Abel Saucedo is from El Paso, TX. The second safest city in the country. Only about a 30 second drive over the Rio Grande River and the newly erected border fence separates El Paso's sister city: CD Juarez. Infamous for its ongoing drug related violence and brutality. Both cities make up the largest bi-national metropolitan area in the world with a population of close to three million people. Saucedo makes art as a responsibility - soundly reporting images that depict every day situations from his communal dichotomy as an agent for social, cultural and political commentary.
Education
B.F.A / Sculpture & Painting / University of Texas at El Paso / El Paso, TX 2009
Committees
Public Art Committee (PAC) El Paso, TX 2016 - Present
Museums and Cultural Affairs Advisory Board Liaison Museum Acquisitions, El Paso, TX 2011
Museums and Cultural Affairs Advisory Board, El Paso, TX 2010 (Appointed by Rep. Rachael Quintana)
Solo Exhibitions
2018
Abel Saucedo Studio / Roco Hueco / El Paso, TX
2017
El Paso Museum of Art (LabEPMA) / Tunnel Runner / El Paso, TX
2009
El Paso Public Library / C.D. Juarez Es The Number 1 / Solo Exhibition / El Paso, TX
2008
UTEP Union Gallery / Studio Space / Solo Exhibition / El Paso, TX
Group Exhibitions
2018
Mexic-Arte Museum / YLA 23 / Beyond Walls - Between Gates - Under Bridges / Group Exhibition / Austin, TX
2016
Hills Building / Head for the Hills / Group Exhibition / El Paso, TX
2012
La Sotoa Gallery / Amor Por Juarez - Second Annual Art Auction / Group Exhibition / El Paso, TX
2010
Mexic-Arte Musuem / YLA 15 / Consensus of Taste / Group Exhibition / Austin, TX
2009
Mexic-Arte Musuem / YLA 14 / Tarp does not = Lona / Group Exhibition / Austin, TX
City Hall / Day162 Art in the Brew / Group Exhibition / El Paso, TX
UTEP Glass Gallery / Under the Shadows / Group Exhibition / El Paso, TX
Galeria 300 / Day 92 Art in the Brew / Two Man Show / El Paso, TX
Galeria 300 / Art Attack / Group Exhibition / El Paso, TX
Temporary Exhibition Space / Ohh So Fresh / Group Exhibition / El Paso, TX
2008
Temporary Exhibition Space / Midnight Art Show / Group Exhibition / El Paso, TX
Zamo Exhibits / Zealot / Group Exhibition / El Paso, TX
El Paso International Museum of Art / Border Ties / Group Exhibition / El Paso, TX
Mundy Park / Neighborhood Projection Walk Version 8 Info Expo / Group Exhibition / El Paso, TX & Chicago IL
2007
Rubin Center for the Arts / University of Texas Student Show / Juror Art Show El Paso, TX
UTEP Glass Gallery / Foundations Art Exhibit / Group Exhibition / El Paso, TX
Awards
First Place Sculpture Award/ Rubin Center for the Arts / University of Texas Student Show / Juror Art Show El Paso, TX 2007
El Paso Sunbowl Thanksgiving Day Parade / Commissioned by the El Paso Catholic Diocese / 2014 & 2015
(2014)Duchess Award (Best Showmanship)
(2015)Governor’s Award (Best Presentation of the Parade Theme)
Grants
Artist Incubator Program (AIP) Cultural Funding Recipient / El Paso City MCAD / 2017
Publications
Abel Contemporary Art, 2011
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Work Reviewed or Illustrated
Camba, Maria 2022 Pinatas y Carnaval July 27 2022 (https://pinatasycarnaval.es/presentacion)
Flores, Nancy - American Statesman Staff "Cultura en Austin: Arte de jóvenes latinos y son jarocho en julio" Statesmen, June 27th 2018
(https://www.statesman.com/news/cultura-austin-arte-jovenes-latinos-son-jarocho-julio/hlwijPHbAOkgm8O6KhWi4M/)
Jean, Melany. "Review: "Young Latinx Artists 23" This year's group show at Mexic-Arte shows the border as scar." The Austin Chronicle, August, 3 2018 (https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/arts/2018-08-03/review-young-latinx-artists-23/
Ayers, Krysta. "Abel Saucedo - Artist Spotlight." The City Magazine El Paso, Apr. 2017, pp. 80-84.
“YLA 15 - Abel Saucedo.” YouTube, uploaded by OfficialMexicArte, 4 April 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyVpW4o8_rc
"Art Imitates Life" CNN, uploaded by CNN Live, July 10 2009, http://us.cnn.com/video/?/video/living/2009/07/10/dcl.abel.saucedo.intv.cnn
CNN, July 8 2009, Sculptures reflect violent life on the border – and death, Mayra Cuevas
Trendhunter, July 12, 2009, Macabre Sculptures Comment on Mexico Drug War, Marissa Brassfield
El Diario, July 7 2009, Crea Controversia, Alberto Ponce De Leon
El Paso Times Editorial, July 9 2009, Juarez Violence Serves as Grim Reminder, Joe Muench
El Paso Times, July 8 2009, Violence Spawns Artwork, Daniel Borunda
KVIA News Channel 7, July 8 2009, Controversial Border Art Makes Waves, Rachel Abell
News Paper Tree, July 8 2009, Severed Head Art Represents Juarez, Cynthia Romero
Border Art Dialogue, April 16 2009, Symbolism gone ham on wry, dsart
The Prospector, September 11 2008, Studio Space: An inside look at the life of an artist, Kandice Diaz