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Miguel Limón Studio
Arts
Radical Archiving & Material Experimentation
Post-Migrant Histories of the Industrial Midwest
At the center of this work is a proposition: that Mexican-American presence in the Midwest emerges not through assimilation but through appearance; through haunting, material afterlife, and the residual marks that migrants leave on the landscapes that received them. Limón calls this visual language Aparicionismo (apparitionism), tracing what persists despite erasure in a post-industrial United States.
Working through radical archiving and speculative image-making, Limón constructs photographs and prints that call forth presence from materials and histories on the verge of disappearing. The work builds a visual lexicon for a new kind of Chicano imaginary: one shaped not by desert vernacular or border permeability, but by the placemaking of communities.
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Arts & Culture Programming
Education
Since 2021, Miguel has worked as an independent arts and cultural programmer, delivering intergenerational public programs in partnership with cultural and civic institutions across Chicago.
Contract work spans one-off workshops and talks to multi-month curriculum development with collaborators including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago at Homan Square, the Chicago Park District, the Garfield Park Conservatory, the Marwen Foundation, Spudnik Press, and Chicago Public Schools through the Artists in Public Schools program. The work is youth-centered, bilingual where needed, and grounded in the belief that education is itself a form of making.
Contract work spans one-off workshops and talks to multi-month curriculum development with collaborators including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago at Homan Square, the Chicago Park District, the Garfield Park Conservatory, the Marwen Foundation, Spudnik Press, and Chicago Public Schools through the Artists in Public Schools program. The work is youth-centered, bilingual where needed, and grounded in the belief that education is itself a form of making.
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Matiz Press
Cultural Work
Printmaking as Civic Infrastructure
Community Risograph Printing & Publishing Artist Editions
Working across literature, poetry, photography, illustration, design, and independent publishing, Matiz supports artists and communities in authoring, preserving, and circulating their own visual, literary, and historical records: building pathways for more equitable, community-led cultural futures.
Matiz Press produces zines, posters, chapbooks, event materials, and artist editions for independent artists, nonprofits, youth organizations, and cultural institutions across Chicago. It also runs open workshops and community print runs designed for people with no prior printmaking experience. Print is infrastructure. Matiz Press treats it that way.
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About
Limon's formal training is in education, youth development, and museum studies. As a cultural worker, they have taught and led programs at the University of Chicago, SAIC @ Homan Square, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and more. They hold a BS in Education from DePaul University and an MA in Museum and Exhibition Studies from the University of Illinois at Chicago.