Bernardo Diaz
Bernardo Diaz is an educator, administrator, and emerging artist residing in Austin, Texas. Diaz received his MFA from the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University. He served as Adjunct Instructor in Art and Social Practice and carried out an artist residency through a partnership between the Meadows School of the Arts and the West Dallas Community Centers. Diaz has also contributed and participated in various projects with other cultural entities such as the Laredo Center for the Arts, the Art Museum of South Texas, Big Thought, Art & Seek, La Reunion, Art Love Magic, Occupy Dallas, the Latino Cultural Center ‐ Dallas, Dallas' Office of Cultural Affairs ‐ Public Art Selection Committee, and the Dallas Pavilion. Although trained in painting and drawing, Diaz has dedicated his current research to notions of access which feed into projects that vary in execution and application and include discreet conversations, contrived vs. spontaneous social interactions, anonymous installations and interventions, and the exploration of the artist's role within non‐art settings. Diaz maintains a solid studio practice and continues to produce paintings, drawings, collage and other studio work. An essay and images of his work were published in the Spring 2014 issue of Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies at UCLA.
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Artist Statement
Access
Embellishment
Revision
Omission
If they’re tryin’ they’re lyin.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2011 – Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX, MFA 2009 – Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi TX, MA
2007 – Texas A&M International University, Laredo TX, BA
Solo Exhibitions
2014 – Writing on the Wall: New Works by Bernardo Diaz, MECA, Houston TX
Group Exhibitions
2014 – Powered By: Alumni Exhibition, Texas A&M International University, Laredo TX 2013 – West Dallas Community Centers, Dallas Pavilion (IT), Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy 2013 – West Dallas Community Centers, Dallas Pavilion (US), Reading Room, Dallas, Texas 2012 – Respect: Artists Invite Artists, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2012 – Quenched!, Goss‐Michael Foundation, Dallas, Texas 2012 – Fresh New Wave, Ceylon et Cie, Dallas, Texas
2012 – Opening Reception: An Exhibition, The Nest, Dallas, Texas 2012 – Underground 4 Exhibition, Janette Kennedy Gallery, Dallas, TX 2011 – Drawn Out Death, Talento Bilingue de Houston, Houston, TX
2011 – Art Chicos, Rascuachismo (Site Specific Installation), La Reunion, TX 2011 – Meltdown, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2011 – Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes‐Benz Financial Service Center, Fort Worth, TX 2011 – UTA / SMU Joint MFA Exhibition, University of Texas ‐ Arlington, Arlington, TX 2011 – MFA Qualifying Exhibition, Pollock Gallery, SMU, Dallas, TX
2010 – High 5, CFPA Gallery, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX 2010 – Piramide del Sol, Plaza De Las Culturas, Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico 2009 – First Tuesday, Southbound, Eagle Pass TX
2009 – We’ve Got Issues, Islander Art Gallery, TAMUCC 2009 – We Are Nexus, Nuevo Gallery, Corpus Christi 2008 – 100 in December, Islander Art Gallery, TAMUCC 2008 – 140 Something: CFPA Gallery, TAMIU, Laredo TX
Juried Exhibitions
2012 – Hecho en Dallas, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Jurors: Roberto Tejada, Peter Doroshenko, Maria Teresa Garcia‐Pedroche
2011 – 8th Annual Hecho en Dallas, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX Jurors: Marty Ray, Elizabeth Mellot, Awadh Baryoum
2010 – SAA Annual Juried Exhibition, Doolin Gallery SMU, Dallas, TX Juror: Jeffrey Grove
2010 – TX / OK Art Prize, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls TX Juror: Janis Goodman
2008 – Third Coast National: K‐Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi TX Juror: Josh McPhee
Projects
2012 – Out and About: SMU/WDCC Youth Arts Initiative (2011‐2012) 2012 – Sticky Collabo (On Going)
2012 – ArtBurst: A West Dallas Community Event, Bataan Center, West Dallas, TX 2011 – Little Voices, McMillan Center, West Dallas, TX
2011 – La ChilanGaleria Invitational, Taqueria La Chilanga, West Dallas, TX 2011 – Connections Project: A Community Event, West Dallas, TX
Residencies
2012 – SMU Meadows School /West Dallas Community Centers, Dallas, TX (2011‐2012) 2010 – Les Subsistance, Lyon France
Awards & Recognitions
