Jesus Macarena-Avila artist

Jesus Macarena-Avila is an internationally known artist,community­based arts educator,and lecturer who lives and works in Rogers Park.

Not only has he exhibited his art in Rogers Park, and all over America, but all over the world including: Australia, Brazil, France, Mexico, South Africa, Senegal, Spain and Zambia. Publications such as Art Throb, Dialogue, New Art Examiner and El Portaliano/ Fundacion Diego Portales have highlighted his studio work and community art projects.

Macarena-Avila received his MFA degree from the Vermont College of Norwich University and studied in the fiber, painting and sculpture departments at the School of the Art Institute, where he earned his BFA.

In Chicago, Macarena-Avila works as a community based arts educator with many social service organizations. Macarena-Avila’s past curatorial projects has been exhibited with VUSpace with Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia; Malcolm X College, Chicago, Illinois and Polvo Chicago, Illinois. Upcoming 2006 curatorial projects will be exhibited at Gallery Visio with the University of Missouri - St. Louis, St. Louis Missouri; and Polvo, Chicago, Illinois.

Macarena-Avila has lectured at educational and arts institutions such as: Antioch College (Yellow Springs, Ohio); Australian National University (Canberra, Australia); Columbia College Chicago (Chicago, Illinois); Community Arts Project (Cape Town South Africa); Northern Illinois University (DeKalb Illinois). Including Victoria University (Melbourne, Australia); University of Missouri at Saint Louis (Saint Louis Missouri); Victorian College for the Arts (Melbourne, Australia) and Witswander University (Johannesburg, South Africa).

Contact Jesus • babyjaguar@yahoo.com