Artist Statement

“…Saul Jerome E. San Juan wishes to disarm his own preconceptions and others’ presumed preconceptions about self-identity and otherness…”

Story

“Born in the Philippines in 1983, Saul Jerome E. San Juan moved to the USA at age fourteen with his mother and two younger siblings…”

Curriculum Vitæ

EDUCATION

Texas Educator Certificate, Region 13 Educator Certification Program, 2021

M.Arch, The University of Texas at Austin, 2012

B.A., Loyola University Chicago, 2006

EXHIBITION HISTORY

The Bliss of Solitude
Julia C. Butridge Gallery, Dougherty Arts Center
2022

Crit Group Reunion
The Contemporary Austin
2021

The Contemporary Austin Crit Group 2020 Exhibition
grayDUCK Gallery
2020

The Feast of St. Elmo
Vault Stone Shop
2020

NO OUTLET
Northern-Southern Gallery
2020

The People’s Gallery 2020-2021
Austin City Hall
2020

The Flash Collection
Vault Stone Shop
2020

LIKEsNESS
Northern-Southern Gallery
2019

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
2018

West Austin Studio Tour
The Neill-Cochran House Museum
2016 to 2018

The People’s Gallery 2018
Austin City Hall
2018

Build Hope Not Walls
Big Medium
2017

Art Hop 2014 and 2017
Georgetown Art Center
Georgetown, Texas
2014 and 2017

Small Works
Georgetown Art Center
Georgetown, Texas
2015

COMMUNITY

Artist-in-Residence
The LINE Artist Residency
The LINE Hotel Austin
2021

Community Artist
Dell Children’s Trust Art of Giving
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas
2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, and 2022

Art Teacher
Art 1, Painting 1, Painting 2, and Painting 3
Stephen F. Austin High School
2020 to present

Visual Art Instructor
MUSIC ALIVE! Online Sacred Music Camp
St. Theresa Catholic Church and School
2020

Co-Founder
Austin Queer Men’s Crit Group
2019 to present

Co-Founder, Media Coordinator, and Performer
American Cheese Fondue
2019 to present

Director and Curator
The Gallery at Atelier 1205
2018 to 2020

Community Artist
Austin Police Department Summer Leadership Program
2016-2017