André Fuqua
b. 1993 St. Louis, MO
Education
2018 MS, Civil Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY
2016 P.BACC, Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2015 BS, Civil Engineering (Minor: Architecture), Columbia University, New York, NY
Public Art Projects
2024 Duncan Park Corridor Construction Public Artist, Art in Public Places, Austin, TX (in progress)
2022 Rite of Location, Occupy Vacancy, St. Louis, MO
2020 St. John Park Concrete Pillar by Damon Moseley, Art in Public Places, Austin, TX
2019 Becoming - Window Mural, FAB Fulton’s ART360°, baba cool café, Brooklyn, NY
Exhibitions
2024 Solo Exhibition - Occupy Vacancy, Ivester Contemporary, Austin, TX
2021 Group Exhibition, BATON, Northern-Southern Gallery, Austin, TX
2021 Group Exhibition, TOOO, Northern-Southern Gallery, Austin, TX
2021 Group Exhibition, Real and Imagined Spaces, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
2020 Group Exhibition, Make America What America Must Become, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
2020 Group Exhibition, Occupied, GrayDUCK Gallery, Austin, TX
2019 Group Exhibition, The Revival – EAST 2019, Creative Action, Austin, TX
2019 Resident Artist, A New Wave, baba cool café, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Pop Up Show, man over mechanism, OneEyed Studios, Ridgewood, NY
2016 Group Exhibition, De Nue, SITE Galleries, Chicago, IL
2016 Group Exhibition, Black Creativity, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
2015 Group Exhibition, Shared History: SAIC 150th/SSCAC 75th Joint Anniversary Exhibition, South Side Community Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Panels and Discussions
2024 Celebrating Juneteenth: Creating Our Futures, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
2022 Shop Life to Real Life – Diverse Pathways through Instructional Shops, Student Shop Managers Conference 2022, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2021 Dreaming While Awake: Art and Activism in a Democratic Future, Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, LA
Performances
2020 Blackberries, Blackberries, The Affrilachian Memory Plays, Austin, TX
2017 Soft: a film by Da’Niro Elle Brown, Pop Rally Presents: Twilight Brothers MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Awards
2024 Vacancy to Vibrancy Small Grant, STL Vacancy Collaborative, St. Louis, MO
2023 Artist Support Grant, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO
2023 Green Fund Research Grant, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
2022 Artist Support Grant, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO
2021 Futures Fund Grant Recipient, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO
2017 Concrete Industry Foundation Scholar – New York City
2017 Hubertus Willems Scholarship, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Washington, D.C.
2015 Dean’s Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Press
2021 “Rising Stars: Check Out Occupy Vacancy”, Voyage STL Magazine, November 5, 2021.
2021 “Luminary Gallery Awards $60K In Grants to St. Louis Artists Working For Social Change”, St. Louis Public Radio, Jeremy D. Goodwin, April 18, 2021.
2020 “Material Symbolism”, Cage Match Project Podcast, Ariel Rene Jackson, July 31, 2020.
2019 “Interview – The Revival”, KAZI FM The Voice of Austin, Dora Robinson, November 15, 2019.