Alejandro Macias – School of Art

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Assistant Professor

Art Bldg, Room 208
520-626-0627

Born and raised in Brownsville, Texas, along the U.S./ Mexico border, Alejandro Macias received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Brownsville in 2008, and a Master of Fine Arts in 2-D Studio Art from the University of Texas – Pan American in 2012.

His work has been driven by his Mexican-American identity and the current social-political climate. Raised in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV), his body of work addresses themes of heritage, immigration and ethnicity, which are set in contrast to his critical engagement with the assimilation and acculturation process often referred to as “Americanization.”

His work has been exhibited throughout Texas and in California, Colorado, New York, North Dakota, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee and South Korea. Since 2016 he has been the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions including notable and prestigious residencies at Centrum in Port Townsend, WA, Vermont Studio Center, Chateau d’Orquevaux in Orquevaux, France, and most recently The Studios at MASS MoCA.

His work has been recognized and remains in the permanent collections of The City of San Antonio Department of Art and Culture, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, 4Culture in Seattle, WA, and Chateau d'Orquevaux.

Recent Work

Mask (Red)

Artist: Alejandro Macias

oil on canvas

American Mexican II

Artist: Alejandro Macias

oil and acrylic on canvas

I love the Mexicans. No one is more Mexican than me.

Artist: Alejandro Macias

oil and aerosol on canvas

American Mexican

Artist: Alejandro Macias

oil and acrylic on canvas

Puro Pinche Republicano

Artist: Alejandro Macias

oil and acrylic on canvas

Nopal en la Frente

Artist: Alejandro Macias

graphite, oil, acrylic on paper

Citizen

Artist: Alejandro Macias

graphite, oil, acrylic on paper

A Water That Divides and Consumes

Artist: Alejandro Macias

graphite, oil, acrylic on paper

Flag I

Artist: Alejandro Macias

graphite on paper

Flag II

Artist: Alejandro Macias

graphite on paper

University of Arizona School of Art

6 days ago

MFA candidate and Arizona Biennial 2020 exhibitor Perla Diaz welcomes you into her studio in this beautiful video from Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block
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1 month ago

Congrats to Mariel Miranda for earning the 2021 Marcia Grand Centennial Sculpture Prize!

Mariel will be using the award to bring a dead bird back to life using a taxonomic spell and visual arts.

"My aim in this project is to create an allegorical device to speak about the small and the silent. For the last 12 years I have lived the embodied experience of the daily threat of a narco-state that operates with impunity in my home country Mexico. Before coming to Tucson, I wondered about all those years now of the pain of death that passes through all of us. But also, and above all, I wondered about the immeasurable beauty of the small and silent acts of courage and love that are applied as tactics against all that terror ---- acts that will never get to know."

Want to get involved??? Add a comment below with your favorite three birds in this post before Aug. 23 (first day of fall classes). Mariel will use your feedback to help chose which of these birds will come back to life!

We will share final project and installation site once Mariel is finished!

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If you haven't already checked out the 2020 MFA Alumni Exhibition, you should! Today we're featuring Erin DiGiovanni's installation "Excuse the Mess"

See the full exhibition and artist statement at galleries.art.arizona.edu!

Excuse the Mess is an exhibition of works which replicate function, catalogue and display the commonplace, and combine domestic and recreational. The title is a familiar disclaimer offered to mitigate the potential embarrassment and unease when one enters the intimate dwelling of another, making way for the work itself to investigate and challenge the social and self-stigmatization of addiction and mental illness within domestic settings and American culture.

25% of American children grow up in households where substance abuse is present.1 Studies suggest that up to half of a person’s risk of becoming addicted to substances (nicotine, alcohol, and other drugs) depend on their genetic makeup. Along with hereditary disposition, a person’s environment and learned behaviors, values, habits, and communication styles can put one at risk of self-medicating tendencies as a means of coping with physical and emotional pain.

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2 months ago

We are so incredibly happy to announce the 2020 MFA Alumni Thesis exhibition! During the last year of their coursework, graduates were poised to exhibit their thesis research when we were hit with campus closure because of the pandemic. As a result, these students missed out on one of the most intrinsic components of their academic studies, presenting a fully developed body of work to the public in the form of an exhibition. Slowly as the world begins to open we are able to host these artists and reflect on the work they completed in those last months of their degree pursuits. Please join us in celebrating our graduates in the 2020 MFA Alumni Exhibition! ... See MoreSee Less

3 months ago

Check out some excellent work from the Illustration + Design Capstone with Simon Hinchliffe this spring! You can see the work at bddy.me/3hHPfSq ... See MoreSee Less

Check out some excellent work from the Illustration + Design Capstone with Simon Hinchliffe this spring! You can see the work at https://bddy.me/3hHPfSq

A huge thank you to Yellow Images for making these projects possible! These images are from students working with Simon Hinchliffe in the ART 365 Identity and Systems Design class creating airline branding using #yellow mockups!

Artwork by: Mayra Taborda, Meghan Hazeltine, Montessa White, Nick Daniels, Riley Hodge, Sophie Baygents, William Vaughn, Xuxian Zhang, Zachary King, Abigail Moon, Anahi Berrellez, Daniela Gonzalez, Jake Polishhook, Jamie Rodriguez, Joey Miscio, Julia Roth, Kat Mcgee, Kathie Heidler, and Lourdes Gomez ... See MoreSee Less

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