Jaime Carrejo
Born in El Paso, Texas in 1977
Lives in Denver, Colorado
Biography
Jaime Carrejo is a multi-discipline artist and his projects involve painting, sculpture, and immersive installations using layered materials, intricate patterns, graphic landscapes, and iconography related to physical barriers. Carrejo considers the layering of materials and imagery pivotal in exploring the collision of lived experiences and alterity, which complicate our understanding of place.
He received his B.F.A from the University of Texas El Paso in 2001 and M.F.A. from the University of South Florida in 2007. His work is featured in periodicals, such as The New York Times, Art Forum, and Hyperallergic. Selected exhibitions include ‘Waiting’ at the the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (2021), ‘Pa’lante,’ a flag project at The Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas (2021), and ‘If Once We Ever Where,’ at Black Cube in Denver, Colorado (2019). His project ‘Border/Land,’ is part of the permanent collection at the El Paso Museum of Art in El Paso, Texas (2018). He is also a grant recipient of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Octopus Initiative. Carrejo strives to support his community through civic engagement and served on the board of the Contemporary Art Alliance for the Denver Art Museum and Tilt West Denver. He currently sits on the Public Art Committee in Denver, Colorado.
Curriculum Vitae
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Solo Exhibitions
2021
Pa’lante, The Momentary, Flag Project, Bentonville, Arkansas
Waiting, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, Colorado
2020
Plant Life, Alto Gallery, Denver Colorado
2019
Skies Rolling, Tears Falling, Couterpath, Denver, Colorado
Dichos, Aurora Municipal Center, Aurora, Colorado
2018
Border/Land, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
2010
Our Own Worst Enemy, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania
2009
Our Own Worst Enemy, The Wooster Museum, College of Wooster, Wooster Ohio
Group Exhibitions
2021
The Spaced Between, Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2020
Socially Distanced, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado
Gardens, Ars Electronical, Online Art Festival
2019
If Once We Ever Where, Monumental, Black Cube, Denver, Colorado
Liminal, Museo de Americas, Denver, Colorado
2018
Making Change: The Art and Craft of Activism, Museum of Design Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
A Stones Throw, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida
Counterpoint, Summit Gallery, Denver, CO, Curated by Elizabeth Leach Gallery
2017
Mi Terra: thirteen artists explore place, Denver Art Museum, Hamilton Building, Denver
Colorado, curator Becky Ruth Heart
MOP, Alto Galery, Denver, Colorado
Spiritual Dimensions, Dairy Art Center, Boulder, Colorado
2016
Art of the State, Arvada Center, Arvada, Colorado
Reckoner, Denver Arts and Venues, Denver, Colorado
2014
Identity; University of the Andes; Bogota, Colombia
Answering Gauguin: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?; Academy of Fine
Arts Sarajevo; Gallery of the Academy; Sarajevo, Bosnia
Answering Gauguin: Where Do We Come From? What Are We?, National University of the Arts; Bucharest, Hungary
Art & Poetics; Mahmoud Darwish Museum; Ramallah, Palestine
Be a cloud not a grid; Vertigo Art Space; Denver, Colorado
2013
First Draft: Biennial of the Americas; McNickels Building, Denver Arts and Venues, Denver, CO, Curator Cortney Stell
Diptych America: Private Spaces/Public Places; Central Academy of Fine Arts, Building 7, Seventh Floor Gallery, Beijing, China
Ironic Object; Redline, Denver, Colorado
A Better Society: Public Art At 7 Metro Stops; Hosted by ELTE University of Budapest, Hungary
Line, Pattern and Color; Arvada Center of the Arts, Arvada, Colorado
An Invisible Boundary; Redline, Denver, CO, curator Carmen Winant
Homeland: Home & Identity In Time And Space; Dar al-Kalima College, Bethlehem, Palestine
2012
Material Engagements; Redline, Denver, Co, Curator Harmony Hammond
Interplay; Downtown Aurora Visual Arts, Aurora, CO
2011
Displaced; Ice Cube Gallery, Denver CO, Curator Katie Carron
AU: Exchange. Redline, Denver, CO, Curator Cortney Stell
2010
Neighborhood Watch: a projection walk, take 3 ó: video projections on homes in suburban neighborhoods; Chicago, Illinois, El Paso, Texas, Paris, France, Sydney, Australia, Mexico City, Mexico, & The Kingdom of Bhutan, collaborative project
Fairy Tale Gone Wrong, Center Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
2009
Neighborhood Watch: a projection walk, take 3: video projections on homes in suburban neighborhoods, Paris, France, and El Paso, TX, collaborative project
2008
Neighborhood Watch: a projection walk, take 2 and take 2 ó: video projections on homes in suburban neighborhoods, El Paso, Texas
Lectures and Panel Discussions
2021
Waiting, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver Colorado
2020
Arapahoe Community College, Visiting Artist Talk, Aurora, Colorado
2019
Aurora Public Art Panel, Aurora Community Arts Center, Aurora Colorado
