Education
2015 | MFA | The University of Iowa
2014 | MA | The University of Iowa
2013 | BFA | Memphis College of Art
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 Far Away Is Still Somewhere | Night Club Gallery | St. Paul, MN
2022 Witness to the Rain | Quincy Art Center | Quincy, IL
2021 Witness to the Rain | Visible Records | Charlottesville, VA
Witness to the Rain | Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN
2020 Birdwatchers | Salina Art Center | Salina, KS
2019 Little Cuttings | Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design | St. Louis, MO
2018 dacaments | Garcia Squared Contemporary | Kansas City, MO
dacaments | Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley, MA
2017 dacaments | Adler & Floyd | Chicago, IL
dacaments | The Times Club | Iowa City, IA
Unusual Place | Eaton-Buchan Gallery at Coe College | Cedar Rapids, IA
Boundary Object: Works by Fidencio Fifield-Perez | Gallery C + Dubuque Museum of Art | Dubuque, IA
39. EL NOPAL - No One Visits the Nopal Until it Bears Fruit | Memphis College of Art | Memphis, TN
2016 Legalities of Being | Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery | Palos Hills, IL
Fidencio Martinez New Works | Studio 3325 | Chicago, IL
Legalities of Being | Legion Arts | Cedar Rapids, IA
2015 Line | Levitt Gallery, Art Building West | Iowa City, IA
Perspectivas Latinas | Anne Arundel Community College | Arnold, MD
Fidencio Martinez Perez | Kansas City Artist Coalition | Kansas City, MO
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 All Hearts Beneath the Sun | University Galleries of Illinois State University | Normal, IL
Tightly Knit, Loose Fit | Ortega y Gasset Projects | New York, NY
Before Apollo, Before the Sun | Galveston Artist Residency | Galveston, TX
Pertenecer / Encarnar The Aesthetics of Undocumentedness | The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2022 In Living Color | University Galleries of Illinois State University | Normal, IL
MAPC Members’ Juried Exhibition - Kent State University, Kent, OH
ARTELATINX: In It Together / Juntos En Esto – Gallery 1516, Omaha, NE
2021 Columbia’s 2021 Bicentennial – Montminy Gallery, Columbia, MO
John Thompson: An Artist Collects – Childs Gallery, Boston, MA
2020 A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America - The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Homebody New Prints 2020/Winter - International Print Center New York, New York City, NY
2019 how the light gets in | Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art curated by Andrea Inselmann | Ithaca, NY
Reclamation: of time, of agency, of narrative curated by Adia Sykes | ACRE Gallery | Chicago, IL
Counterpublic | The Luminary | Saint Louis, MO
Bricolaje curated by CJ Charbonneau | La Esquina Gallery | Kansas City, MO
Monarchs: Brown and Native Contemporary Artists in the Path of the Butterfly | Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art | Ovarland Park, KS
Stateless; Global Views on Migration | The Museum of Contemporary Photography | Chicago, IL
Homeward Bound | Goodyear Arts | Charlotte, NC
2018 Here From You, curated by Anthony Stepter | VisArts | Rockville, MD
After Junkspace, curated by Danny Floyd | Donnelley Foundation | Chicago, IL
Fellow Feeling | The Hanger | Kansas City, MO
Anh-Thuy Nguyen & Fidencio Fifield-Perez | Roland Dille Center for the Arts | Minnesota State University, Moorhead
The Dangerous Professor | Flatland Gallery | Houston, TX
SVS Faculty Exhibition | George Caleb Bingham Gallery | Columbia, MO
Fronteras/Frontiers Work by Artemio Rodriguez and Fidencio Fifield-Perez | Beach Museum of Art | Manhattan, KS
2017 Fidencio Fifield-Perez and Vanessa González: Location, Location, Location | Dixon Gallery and Gardens | Memphis, TN
2016-2017 Artists in Residence Show | Galveston Artist Residency | Galveston, TX
A Year in Review: Works by Fidencio Fifield-Perez + Billy McGuinness | Hairpin Art Center | Chicago, IL
