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Mark Aguhar (May 16, 1987 – March 12, 2012) an activist and fine artist known for their multidisciplinary work about gender, beauty and existing as an racial minority, while being body positive and transgender femme-identified. Mark was made famous from her Tumblr blog that questioned the mainstream representation of the "glossy glorification of the gay white male body".^[1]^[2]

Life

Born May 16, 1987 in Houston, Texas.^[3] She attended the University of Texas at Austin.^[3]^[4] Aguhar's works include performance-based pieces, watercolors, collages and photography. Often the work was of self-portraits with hair extensions, make-up, gender specific clothing and a beautiful, unashamed portrait of herself, curves and all and reminds the viewer that Aguhar's life and mere existence was an act of confronting white hegemony.^[3]

"My work is about visibility. My work is about the fact that I’m a genderqueer person of color fat femme fag feminist and I don’t really know what to do with that identity in this world. It’s that thing where you grew up learning to hate every aspect of yourself and unlearning all that misery is really hard to do. It’s that thing where you kind of regret everything you’ve ever done because it’s so complicit with white hegemony. It’s that thing where you realize that your own attempts at passive aggressive manipulation and power don’t stand a chance against the structural forms of domination against your body. It’s that thing where the only way to cope with the reality of your situation is to pretend it doesn’t exist; because flippancy is a privilege you don’t own but you’re going to pretend you do anyway."

- Mark Aguhar ^[2]

Aguhar was only a few months away from earning her MFA from University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) when she committed suicide on March 12, 2012.^[5]

Exhibitions

2009: No Lone Zone, Creative Research Lab, Austin, Texas^[6]
2009: New American Talent, The Twenty-fourth Exhibition - Arthouse at the Jones Center - Contemporary Art for Texas, Austin, TX
2010: Ideas of Mountains, Creative Research Laboratory, Austin, Texas^[7]
2011: M4M, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas^[8]
2012: Torch Song, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois^[9]
2012: The Dragon is the Frame Performances, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), Chicago, Illinois^[2]

References

^ Prizmich, Mikey (25 February 2015). "Accept trans youth and value their diverse experiences". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Eler, Alicia (11 January 2013). "Homage to a City's Queer History". Hyperallergenic. Hyperallergic Media, Inc. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Garza, Evan J. (12 March 2015). "Why Be Ugly When U Can Be Beautiful?". Hyperallergenic. Hyperallergic Media, Inc. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
^ "Impossible Choreographies". The Destroyer Magazine. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
^ Sandoval, Travis (16 March 2012). "Mark Aguhar 1987-2012". Austinist. Gothamist LLC. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
^ "CRL EXHIBITION: NO LONE ZONE". 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
^ Brenner, Wayne Alan (29 January 2010). "'Ideas of Mountains' This Creative Research Lab exhibition is a peak of no small aesthetic excitement". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
^ "On View January 28, 2011 – March 12, 2011". Lawndale Art Center. 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
^ Tamarkin, David (20 March 2012). "In memoriam: Mark Aguhar, 1987–2012". TimeOut Chicago. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

External links

Mark Aguhar's Tumblr

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[1] Prizmich, Mikey (25 February 2015). "Accept trans youth and value their diverse experiences". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

[:0-2] Eler, Alicia (11 January 2013). "Homage to a City's Queer History". Hyperallergenic. Hyperallergic Media, Inc. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

[:1-3] Garza, Evan J. (12 March 2015). "Why Be Ugly When U Can Be Beautiful?". Hyperallergenic. Hyperallergic Media, Inc. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

[4] "Impossible Choreographies". The Destroyer Magazine. Retrieved 2015-06-20.

