Enrique Chagoya
Enrique Chagoya | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Education | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
| Alma mater | San Francisco Art Institute, University of California at Berkeley |
| Employer | Stanford University |
| Spouse(s) | Jeanine Kramer,[1] Kara Maria[1] |
Enrique Chagoya (born 1953)[2] is a Mexican-born American painter, printmaker, and educator. The subject of his artwork is the changing nature of culture. Chagoya teaches at Stanford University, in the department of Art and Art History.[3][4] He lives in San Francisco.
Biography
Enrique Chagoya was born in Mexico City in 1953.[5] He was partly raised by an Amerindian nurse who helped him to respect the indigenous people of his country and their history. He studied economics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City from 1971 to 1974.[5] As a student, he was sent to work on rural development projects with a focus on economics, an experience that strengthened his interest in political and social activism. While attending a rural development program he married an American sociologist working on the same program, Jeanine Kramer.[1]
In 1977, Chagoya and his first wife Jeanine Kramer visited McAllen, Texas.[1] In 1979, Chagoya immigrated to the United States to Berkeley,[1] where he worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. In 1984, he earned a BFA degree at the San Francisco Art Institute;[5] and in 1987 a MFA degree at the University of California at Berkeley.[5]
He received the Stanford University's the Dean's Award in the Humanities in 1998. In 2000, Chagoya became a citizen of the United States.[6]
His controversial artwork "The Misadventures of the Romantic Cannibals", which portrays Jesus, and possibly other religious figures, in a context of ambiguous sexual content, is part of a ten-artist exhibit called "The Legend of Bud Shark and His Indelible Ink" which is on display in a city-run art museum in Loveland, Colorado.[7] The copy on exhibit in Loveland, one of a limited edition of 30 lithographs, was destroyed by a woman wielding a crowbar on October 6, 2010. According to the artist the work is a commentary on the Catholic sex abuse cases. The woman is set to go to court on October 15, 2010.[8][3]
In 2021, Chagoya was awarded the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship.[4]
Collections
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art
- Honolulu Museum of Art
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art[2]
- Metropolitan Museum of Art[9]
- di Rosa[10]
- Museum of Modern Art[11][2]
- National Museum of American Art
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art[12]
- Brooklyn Museum[13]
- New York Public Library
- San Jose Museum of Art[2]
- Art Institute of Chicago[14][2]
- Arkansas Arts Center
- Whitney Museum of American Art[15]
- Williams College Museum of Art
- Crocker Art Museum[16]
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.[17][2]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Oral history interview with Enrique Chagoya, 2001 July 25-August 6". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. August 6, 2001.
- ^ a b c d e f "Hallie Ford Museum of Art: Enrique Chagoya". Willamette University. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ a b Frosch, Dan (2010-10-11). "Provocative Image of Christ Sets Off a Debate Punctuated With a Crowbar". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ a b "Enrique Chagoya". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ a b c d "Enrique Chagoya". Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM). Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ Samet, Jennifer (2016-08-20). "Beer with a Painter: Enrique Chagoya". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Colorado town upset over artistic depiction of Jesus Christ" post in the blog "Culture Monster" on the website of the Los Angeles Times October 1, 2010, accessed October 7, 2010
- ^ "Mont. woman takes crowbar to disputed artwork in Loveland" article by Monte Whaley in The Denver Post 10/06/2010, accessed October 7, 2010
- ^ "Hand of Power 1997". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "The Collection". diRosaart.org. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
- ^ "Enrique Chagoya". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Chagoya, Enrique". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "[Untitled] From the Set, Return to Goya's Caprichos". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Search Collection". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
- ^ "Enrique Chagoya". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Organic Cannibal". Crocker Art Museum. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Search Results". FAMSF Explore the Art. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
Further reading
- Chagoya, Enrique, Enrique Chagoya, Locked in Paradise, Reno, Nevada, Nevada Museum of Art, 2000.
- Hickson, Patricia et al., Enrique Chagoya, Borderlandia, Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Art Center, 2007.
External links
- Oral history interview with Enrique Chagoya, 2001 July 25-August 6, from Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
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- 20th-century Mexican painters
- 20th-century American male artists
- Mexican male painters
- 21st-century Mexican painters
- Artists from Mexico City
- San Francisco Art Institute alumni
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Mexican contemporary artists
- Artists from the San Francisco Bay Area
- National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
- Stanford University Department of Art and Art History faculty
- University of California, Berkeley alumni
- 20th-century American printmakers
- 20th-century Mexican male artists
- 21st-century Mexican male artists