Mark Menjivar (b. 1980) lives in San Antonio, TX.


Please contact me directly for print sales.
Select prints available through 20x200 and Collect.Give

Solo & Two/Three Person Exhibitions

2011 | You Are What You Eat | Leakey, Texas | The Cody Center

2011 | You Are What You Eat  | Del Rio, TX | Casa de la Cultura

2011 | You Are What You Eat | White Earth Reservation, MN | Multiple Locations

2011 | You Are What You Eat | Waco, TX | Baylor University
In partnership with Baylor School of Social Work and the Texas Hunger Initiative

2011 | Valle Nuevo | Waco, TX | Art Center of Waco
In partnership with World Hunger Relief

2010/2011 | You Are What You Eat | San Antonio, TX | Southwest School of Art and San Antonio Main Public Library
In partnership with Southwest School of Art, San Antonio Public Library System, City of San Antonio, Green Restaurant, Pearl Brewery Farmers Market and Baptist Health Systems

2010 | Conspicuous Consumption | Milwaukee, WI | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | w/ Patty Chang & John Riepenhoff

2009 | You Are What You Eat | Portland, OR | Ampersand
In partnership with Slow Food Portland and Janus Youth Programs

2009 | Eats & Treats | Nacogdoches, TX | Cole Art Center | w/ Mindy Sue Myers

2008 | You Are What You Eat | Austin, TX | Gallery 5619
In partnership with People Not Profit

2006 | Waiting | San Antonio, TX | Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center


Selected Group Exhibitions

2012 | Food For Thought: A Question of Consumption | Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | with Edith Abeyta, Fallen Fruit, Anne Hamersky and Jessica Rath

2011 | Small Scale | Saysi | San Antonio, TX | Annual Event

2010 | Por/Trait Revealed | San Francisco, CA | Rayko Photo | Featured Artist

2010 | Arthouse 5x7 Event | Austin, TX |  Arthouse |Annual Fundraiser Event

2010 | Critical Mass 2009 Show | Seattle, WA | Photographic Center Northwest

2010 | Slideshow | Yokohama, Japan | Yokohama Photo Festival

2009 | Trickhouse | Vol. 6 | Featured Visual Artist | Online Only

2009 | The Un-Natural Nature of Food | Fraction Magazine | Online Only

2009 | Annual Print Auction | Center for Contemporary Arts | Santa Fe, NM

2009 | Waterworks | San Antonio Museum of Art | San Antonio, TX | Group Show

2008 | Pairings: Poems & Photographs | Laity Lodge | Leaky, TX | Group Show

2007 | Untitled | Visiting Artist Exhibit | Saysi | San Antonio, TX | 3-Person Show

2007 | 25th Anniversary Juried Membership Exhibition: Juried by Anne Wilkes Tucker | Houston Center of Photography| Houston, TX | Group Show

2007 | Spirit of Recovery | University of Texas Health Science Center | San Antonio, TX | Photography and Audio Exhibit | Traveling Collaborative Exhibit

2006 | Spirit of Recovery | 7th & James | Waco, TX | Photography and Audio Exhibit | Traveling Collaborative Exhibit

2006 | Witnessing, Still | Centro Cultural Aztlan | San Antonio, TX | Fotoseptiembre | Group Show

2006 | San Antonio African American History Alive: A Photo Exhibit | Carver Community Cultural Center | San Antonio, TX | Fotoseptiembre | Photographic Restoration & Audio Stories

2006 | Spirit of Recovery | SAMHSA Summit | New Orleans, LA | Photography and Audio Exhibit | Traveling Collaborative Exhibit


Awards/Grants

2011-12 | Brackenridge Foundation | San Antonio, TX

2009 | Critical Mass Top 50 | Photo Lucida | Portland, OR

2009 | You Are What You Eat | Director's Choice Award | Project Competition | CENTER | Santa Fe, NM

2009 | Participant | Review Santa Fe-Juried Portfolio Review | CENTER | Santa Fe, NM


Teaching/Workshops

2012 | Zine Workshop | International School of the Americas | San Antonio, TX | Collaboration with Borderland Collective

2011-12 | Artist-in-Residence | KIPP San Antonio | San Antonio, TX

2011 | Visiting Artist | Casa de la Cultura | Del Rio, TX | Food Mapping Workshop

2011 | Collaborating Artist | Borderland Collective | San Antonio, TX | Newcomers Program

2009 | Visiting Artist | San Anto Cultural Arts | San Antonio, TX |  Community Photography Workshop

