Biography

Juan Carlos Escobedo (B.1985 El Paso,TX) explores his identity as a queer, brown, Mexican-American, raised in a low-socioeconomic community along the US/Mexico border. His work addresses residual class and race shame that arises from living in a predominantly white structured United States which favors light-skinned individuals and middle-class and above socioeconomic classes.

Escobedo received his BFA from New Mexico State University and MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. His work has been exhibited in San Antonio at Contemporary at Bluestar, Ruby City, and The McNay; in Boston at MassArt X SOWA; and in Darmstadt Germany at Darmstädter Sezession for The World Heritage Festival.

His work has been recognized through awards,including a Collective Futures Fund Grant from Tufts University Art Galleries: Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts as a consultant; a  grant from the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures. Residencies include the Casa Lü Artist Residency in Mexico City, the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Artist Residency, and the Künstlerhaus Bethanien Artist Residency facilitated by CONTEMPORARY at Bluestar

Exhibitions

• 2025 Group Exhibition.  Synthesis & Subversion Redux.  Ruby City. San Antonio TX
  2025 Group Exhibition. Finding our way Home. Mothership Studios.  San Marcos TX
  2024 Solo Exhibition. Derlict Display II.  Mesquite Arts Center.  Mesquite TX
  2024 Group Exhibition.  Shelf Life.  McNay Art Museum. San Antonio TX
  2024 Installation. Derelict Display. McNay Art Museum. San Antonio TX
  2024 Group Exhibition. Vernacular Systems. Contemporary at Bluestar. San Antonio TX
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• 2023 Group Exhibition. In Residence: 16th Edition . HCCC. Houston TX
• 2023 Group Exhibition. Contemporary Art Month: Picking at Scabs. Trinity University. San Antonio TX
• 2023 Group Exhibition. in the vast toothpick cities of the future. MAKEROOM LA. Los Angeles CA
• 2022 Group Exhibition. CRAFTTEXAS 2022. Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Houston TX
• 2022 Solo Exhibition. x J.ESC: Assimilation Apparel. Galveston Arts Center. Galveston TX
• 2022 Solo Exhibition. x J.ESC Clamplight Studios. San Antonio TX
• 2022 Group Exhibition. Source. MassArt x SoWA. Boston MA
• 2022 Group Exhibition. NYFA Film & Performance. Centro de Artes. San Antonio TX
• 2022 Group Exhibition. NYFA IA Mentorship Exhibit. Centro de Artes. San Antonio TX
• 2022 Group Exhibition. Threads Bare. BlueStar Contemporary. San Antonio TX
• 2022 Group Exhibition. CAM Perrenial 2022. Southwest School of Art. San Antonio TX
• 2021 Group Exhibition. Language of Fiber Art. University of Incarnate Word. San Antonio
• 2021: Film Festival. Projection/Projektion. Bluestar Contemporary & Darmstädter Sezession. San Antonio TX/Darmstadt, Germany
• 2021 Group Exhibition. Liminal Casa Lü Residency. Cuidad Mexico, MX