Luis A. Sahagún

Descripción del Artista

Luis A. Sahagún (B. 1982) Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, he creates paintings, performances, and sculptures that confront the palpable inescapability of race, transforming them into acts of cultural reclamation. Like DNA strings of mestizaje, his practice sits at the intersections of contradictions — indian/conqueror, violence/unity, and ancient/contemporary. As the grandson of a Curandera and a practitioner of Curanderismo, Luis makes art that conjures indigenous spiritualities to embody personal histories, cultural resistance, and colonial disruption. As a formerly undocumented immigrant and laborer, Luis reveals the aesthetics of relocation and transgenerational trauma by utilizing building materials such as silicone, lumber, drywall, concrete, and hardware - symbols representing working class immigrants. Luis has exhibited widely at venues including the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art (Roswell, NM), Latchkey Gallery NYC, Charlie James Gallery (Los Angeles), Arvika Art Gallery (Sweden), The National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago), and the Chicago Cultural Center, among others. His work is included in the Fidelity Collection of Boston, Alta Med Collection of Los Angeles, and the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, among others. Sahagun received his undergraduate degree from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and his MFA from Northern Illinois University. His work has been examined in publications including Artforum, the Los Angeles Times, Newcity, New American Paintings, and Hyperallerigic. His practice has been spotlighted as having a unique voice helping to shape, shift, and touch the world on radio, podcasts, and television networks such as MundoFOX, NBC, UNIVISION and WBEZ-NPR. Sahagun has held residencies at Roswell, NM; Oaxaca, Mexico; the Chicago Artist Coalition; Mana Contemporary in Miami; The Sally and Don Lucas Artists Residency Program (Montalvo), Saratoga, CA; and was an Artist in Residence for Critical Race Studies at Michigan State University. He is a 3Arts awardee and a 2023 United States Artist Fellow and is currently the Center for Craft’s WNC Artists in Residence.

Exposiciones en las que ha participado como artista

Luis A. Sahagún. La Magia del Pueblo

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