Fidencio Duran Paintings
Heaven and Earth, Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX, 2013
Para La Familia: Paintings by Ricardo Hernandez and Fidencio Duran, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, 2013
About Me
Fidencio Duran tells visual stories that honor the history of his family and community. Duran's artwork appears in public and private collections in the U.S. and abroad. One of his most prominent works, The Visit, graces the length of the ticket counter at Austin Bergstrom International Airport. Duran has the distinction of being the only artist to receive all three Dallas Museum of Art Awards to Artists.
Fidencio Duran
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COMMISSIONS(selected)
Montopolis Recreation and Community Center, Building Leadership in the Community, Austin Art in Public Places
Program, Austin,TX 2020
El Centro, Austin Community College, The Role and History of Education in east Austin neighborhoods Govalle, Riverside, Montopolis, and Del Valle, Riverside campus, Austin, TX, 2011
University of Houston Permanent Collection, Strength in caring, Center for Students with DisAbilities, Houston, TX 2006
Art in Public Places Program, The Visit, Austin Bergstrom International Airport, Austin, TX
1999
Art in Public Places Program,Comite Patriota, Diez y Seis, Cinco de Mayo, Zaragoza Recreation Center,
Austin, TX 1996
SOLO EXHIBITS (selected)
Fidencio Duran: An American Family History, Reaves/Foltz Fine Art, Houston,TX
2018
Tree of Life, Gay Fay Kelly/Prizer Gallery, Austin, TX 2014
Heaven and Earth, Mexican American Cultural Center,
Austin, TX 2013
A Painted Memory: The Art of Fidencio Duran, Nave Museum,Victoria, TX, Grace Museum, Abilene, TX, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin,TX, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL, Museo Latino, Omaha, NE, Mesquite Art Center, Mesquite, TX 2005-2007
Family/Community: Fidencio Duran, Amarillo Art Museum, Amarillo, TX 1994
GROUP EXHIBITS (selected)
The New Show, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, TX, 2019
No Me Olvides/Do Not Forget Me, Big Medium, Austin, TX, 2019
Texas Aesthetics X, William Reaves/Sarah Foltz Gallery, Houston, TX , 2016
Estamos Aqui, curated by: Brad Cushman, Crisp Museum, Southeast Missouri State Univ., Oklahoma City Community College, 2016
John E. Conner Museum, Texas A&M Univ-Kingsville 2015
Kenosha Public Museum, Kenosha, WI Shafer Gallery,Great Bend, KS 2014
Selections from the Contemporary Art Collection, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
2015
Nuestras Historias: Stories of Mexican Identity from the Permanent Art Collection, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 2014
COLLECTIONS(selected)
International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen,TX
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Austin Contemporary, Austin, TX
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Grace Museum, Abilene, TX
PUBLICATIONS(selected)
Sunday Afternoon, Alexandra Landeros, Latino magazine, Spring 2014
Duran pinta historia local, Liliana Valenzuela, Ahora Si, 2011
Enmascarados, Alvaro Ibarra, Fluent Collaborative, December 2008
"More than memories", Ben Bamsey, Artworks, Winter 2007 good mix, visiones from post modern Aztlan, Roberta Fallon,
Philadelphia Weekly 2004
AWARDS
Awards of Excellence, Visual Art, Mexican American
Cultural Center, Austin, TX 2018
Austin Arts Hall of Fame, Austin Critics Table 2015
Artist in Residency Program fellowship, Santa Fe Art Institute,
Santa Fe, NM 2012
Dozier Travel Grant, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX 1996
Arch M.Kimbrough Fund Award, Dallas Museum of Art,
Dallas, TX 1990
Clare Hart DeGolyer Memorial Fund Award, Dallas
Museum of Art, Dallas, TX 1983
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts(studio), University of Texas at Austin, Spring, 1984