Jose Agustin Andreu
Professional Activities


Curator


"Imaging Aztlan: Printmakers   from Chicago's Mexican Community",
_Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL; 1995

"Footprints: Huellas", Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago IL; 1995

"Gallery 37 Exhibition", Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL; 1991

"Consumerism and The Body", North Lakeside Cultural Center, Chicago IL; 1991

"Symbolic Language", North Lakeside Cultural Center, Chicago IL; 1991

"Figuration Large and Small", North Lakeside Cultural Center, Chicago IL; 1991

"Tempered Impulse", North Lakeside Cultural Center, Chicago IL; 1991

"Prints and Drawings by Rene Arceo", North Lakeside Cultural Center, Chicago IL; 1990                     

"Perceptions: perspectives on age", North Lakeside Cultural Center, Chicago IL; 1990

"Granada: A Theater Remembered" North Lakeside Cultural Center, Chicago IL; 1990 

"Neglected Beauty", North Lakeside Cultural Center, Chicago IL; 1990

"Inter-heritage", North Lakeside Cultural Center, Chicago IL; 1990

"Patricia Search: Computer Generated Art", North Lakeside Cultural Center, Chicago IL; 1990

"A Tribute to Children's Artists",  Boulevard Arts Center at The New Regal Theater, Chicago IL; 1990

"Connected to Wicker Park", Group Show, Near Northwest Arts Council, Chicago IL; 1989


Lectures
& Essays


“National Art Premier”- Juror’s Statement, Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Newsletter
_Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst IL; 2013

“Creating Art and Cultural Identity”, Hispanic Heritage Program
_ Humbolt Park Chicago Public Library, Chicago IL; 2008

“Copying in the Museum, History and Practice” Skokie Art Guild Lecture Series
_Skokie Public Library, Skokie, IL; 2007 

“Native and Immigrant, Jose Andreu”, Hispanic Heritage Program
_Humbolt Park Chicago Public Library, Chicago IL; 2007

"Sabor: Aspects of Puerto Rican Painting", Hispanic Heritage Program
_ Humbolt Park Chicago Public Library, Chicago IL; 2004

"Rene Arceo: Convergencia De Lo Mistico y Lo Real",
_Diturna, Creacion y Cultura, #15 Nov-Dec 03; 2003

"Rene Arceo in Poland, New Expressions-Ancient Roots", Contemporary Art Gallery,
_BWA, Zamosc, Poland; University Cultural Center, Lublin, Poland; 2002

"Day of the Dead and The Permanent Collection",
_Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago IL; 2001

"Day of the Dead and The Permanent Collection",
_Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago IL; 1997

"La Contracorriente: The Alternative Modernist Movement to Mexican Muralism",
17th Annual International Exchange Conference, Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, Idaho; 1997

"The Role of the Artist in the Development of a National Identity",
_CAPE/ Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum Lecture Series,
_Rudy Lozano Public Library, Chicago IL; 1996

"Hispanic Week", Madison Community Center, Madison WI; 1985


Advisor


Certificate in Drawing and Painting Programs, Division of Continuing Studies,
School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL; 1999 to Present

"Who Gets the Money? : Funding Cultural Diversity in Chicago",
Conference at University of Illinois, Chicago IL; 1994


Panelist


"Contemporary Puerto Rican Art and Artists", Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL; 1995

"Political/Community Art vs Mainstreaming: Conflict and Survival",
_Midwest Regional   N.A.C.S. Conference, University of Illinois, Chicago IL; 1988

"Nuestras Imagenes: Our Images", Community Gallery of Art,
_ College of Lake County, Grayslake IL; 1987

"The Caribbean, Common Ground of Diversity", Madison City Cable-12, Madison WI; 1985


Juror


“National Art Premiere”, Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst IL; 2012

"Latino Horizons", Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago IL; 2001

"25th Annual Broadway Art Fair", Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce, Chicago IL; 1996

"Art on the Walk", St. James Episcopal Cathedral, Chicago IL; 1996

"1991 Hispanic Juried Art Exhibition", Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago IL; 1991

Neighborhood Arts Program, Chicago Office of Fine Arts, Chicago IL; 1990, 1988, 1987

Power Hour Poster Contest, Chicago Public Schools, Bureau of Art; 1989


Bibliography
(Publication)


“Beverly and The Bard”, arts & culture, Chicago Weekly, 3-29-2012

“Barquitos de Papel en Rogers Park”, El Chicago Hispano, June 2011

“Toward the Preservation of a Heritage: Latin American and Latino Art in the Midwestern United States”
_Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame; 2008

“Triumph of Our Communities: Four Decades of Mexican American Art”
_Hispanic Research Center, Arizona State University; 2006

"Double Identity", Chicago Reader, Chicago IL; 1-26-1996

"Reclaiming Aztlan", Artbreak, New City, Chicago IL; 1-4-1996

"Imaging Aztlan: Exploracion de la identidad Mexicana", Exito,
Chicago Tribune, Chicago IL; 12-14-1995

"Manifestacion de Sentimientos Llenos de Vida", La Raza, Chicago IL; 12-21-1995

"Diversidad Latina", La Raza, Chicago IL; 9-21-1995

"Un acto valiente de afirmacion cultural", Exito, Chicago Tribune, Chicago IL; 7-20-1995

"Exhibit showcases art by seniors", New Star, Chicago IL; 10-9-1990

"Art finds an elegant home in Edgewater", New Star, Chicago IL; 6-19-1990

“Los Latinos Estan De Moda II”, UnomasUno, Mexico City, Mexico; 10-15-1988


Member


Coalicion Artistas de Puerto Rico; 2009

Chicago Artists' Coalition, Board of Directors; 1991-1995


Recipient


Serie Project, Inc., Artist Residency, Austin, TX; 2009

Community Arts Assistance Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs; 1987, 1993, 1995

University of Wisconsin Fellowship, Madison WI; 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86

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