Mexican-French, b. 1991 in New York, NY
Currently lives and works in Chicago, IL
EDUCATION
2020-2022 Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2010-2014 Bachelor of Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
2012-2013 Exchange Program, Wadham College, University of Oxford, UK
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2026 Alumni Fund, Dedalus Foundation, New York, NY
2023-2024 BOLT Residency, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL
2023 Palazzo Monti Residency, Brescia, Italy
2023 Fund for Past Fellows, Dedalus Foundation, New York, NY
2022 Teaching Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2022 Dedalus MFA Fellowship, Dedalus Foundation, New York, NY
2021 Fundación Jumex de Arte Contemporáneo Grant Recipient, Mexico
2020-2022 Enrichment Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2014 Spencer Barnett Memorial Prize for Excellence, New York, NY
2010-2014 Presidential Scholarship, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 The Mystery Spot, curated by Josh Willdigg, Lake Country Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canada
2024 Excavation, curated by John Bakker, Seerveld Gallery, Trinity College, Palos Heights, IL
2022 Ex Votos, curated by Samantha Reynolds, University Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2021 Minutiae: Works on Paper, curated by Jan Christian Bernabe, FLXST601 Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2019 Botanica, curated by Christina Warner, Silas von Morisse, Sargent’s Daughters, New York, NY
2018 Botanica Magnifica, curated by Silas von Morisse, ChaShaMa, New York, NY
2017 Rebelde con Causa, curated by Gloria Maldonado Ansó, XLV FIC, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico
2015 A Dance with Life and Death, curated by Silas von Morisse Gallery, ART 3 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Mala Sangre, curated by Gloria Maldonado Ansó, Instituto Cultural de León, Guanajuato, Mexico
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Almost Nothing, curated by Aleksandra Wałaszek and Sam Stevens, Fundacja Art House, Chicago, IL
2026 The 92nd Exhibition of Visual Artists Members, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2025 Taking Shape, presented by Frank Vega, Metiche Projects, Terrain Biennial, Chicago, IL
2025 Night Sweat / Day Glow, curated by Alberto Aguilar, Mayfield, Forest Park, IL
2024 Chicago Artists Coalition Booth, EXPO Chicago, Chicago, IL
2023 Works in Progress, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL
2023 The Body is Work, curated by Stasia Lev, Stasias Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 By Example, curated by Zachary Weber, W. Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 I Sing The Body Electric, curated by Raúl Zamudio, Jane’s Room, New York, NY
2023 Perros falderos de guerra, curated by Raúl Zamudio, QiPO Fair, Mexico City, Mexico
2022 Threads, curated by Weiyang Gao, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
2022 Exit Counseling, curated by Jan Tumlir, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2022 SAIC Graduate Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2021 Preventative Maintenance, curated by Brian Jucas, Patient Info, Chicago, IL
2021 Against Impossibility, curated by Jan Christian Bernabe, FLXST Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2020 Darkest Before Dawn: Art in Time of Uncertainty, Ethan Cohen KuBe, Beacon, NY
2020 EXODUS III: Mexico in New York, curated by Raúl Zamudio, WhiteBox Harlem, New York, NY
2019 Vertigo, Works on paper, curated by Jennifer Baahng, Baahng & Co. Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Un nuevo viejo mundo, Centro Cultural Gabriel García Marquez, Bogotá, Colombia
2014 Inaugural Exhibition, curated by Silas von Morisse Gallery, ART 3 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 What is an Art Book?, curated by Max Teicher and Kyle Kouri, Garis & Hahn Gallery, New York, NY
2010 DRAW, curated by Erik Foss and Miguel Calderón, Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2024 Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
2023 Davis Street Drawing Room, Evanston, IL
2021 Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago, IL
2016 MAI Marina Abramović Institute, New York, NY
2016 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
2014 François Pinault Foundation, Paris, France
SELECTED LECTURES, CRITIQUE GROUPS & ARTIST TALKS
2023 Contextualizing the Mexican Milagros, Tanda Fall, Chuquimarca Projects, Chicago, IL
2023 Visiting Artist Lecture, Kuta Arts Foundation, Abeokuta, Nigeria
2022 Visiting Artist Lecture, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
2022 Visiting Artist Lecture, Troy University, Department of Art and Design, Troy, AL
2021 Graduate Noontime Lecture Series, Alexis de Chaunac, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2020 Cerebral Women: A Conversation with Alexis de Chaunac and Phyllis Hollis, New York, NY
2020 EXODUS III: Alexis de Chaunac in exchange with Raul Zamudio, WhiteBox Harlem, New York, NY
2017 Los Despachos del Poder, Alexis de Chaunac con Alberto Tavira, Mexico City, Mexico
SELECTED PRESS AND REVIEWS
WALLPAPER, Everything you need to know about the 2025 Chicago Architecture Biennial, September 2025
ARCHINECT NEWS, Chicago Architecture Biennial starts today: 8 highlights not to miss, September 2025
CGN (CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS), For the mother of the many changing names, November, 2024
QUIÉN, La subasta de Arte Vivo: donde la creatividad y solidaridad se unen, October 3, 2023
LABERINTO, Suplemento cultural de MILENIO, Imaginar el futuro, August, 2022
THE ARTISTS’ FEATURE, Alexis de Chaunac, by Jordan Porter-Woodruff, July, 2022
NEW CITY ART, Art Top 5: March 2021, by Kerry Cardoza, February 24, 2021
GRUPO ARCA, Mexican Art and Its Mark, by Regina Rocha, September, 2019
20 MINUTOS, Artistas comparten su noción de entropía en el Museo Carrillo Gil, January 31, 2018
VANITY FAIR Mexico, Recuerdos del Abuelo, by Norberto Bogard, October, 2017
WHITEWALL Magazine, A Dance with Life & Death, by Kathy Donoghue, October 19, 2015
WHITEHOT Magazine, A Dance with Life & Death, by Jeffrey Grunthaner, October, 2015
HARPER’S BAZAAR Mexico, Alexis de Chaunac inaugura exposición, April 15, 2015
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC en Español, Arte en Veracruz, May 18, 2015, illus.
NEW YORK TIMES T Magazine, Primer, An Art Weekend in Bushwick, by Valeriya Safronova, May 29, 2014