Christopher Miñán Fitzgerald’s labor-intensive sculptures and paintings transform deadwood trees into conceptually rich images. Life size representations of new perennial growth explore themes of ecological stewardship, perseverance, and restoration. Fitzgerald has exhibited throughout the United States and in Korea, Canada and Mexico, with guest presentations at the Austin Museum of Art, the University of Alberta, and Wells College in New York. In 2023, he was awarded the Texas Commission on the Arts grant and his first solo museum exhibition with the McAllen Museum of Art in McAllen, Texas. Fitzgerald grew up next to the Olympic National Park in Washington state, where he cultivated a deep admiration for alpine forests. He later studied at the Penn State School of Visual Arts (MFA 2012) and Yale University Summer School of Art (2008) with a residency at Museo di Capodimonte in Naples, Italy. Fitzgerald currently works and lives in the Austin-Pflugerville area with his wife, four children, and a beagle.

Biography
Born 1977 in Melbourne, Florida
Lives and works in Austin, Texas

Education
2012 MFA, Penn State School of Visual Arts, University Park, PA
2008 Yale University Summer School of Art, New Haven, CT

Public Collections
Barokas Public Relations Agency, Seattle, WA
Capitol Building Collection, Olympia, WA
CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
Concordia University Texas, Austin, TX
Crossings Wellness Center, Austin, TX
Hyatt Times Square, New York City, NY
McAllen Museum of Art, McAllen, TX
Pritzker Collection, New York, NY
SOZO Institute of the Arts, State College, PA
Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA

Invited Lectures
Austin Museum of Art (AMOA), Austin, TX
McAllen Museum of Art (IMAS), McAllen, TX
Olympic College, Bremerton, WA
Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
Texas State University, Round Rock, TX
Templo Filadélfia, Saltillo, México
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX
Wells College, Aurora, NY

Selected Exhibitions
2024   Portrait2024, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
Once, Cleve Carney Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
2023   Processing, McAllen Museum of Art, McAllen, TX (solo)
Iluminar, Concordia University Texas, Austin, TX
2022 Annual International, University of Texas, Tyler, TX
2020 Rebirth, Texas State University, Round Rock, TX (solo)
Small Works, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Drawing, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
2018 Exchange, Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Portals, Concordia University Texas, Austin, TX
2015 Substrata, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX (solo)
2014 Hunting Prize Gala, Friedkin Companies Campus, Houston, TX
2013 Notification, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2012 Reunion, Kern Building, University Park, PA
2011 Big Ten Conference, Big Ten Headquarters, Chicago, IL
2010 ArtBall, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
2009   On The Road, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
2008   Steadfast, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX

Selected Publications

2024    Anita N. Bateman. New American Paintings, No. 174, October/November.
            Leejin Kim, ed. Portrait2024, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea. Exhibition catalog.
2023    Celina Michel. “IMAS Collaborates with Artist,” IMAS Musette, Fall Issue, pg. 10.
2020    Rebirth. Texas State University, Round Rock, Texas. Exhibition catalog.
            Chad Darbyshire (foreword), Douglas Gordon (interview).
2015    Evan Garza. New American Paintings, No. 120, November, pp. 34-37.
2011    Joseph Bolstad. “Filmic Stains,” Collegian Arts Showcase, October.

Grants and Awards
2023 Texas Commission on the Arts Grant
2015    Art Department Chair, CTX Board of Directors
2014    Hunting Art Prize Finalist