2016 Every Link is a Separation | Slow Gallery | Chicago, IL
THE ANNUAL | Chicago Artist Coalition | Chicago, IL
NEW BUSINESS: 2016 Center Program Final Exhibition | Hyde Park Art Center | Chicago, IL
KCAC's 40th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition | Kansas City Artist Coalition | Kansas City, MO
Dock 6 Design & Art Series 9 | Dock 6 Collective | Chicago, IL
Memphis College of Art's Biennial Alumni Exhibition | Hyde Gallery at Nesin Graduate Center | Memphis, TN
SCENARIO I: DANCIN’ IN HEAVEN | ACRE Projects | Chicago, IL
W-E A-R-E H-E-R-E | 2nd floor rear, installation | Chicago, IL
2015 Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now | Cleveland Museum of Art | Cleveland, OH
DUMA Biennial | Dubuque Museum of Art | Dubuque, IA
Latino Artists: Exhibition and Conversation | Bancroft Street Market | Omaha, NE
Visions From The Inside | UN Migrant Workers Convention | Palais des Nations, Geneva
Visions From The Inside | Church Center for the UN | New York, NY
Visions From The Inside | San Francisco LGBT Center | San Francisco, CA
Post Facto Future | Public Space One | Iowa City, IA
Justified Art! | Overture Center for the Arts | Madison, WI
Bits, Pixels and Practice - Oh My! | Design on Main | Ames, IA
On Edge | Vine Arts Center for the Arts | Minneapolis, MN
Re-Imagining Gender | Lane Hall Gallery | Ann Arbor, MI
2014 Poster's From the Heart | Public Space 1 | Iowa City, IA
Creative Time Summit | Drewelowe Gallery | Iowa City, IA
Somewheres & Nowheres: New Prints 2014 | International Print Center New York | New York, NY
Latino Heritage | ChimMaya Art Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
On Edge | Drewelowe Gallery | Iowa City, IA
From There to Here | Paul Robeson Galleries | Newark, NJ
¿qué hay arriba? | Galeria Jesus Gallardo | Guanajuato, Mexico
It's A Mistake | GLITCH Gallery| Memphis, TN
National Prize Show | Kathryn Schultz Gallery | Cambridge, MA
National Prize Show | University Place Gallery | Cambridge, MA
Que Onda? / What's the Wave? | Studio Arts | Iowa City, IA
2013 Latino Memphis Exhibition | Centro Cultural Latino de Memphis| Memphis, TN
Smithsonian's Art Intersections: Asian Latino Pop Up Gallery | Silver Spring, MD
The Price is Right | David Lusk Gallery | Memphis, TN
BFA I Exhibition | Rust Hall Gallery | Memphis, TN
PAINTER PAINTER XIII | Nu Gallery | Memphis TN
BEST OF MEMPHIS juried by David Lusk | Pla(i)n(e) Gallery | Memphis, TN
Momentum: Memphis 2013 Juried | 409 South Main Street | Memphis, TN
Converging Cultures: Work by Latino Artists | The University of Mary Washington UMWG Galleries | Fredericksburg VA
Hitting The Switch | Gallery 363| Memphis, TN
Designo 6: Contemporary Undergraduate Drawing | Maryland Institute College of Art| Baltimore, MD Traveling Exhibition
Designo 6: Contemporary Undergraduate Drawing | Kansas City Art Institute| Kansas City, MO Traveling Exhibition
Designo 6: Contemporary Undergraduate Drawing | Memphis College of Art| Memphis, TN Traveling Exhibition
Designo 6: Contemporary Undergraduate Drawing | University of South Carolina| Columbia, SC Traveling Exhibition
2nd Student International Small Print Show | Opera Art Gallery | Cairo, Egypt
2nd Student International Small Print Show | El Minia University | Minia, Egypt
Awards/ Recognition
2022 Dr. Harold R. Adams Artist in Residence Fellowship, University of Minnesota
2021 Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence, Oak Spring Garden Foundation
2017 Kocher Visiting Artist at Coe College
Alice C. Cole Fellowship Nominee
2016 MCA's 2016 Biennial Alumni Exhibit, Best in Show juror Mark Scala
Hyde Park Art Center: The Center Program
2015 Philip G. Hubbard Human Rights Award
Iowa Arts Council Grant
SIF Fellowship, The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History
Graduate Teaching Assistant Tuition Scholarship, The University of Iowa
2014 NALAC, The Ford Foundation, The Surdna Foundation and, The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, Fund for the Arts: Artist/Ensemble Grant
