Pilar Agüero-Esparza
Pilar Agüero-Esparza (b. 1966) is an American visual artist known especially for her paintings, sculptures, and mixed media installations that deal with issues of race, skin color, and the Chicanx experience.
Pilar Agüero-Esparza was born in Los Angeles and grew up in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East LA (1). She credits her parents’ shoe shop for exposing her to the “potential and richness of materials” that informs much of her work. After receiving a BA in Art from the University of California Santa Cruz, Agüero-Esparza went on to earn her MFA in Spatial Art from San Jose State University. Since the 1990s, she has been an active artist in and around the San Francisco Bay Area in particular, but has also contributed works to exhibitions in Southern California and France, in addition to having works commissioned for special events and buildings (2). An educator and arts administrator as well, Agüero-Esparza continues to use her education and experience to help developing artists find their voices and navigate the artistic world (3).
Selected Works
· Stratum / Merging (2019): https://richmondartcenter.org/exhibitions/over-and-under/
· Spectrum (2018): https://pilaraguero.com/skin-tone-drawings
· Skin Tone Parquet (2018): https://pilaraguero.com/xicanx-biennial
References
1. ^ https://pilaraguero.com/bio
2. ^ https://www.svlaureates.org/artist/pilar-aguero-esparza/
3. ^ https://maclaarte.org/pilar-aguero-esparza/
Further reading
· Artist’s personal website: https://pilaraguero.com/
External links
· Interview: https://vimeo.com/417316683
· Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1ww8BSXuNc
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