2017
Untitled, Denver Art Museum
Us, them, and everyone else, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, Colorado
2016
Mi Tierra, University of Northern Colorado, Greely, Colorado
Professional Practice + Navigating Museums, University of Northern Colorado, Greely, Colorado
Historical Connections + Studio Practice, University of Northern Colorado, Greely, Colorado
2013
Color, Pattern, + Perception, panel discussion; Arvada Center of the Arts, Arvada, Colorado
Beyond Every Vista, “In the Artist’s Studio” lecture series; Redline, Denver, Colorado
2011
13th Biennial Conference: On Stream, “Inside and Outside the Classroom,” St. Louis, Missouri
2010
Our Own Worst Enemy, Washington Jefferson College, Washington, Pensilvania
2009
Molecules that Matter, Panel Discussion: Where Art Meets Science, College of Wooster, Art Museum, Wooster, Ohio
Civil Rights + Prop 8, panel discussion, College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio
Awards and Residencies
2021
The Flag Project, The Momentary, Bentonville, Arkansas
2019
Octopus Initiative, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, Colorado
2011-2013
Redline Resident Artist Program, Denver, Colorado
Publications + Media
2019
Meredith Sell, “Black Cube’s Latest Public Art Series Raises Questions About Monuments,” 5280, (July 9th, 2019)
Robert Holguin, “Artist draws inspiration from border wall debate,” KFOX News (January 3rd, 2019)
Ray Mark Rinaldi, “Museo de las Americas shows off the depth of Colorado’s artists as it refocuses on local talent,” The Denver Post (April 12, 2019)
2018
Ray Mark Rinaldi, “Denver’s art scene is gonna be big in 2019. Here’s what to see and when to see it,” The Know, Denver Post (Dec 31, 2018)
Mike Roberts, “Stone's Throw' goes the distance at Pensacola Museum of Art,” Pensacola News Journal (Dec. 16, 2018)
Michael Paglia “Review: RedLine Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary With 10X,” The Westword, (Jan 31, 2018)
2017
Yasmeen Siddiqui, “Reframing the American West Through Latinx Eyes,” Hyperallergic (April 21, 2017)
Chelsea Weathers , “Mi Tierra: Contemporary Artists Explore Place, ”ArtForum (April 25, 2017)Robert Ito ,“Trump Proposed a Wall. They Imagined How It Would Work,” New York Times (April 23, 2017)
Jane L. Levere, “A Guide to Museums Getting Political This Year,” New York Times, (March 13, 2017)
Ray Mark Rinaldi, “Rinaldi: Mi Tierra” is the most important contemporary art exhibit DAM has produced in years,” The Know, Denver Post (March 4, 2017)
Michael Sakas, “Latino Americans Explore The Meaning Of 'Place At The Denver Art Museum,” Colorado Public Radio (March 3, 2017)
Jeffery Brown, “Artists illuminate Latino identity and life in the American West,” PBS New Hour, (March 20, 2017)
Kyle Harris, “Jaime Carrejo's Video Installation "One-Way Mirror" Looks Into the Border Wall,” The Westword (February 14, 2017)
2016
Susan Ford, “100 Colorado Creatives 3.0: Jaime Carrejo” The Westword (April12, 2016)
2014
Michael Paglia “Conceptual abstraction runs through shows at Robischon and Vertigo,” The Westword (February 20, 2014)
“Home, Land, and Homeland As Social Values,” chapter in “Palestinian Identity in Relation to Time and Space,” Mitri Rahed (editor), , pp. 223-232; 276-278, (Beit Jala:Diyar Publisher, 2014)
2013
Object marks Lanny DeVuono's curatorial debut at RedLine” The Westword (October 24, 2013)
Michael Paglia , “Artists who embrace the straight line are the focus of two area exhibits,” The Westword (August 22, 2013)
Jesse Livingston, “RedLine's Artist's Studio series celebrates resident artists,” The Westword (May 8, 2013)
2012
Michael Paglia, “Material Engagements highlights the work of RedLine artists,” The Westword (December 13, 2012)
Michael Paglia ,“Photos: Artists make statements with materials at RedLine,” The Westword (December 12, 2012)
Kelsey Outman, “Interplay: Playful art exhibit at DAVA” Westword (July 27, 2012)
2009
Monica Huerta, “Our Own Worst Enemy”, The College of Wooster Museum, (October 18, 2009)
Cynthia Romero, ‘Artists project works on side of houses’, The El Paso Times (November 15, 2008)
Kathy Steel, “Seminole Heights Art Walk Tonight”, The Tampa Tribune (April 12, 2008)
Collections
Border/Land, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
George Rivera Papers, Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas (The University of Texas Libraries is archiving my life materials in the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin.)
Hyatt House, Lakewood, Colorado
Education
2007 Masters of Fine Arts, The University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
2002-2004 Post-baccalaureate, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
2002 BFA, University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, Texas
Community Engagement
Tilt West Board, Denver CO, 2017-2019
Denver Art Museum, Contemporary Alliance, Denver, Colorado, 2018-2019
Denver Arts and Venues, Public Art committee, Green Valley Ranch, 2016
Exhibition Committee, Redline Denver, 2012-2018
Epic Arts, Redline Denver, social justice workshop, 2011