Spring 2024 seminar: M.F.A. candidate, creative visual arts
Born in Mexico's industrial capital of Monterrey, Aguilera immigrated as a young adult to the US where he settled in Austin, Texas, in late 2000s. He received his B.F.A. in 2004 from The Autonomous University of Nuevo León, México. He is curious about place, presence and perception in affiliation with time, change, and the environment in which we coexist. His work has been exhibited internationally at Artpace San Antonio, The Blanton Museum of Art, The Contemporary Austin, Philbrook Museum of Art, The George Washington Carver Museum, and the Instituto Cultural de México in Paris, France. Aguilera is a founding member of Black Mountain Project, a contemporary art platform that rejects approaches of monolithic paradigms and embodies fugitive practices in pursuit of impossible freedoms. His work has been featured in a variety of publications, including Artforum, Frieze, The New York Times, Artnet, Art in America, and Glasstire. He currently lives in Ithaca, New York.