Diana Guerrero-Maciá
Nevermind the Twist, 2001. Sewn wool, polyester dress, and neoprene wetsuit, 56 ' 68 inches (triptych).
Appropriated from edited cover of Sex Pistols' Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols album cover + Connie Francis' Do the Twist album cover + downloaded generic Op-Art Pattern.
Playing the Field, 2001. Sewn wool, leather, polyester, and suede deconstructed from a man's sports jacket and three women's jackets, 60 ' 60 inches. Appropriated from edited cover of Mark Murphy's Playing the Field album cover.
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Cleveland, 1966
Resides: Chicago
Education: Cranbrook Academy of Art (M.F.A., 1992); Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1992); Villanova University (B.F.A., 1988)
Solo Exhibitions:
1999
"Perfect Lovers," Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis.
1998
"Position Is Where You Put It," Artemisia Gallery, Chicago.
"Sewings," Network, Pontiac, Michigan.
1996
Lake Forest College, Illinois.
1996
Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago.
1994
"Flock," Artemisia Gallery, Chicago.
Group Exhibitions:
2002 "Prestar = borrow + lend," Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago.
2002
"Blue Collar Blue Blood," Heaven Gallery, Chicago.
2002
2001 "Chicago and Vicinity with a Bias," Klein Art Works, Chicago.
2002
"Fluid Interfaces," Gallery 2, Chicago.
2000
"No Name Exhibitions@The Soap Factory," Minneapolis.
2000
"Of intrinsic Nature: transformando lo ordinario," Chicago Park District.
1999
"Washington University Art Faculty," Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, Illinois.
1998
"One Night Stand," Critical Mass, St. Louis.
1998
"Faculty Exhibition," Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis.
1997
"White Gloves for the '90s," Three Arts Club, Chicago.
1997
"Knock-Out," Artemisia Gallery, Chicago.
1996
"Abstract Chicago," Klein Art Works, Chicago.
1996
"13th Biennial Exhibition," Evanston Art Center, Illinois.
1996
"No N.A.M.E.," N.A.M.E., Chicago.
1996
"Mujeres de Pelo en Pecho," National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Conference, Chicago.
1995
"Corazón Latino: Four Latina Artists," University of Chicago.
1995
"Mujeres de Pelo en Pecho," Northwestern University Settlement House, Chicago.
1994
"Visual Play," Textile Art Center, Chicago.
1994
"The Shape of Things," Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago.
1994
"ToyBomb!," Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago.
1993
"Car Radios and Other Great Stuff . . . ," Beret International Gallery, Chicago.
Selected Bibliography:
2000
Abbe, Mary. "Under One Big Top." Star Tribune (August 4).
1999
Daniels, Jeff. "Art in Review." St. Louis Post Dispatch (December 15).
1996
Buchholz, Barbara. "Sense of Reality." Chicago Tribune (December 20).
1995
Helguera, Pablo. "Mujeres de Pelo en Pecho."Exito! (October 5).
1995
Mason, Nathan. "Diana Guerrero-Maciá and Her Quirky Balances."Subnation (January).
1992
Miro, Marsha. "Michigan Fine Arts Exhibition."Detroit Free Press (April 5).