SIF Fellowship, The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History
Graduate Teaching Assistant Tuition Scholarship, The University of Iowa
2013 SIF Fellowship, The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History
Graduate Teaching Assistant Tuition Scholarship, The University of Iowa
Jessie and Dolph Smith Emeritus Fellowship
Excellence in Area: Painting, Memphis College of Art
Residencies
2023 - 2024 Dr. Harold Adams Artist-in-Residence Fellow
2022 Crosstown Arts Residency
2021 Oak Spring Garden Foundations Eliza Moore Fellowship
2020 Salina Art Center Residency
2019 Ox-Bow Summer Faculty Residency
The Studios at MASS MoCA
2018 ACRE Residency
2016 - 17 Galveston Artist Residency
2016 Studio 3325
2015 ACRE Residency
Permanent Collections
Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, VA
Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA
Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art
The Woman's Archive, Special Collection, Iowa City, IA
Cleveland Museum of Art
El Minia University Creative Center, Egypt
Le Bonheur Permanent Art Collection, Memphis, TN
Visiting Artist/ Lectures
2022 Let’s Talk Art – Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art
Artist Lecture – University of Minensota
Artist Lecture – California College of Art
Artist Lecture – Crosstown Art
Artist Lecture – Quincy Art Center
2021 Legalities of Being – Illinois State University
Artist Lecture – Creciendo Juntos in Charlottesville
Artist Lecture – The University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
Fidencio Fifield-Perez: Legalities of Being, Oberlin College & Conservatory Artist lecture, The University of Nebraska at Omaha
2020 Identity, Experience, and Contemporary Latinx Printmaking: A Conversation – The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Artist Lecture – Salina Art Center, Salina, KS
DREAM TIME Lecture Series – Williams College
2019 Conversations with Artists – The Phillips Collection
Latina/a/x Symposium - Imagining Latinidades – The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Words Are No Help – The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Words Are No Help – The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
“Stateless: Views on Global Migration” Symposium | Columbia College Chicago | Chicago, IL
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art - Visiting Artist’ Presentation
Christian Brothers University - Visiting Artist Workshop and Lecture
Visiting Artist – Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN
2018 Minnesota State University, Moorhead
Mount Holyoke College
The Beach Museum of Art
2017 The University of Missouri, Columbia,
Memphis College of Art
2016 CSPS Legion Arts
2015 The University of Nebraska Omaha
Anne Arundel Community College
Kansas City Artist Coalition
Press/Publication
The Mid America Print Council Journal, cover art Repair Volume 34/35, juried | 2022
‘Fishers of Men’ exhibit at Beach Museum represents oppression faced by refugees, Alexander Rewerts | The Kansas State Collegian | May 5, 2022
The Borders of AIDS Race, Quarantine, and Resistance, By Karma R. Chavez | Book Cover Art | 2021
Fifield-Perez, Fidencio. “Fidencio Fifield-Perez.” Journal of Latino/Latin American Studies, vol. 10(1), 2019, pp. 33-47
Missouri Artist Explores Mexican Heritage, Immigration Through Paper And Paintings | Chad Davis | ST. Louis Public Radio | August 30, 2019
Craft Alliance highlights one artist's immigration experience in new exhibition | Bailey Shelton | St. Louis Magazine | August 27, 2019
Art Worldings at Play. “Counterpublic” Triennial of Public Art - St. Louis, MO | Esther Neff | CULTBYTES | June 26, 2019
Review - Stateless; Views on Global Migration | Noah Hanna | THE SEEN Issue 08
3-month Cherokee Street festival will show how art ‘moves culture forward’ | St. Louis Post Dispatch | Jane Henderson | April 5, 2019
