Mark Menjivar: Birds, Rats, Roses
November 6 - March 31, 2021
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Birds, Rats, Roses is a continuation of Menjivar’s multi-year exploration of capital punishment in Texas. Visitors will be able to take with them a new book, published on the occasion of the exhibition, that fully contains the work on display. Visitors will also be invited to add their thoughts, comments and research to the walls of the gallery. While the full exhibition is not online, we will be posting images and updates on instagram for the coming months.
The exhibition is shown in partnership with the exhibition Please Form A Straight Line which is currently on display .7 miles away at Blue Star Contemporary.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mark Menjivar is a San Antonio based artist and Assistant Professor in the School of Art and Design at Texas State University. His work explores diverse subjects through photography, archives, oral history and objects. He holds a BA in Social Work from Baylor University and an MFA in Social Practice from Portland State University.
Mark is the artist-in-residence with the Texas After Violence Project which uses oral history and archives to create dialogue and action around capital punishment in Texas. He is also a member of Borderland Collective, which utilizes collaborations between artists, educators, youth, and community members to engage complex issues and build space for diverse perspectives, meaningful dialogue, and modes of creation around border issues.
He was also named a 2019 Mid-America Arts Alliance Interchange Fellow. This program, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, supports socially engaged artists making an impact in their communities.
PRESS
Glasstire https://glasstire.com/2021/01/26/a-review-of-mark-menjivars-recent-work/
Texas Public Radio https://www.tpr.org/2020-11-25/local-man-sees-human-rights-as-a-work-of-art