artist & vagabond / artista y vago
Andrei Renteria is an artist working in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and assemblage. Born in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, his work reflects his strong and longstanding interest in socio-political issues along the U.S./ Mexico border. Renteria realizes that there are parallels between division created by borders and those of discrimination, persecution, unlawful imprisonment and human rights abuses that continue unabated. As we face the challenge today of worldwide recognition of human rights and freedom, his experimental approaches provide a powerful forum from which he investigates how to address and embody weighty subject matter (including torture and violence) beyond international borders.
Renteria received his BFA from Sul Ross State University and his MFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He resides and works in San Antonio, Texas.
Andrei Rentería es un artista que trabaja en dibujo, pintura, litografía, escultura, y el ensamblaje. Nacido en el estado mexicano de Chihuahua, su trabajo refleja un interés persistente en cuestiones socio-políticas a lo largo de la frontera Mexico-Estadounidense. Rentería comprende las paralelas entre las divisiones creadas por fronteras y esas de la discriminación, persecución, encarcelamientos ilegales, y abusos a los derechos humanos que continúan sin disminución. Al enfrentarnos al desafío del reconocimiento mundial por los derechos humanos y la libertad, sus métodos experimentales hacia materiales le proporcionan un foro poderoso de donde investiga como discutir e incorporar contenido pesado (incluyendo la tortura y la violencia) mas allá de las fronteras internacionales.
Rentería recibió su licenciatura de Bellas Artes de la Universidad Estatal de Sul Ross y su maestría de Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Texas en San Antonio. Radica y trabaja en la cuidad de San Antonio, Texas.
2015
2010
Education/ Educación
Master's of Fine Arts, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Bachelor's of Fine Arts, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas
Awards/ Premios
2019
George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation Fellowship in Painting, George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation, Providence, RI
2018
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin Residency Program, Blue Star Contemporary Museum, San Antonio, TX
2016
2016
2015
Friends of Chuck Ramirez Award for Visual Arts, Artist Foundation, San Antonio, TX
Artist Lab Resident, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX
Wai Ching Lam Best of Show Art Prize, University of Texas at San Antonio
Exhibitions/ Exposiciones
Solo
2020
To Whom It May Concern & Fringes, Palo Alto College, San Antonio, TX
2016
Aligned, 3rd Space, San Antonio, TX
Group/ Colectivas
2019
Funf, Blue Star Contemporary Museum, San Antonio, TX
2018
Images of Power, Freight Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2017
$t@tU.S.? Prints from Puerto Rico to San Antonio, Centro de Artes, San Antonio, TX
2017
Young Latino Artists, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX