Jesus Aguilar was born in San Lucas de O’Campo, Durango, Mexico and lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2006, he received his MFA in Video and Multimedia from Mills College in Oakland, and in 1999, his BFA in Photography from San Jose State University. In 2006, he was awarded the Headlands Center for the Arts MFA Studio Residency and the Herringer Prize for Excellence in Studio Art. In 2008, he was awarded a grant from the James Irvine Foundation for Intersections at the 2nd Bienniel 01SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge. Recent shows include, Floating Chronologies, at Space 47 in San Jose (2008), The Projected Image, at Sonoma State University (2008), In the Beginning, at UC San Diego’s Art Gallery (2008), and The Contact Project, in Lancaster, United Kingdom (2007), and No Entropy, a solo show at Stephen Wirtz Gallery, in San Francisco (2007). No Entropy by Jesus Aguilar
video, 2007-08
The Jesus Aguilar work investigates the fundamental logic of digital technology, communication, and mark-making. I am interested in how history, heritage, and human codes exist within these realms. The digital domain has changed the way that we relate to each other, to the world, and to information at large. Information and knowledge are simultaneously omnipresent and continuously fleeting.
My intention is to question the status of traditional forms of communication and learning in contemporary culture, where
technology is further mediating our experiences.