2009 | Teaching Artist | Southwest School of Art | San Antonio, TX | Young Artists Program

2007 | Visiting Artist | Say Si | San Antonio, TX | Fotoseptiembre


Lectures/Talks

2011 | Artist Talk | Elon University | Elon, NC | Obesity in America Course

2011 | Artist Talk | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | Milwaukee, WI | Professional Practice Class

2011 | Artist Lecture | Society of Photographic Education | San Antonio, TX | Regional Conference

2011 | Artist Lecture | Chaffey College | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | One Book, One College Program

2011 | Keynote | White Earth Nation | Mahnomen, MN | Wellness Conference

2011 | Panel Discussion | University of the Incarnate Word | San Antonio, TX | Honors Program

2011 | Various Lectures | Baylor University | Waco, TX | School of Social Work, Political Science & Art Department

2011 | Gallery Talk | Southwest School of Art | San Antonio, TX | Les Dames d'Escoffier

2011 | Gallery Talk | Art Center of Waco | Waco, TX | w/composer Carlos Colon

2011 | Gallery Talk | Southwest School of Art | San Antonio, TX | Our Lady of the Lake University

2011 | Gallery Talk | Southwest School of Art | San Antonio, TX | University of Texas San Antonio

2011 | Gallery Talk | Art Center of Waco | Waco, TX | Opening Reception

2011 | Gallery Talk | Central Library Gallery | San Antonio, TX | w/ Chef Mike Behrend

2010 | Artist Talk | American Studies Association | San Antonio, TX | Annual Conference

2010 | Artist Talk | CENTER | Santa Fe, NM | Open House Reception

2010 | Gallery Talk | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | Milwaukee, WI | Professional Practice Class

2010 | Gallery Talk | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | "Food for Thought" Series

2010 | Artist Talk | Texas State University | San Marcos, TX | Thesis Photography Students

2009 | Gallery Talk | Ampersand | Portland, OR | In partnership with Slow Food Portland

2009 | Gallery Talk | Cole Art Center | Nacogdoches, TX

2009 | Artist Talk | University of Texas-San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | Photography Class


Selected Bibliography:

Online

I ♥ Photography

NPR Picture Show

Gizmodo

Vice

20x200

GOOD Magazine

GOOD Projects

Smithsonian Magazine

El Pais (Spain)

Don't Panic (UK)

The Onion A/V Club

Sundance Channel

The Atlantic

Beautiful/Decay

UTNE Reader

More Intelligent Life (The Economist)

Joonbug NYC

Village Voice

Pinball Publishing

Tethered (Elizabeth Fleming)

Lenscratch (Aline Smithson)

Design Boom

Wall Space Gallery's Flat File

Discarted Blog

Zeit (Germany)

Print

Opcions (Spain) | Cover & Feature | Fall, 2011

Yeosung Joongang (Korea) | "Fridge Down Sizing" | December, 2011

Pork & Mead (USA) | Feature | November, 2011

Orlo-Bear Deluxe (USA) | Feature, Issue #32 | July, 2011

KINKI Magazine (Switzerland) | Portfolio, Issue #35 | February, 2011

San Antonio Express News | Feature by Jessica Belasco | January 11, 2011

San Antonio Magazine | Exhibit Feature | Top 5 Things To Do In San Antonio | January 2011

Average (USA) | Portfolio | 2011

O.K. Periodicals (Netherlands) | Feature, #5 Body Issue | Fall 2010

SF Weekly (USA) | Exhibition Feature | July 2010

Zoe Magazine (Italy) | Portfolio | April 2010

Sharp Magazine (Canada) | Write Up | July 2010

VIEW Magazine (Germany) | Portfolio | June 2010

Popular Photography (USA) | Project Feature | January 2010

MIX (USA) | One Shot Feature | October 2009

Generate Magazine (USA)| Cover and Portfolio | Autumn 2009

Salon Magazine (Ukraine) | Portfolio | September 2009

GUP Magazine (Netherlands) | Exhibition Feature | September 2009

Der Feinschecker (Germany) | Portfolio | September 2009

Orion Magazine (USA) | Full Frontal Fridge by Jennifer Sahn | September\October 2009

GOOD Magazine (USA) | Picture Show Feature, Issue 016 | Summer 2009

Television

KSAT | Feature and Interview w/ Isis Romero | January 2011

Radio

KOPN | Food Sleuth | Interview w/ Melinda Hemmelgarn | January 2011

KBOO | Art Focus | Interview w/ Eva Lake | September 2009