Curriculum Vitae
Aaron Juarros
P.O. Box 28
San Jose, New Mexico 87565
www.aaronjuarros.com : website
Education
M.F.A. Sculpture June 2009
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland UK
Post Graduate Diploma Sculpture June 2008
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland UK
B.F.A, Sculpture May 1997
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Diploma May 1993
Robertson High School, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Work Experience within the Arts
Founder, Iron Lion Foundry, Las Vegas, New Mexico 2011-
Location Assistant, Warner Horizon Television 2011 -
Master Sculptor 2010 -
Manzanares Creek Chapel
Manzanares Creek, New Mexico
Director and Developer of Cast Iron Cupola and Bronze Foundry 2007 – 2010
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Founder of Schoolhouse Iron & Bronze Foundry 2003 – 2007
Chaplin, Connecticut
Apprentice to Kenneth Lundy, Master Pewtersmith 2001 – 2006
Chaplin, Connecticut
Cofounder of Pine River Pewter 1998 – 2000
Durango, Colorado
Metal-casting Department Supervisor 1997 – 1999
Renegade Artful Objects
Durango, Colorado
Assistant and Supervisor 1994 – 1996
New Mexico Highlands University Foundry
Las Vegas, New Mexico
Teaching Experience, Visiting Artist Lectures & Residencies
Lecturer, Purple Dawn Sculpture Symposium, New Mexico Highlands University, November 2011
Art Instructor 2010, 2011
New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, New Mexico
Casting and Mold-making Technician for research grant from Royal Scottish Academy 2009
Principal Investigator: Gordon Munroe
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Lecturer and Technician 2009
Metal Sculpture
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Lecturer 2009
Portfolio Preparation for Prospective Students, POPS
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Lecturer 2009
Introduction to Sculpture
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Resident Artist 2007 – 2010
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Workshop Director and Lecturer 2008
Iron Casting and Greensand Mold- making Workshop
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Workshop Director and Lecturer 2008
Aluminum Casting Workshop
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop in association with Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Workshop Director and Lecturer 2005
Ceramic Shell Mold-making, Southern Conference on Cast Iron Art
Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama
Summer Youth Lecturer and Resident Artist 2004
Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama
Summer Youth Lecturer and Resident Artist 2002
Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama
Lecturer 2001
Sculptural Blacksmithing
New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, New Mexico
Lecturer 1996
Patination of Aluminum
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Lecturer 1996
Patination of Aluminum
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
Lecturer 1995
Patination of Aluminum
Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri
Lecturer 1995
Crown Point High School, Crown Point, New Mexico
Lecturer 1994
Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado
Exhibitions
Heavy Metal, NMHU foundry art, Las Vegas Arts Council, Las Vegas, New Mexico 2012
Small Works, Las Vegas Arts Council, Las Vegas, New Mexico 2012
Prints – contemporary printmaking, Travelers Cafe, Las Vegas, New Mexico 2011
Miniatures – juried exhibition, Paperheart Gallery, Las Vegas, New Mexico 2011
Adam Caldwell and Friends, Las Vegas, New Mexico Arts Council 2011
Iron Tribe Cast Iron Art 2011
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
From Here, sculpture by Aaron Juarros 2010
Ray Drew Gallery, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Las Vegas 175th Anniversary Contemporary Art Exhibition 2010
Burris Hall, NMHU, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Art for Arts Sake 2010
Aberdeen, Scotland
Salon 2010
Embassy Gallery Members Exhibition
Edinburgh, Scotland
Hot Box 2009
Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland
MFA Degree Exhibition 2009
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Mostly Metal 2009
Sloss Resident Artist Exhibition
Space One Eleven, Birmingham, Alabama
Spring Open 2009
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
National Conference for Cast Iron Art 2009
Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama
Maquette 2009
TePooka April Fools Festival Exhibition
Lawson St., Edinburgh, Scotland
Anthony Blunt Project 2009
Evolution House, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Third Wheel 2009
Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh Scotland
Iron Tribe Cast Iron Art 2009
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Cast Iron an Exhibition 2008
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop in collaboration with The Embassy Annuale 08
Edinburgh, Scotland
Something To Answer For 2008
Edinburgh College of Art in collaboration with Klasse Mobus
Universitat der Kunste, Berlin, Germany
Where else are we gonna put it 2008
Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Interim 2008
GRV Green Rooms Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Scotland National Student Exhibition 2008
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Open 2007
Corn Exchange Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Aaron Juarros Solo Exhibition 2007
Schoolhouse Gallery, Chaplin, Connecticut
Iron Fever 2006
Space 301, Center for the Living Arts, Mobile, Alabama
Sculptures by Aaron Juarros and John Stewart Jackson 2005
Bare Hands Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
Iron Tribe Cast Iron Art 2005
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Canton Gallery on the Green Open Show 2004
Canton, Connecticut
Iron Tribe Cast Iron Art 2004
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Open Studio Tour 2003
Woodstock, Connecticut
Artist in the Country 2003
Woodstock, Connecticut
Aaron Juarros Solo Exhibition 2003
Schoolhouse Gallery, Chaplin, Connecticut
Sloss Artist in Residence Annual Exhibition 2003
Birmingham, Alabama
Iron Tribe Cast Iron Art 2003
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Iron Tribe Cast Iron Art 2002
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
El Ancon Outdoor Sculpture Show 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997
Ribera, New Mexico
Commissioned Works
Bronze Castings for Between Here and There 2010
Helen DeMain, Member of Glasgow Sculpture Studios
Bronze Casting 2010
James Mclardy, Member of Glasgow Sculpture Studios
Iron Casting and Production Pour 2009
Ginny and Charles Engebretsen, Members of Glasgow Sculpture Studios
Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Glasgow, Scotland
Sandstone, Cast Iron and Cast Bronze Sculpture Lit Way 2008
Private Collection, Family Moffat, Moffat, Scotland
Monumental Iron Casting Slossamorphosis 2005
Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Birmingham, Alabama
Etched Glass Foyer Window 2004
Changs Garden Restaurant, Storrs, Connecticut
Cast Iron Legs for handcrafted period furniture 2003
Looking Glass Shoppe, Woodstock, Connecticut
Cast Iron Stair Railing 2003
Deep River, Connecticut
Conferences
Purple Dawn Sculpture Symposium, New Mexico Highlands University, November 2011
Iron Tribe Conference on Cast Iron Art 2011
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Iron Tribe Conference on Cast Iron Art 2007
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Southern Conference on Cast Iron Art 2005
Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama
Iron Tribe Conference on Cast Iron Art 2004
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Southern Conference on Cast Iron Art 2003
Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama
Iron Tribe Conference on Cast Iron Art 2003
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Fourth International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art 2002
Johnson Atelier, Mercerville, New Jersey
Service
Student Representative, M.F.A. Sculpture 2007 – 2009
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Member, Revalidation of Postgraduate Program Committee 2008
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Member, Open Studio Tour 2004
Artists of Northeast Connecticut
Student Representative 1996
New Mexico 1% for the Arts Committee
President 1996–1997
New Mexico Highlands University Crossroads Art Club
Member 1993–1997
New Mexico Highlands University Crossroads Art Club
Scholarships & Awards
Distinguished Young Alumni 2010
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Best of Show 2003
Artist in the Country, Woodstock, Connecticut
Lorraine Shula Scholarship for the Visual Arts 1997
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Best of Show 1996
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Best of Sculpture 1995
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Best of Show 1995
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico