José Santiago Pérez (he/they) is an artist and educator based in Chicago. He is a 2024 Fiber Fellow at Colorado College, an Illinois Arts Council Agency Artist Fellowship Finalist in Craft, a 2022 Lunder Institute for American Art resident fellow, and a 2019-2020 HATCH resident at Chicago Artists Coalition. His work has been supported by an Illinois Arts Council Agency grant, an Individual Artist Program grant from the City of Chicago, and a Chicago Artists Coalition SPARK grant. José has presented solo and group exhibitions across the country and currently serves on the board of the National Basketry Organization. Features and reviews have appeared in Artforum, Basketry+ Magazine, Sixty Inches from Center, Newcity Art, and the Archives + Futures Podcast. He received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has held teaching appointments in the Art Department at Colorado College and in the Fiber and Material Studies Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Image: Un/Burden (so you may release), 2020 | 36”L x 14”H x 16”W
