Education:
2021 B.F.A. Drawing, Painting and Printmaking, Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design
Upcoming Exhibitions:
2023 (Group) In Unity as in Division, Johnson Lowe Gallery, Atlanta GA
Solo Exhibitions:
2022 Fuego Nuevo, Whitespace Gallery Atlanta GA
2020 To Be Accompanied by the Sound of Water, Day&Night Projects, Atlanta, GA
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, THE END Project Space, Atlanta, GA
As a Revelation, Time Presents Itself, PARED Space, (Online) Mexico City.
The Unspecified Other, ShowerHaus, Atlanta, GA
2019 Corta Distancia, Consulado General de Mexico en Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Select Group Exhibitions:
2023 Insatiable Fire, Lamar Dodd Suite Gallery, Athens, GA
2022 Oneness That is, Too, (Curated By Sarah Higgins) Temporary Art Center, Atlanta GA
Birds of a Feather, (Curated by Raquel Mullins) Stoveworks, Chattanooga TN
And Yet, Again, Dalton Gallery, Atlanta GA
Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan AL
2021 Entrainment, Someday Gallery, Manhattan NY
Then or Now, Take it Easy, Atlanta GA
From the Water They Came, to the Threes They Went, Silver Screen, Brooklyn NY
Little Things Mean a Lot, Swancoach House Gallery, Atlanta GA
Insurrection, Saint Sol Collective, (Curated by Zachary Francois) Atlanta, GA
2020 The End is Near!, Atlanta Contemporary, (Curated by Craig Drennen) Atlanta, GA
Woolwich Print Fair, Royal Arsenal, London, UK
Little Things Mean a Lot, Swancoach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
The Give Back, WISH Gallery, Atlanta GA
PDF, Abrir Galeria, Curated by Gonzalo Hernandez, (Online) KS/Lima)
GA Artist of Hispanic Origin, MoCA GA, Atlanta GA
Reflection: A Series of Arbitrary Observations, OPED Space, Tokyo, Japan
2019 Highrise, ShowerHaus, Atlanta GA
Haugesund Internasjonal Festival of Relief Printing, Haugesund Billedgalleri, Hauge sund, Norway
Melt 3.0, Studio 5055, Atlanta, Atlanta GA
Pressing Matters VII: Atlanta Printmakers Studio Annual Members Show, Callanwolde Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
2018 Woolwich Print Fair, Royal Arsenal, London, UK
Serendipity, B-Complex, (Curated by Gabriela Madrid), Atlanta, GA
The Spinning Coin, Ionian Art Center, Kefallinia, GR
Georgia Artists, Abernathy Arts Center, (Curated by Anne Weems/Michi Meko),Atlanta, GA
Annex Infinite, Storefront Infinite, (Curated by Craig Drennen) Atlanta, GA
Dead Matter Press Presents: Vices, The Drive Bar, Las Vegas, NV
Pulp Reality, (Curated by Jack Michael) Noch 8 Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2017 Resonance, Ionian Art Center, Kefallinia, Greece
SGCI 2017: GSU Student, Faculty and Alumni Show, Georgia State University, Atlanta GA
Utopia/Dystopia, Paper Plane Gallery, Atlanta GA
BURNAWAY Art Crush Party Auction, Gallery 874, Atlanta, GA
2016 Georgia State 2016 Spring Juried Exhibition, Ernest G. Welch Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Pressing Matters VI: Atlanta Printmakers Studio Annual Members Exhibition, The J Gallery, Alanta, GA
Curatorial Projects:
2023 The Bell Chime Calls the Night. Parisa Ott, Hannah Adair, Laura Bejarano - Dalton Gallery
Excavating the Parts, I Hid Away. Alice Serres - Eso Tilin Projects & Whitespace Gallery
2022 Transubstantiation (The Inbetweenness of Things). Whitespec, Atlanta GA
As is - Eso Tilin Projects @Stoveworks, Chattanooga TN
EL FUA - Eso Tilin Projects @Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta GA
EL FUA (Remix) - Eso Tilin Projects @Atlanta Contemporary Chute Space , Atlanta GA
Eyes Can Only See So Much - Eso Tilin Projects/TSA GVL, Greenville SC
2021 EL FIN - The End Project Space/Pared.space, Atlanta GA
Professional Experience:
2021/Present Atlanta Contemporary Art Center - Studio Artist Program
2019-Present Freelance Art Handling, Fabrication and Preparation
2022-Present Co-Director / Founder of Eso Tilin Projects
Reviews/Publications
2023 New American Painting Issue #166 South. Print
Victoria Woodcock The Wonder of Woodcuts. How an ancient print technique got its contemporary cool back. Financial Times. Print & Online, Mar 2023
2022 Jacob O’Kelley Fuego Nuevo by Sergio Suarez. Art Papers (Online), Dec 2022
Jerry Collum. Review: Sergio Suarez delves into fire, water, stars and personal mythology. Atlanta Journal Constitution/ Arts Atl. Dec 2022
Leia Geniş. Sergio Suarez: Fuego Nuevo at whitespace, Atlanta. BURNAWAY, Dec 2022
2021 Under the Bridge Magazine: Printmaking, Print.
2020 Sergio Suarez, Guest, Dive2.0 Abstraction+Figuration, Montez Press Radio, Sep 2020
Under the Bridge Magazine: Installation, Print.
Public Collections:
Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA.
Grants & Awards:
2022 Penland Winter Fellowship
2021 Idea Capital
2020 Nexus Fund
Jill Bullen Memorial Award
Fulton County Arts & Culture Fellowship.
Give Back: Wish Atlanta Gallery/Sprite.
Residencies:
2023 Studios at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA (Forthcoming)
2022 Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN
Penland Winter Residency, Penland NC
2021 The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences, North GA
2018 RadiOpolis Master Class in Art & Technology, Ionian Center for Culture & the Arts, Kefallinia, GR
2017 RadiOpolis Master Class in Art & Technology, Ionian Center for Culture & the Arts, Kefallinia, GR