airbrushing. He draws inspiration from his cultural upbringing and seeks to provide a �new life� to everyday objects and imagery.
Yong Choi is a Korean artist and sculptor currently residing in Chicago. He was born in Jinju, Korea, and joined Korean Army in 2002. He was a sergeant when he was discharged from the service. He moved to NewYork in 2005 because of baseball. And he accidently went to art school and moved to Chicago because of baseball. He got a BFA degree from School of Art Institute of Chicago in 2008. He is just seeking each day�s happiness, and want to express his feeling, and celebrate and remember some specific moments. Making art is the best way to express himself, and continue growing through the process.
Miguel Cortez is an artist living in Chicago and born in Guanajuato, Mexico. He has studied filmmaking at Columbia College and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Future shows in 2010 include an exhibit at Gallery 414 in Fort Worth, Other exhibitions include shows in Champaign, IL at the Krannert Museum and at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, as well as, in Bridge Art Fair in Miami. Other shows included exhibits in Dallas at Mighty Fine Arts Gallery, �Lo Romantico at Glass Curtain Gallery and �Lies that Bill Gates told me: Exploring the Digital Divide� at VU Space in Melbourne, Australia. http://www.mcortez.com
Jaime Mendoza: Concerned largely with issues of immigration, ethnicity and place; Mendoza works in a wide range of media�activist inspired public art, sculpture, film, sound, and photography � all of which fuse the politics of contemporary urban culture with poetic meditations on aesthetics, history, and identity. Most recently Mendoza was awarded a grant from the National Performance Network/Visual Arts Network to participate in a one week residency at Galer�a De La Raza in San Francisco, California.
Jenny Priego is visual and performance artist who draws inspiration from her existence as a feminine being and random beauty. She uses several forms of media to interpret her self exploration, such as technology, her body, voice, and formal fine art technique. Her latest and ongoing project is "Adelita Pata de Perro" a photographic memoir of Adelita, a character that was inspired by the women who fought in the Mexican Revolution. Priego's Adelita is a hyper-ethnic woman wandering the world on an ever changing journey, and on her voyage of discovery she encounters symbols of power, femininity, sex, and cultural imagery. She finds herself in different situations and places that take her from Paris, to Rome and sugar cane mills in Mexico. Priego studied at Columbia College and currently works as a Stewardess. Jenny lives and works in Chicago.
Art and Mind @ Sol Studio is part of Chicago Artists Month 2010, the fifteenth annual celebration of Chicago�s vibrant visual art community. In October, more than 200 exhibitions of emerging and established artists, openings, demonstrations, tours, open studios and neighborhood art walks take place at galleries, cultural centers and arts buildings throughout the city. Chicago Artists Month is coordinated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. For more information, visit www.chicagoartistsmonth.org.
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 Image by Eddie Alvarado.
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