2013 – Nominee: Texan of the Year, Laray Polk, Dallas Morning Times 2011 – Rigsbee Grant, Meadows School of the Arts
2011 – Teaching Assistantship SMU Visual Arts 2010 – Rigsbee Grant, Meadows School of the Arts 2010 – Teaching Assistantship SMU Visual Arts 2009 – Teaching Assistantship SMU Visual Arts
2009 – Meadows Scholarship Recipient, Southern Methodist University
Experience
2014 – It’s Not What It Is, Aztlan: Journal of Chicano Studies, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 2014 – Juror, La Salle County Fair Art Competition, Cotulla TX
2013 – Juror, TAMIU Juried Student Exhibition, CFPA Gallery, TAMIU, Laredo, TX
2012 – Las Manos Negras, Essay Contribution, Gallery 219, Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX 2012 – Open Engagement Conference Panelist, Portland State University, Portland, OR 2012 – Public Art Selection Committee Member, Office of Cultural Affairs, Dallas, TX
2012 – Big Thought Fellowship Interview Panelist, Big Thought, Dallas, TX 2012 – Juror, Spare Parts: Fort Worth Avenue Public Art Project, Dallas, TX
2012 – Underground 4, South Side on Lamar, Dallas, TX
2012 – Adjunct Instructor, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 2011 – Conspirator, Art Conspiracy 7, Dallas, TX
2011 – Adjunct Instructor, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
2011 – Youth Cultural Initiative, SMU / West Dallas Community Centers, Dallas, TX 2011 – Adjunct Instructor: MAYA at Southern Methodist University, Dallas,TX 2011 – Judge, Hispanic Youth Institute, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
2010 – Curator: High 5, CFPA Gallery, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX 2010 – Instructor/Intern: Big Thought / Creative Solutions Summer Art Program, Dallas, TX 2010 – Teaching Assistant: SMU Art Academy, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 2010 – Juror: Hispanic Youth Symposium Art Competition, SMU, Dallas TX
2008 – Curator: Italy – A Sense of Place, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi TX 2008 – Curator: 140 Something, Texas A&M International University, Laredo TX
News
2012 ‐Laray Polk: Bernie Diaz is my Texan of the Year – Dallas Morning Times http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest‐columns/20121115‐laray‐polk‐bernie‐diaz‐is‐my‐texan‐of‐ the‐year.ece?action=reregister
2012 ‐Bernardo Diaz – Pecha Kucha – Dallas City Performance Hall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGJ8iGpbbxw
2012 ‐ If I had a Million – Dallas Observer Online Blog http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/mixmaster/2012/06/if_i_had_a_million_ideas_to_in.php 2012 – Dianne Solis – SMU Art Students make West Dallas their canvas – DMT Art Blog http://artsblog.dallasnews.com/2012/03/smu‐art‐students‐make‐west‐dal.html/
2012 – West Side Stories Part 1 http://www.smu.edu/Meadows/NewsAndEvents/News/2012/120227‐WestSideStories1 2012 – West Side Stories Part 4 http://www.smu.edu/Meadows/NewsAndEvents/News/2012/120301‐WestSideStories4
Education
2011 – Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX, MFA 2009 – Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi TX, MA
2007 – Texas A&M International University, Laredo TX, BA
Solo Exhibitions
2014 – Writing on the Wall: New Works by Bernardo Diaz, MECA, Houston TX
Group Exhibitions
2014 – Powered By: Alumni Exhibition, Texas A&M International University, Laredo TX 2013 – West Dallas Community Centers, Dallas Pavilion (IT), Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy 2013 – West Dallas Community Centers, Dallas Pavilion (US), Reading Room, Dallas, Texas 2012 – Respect: Artists Invite Artists, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2012 – Quenched!, Goss‐Michael Foundation, Dallas, Texas 2012 – Fresh New Wave, Ceylon et Cie, Dallas, Texas
2012 – Opening Reception: An Exhibition, The Nest, Dallas, Texas 2012 – Underground 4 Exhibition, Janette Kennedy Gallery, Dallas, TX 2011 – Drawn Out Death, Talento Bilingue de Houston, Houston, TX
2011 – Art Chicos, Rascuachismo (Site Specific Installation), La Reunion, TX 2011 – Meltdown, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2011 – Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes‐Benz Financial Service Center, Fort Worth, TX 2011 – UTA / SMU Joint MFA Exhibition, University of Texas ‐ Arlington, Arlington, TX 2011 – MFA Qualifying Exhibition, Pollock Gallery, SMU, Dallas, TX
2010 – High 5, CFPA Gallery, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX 2010 – Piramide del Sol, Plaza De Las Culturas, Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico 2009 – First Tuesday, Southbound, Eagle Pass TX
