Aldo Cervantes

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Aldo Cervantes (b. 1997) is a Mexican-American artist born and raised in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico. He immigrated to the United States at an early age and began documenting his surroundings on both sides of the border as a response to the emotional baggage of being a first-generation immigrant. He received a BA in Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego where he began to experiment with the archive. Inspired by his family snapshots, Cervantes looks into ideas of postmemory, migration, and labor while exploring his family history and its search for a sense of home and a brighter future. He currently lives and works between San Diego, Los Angeles, and Tecate; documenting his family, objects, and spaces that hold memories and are in dialogue with the past and present.

Education

2021 University of California San Diego, B.A. Visual Arts (Media)

Exhibitions

2025 Exhibition with Amina Cruz, Mexicali Biennial (forthcoming)
MXCL BNL LAB
6545 Greenleaf Ave
Whittier, CA 90601

2024 Athenaeum Music and Arts Library
32nd Annual Juried Exhibition
1008 Wall Street, La Jolla, CA 92037

2022 Air Place Studios Gallery, Print It! Group Show
Unit 2c, Aire Place Mills Kirkstall Road, Leeds, LS3 1JL

2021 Adam D. Kamil Gallery virtual thesis show
University of California San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093

Humble Arts Foundation
Virtual Group Show #67: Embracing Stillness

2018  C-NOTE Pop Up Art Sale
San Diego Art Institute
1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101

2017  Student Art Exhibition
Hyde Art Gallery
8800 Grossmont College Dr, San Diego CA

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