SOLO EXHIBITIONS
FRAGMENTOS: PILAR ACEVEDO - National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2014
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
ARTE DISEÑO XICAGO II: FROM THE WORLD'S FAIR TO THE PRESENT DAY - National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL April 2024
DIA DE MUERTOS LIVING PRESENCE - National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2023
LA VIDA, LA MUERTE Y EL AMOR - CRAFT[s] Gallery & Mercantile, Louisville, KY 2019
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS: A SPIRITUAL LEGACY - National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2018
TILACA Y FLACA ES LA CALACA - National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2017
THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET: ARTISTS INTERPRET COMMUNITY - The National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM 2016
THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET: ARTISTS INTERPRET COMMUNITY - National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2015
EN EL ESPIRITU DE FRIDA - Swanson Contemporary, Louisville, KY 2014
JAVIER CHAVIRA & PILAR ACEVEDO - Feed Arts & Cultural Center, Kankakee, IL 2014
DE COLORES - Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, CA 2013
WAYS OF MAKING: PAINTING - Governors State University Visual Arts Gallery, University Park, IL 2012
RASTROS Y CRONICAS: WOMEN OF JUAREZ - National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2009
MIRANDO AL SUR: LOOKING BACK - Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL 2009
DAY OF THE DEAD: A NEW BEGINNING - National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2007
WISH YOU WERE HERE - Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, NY 2007
THE CHILD IN YOU - Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL 2007
ARTISTS COUNCIL 38TH ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION - The Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA 2007
NCS 22ND ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBIT - The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA 2006
DEVILS AND DOLLS - Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005
DOOR TO ETERNITY: DAY OF THE DEAD - National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2000
BIBLIOGRAPHY
THE MULTIMEDIA WORKS OF CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS AND ARTISTS
Tamesis Studies in Popular and Digital Cultures, Volume 3, 2023, Edited by Dr. Jane Lavery and Sr. Sarah Bowskill
BEARING WITNESS TO CHILD ABUSE AND TRAUMA IN PILAR ACEVEDO’S MULTIMEDIA FRAGMENTOS EXHIBITION
Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies. Visual Studies and Researches on Spain, Portugal and Latin America, Volume 2, 2018 - Issue 1, pages 105-136, Written by Dr. Sarah Bowskill
EL UNIVERSO ONIRICO EN FRAGMENTOS: PILAR ACEVEDO (IN SPANISH), June 3, 2014, El Beisman, Written by Rocio Santos, AKA Roxyo Colette
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Kankakee, IL 2024
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART, Chicago, IL 2015
EDUCATION
THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO Chicago, IL
BFA, Painting and Drawing 1994
GRANTS
ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL 1996
THE TALLMAN TRUST 1996
THE ZONTA CLUB OF KANKAKEE 1996
FINE ART AND GRAPHIC DESIGN EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE ARTIST AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER Kankakee, IL 1993 – Present
THE KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL Kankakee, IL Graphic Designer 1997 – 2002
THE HERALD Bourbonnais, IL Graphic Designer 1993 – 1997
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART Los Angeles, CA Program Assistant/Project Manager 1991 – 1992
AWARDS
FINE ARTS AND GRAPHIC DESIGN AWARDS
EVERSON MUSEUM OF ART AWARD 2006
ILLINOIS PRESS ASSOCIATION 2002
ILLINOIS PRESS ASSOCIATION 2001
NORTHERN ILLINOIS NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION 2001
ILLINOIS PRESS ASSOCIATION 2000
NORTHERN ILLINOIS NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION 1999
NORTHERN ILLINOIS NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION 1998
FRAGMENTOS: PILAR ACEVEDO - National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2014
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
ARTE DISEÑO XICAGO II: FROM THE WORLD'S FAIR TO THE PRESENT DAY - National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL April 2024
DIA DE MUERTOS LIVING PRESENCE - National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2023
LA VIDA, LA MUERTE Y EL AMOR - CRAFT[s] Gallery & Mercantile, Louisville, KY 2019
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS: A SPIRITUAL LEGACY - National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2018
TILACA Y FLACA ES LA CALACA - National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2017
THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET: ARTISTS INTERPRET COMMUNITY - The National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM 2016
THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET: ARTISTS INTERPRET COMMUNITY - National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2015
EN EL ESPIRITU DE FRIDA - Swanson Contemporary, Louisville, KY 2014
JAVIER CHAVIRA & PILAR ACEVEDO - Feed Arts & Cultural Center, Kankakee, IL 2014
DE COLORES - Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, CA 2013
WAYS OF MAKING: PAINTING - Governors State University Visual Arts Gallery, University Park, IL 2012
RASTROS Y CRONICAS: WOMEN OF JUAREZ - National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2009
MIRANDO AL SUR: LOOKING BACK - Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL 2009
DAY OF THE DEAD: A NEW BEGINNING - National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2007
WISH YOU WERE HERE - Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, NY 2007
THE CHILD IN YOU - Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL 2007
ARTISTS COUNCIL 38TH ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION - The Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA 2007
NCS 22ND ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBIT - The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA 2006
DEVILS AND DOLLS - Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005
DOOR TO ETERNITY: DAY OF THE DEAD - National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2000
BIBLIOGRAPHY
THE MULTIMEDIA WORKS OF CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS AND ARTISTS
Tamesis Studies in Popular and Digital Cultures, Volume 3, 2023, Edited by Dr. Jane Lavery and Sr. Sarah Bowskill
BEARING WITNESS TO CHILD ABUSE AND TRAUMA IN PILAR ACEVEDO’S MULTIMEDIA FRAGMENTOS EXHIBITION
Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies. Visual Studies and Researches on Spain, Portugal and Latin America, Volume 2, 2018 - Issue 1, pages 105-136, Written by Dr. Sarah Bowskill
EL UNIVERSO ONIRICO EN FRAGMENTOS: PILAR ACEVEDO (IN SPANISH), June 3, 2014, El Beisman, Written by Rocio Santos, AKA Roxyo Colette
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Kankakee, IL 2024
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART, Chicago, IL 2015
EDUCATION
THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO Chicago, IL
BFA, Painting and Drawing 1994
GRANTS
ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL 1996
THE TALLMAN TRUST 1996
THE ZONTA CLUB OF KANKAKEE 1996
FINE ART AND GRAPHIC DESIGN EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE ARTIST AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER Kankakee, IL 1993 – Present
THE KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL Kankakee, IL Graphic Designer 1997 – 2002
THE HERALD Bourbonnais, IL Graphic Designer 1993 – 1997
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART Los Angeles, CA Program Assistant/Project Manager 1991 – 1992
AWARDS
FINE ARTS AND GRAPHIC DESIGN AWARDS
EVERSON MUSEUM OF ART AWARD 2006
ILLINOIS PRESS ASSOCIATION 2002
ILLINOIS PRESS ASSOCIATION 2001
NORTHERN ILLINOIS NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION 2001
ILLINOIS PRESS ASSOCIATION 2000
NORTHERN ILLINOIS NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION 1999
NORTHERN ILLINOIS NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION 1998