Carlos Donjuan

Born in San Luis Potosi, San Luis, Mexico.
Living and working in Dallas, TX U.S.A

The graffiti movement has been the biggest driving force behind my work since I am part of this growing art subculture. I approach and execute my work in almost the same manner that I would a piece of graffiti on a wall. The attitude that I have when I create a painting is similar to the one that I have when I am out painting the streets. My mentality is part ego, part adrenaline, part competitive, part street and always looking forward to the next project.
Mixed with the skills that I learned in the streets is the knowledge that I have gained in an academic setting. Its binding paintings traditional techniques with experimental forms of applying paint on a raw surface. Interweaving art history references with graffiti arts history, which is still being made today. Creating a hybrid way of thinking made from art jargon and slang from the streets.
My paintings work as narratives that are greatly influenced by everyone from Michelangelo to Alice Neel to Twist to Revok. There are elements in these works that deal with personal influences such as Catholicism, Mexico, Oak Cliff, illegal immigration, politics and family. The port...

Born: San Luis Potosi, Mexico 1982
Living in Dallas, Texas

EDUCATION

University of Texas at San Antonio
2009M.F.A. Studio Art

University of Texas at Arlington
2005B.F.A. Drawing and Painting

UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2009 Adjunct Professor of Record, Drawing, University of Texas at Arlington

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009-Tierra Nueva, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX
2004-The Ghetto Bird, Gallery West, University of Texas at Arlington

TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2009-Este Es Mi Rumbo, HCG Gallery, Dallas, Texas

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2009-25th Annual Student Art Exhibition, U.T.S.A Art Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2008-UTSA Fine Art Association Show, LoneStar Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2008-24th Annual Student Art Exhibition, U.T.S.A Art Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2007-King Williams Arts League, King Williams Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
2007-23rd Annual Student Art Exhibition, U.T.S.A Art Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2005-Dream Exhibition, DeSoto Public Library, DeSoto, Texas
2005-E.X.C.E.L. Annual Art Competition, University Center, U.T.Arlington, Arlington, Texas.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009-Autumnal, The Soup Ga...