Enrique Chagoya
Enrique Chagoya (born September 23, 1953 in Mexico City , Mexico ) is a Mexican-born American painter, graphic artist and university teacher .
Life
Chagoya was partly raised by an Indian nanny, through whom he was taught the Indian traditions of his country from an early age. He studied economics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and during this time worked on various development projects in rural Mexico.
In 1977 Chagoya emigrated to the USA with his wife, where he initially worked as an illustrator and graphic artist. In 1984 he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from the San Francisco Art Institute and received a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in 1987 from the University of California, Berkeley . In 1995 he was Artist in Residence in Giverny , France, in Claude Monet's House and Garden , and in 1999 in Paris in the Cité internationale des arts Paris .
Chagoya lives in San Francisco , California . He became a citizen of the United States in 2000. Since 1998 he has been Dean and Professor of the Faculty of Art and Art History at Stanford University .
Prizes and awards
- National Endowment for the Arts Scholarship
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Award
- San Francisco Art Institute Prize
Works in public collections
- Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York City , USA
- Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York City, USA
- New York Public Library , Manhattan , New York City, USA
- Art Institute of Chicago , Chicago , Illinois , USA
- Arkansas Arts Center , Little Rock , Arkansas , USA
- Whitney Museum of American Art , New York City, USA
Publications
- Enrique Chagoya: Locked in Paradise . Nevada Museum of Art , Reno (Nevada) 2000. ISBN 0-965811557 .
- Utopia Cannibal: Adventure in Reverse Anthropology . Forum for Contemporary Art , St. Louis (Missouri) , USA 2001, ISBN 0-971219508 .
literature
- Patricia Hickson et al. (Ed.): Enrique Chagoya: Borderlandia . Des Moines Art Center , Des Moines Iowa , USA
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chagoya, Enrique |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American-Mexican painter, printmaker, and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico City , Mexico |