Counterpublic, New St. Louis Triennial, to Bring Activist-Minded Artworks to Everyday Spaces | Claire Selvin | ARTnews | March 28, 2019
"Dimensions of Citizenship" at Wrightwood 659 and "Stateless" at MoCP examine what global citizenship looks like today | Sarah Conway | Chicago Reader | February 14, 2019
In A Kansas City Gallery Run By A New U.S. Citizen, Immigration Stories Hit Close To Home | Anne Kniggendorf | KCUR 89.3 | June 11, 2018
NEW FRONTIERS Art exhibit reflects immigration border issues | Stephanie Casanova | THE MERCURY MANHATTAN, KANSAS | Jan. 18, 2018
The Iowa Review | Book Cover and featured | Volume 47, Issue 3 | Winter 2017/18
El Dixon exalta el talento latino local con su nueva exhibición “Location, Location, Location” | Vivian Fernández | La Prensa Latina | Aug. 11, 2017
Why this Year's Galveston Artist Residency Exhibition is Different | Brandon Zech | Glasstire
Make Art Great Again | Dwayne Butcher | Memphis Flyer | Feb. 17, 2017
Renaissance and Resistance | Troy L. Wiggins | Memphis Flyer | Feb. 16, 2017
American Dreamers - Fidencio Fifield-Perez | The New York Times
Make Art Great Again | Dwayne Butcher | Memphis Flyer | February 17, 2017
Renaissance and Resistance | Troy L. Wiggins | Memphis Flyer | February 16, 2017
Out of Towner: Fidencio martinez. Maps: Transcending Navigation | Leah Sandler | Artborne Magazine | September 29, 2016
Palos Hills: 'Legalities of Being' explores immigration issues | Jessi Virtusio | Daily Southtown Chicago Tribune | August 23, 2006
Eclectic Works Stand Out In Memphis College of Art's 2016 Alumni Biennial | Fredric Koeppel | The Commercial Appeal | June 1, 2016
DREAMer, community activist set to claim MFA at UI | Jeff Charis-Carlson | Press-Citizen | December 15, 2015
At The Kansas City Artists Coalition, A Mexican Immigrant Maps The Fragility Of Borders | C.J.Janovy | KCUR 89.3 | September 30, 2015
Artists Transform Heartbreaking Letters From Detained Migrants Into Gripping Works Of Art | Priscilla Frank, Tanisha Love Ramirez | Huffington Post | August 19, 2015
Picturing the Words of Migrants Detained in the US | Claire Voon, Hyperallergic | August 5, 2015
Visions From the Inside: Art Inspired by Letters Written by Detained Migrants | Latino Rebels | August 10, 2015
This Is What Life Looks Like for Immigrants in America’s Detention Centers | Jamilah King, MIC.COM | August, 2015
‘Visions From the Inside’ Taps 15 Artists to Illustrate the Letters of Detained Migrants | Yara Simon, REMEZCLA | August 2015
Graduate Education at Iowa News Magazine Spring 2015 | Cover and featured | May 2015
Fidencio Martinez Perez, 2015 Graduate/Professional Student recipient of the Philip G. Hubbard Human Rights Award at the UI. | art.uiowa.edu | May 14, 2015
Featured in diSONARE Magazine | http://disonare.com/english/disonare4/art.php| Issue 04, Mexico| May 2015
Fidencio Martinez Interview | http://ithacalit.com/fidencio-martinez.html#.VbaH3YXTNrQ | March 2015
Little Village Magazine Cover, Vol. 17 Issue. 167
Bodies on the Gears on Black Friday | Michelle Chen, CULTURESTRIKE | November, 2014
Prairie Schooner, Book COver Spring 2014
Asian and Latino Artists Weigh In On a Changing America | Jamilah King, COLORLINES| August 13, 2013
Art Intersection - A part of Interactions as American Life: Smithsonian Asian-Latino Festival 2013
Smithsonian Asian- Pacific Center & Latino Center| August 7, 2013
ART INTERSECTIONS: ASIAN-LATINO POP-UP MUSEUM | Smithsonian Asian Pacific Center & Latino Center| August, 2013
Alien Nation: Fidencio Martinez | Lesley Frenz, Artsy Forager| September 24, 2012
Thursday Think: Locally | Jody Stokes-Casey, The Electric Beef| September 14, 2012
Art Review: Sun, sand, wildlife in MCA ‘Horn Island’ exhibit | Fredric Koeppel, GO MEMPHIS, September 6, 2012
Unveiling Downtown | Andy Meek, Memphis Daily News| 2012
‘Memphis Vive: Latino Art’ exhibit offers diversity in style, medium | Frederic Koeppel, GO MEMPHIS| July 19, 2012