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Chavira, Javier


Associate Professor of Art
Division: Communication, Visual and Performing Arts
Program: Art
Office: E1519
Phone: 708.534.4017
Website: http://www.javierchavira.net/

Education | Honors | Presentations | Professional Memberships

Education

  • M.F.A., Northern Illinois University, 2002 
  • M.A., Governors State University, 1999 
  • B.A., Governors State University, 1997 

Honors

2008

  • Award of Excellence, Faculty Excellence Award, Governors State University, University Park, IL
  • Honorable Mention, Rockford Midwestern, Rockford Museum of Art, Rockford, IL

2007

  • Finalist Award, Illinois Arts Council

2005

  • Nominated for Individual Artist Award, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Chicago, IL

2003

  • Award of Distinction, 60th Annual Salon Show, Juried Exhibition, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN
  • Best of Show, Gallery 203 Juried Exhibition, Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Park, IL

2002

  • 1st Place – Purchase Award, Impressions From Diversity, Juried Exhibition, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL

2001

  • 1st place, Latino Horizons 2001 Juried Exhibition, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL

Presentations

Selected Exhibitions

2009

  • Miradas: Mexican Art from the Bank of America Collection, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL

2008

  • A Declaration of Immigration, Invitational, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL, and Rockford Midwestern, Rockford Museum of Art, IL

2007

  • De la Tierra y Los Cielos: Contemporary Icons, Solo Exhibition, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL

2006

  • 2006 Biennial: Contemporary American Realism, Juried Exhibition, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
  • Concepts In Realism 2006, Invitational, Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, IL

2005

  • ICONIC, Solo Exhibition, 33 Collective Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Dia de los Muertos: The Journey Home, Group Invitational, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL

2004

  • A Latino Invitational, Krasel Art Center, St. Joseph, MI

2003

  • Creating Art Building Communities, Invitational, Maraye Gallery, Field Museum, Chicago, IL

Selected Permanent Public Collections

  • National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL
  • Bank of America Collection
  • Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
  • Center for Latin and Latin American Studies, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
  • Public Art in Chicago and Joliet, IL

Professional Memberships

  • Friends of Community Public Art, Joliet, IL