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Alejandro T. Acierto

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artist, musician, scholar || free 🇵🇸 , f*ck 🧊 || Model Home at @_smoca Sep 25 - Feb 7

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Feeling so grateful for the incredible crew and curatorial team at @_smoca for helping me realize the most ambitious iteration of this work to date - thank you thank you thank you! Big love to the fam and my new and old friends that came through for the opening to celebrate this work - it was so great to catch up with folks, even if briefly. There’s obviously more to say, but for now, I have so much gratitude that this work is in the world and that I was able to be present for the lovely opening evening. Congrats to the other artists included in the adjacent shows down the hall (expertly curated by Keisha) and it’s such a joy to have my work in conversation with theirs! Shoutout to @teeqeetee for taking most of these pics.

If you’re in the Phoenix area, the work remains on view until Feb 7, and I’ll return to the area for a performance for a closing event, more details soon! taken in Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) by @alejandroacierto

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taken in Mackinac Island, Michigan by @alejandroacierto

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taken in Mackinac Island, Michigan by @alejandroacierto

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An incredible, exhausting, rich, and generous week thinking with and alongside this absolutely beautiful group of humans and the Lands we convened. Orchestrated by @danielbritain, the amazing crew at @colbycah, and camp counselor @caw2105
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1. Most, but not all the fellows on the edge of the Messalonskee Lake on day 2 of the Summer Institute for Environmental Humanities . Picture c/o Nathan (holding the camera while expertly treading water in the lake)
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2. Looking southwest into the Gulf of Maine off Port Clyde aboard the Laura B⁣
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3. A mossy patch inland on Allen Island⁣
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4. My brilliant workshop cohort (minus Nicholas who had to leave early) with our seminar facilitator @macagomezbarris29
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5. A place where the ocean meets Wabanaki territory
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6. The Spider Museum across the Kennebeck River taken in Wabanaki Traditional Territory by @alejandroacierto

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2 months ago

last few days to catch "open grounds for wholly indeterminate futures" by alejandro t. acierto. show closes May 22.

come see it at fried fruit art space before it's gone!

photos by @jamestfarley taken in The Cargo District by @alejandroacierto

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5 months ago

Some tests for a new project premiering later this year, more soon! by @alejandroacierto

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5 months ago

A huge thank you to alejandro t. acierto for visiting UNCW's campus, sharing his work and practice with our Graphic Design and Time-Based Media students, and opening up honest conversations about process, intentional design, and life as a working artist.

"open grounds for wholly indeterminate futures" explores the complicated relationships between people, wildlife, and rapidly shifting landscapes. Tracing how urban expansion and climate change across the Sonoran Desert are reshaping what it means to survive and belong there.
The exhibition is on view through May 22. Pop by anytime to view it from the outside, or reach out to schedule a time to see inside the gallery.

Documentation photos by @jamestfarley

#UNCW #Wilmington #WilmingtonNC #FriedFruit #ArtILM taken in The Cargo District by @alejandroacierto

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Grab one of these RISO printed takeaways at @alejandroacierto opening tonight 6-9pm, only an edition of 30 available! Get here early to scoop your copy. taken in The Cargo District by @alejandroacierto

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alejandro t. acierto’s artist practice crosses several disciplines in unexpected but impactful ways. We wanted to share a few of our favorite projects ahead of his artist talk (today at 4:00pm!) and his exhibition later this week.

1. (writing project)
"Tracing the Peacock Chair’s History From Manila to Nashville"
Hyperallergic
part of the 2024 Craft Archive Fellowship Series and organized in collaboration with the Center for Craft

Image “Unraveling Imperialism” (2022), still from performance documentation by Jose Luis Benavides

2. (writing project)
"And Then Suddenly, It Was Simply Everywhere: Glitter, Visibility, and the Queer Research Percussion Group Zine Collection"

Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture, Volume 4, Issue 2, Summer 2023

“An artistic reflection on the Queer Percussion Research Group Zine Collection (2023) through the concept of shimmering as a queer political and positional affect across light and sound.”