2009 – We’ve Got Issues, Islander Art Gallery, TAMUCC 2009 – We Are Nexus, Nuevo Gallery, Corpus Christi 2008 – 100 in December, Islander Art Gallery, TAMUCC 2008 – 140 Something: CFPA Gallery, TAMIU, Laredo TX
Juried Exhibitions
2012 – Hecho en Dallas, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Jurors: Roberto Tejada, Peter Doroshenko, Maria Teresa Garcia‐Pedroche
2011 – 8th Annual Hecho en Dallas, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX Jurors: Marty Ray, Elizabeth Mellot, Awadh Baryoum
2010 – SAA Annual Juried Exhibition, Doolin Gallery SMU, Dallas, TX Juror: Jeffrey Grove
2010 – TX / OK Art Prize, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls TX Juror: Janis Goodman
2008 – Third Coast National: K‐Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi TX Juror: Josh McPhee
Projects
2012 – Out and About: SMU/WDCC Youth Arts Initiative (2011‐2012) 2012 – Sticky Collabo (On Going)
2012 – ArtBurst: A West Dallas Community Event, Bataan Center, West Dallas, TX 2011 – Little Voices, McMillan Center, West Dallas, TX
2011 – La ChilanGaleria Invitational, Taqueria La Chilanga, West Dallas, TX 2011 – Connections Project: A Community Event, West Dallas, TX
Residencies
2012 – SMU Meadows School /West Dallas Community Centers, Dallas, TX (2011‐2012) 2010 – Les Subsistance, Lyon France
Awards & Recognitions
2013 – Nominee: Texan of the Year, Laray Polk, Dallas Morning Times 2011 – Rigsbee Grant, Meadows School of the Arts
2011 – Teaching Assistantship SMU Visual Arts 2010 – Rigsbee Grant, Meadows School of the Arts 2010 – Teaching Assistantship SMU Visual Arts 2009 – Teaching Assistantship SMU Visual Arts
2009 – Meadows Scholarship Recipient, Southern Methodist University
Experience
2014 – It’s Not What It Is, Aztlan: Journal of Chicano Studies, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 2014 – Juror, La Salle County Fair Art Competition, Cotulla TX
2013 – Juror, TAMIU Juried Student Exhibition, CFPA Gallery, TAMIU, Laredo, TX
2012 – Las Manos Negras, Essay Contribution, Gallery 219, Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX 2012 – Open Engagement Conference Panelist, Portland State University, Portland, OR 2012 – Public Art Selection Committee Member, Office of Cultural Affairs, Dallas, TX
2012 – Big Thought Fellowship Interview Panelist, Big Thought, Dallas, TX 2012 – Juror, Spare Parts: Fort Worth Avenue Public Art Project, Dallas, TX
2012 – Underground 4, South Side on Lamar, Dallas, TX
2012 – Adjunct Instructor, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 2011 – Conspirator, Art Conspiracy 7, Dallas, TX
2011 – Adjunct Instructor, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
2011 – Youth Cultural Initiative, SMU / West Dallas Community Centers, Dallas, TX 2011 – Adjunct Instructor: MAYA at Southern Methodist University, Dallas,TX 2011 – Judge, Hispanic Youth Institute, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
2010 – Curator: High 5, CFPA Gallery, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX 2010 – Instructor/Intern: Big Thought / Creative Solutions Summer Art Program, Dallas, TX 2010 – Teaching Assistant: SMU Art Academy, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 2010 – Juror: Hispanic Youth Symposium Art Competition, SMU, Dallas TX
2008 – Curator: Italy – A Sense of Place, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi TX 2008 – Curator: 140 Something, Texas A&M International University, Laredo TX
News
2012 ‐Laray Polk: Bernie Diaz is my Texan of the Year – Dallas Morning Times http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest‐columns/20121115‐laray‐polk‐bernie‐diaz‐is‐my‐texan‐of‐ the‐year.ece?action=reregister
2012 ‐Bernardo Diaz – Pecha Kucha – Dallas City Performance Hall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGJ8iGpbbxw
2012 ‐ If I had a Million – Dallas Observer Online Blog http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/mixmaster/2012/06/if_i_had_a_million_ideas_to_in.php 2012 – Dianne Solis – SMU Art Students make West Dallas their canvas – DMT Art Blog http://artsblog.dallasnews.com/2012/03/smu‐art‐students‐make‐west‐dal.html/
2012 – West Side Stories Part 1 http://www.smu.edu/Meadows/NewsAndEvents/News/2012/120227‐WestSideStories1 2012 – West Side Stories Part 4 http://www.smu.edu/Meadows/NewsAndEvents/News/2012/120301‐WestSideStories4
Selected Available Works
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