VANESSA VIRUET
Artist / Based in Chicago
Vanessa.viruet@gmail.com
Education
2018 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills MI M.F.A. in Fibers
2010 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD M.A. in Teaching
2009 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MDB.F.A. in Fibers
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Bebesota, Co-Prosperity Sphere Window Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2023 Perreo en el Parque, Comfort Station, Chicago, IL
2022 Pañuelx, New Harmony Center for Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN
2019 Flagged George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, MO
2017 Where We Are, George Caleb Bingham Gallery Milwaukee, WI
2014 Que Bonita Bandera, Latin Street Dance Academy, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Queer Threads, International Quilt Museum in Lincoln, NE
2026 Hay __en Casa: Seeds in my Pocket Cohort, Chicago Art Department Chicago, IL
2025 Lelolai Gallery, Chicago IL,
2024 Fiber Flux: Midwest Educators in Textiles, Fiber Art and Material Studies, Detroit, MI
Auto Portrait Spectacular, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL
Tierra y Libertad, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Liminal, National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, Chicago, IL
WEPA! A la Venta, El Schomburg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 Slow and Low Chicago Low Rider Festival Chicago, IL
Aqui/ Alla Walkers Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
84/6: Labor Kansas City Missouri
Citizen, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
2022 Carrying the Thread, Chicago Textile Week Merchandise Mart, Chicago IL
2021 Prairie Land, Monaco Saint Louis, MO
Double Exposure, Roots and Culture Contemporary Art Center, Chicago, IL
Deep, Far, Home, Chicago Textile Week, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
Car Culture, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2020 Constructed Visions III, St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, MO.
We Want As Much, Politits Arts Coalition, Rochester, NY
2019 Entrelazar, Circle Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Intimacy of Visibility, Acre Projects, Chicago IL
2018 Standing Still, Lying Down, As If, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, MI
Future Tense, Surface Design Association, George Caleb Bingham Columbia, MO
Transparent Factors, South Rotunda Gallery, Dekalb IL
First Annual Lowrider Festival, Pilsen, Chicago IL
MFA Thesis Exhibit, Cranbrook Art Museum Bloomfield Hills, MI
Makers of Various Ethnicities (M.O.V.E), Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2017 Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes Benz F.S, Farmington Hills, MI
American Dream, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
2016 Precarity: Contingency in Artmaking and Academia, Gallery 400, Chicago IL 2015
Open Studios Exhibition, Bridgeport Art Center Chicago, IL
2010 Master of Fine Arts in Teaching Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
2009 Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition, Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Eureka! Load of Fun Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2006 How Long Did That Take? Rosenburg Gallery, Baltimore MD
2005 Exhibition, Aix-en-Provence, France
Group Exhibition, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
Awards and Scholarships
2020 Constructed Visions III, St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, MO.
We Want As Much, Politits Arts Coalition, Rochester, NY
2018 AICAD fellowship nominee Second Year Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2017 Nita Billie Barak Memorial Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2016 Margaret Glace Merit Scholarship in Education, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2009 Best in Show Juried Undergraduate Exhibit, Maryland Institute College of Art
Work Experience
2018- Lecturer, Fiber and Material Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2010- Visual Art Teacher and Magnet Coordinator, Chicago Public Schools
2019- Print shop coordinator, ACRE projects, Steuben, WI
Visiting Artist, Fiber Department University of Missouri, Columbia, MO Instructor,
ECPSI Material Manipulations, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2017 Visiting Artist, Fiber Department College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Visiting Artist, Misericordia, Chicago IL
2009 T.A. for Elements of Visual Thinking course, MICA Baltimore MD
2008 Studio Intern, Nana Projects, Baltimore, MD
Publications
2024 LGBTQ+ Puerto Rican History, activism and identity on display at Humbodt Park gallery
2023 Seeing / Being Seen: LGBTQIA+ Writers on LGBTQIA+ Fiber Artists, Surface Design
Magazine
Curatorial Experience
2018 M.O.V.E Makers of Various Ethnicities, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2008 Senso-Reality, Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Residencies
2018 ACRE Projects, Chicago IL/ Steuben WI
Fabric Workshop and Museum Post Graduate Studio Apprenticeship, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Public Lectures
2025 Artist Panel- LeLoLai Gallery
Bandera de Joteria- Frutas, Visiting Artist Panel.
2022 Artist Talk, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Artist Talk, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Artist Talk, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
2021 Artist Panel, Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Ana, CA
2020 Visiting Critic Artist Talk, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2019 Flagged, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2017 Artist Talk, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI