BIOGRAPHY

Carlos Antonio Piñón is an artist and writer examining how people interact with words and language.

EDUCATION

MFA in Nonfiction Writing, Columbia College Chicago, 2022 (in progress).

BFA with an Emphasis in Writing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2017.

PUBLICATIONS | BOOKS

Husk & Other Essays. Chicago, IL, Publisher: Author, 9 July 2018. Print.

Misprints. Chicago, IL, Publisher: Author, 17 June 2016. Print.

Paper Dreams & Other Collections. Chicago, IL, Publisher: Author, 20 April 2014. Print.

PUBLICATIONS | ARTICLES

"Mineral Point: Becoming Part of a History." 150 Years of SAIC. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 11 February 2016. Web.

"Art, Meat, Science." Alumni Stories. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 30 July 2015. Web.

"Wafaa Bilal (2003)." Alumni Stories. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2 July 2015. Web.

PUBLICATIONS | MISCELLANEOUS

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Year in Review 2015-16. Chicago, IL: SAIC, 2017. Print. "SAIC 150: Repeat Transmissions," p. 64-67.

Untitled Magazine. Vol. 7. Chicago, IL: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, May 2017. Print.
"Infini[tea]," p. 7. ">Misprints," p. 7.

Mouth. Vol. 7. Chicago, IL: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, May 2017. Print.
"Infini[tea]," p. 23. "Unfix," p. 24. "Missteps," p. 25. "Misprints," p. 26.

Callis, Violet. "From the Archives: Repeat Transmissions Mine the Archives." F Newsmagazine, p. 22. Chicago, IL, May 2016. Print.

First. Vol. 6. Chicago, IL: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, May 2014. Print.
"Rainbow Road," p. 183.

2501. Vol. 2. Chicago, IL: Lane Tech, June 2013. Web.
"Free Flowing," p. 9. "Never Be Alone," p. 41.

DISCOGRAPHY

Aloud (Text/Voice/Process). Chicago, IL, Publisher: Author, 21 September 2016.

Text/Sound/Transmission. Chicago, IL, Publisher: Author, 1 December 2014.

EXHIBITIONS

Tribe 2019: Lane Tech Student-Alumni Exhibition. Gallery 2501, Chicago, IL, 2019.

Tribe 2018: Lane Tech Student-Alumni Exhibition. Gallery 2501, Chicago, IL, 2018.

Tribe 2017: Lane Tech Student-Alumni Exhibition. Gallery 2501, Chicago, IL, 2017.

062 Gallery Grand Opening. Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2017.

SAIC Spring BFA Show. Sullivan Galleries. Chicago, IL, 2017.

Practice, Theory, and History. Ryerson & Burnham Libraries @ the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL, 2016.

Square of Opposition. The Page Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2016.

Telegraphic Fields (Next Transmissions). The MacLean Center, Chicago, IL, 2016.

Waveforms. Tom Robinson Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2016.

Telegraphic Fields (First Transmissions). The LeRoy Neiman Center, Chicago, IL, 2015.

48.24.12 Film Contest/ARTBASH. Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL, 2014.

GIF wwwrapped. The LeRoy Neiman Center, Chicago, IL, 2013.

Buckart-37th. Siragusa Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2013.

LIVE PERFORMANCES

"Husk." Art Speaks: I am. Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL. 14 September 2019. Reading.

"The Bike Courier." Chicago for Chicagoans: New Chicago Stories. Room 13 @ the Old Chicago Inn, Chicago, IL. 11 April 2019. Reading.

"The Bike Courier." Is This a Thing?: Hello Again. O'Shaughnessy's Public House, Chicago, IL. 11 March 2019. Reading.

"Another Prodigal Son." You're Being Ridiculous: Pride. Uncommon Ground, Edgewater, Chicago, IL. 16 November 2018. Reading.

"Gesture & Body Language." You're Being Ridiculous: Pride. Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, IL. 23 June 2018. Reading.

"Husk." BFAW Reading. The LeRoy Neiman Center, Chicago, IL. 13 May 2017. Reading.

"Husk." Valence No. 1: Spective. Morris Residence, Chicago, IL. 14 April 2017. Reading.

"Red Pants" & "Something To Fear." Lecturas II, Back of the Yards Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL. 11 October 2016. Reading.

"Red Pants." You're Being Ridiculous: Skeletons. Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, IL. 10 September 2016. Reading.

"Erste," "Zweite," "Dritte," "Longing." Verse: A Night of Poetry. Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL. 30 August 2016. Reading.

Misprints. Telegraphic Fields (Next Transmissions). Free Radio SAIC, Chicago, IL. 19 March - 16 April 2016. Radio.

"Red Pants." Verse: Beauty. Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL. 26 January 2016. Reading.

Telegraphic Fields (Live Transmissions), The LeRoy Neiman Center, Chicago, IL. 17 November 2015. Performance.

"Red Pants." Lecturas. Albany Park Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL. 15 October 2015. Reading.

"Red Pants." Lecturas. Rudy Lozano Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL. 15 September 2015. Reading.

Original Instruments Ensemble, The LeRoy Neiman Center, Chicago, IL. 8 May 2015. Performance.

COLLECTIONS

Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, Chicago, IL.

Ryerson & Burnham Libraries, Chicago, IL.

Works held in private collections in the following cities: Chicago, IL; Galesburg, IL; Saugatuck, MI; and Lincoln, NE.