Alejandro Macias

Alejandro Macias was born and raised in Brownsville, Texas, the southernmost border town in the U.S., which is naturally divided from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico by the Rio Grande. In 2008 Macias received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Brownsville, and a Master of Fine Arts in 2-D Studio Art from the University of Texas – Pan American in 2012. Macias served as a lecturer in 2-D at UT-Brownsville/ UT Rio Grande Valley from 2013 to 2019 before relocating to Tucson, Arizona in 2019. Macias has exhibited nationally and internationally including a forthcoming solo exhibition at the Tucson Museum of Art. Since 2016 Macias has been the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions including notable residencies at The Vermont Studio Center, Chateau d’Orquevaux in Orquevaux, France, The Studios at MASS MoCA, and most recently Wassaic Project in Wassaic, NY (2021). Macias is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona School of Art.