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 recently been exhibited in San Antonio at Blue Star Contemporary, Centro de Artes, and The Southwest School of Art; in Boston at MassArt X SOWA; and in Darmstadt Germany at Darmstädter Sezession for The World Heritage Festival.

Exhibitions

• 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