3. (environments built as installations)
“Uninvited Guests” at ASU’s ArtSpace West explores the impact of urban expansion on the fragile habitats in the desert.

4. (environments built as time-based media)
”WE MAKE DREAMS COME TREU” video collage

5. (curatorial project)
"Rumors of Necessity"
work by Paul Pak-hing Lee, Richard A. Lou, Emily Hanako Momohara, Sisivahn Phouthavong, and Hồng-Ân Trương
Tipton Gallery at East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 2020 taken in The Cargo District by @alejandroacierto

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6 months ago

Meet alejandro t. acierto and learn about his art practice.

Artist talk “Towards an ecological undercommons” on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 | 4:00pm on UNCW's campus in Friday Annex, 152

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The opening reception of "open grounds for wholly indeterminate futures" on Friday, April 17, 2026 | 6:00-9:00pm at @friedfruitartgallery

"Following the steady rise of rapid urban growth across Phoenix Arizona’s metropolitan areas in the last several decades, the region’s vastly diverse natural habitats have increasingly been replaced by sprawling housing developments, expansive commercial warehousing facilities, and enormous tech campuses for international manufacturing and distribution. Leaving an indelible mark upon the fragile ecosystem of the Sonoran Desert alongside the longstanding effects of climate change in the region, the area’s natural wildlife has seen significant shifts that have altered their capacity to thrive amidst dwindling natural resources.

Simultaneously, residents across the city’s urban desert landscape have faced devastatingly harmful temperatures, an increasingly dangerous water crisis, and a significant shortage of affordable housing that makes living there particularly precarious, especially those facing housing insecurity. Noting these tensions, this body of work navigates how the conditions of a constantly shifting landscape anticipate more complicated stories of relation between humans, non-humans, and the environments they inhabit."

- @alejandroacierto taken in The Cargo District by @alejandroacierto

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🍏🍐🥝
Fried Fruit Art Space is pleased to present a solo exhibition by artist alejandro t. acierto.

ARTIST TALK
Wednesday,
April 15, 2026, 4pm
UNCW's Campus, Friday Annex, 152

OPENING RECEPTION
Friday, April 17, 2026, 6-9 pm
@friedfruitartgallery

He produces creative projects, exhibitions, and performances that highlight the impact of colonial legacies across technologies, material culture, and the environment.

"open grounds for wholly indeterminate futures" navigates how the conditions of a constantly shifting landscape of Phoenix Arizona's metropolitan areas anticipate more complicated stories of relation between humans, non-humans, and the environments they inhabit.

This one is not to be missed!!

Poster Design by Madelyn Frazier @maddiejphotography1

#WaterInsecurity #IlmArt #EnvironmentalArt #CargoDistrict Green poster with text: open grounds for wholly indeterminate futures; alejandro t. acierto; ARTIST TALK Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 4pm Friday Annex, 152; OPENING RECEPTION April 17, 2026, 6-9 pm on display through May 22, 2026; Fried Fruit Art Space 615 S 16th, Wilmington, NC 28401; viewable 24/7 from outside; doors open during receptions and scheduled visits; UNCW taken in The Cargo District by @alejandroacierto

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7 months ago

In "of sight, of mind," our current main gallery exhibition, viewers are met by a watchtower made from oriented strand board (OSB) and 2x4s upon entry.

At undetermined intervals, a bright overhead security lamp intermittently flashes, a reference to the looming and increased reality of panopticism.

(When we listened to our queer and trans incarcerated pen pals and connections, they remarked about new levels of heightened security and the feeling of being watched and scrutinized even while they served their time).

Regardless of our collective experiences with police, we are all impacted by the structures of their gaze, by the weight of potential enforcement.

This installation instead insists on a refusal to ignore the specifics of state violence, to keep these occurrences in the present at the top of our consciousness.

Organized by alejandro t. acierto, the installation features alejandro t. acierto, Dan Paz, dana middleton, Ava Aviva Avnisan, and Molly Merryman.

Gallery hours are 1-4 pm and by appointment. The exhibition is on view through Friday, March 27. taken in Vulpes Bastille by @alejandroacierto

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