[5] Sandoval, Travis (16 March 2012). "Mark Aguhar 1987-2012". Austinist. Gothamist LLC. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

[6] "CRL EXHIBITION: NO LONE ZONE". 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

[7] Brenner, Wayne Alan (29 January 2010). "'Ideas of Mountains' This Creative Research Lab exhibition is a peak of no small aesthetic excitement". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

[8] "On View January 28, 2011 – March 12, 2011". Lawndale Art Center. 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

[9] Tamarkin, David (20 March 2012). "In memoriam: Mark Aguhar, 1987–2012". TimeOut Chicago. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

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 '''Mark Aguhar''' (May 16, 1987 – March 12, 2012) an activist and fine artist known for their multidisciplinary work about gender, beauty and existing as an racial minority, while being body positive and [[transgender]] femme-identified. Mark was made famous from her Tumblr blog that questioned the mainstream representation of the "glossy glorification of the gay white male body".<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Accept-trans-youth-and-value-their-diverse-6101897.php|title = Accept trans youth and value their diverse experiences|last = Prizmich|first = Mikey|date = 25 February 2015|work = San Francisco Chronicle|access-date = 12 March 2015}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://hyperallergic.com/63377/homage-to-a-citys-queer-history/|title = Homage to a City’s Queer History|date = 11 January 2013|accessdate = 13 March 2015|website = Hyperallergenic|publisher = Hyperallergic Media, Inc|last = Eler|first = Alicia}}</ref>
+== Life ==
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+Born May 16, 1987 in [[Houston|Houston, Texas]].<ref name=":1" /> She attended the [[University of Texas at Austin]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url = http://hyperallergic.com/190254/why-be-ugly-when-u-can-be-beautiful/|title = Why Be Ugly When U Can Be Beautiful?|date = 12 March 2015|accessdate = 12 March 2015|website = Hyperallergenic|publisher = Hyperallergic Media, Inc.|last = Garza|first = Evan J.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Impossible Choreographies|url = http://www.thedestroyermag.com/archive/vol001.2_2012/intro_art.php|website = The Destroyer Magazine|accessdate = 2015-06-20}}</ref> Aguhar's works include performance-based pieces, watercolors, collages and photography. Often the work was of self-portraits with hair extensions, make-up, gender specific clothing and a beautiful, unashamed portrait of herself, curves and all and reminds the viewer that Aguhar's life and mere existence was an act of confronting white hegemony.<ref name=":1" />{{Quote box|quote = "My work is about visibility. My work is about the fact that I’m a genderqueer person of color fat femme fag feminist and I don’t really know what to do with that identity in this world. It’s that thing where you grew up learning to hate every aspect of yourself and unlearning all that misery is really hard to do. It’s that thing where you kind of regret everything you’ve ever done because it’s so complicit with white hegemony. It’s that thing where you realize that your own attempts at passive aggressive manipulation and power don’t stand a chance against the structural forms of domination against your body. It’s that thing where the only way to cope with the reality of your situation is to pretend it doesn’t exist; because flippancy is a privilege you don’t own but you’re going to pretend you do anyway."|source = - Mark Aguhar <ref name=":0" />}}
-Born May 16, 1987 in [[Houston|Houston, Texas]].<ref name=":1" /> She attended the [[University of Texas at Austin]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url = http://hyperallergic.com/190254/why-be-ugly-when-u-can-be-beautiful/|title = Why Be Ugly When U Can Be Beautiful?|date = 12 March 2015|accessdate = 12 March 2015|website = Hyperallergenic|publisher = Hyperallergic Media, Inc.|last = Garza|first = Evan J.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Impossible Choreographies|url = http://www.thedestroyermag.com/archive/vol001.2_2012/intro_art.php|website = The Destroyer Magazine|accessdate = 2015-06-20}}</ref> Aguhar's works include performance-based pieces, watercolors, collages and photography. Often the work was of self-portraits with hair extensions, make-up, gender specific clothing and a beautiful, unashamed portrait of herself, curves and all and reminds the viewer that Aguhar's life and mere existence was an act of confronting white hegemony.<ref name=":1" />
 Aguhar was only a few months away from earning her MFA from [[University of Illinois at Chicago|University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)]] when she committed suicide on March 12, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://austinist.com/2012/03/16/mark_aguhar_1987-2012.php|title = Mark Aguhar 1987-2012|date = 16 March 2012|accessdate = 12 March 2015|website = Austinist|publisher = Gothamist LLC|last = Sandoval|first = Travis}}</ref>