CÉSAR ESTEBAN BERNAL
cbernal206@gmail.com
b. 1995, Phoenix, Arizona
EDUCATION
2020 MFA, Studio - Fiber and Material Studies — School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2017 AB with Honors, Visual Arts — Brown University — Providence, RI
2016 University of Veracruz — Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
2013 Diploma — Metro Tech High School — Phoenix, AZ
2009 Certificate of Promotion — C.J. Jorgensen Elementary School — Phoenix, AZ
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (*solo)
2021 “Guadalupanas” — Xico — Phoenix, AZ
2020 “Indigeneity” — Siragusa Gallery — Chicago, IL
2019 “UNIDXS: RAÍCES” — Side Street Studios — Elgin, IL
2019 “Alien Objects” — SITE Sharp — Chicago, IL
2018 “Contemporary Culture” — Xico — Phoenix, AZ
2017 “Power Through the Future” — Galería de la Raza — San Francisco, CA
2017 “First Apartment” — Sarah Doyle Women’s Center — Providence, RI
2017 “Commencement” — Granoff Center for the Creative Arts — Providence, RI
2017 “Hijo of Two Naciones” — List Art Center — Providence, RI *
2017 37th Annual Student Juried Exhibition — David Winton Bell Gallery — Providence, RI
2016 “NxNE” — List Art Center — Providence, RI
2016 “It’s a SHOW!” — List Art Center — Providence, RI
2016 “¿En Veracruz no pasa nada?” — Los Lagos — Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
2015 “Penultimate Rising” — List Art Center — Providence, RI
AWARDS, GRANTS, & RESIDENCIES
2023 Artist-in-Residence — ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center — Tempe, AZ
2022 AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship Nominee
2021 Arts Career Advancement Grant — City of Phoenix Office of Arts + Culture
2021 Monson Arts’ Residency — Monson, ME
2020 James Nelson Raymond Fellowship Nominee — School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2020 Odyssey Travel Grant — School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2018 Wilson/Livingstone Graduate Merit Fellowship — School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2017 Ann Belsky Moranis Award — Brown University
2017 Julie Sloane Award — Brown University
2016 Brown Arts Initiative Grant — Brown University