(Guadalajara, 1961). Juan Carlos Macías originally studied architecture and visual arts at the University of Guadalajara. He has lived in the United States, France, Germany and Morocco – countries where he has exhibited his work – and in Argentina, Costa Rica, Brazil and Korea. He has received national and international awards such as the two Students Award from the Los Angeles Valley College, the Procalza Award at the Guadalajara Salón de Octubre, the Guadalupe Posada Award, and the Omnilife Award. He received a grant for the project Face to Face from The Illinois Art Council and his project Santos y Milagros de Todos los Dias (Everyday Saints and Miracles) received the The Harpo Foundation grant. Macías’s art is featured in public spaces such as the Irving Park Brown Line station in Chicago and at the Chennebrun Commune in France. His  work has been acquired for collections in the United States: I Still Think of Myself as his Killer and Sobre Carlos (About Carlos) are part of the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago and his painting The Family was acquired for The Clay Center in West Virginia, Charleston.