Jaime Mendoza
Art + Design
Instructor, Drawing and Painting
Office:
Room LWH 0031
Phone:
(773) 442-5474
Email:
j-mendoza@neiu.edu
Office Hours:
By appointment.
Country:
United States
Expertise
Jaime Mendoza’s paintings and drawings narrate an omnipresent of the self and other who is neither from here nor there.
Art 170 B Studio Experiences: Painting
Art 170 G Studio Experiences: Drawing
Art 120 Drawing I
Art 220: Drawing II
Art 320: Drawing III
LLAS 109: Latino Art, Thought and Revolution in Chicago
Research Interests
Mendoza’s current research is rooted in Rasquachismo, an attitude and a sensibility, and secondarily a set of formal art qualities. His use of appropriated materials which are borrowed from a day-to-day context, he presents everyday objects as well as references to texts, paintings and drawings. Pompous writings and Utopian constructivist designs are juxtaposed with the trivial awkwardness of frustration, sexual desires, and archaic tropes that demonstrate how the self and other extend beyond their own subjective limits, cannibal versus civilized selves.
Education
Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, ŷϷ Illinois University, Chicago, IL
Selected Publications
”Crowning the Selfie King”, Alicia Eler,
“MASTERS of Today ‐117 Contemporary Artists,” p.57, Peter Russu.
“La Chamba, Drawings by Jaime Mendoza"
“Hola, mi nombre es Jaime Mendoza,” Mercedes Fernández, La Raza Newspaper.
"Siguiendo Un Sueño" Alberto Guzman, El Otro Newspaper, Volume 1, No. 11.
“MICA exhibit offers artistic tale of two cities” Glenn McNatt, Baltimore Sun Newspaper.
“Local Artists in INTENSE Exhibition at the Hot House" Kari Lydersen, Street Wise, Issue 6.
Selected Exhibitions
Peeling off the Grey, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, Illinois
SHIKAAWA, Gallery 414, Fort Worth, Texas
Hot Buns and Blazing Artists, The Texas Theater, Dallas, Texas
Picturing Immigration, Galeria De La Raza, San Francisco, California
Digital Divide, VU Space - Victoria University, Victoria, Australia
Boston/Chicago, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Additional Information
Visual Artist Award, National Performance Network, New Orleans, LA
Individual Artist Grant, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, Houston TX
Artist in Residence, Galería de La Raza, San Francisco, CA
Fellowship, ENLACE Leadership Institute, Chicago, IL