Bio

Is a visual artist from Harlingen, Texas, currently based in Brooklyn, New York. His work explores the complex relationship between individuals and the urban environment. Through his artistic practice, he investigates how people navigate and utilize the cityscape and the ways in which this built environment shapes our movements and behaviors. Specifically, his focus lies on instances of subversion and resistance against urban structures, with the aim of encouraging a more mindful and critical engagement with the world around us.

Select Exhibitions

2023 'The Sound Crickets Make' Parsons School of Design, Manhattan, NY

2023 'Pingyao International Photography Festival (PIP)' Pingyao, China

2023 'Photoville Annual Festival' Brooklyn, NY

2021 'UH School of Art Annual Student Exhibition' Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, TX

2020 'Assuming the Pose: Contemporary Takes on Portraiture', Third Space, Fine Arts Building, University of Houston, Houston, Texas

Publications

2021 'Onions' Feature 'In Parentheses Magazine', Volume 6, Issue 4

2020 'Trenton Teinert,' Deep Red Press, Month's Featured Artist

2020 'Harlingen' Self Published Photo Zine

Academic

2023 MFA with a Photography concentration, Parsons New School of Design, New York, NY

2021 BFA with a Photography and Digital Media concentration, Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts, University of Houston, Houston, TX