Miguel Chacon prefers to take the role of witness to situations rather than an active participant. He shares, “I’m an observer. I just watch. I don’t like talking too much… I listen. People that don’t say nothing and do what they dream about doing, and they work hard and they do it everyday… I think that feeds the soul.”

A man of action, Chacon lets his paintbrush do the talking.

He combines his experience of growing up in Richmond with figures from media to reimagine past narratives. With these paintings Chacon offers his perspective on matters of representation, diversity, and pop culture.

 

// Miguel’s available work //

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recent exhibition history

Miguel Chacon: Observer // NIAD Gallery Exhibition // May 2022

Murmuration, organized by Alisa Golden // NIAD Online Exhibition // January 2022

Innersense, ushered by Germán Herrera // NIAD Online Exhibition // January 2022

L’Amérique N’Existe Pas // organized by Matthieu Morin Art Et Marges Museum Brussels 2019

Guerneville // organized By Gerasimos Floratos and Ross Simonini NIAD Art Center October 2018

The Fourth Dimension, organized by Marja Galpin van der Loo // NIAD Art Center 2017

Transformation // Walt Disney Family Museum San Francisco 2016

Adventure! // organized by Scott MacLeod NIAD Art Center 2015

New Kids On The Block // NIAD Art Center 2015

Dia de los Muertos collaboration with Ruben Guzman // Oakland Museum of California 2013

Undercover Geniuses // organized by Jan Moore Petaluma Art Center Petaluma 2013

Spring Training // NIAD Art Center 2013

recent press

San Francisco Chronicle: “City In Motion”: NIAD Artists Create Urban Environment (2014, May)

 

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