André Fuqua

b. 1993 St. Louis, MO

Education

2026 Ph.D, Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (in progress)

2018   MS, Civil Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY

2016   P.BACC, Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2015   BS, Civil Engineering (Minor: Architecture), Columbia University, New York, NY 

Public Art - Solo Projects

2026   Mirrors of the Earth, City of Austin - Art in Public Places, Duncan Neighborhood Park, Austin, TX

2019   Becoming - Window Mural, FAB Fulton’s ART360°, baba cool café, Brooklyn, NY

Public Art - Collaborative Projects

2022   Rite of Location, Occupy Vacancy, St. Louis, MO

2020   St. John Park Concrete Pillar by Damon Moseley, Art in Public Places, Austin, TX

Exhibitions

2024   Solo Exhibition - Occupy Vacancy, Ivester Contemporary, Austin, TX

2021   Group Exhibition, BATON, Northern-Southern Gallery, Austin, TX

2021   Group Exhibition, TOOO, Northern-Southern Gallery, Austin, TX

2021   Group Exhibition, Real and Imagined Spaces, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

2020   Group Exhibition, Make America What America Must Become, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

2020   Group Exhibition, Occupied, GrayDUCK Gallery, Austin, TX

2019   Group Exhibition, The Revival – EAST 2019, Creative Action, Austin, TX  

2019   Resident Artist, A New Wave, baba cool café, Brooklyn, NY

2018   Pop Up Show, man over mechanism, OneEyed Studios, Ridgewood, NY

2016   Group Exhibition, De Nue, SITE Galleries, Chicago, IL

2016   Group Exhibition, Black Creativity, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL

2015   Group Exhibition, Shared History: SAIC 150th/SSCAC 75th Joint Anniversary Exhibition, South Side Community Arts Center, Chicago, IL

Panels and Discussions

2024   Celebrating Juneteenth: Creating Our Futures, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO

2022   Shop Life to Real Life – Diverse Pathways through Instructional Shops, Student Shop Managers Conference 2022, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

2021   Dreaming While Awake: Art and Activism in a Democratic Future, Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, LA

Performances

2020   Blackberries, Blackberries, The Affrilachian Memory Plays, Austin, TX

2017   Soft: a film by Da’Niro Elle Brown, Pop Rally Presents: Twilight Brothers MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Awards

2025   Program Support Grant, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO in collaboration with Occupy Vacancy

2024   Vacancy to Vibrancy Small Grant, STL Vacancy Collaborative, St. Louis, MO in collaboration with Occupy Vacancy

2023   Artist Support Grant, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO in collaboration with Occupy Vacancy

2023   Green Fund Research Grant, Office of Sustainability, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

2021   Futures Fund Grant Recipient, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO         

2020   Gate Millennium Scholars - Doctoral Fellowship

Press

2021   “Rising Stars: Check Out Occupy Vacancy”,Voyage STL Magazine, November 5, 2021.

2021   “Luminary Gallery Awards $60K In Grants to St. Louis Artists Working For Social Change”,St. Louis Public Radio, Jeremy D. Goodwin, April 18, 2021.

2020   “Material Symbolism”, Cage Match Project Podcast, Ariel Rene Jackson, July 31, 2020.

2019   “Interview – The Revival”, KAZI FM The Voice of Austin, Dora Robinson, November 15, 2019.