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guAdALAjArA, 1961. Egresado de Arqui- tectura y de Artes Plásticas de la Uni- versidad de Guadalajara, ha residido en Estados Unidos, Francia, Alemania y Marruecos, países donde ha expues- to, además de Argentina, Costa Rica, Brasil y Corea. Entre sus premios na- cionales e internacionales figuran dos Students Awards en Los Ángeles Valley College, el Premio Procalza del Salón de Octubre de Guadalajara, el Premio Guadalupe Posada y el Premio Omni- life. Fue becario del proyecto Face to Face, por parte de The Illinois Art Coun-
(guAdALAjArA, 1961). Juan Carlos Macías ori- ginally 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, Bra- zil and Korea. He has received national and international awards such as the two Stu- dents Award from the Los Angeles Valley Co- llege, 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
cil y por su proyecto Santos y Milagros de Todos los Días obtuvo la beca de The Harpo Foundation. Cuenta con obra en espacios públicos como la estación Ir- ving Park Brown Line, de Chicago, y en la Escuela de la Comuna de L’Eure en Chennebrun, en Francia. En Estados Unidos han adquirido su obra para co- lecciones. Las piezas I Still Think of My- self as his Killer y Sobre Carlos, forman parte de la National Museum of Mexi- can Art, en Chicago, mientras su obra The Family, fue adquirida para The Clay Center of West Virginia, en Charleston.
Illinois Art Council and his project Santos y Milagros de Todos los Dias (Everyday Saints and Miracles) received the The Harpo Foun- dation grant. Macías’s art is featured in pu- blic spaces such as the Irving Park Brown Line station in Chicago and at the Chenne- brun 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 Natio- nal Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago and his painting The Family was acquired for The Clay Center in West Virginia, Charleston.
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