User:Salvamenez

Salvador Jiménez was born and raised in Jalisco, Mexico where he lived until 2000. Since his coming to the United States, Salvador has participated and contributed to the Chicago art scene. His work has been included in various solo and group exhibitions in venues such as The National Museum of Mexican Art, The State Street Gallery, Aurora City Hall, Koehnline Museum of Art, Beverly Art Center, and Casa de la Cultura, Jalisco, México. in addition, his public art created with youth from the Pilsen, Lawdale, and La Villita communities such as "the Revival of the Struggle" at the Rauner Family YMCA and "Alternative Remedy" at Saint Antony Hospital. Salvador's work is also in collections at the State Street Gallery (over 30 pieces of work) and other private collections.

Salvador is currently graphic designer at CCDA and art teacher at Yollocalli Art Reach.

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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS:

 El Retorno/The Return: Casa de la Cultura, Jamy, Jalisco, México, June 2008  Living in the U.S.A.: Robert Morris College Artist in Residence: The State Street Gallery, September 2007  Collection of Robert Morris College Art by Salvador jimenez: Aurora City Hall, March 2007  Foreigner/Extranjero Robert Morris College Artist in Residence: The State Street Gallery, October 2006

GROUP EXHIBITS:

 18th St: Pilsen Open Studios, Chicago, October 2008  7th Annual Pilsen Together Chamber of Comerce, Chicago, July 2008  Chucas y Chucos, Colorado, June 2008  Chupacabras! Artists Reinterpret the Myth, Nation Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, January 2008  3rd Annual Institutional Show: The State Street Gallery, Chicago January 2008  Among Saints, Survival, War and a Russian Friend: Chicanindio Gallery, Chicago, December 2007  Portraits of Mexico: 2007 Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival, Chicago, October 2007  18th St: Pilsen Open Studios, Chicago, October 2007  Portrait Cross Border: Whishbone Restaurant, Chicago, October 2007  3rd Annual Celebration, Art Beats 2007, New York, September 2007  6th Annual Pilsen Together Chamber of Comerce, Chicago, August 2007  State of Illinois Annual Collegiate Artists Competition, Koehnline Museum of Art, May 2007  Outside the Box Institutional Senior Exhibit: The State Street Gallery, Chicago, March 2007  18th St: Pilsen Open Studios, Chicago, October 2006  Foreigner/Extranjero Solo Show: The State Street Gallery, Chicago, October 2006  2nd Annual All Student Juried Show: The State Street Gallery, Chicago, September 2006  Spot 6 group exhibition, Chicago, August 2006  5th Annual Cultural Celebration at Pilsen, Chicago, August 2006  Las Palmas Restaurant Bar, Chicago, June 2006  Efebos Internet Café, Chicago, March 2006  Casa de la Cultura Meztizarte, Chicago, October 2005  Mi Cafetal, Chicago, August 2005  1st Annual All Student Juried Art Show: The State Street Gallery, Chicago, July 2005  IAD Open Studio: Robert Morris College, Chicago, May 2005  Instituto Cervantes: John Hancock Center, Chicago, March 2004  All  City Art Exhibition, 2002

AWARDS

 State of Illinois 2007 Annual Collegiate Artists Competition, Finalist, 2007  Honorable Mention in Digital Cinema Production: Robert Morris College, 2007  Artist Fellowship Award Extended: Robert Morris College, 2006  Publication Scholarship Committee: Robert Morris College, 2006  State of Illinois 2006 Annual Collegiate Artists Competition, Winner in Drawing, 2006  Graphic Design Portfolio Scholarship Award: Robert Morris College, 2006  Artist Fellowship Award: Robert Morris College, 2005  Best Art Portfolio Scholarship Award: Robert Morris College, 2004  Latino Art Beat Essay and Illustration Competition, 2004  Latino Art Beat Hispanic Heritage Art Contest Scholarship Award, 2003  Best of Show: The Museum of Contemporary Photography, 2003  Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Contest, Certificate of Excellence in Sculpture, 2003  National Art Honor Society Member: Curie Metropolitan High School, 2003  Photographic Explorations: Curie Metropolitan High School Gallery 37, 2003  Certificate of Honor for Best 2nd Place Poem (Spanish): Curie High School, 2003