Alberto Aguilar

Alberto Aguilar is a Chicago-based artist that uses life stuff as a pliable material to create a meaningful connection with the viewer. This could include language, everyday objects or actual situations he finds himself in. Through their reconfiguration, subversion and juxtaposition a new meaning reveals itself. He doesn't distinguish his art practice from other various life roles which provides freedom allowing him to be more careful and present in situations. Alberto utilizes a self-imposed framework which gives him clear direction producing a generative and prolific output. He chooses to create outside of a studio setting in order to interact with others and experience the world more fully. Through asking questions and an openness to being directed by people and his surroundings he regularly collaborates with others. Although written in third person the artist arranged these three hundred words you are now reading in order to have a shared moment with you. What were you doing prior to reading this bio? 

He is a 2024 US Latinx Artist Fellow and a recipient of the 3Arts award. He has shown at various museums, galleries, storefronts, and street corners around the world which include: The Queens Museum (NY), El Torito Supermercado (St. Louis), Minneapolis Institute of Art, Outside of the Dollar General on US-56 (Elkhart, KS), Museum of Contemporary Art (Detroit), The entrance of Chicago City Hall, Museum of Contemporary Art(Chicago), Parque Fe Del Valle- a designated wifi area (Havana, Cuba), National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago), El Cosmico Trailer Park (Marfa, TX), El Lobi (San Juan, PR), I-80 rest stop (Iowa). Along with his daughter, Madeleine, he runs Mayfield, a multi-use space which operates on the grounds of their home. He teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. What will you do after you are done reading this Bio?