The Department of Studio Arts is pleased to announce our next Perspectives talk with José Santiago Pérez, Visiting Lecturer of Sculpture and Visual Thinking at the University of Pittsburgh. 

José Santiago Pérez (b. Los Angeles) is an artist and educator based in Chicago. Residencies and awards include Regional Artist Residency at Contemporary Craft (2025), Surf Point Foundation Artist Residency (2025), Fiber Fellowship at Colorado College (2024), Illinois Arts Council Agency Artist Fellowship Finalist in Craft (2024), Lunder Institute for American Art Residential Residency (2022), and HATCH Residency at Chicago Artists Coalition (2019-2020). Their 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. 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 is currently a Visiting Lecturer in Sculpture and Visual Thinking at the University of Pittsburgh. José 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 information: 

Franklin Commonwealth, 2024 
hand-netted nylon, mylar, plastic beads, and silicone 
48" diameter 
photo by WM Artist Services