Christopher Miñán Fitzgerald (b. 1977) is a contemporary artist based in Austin, Texas whose practice spans various media from painting and sculpture to photography and video. He engages with materials and subjects already in states of crisis—damaged bodies, deteriorating natural forms, and unstable mechanical systems. His work examines how life endures under threatening conditions, the ethics of intervention, and how meaning arises through forms of survival.
Following his residency at Museo di Capodimonte in Naples, Italy (1999), Fitzgerald studied at Yale University Summer School of Art (2008) and the Penn State School of Visual Arts (MFA 2012). He has since exhibited throughout the United States and in Korea, Canada and Mexico, with guest presentations at the Austin Museum of Art, the University of Alberta, and Wells College in New York. Fitzgerald’s works are featured in the White Columns Artist Registry and the New American Paintings publication. In 2023, he was awarded the Texas Commission on the Arts grant and his first solo museum exhibition with the McAllen Museum of Art in Texas.
Biography
Born 1977 in Melbourne, Florida
Lives and works in Austin, Texas
Education
2012 MFA, Penn State School of Art, University Park, PA
2008 Yale University Summer School of Art, New Haven, CT
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Processing, McAllen Museum of Art, McAllen, TX
2020 Rebirth, Texas State University, Round Rock, TX
2015 Substrata, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX
2012 Graft, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
2009 Vapor, Templo Filadélfia, Saltillo, México
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Exploring Uncertainty, Austin College, Austin, TX
2024 Portrait2024, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
Once, Cleve Carney Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
2023 Iluminar, Concordia University Texas, Austin, TX
2022 Annual International, University of Texas, Tyler, TX
2020 Drawing, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
Small Works, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2018 Exchange, LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Adirondacks, View Center, Old Forge, NY
2016 Portals, Concordia University Texas, Austin, TX
2014 Hunting Prize, Friedkin Campus, Houston, TX
2013 Notification, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2012 Reunion, Kern Building, University Park, PA
2011 Big Ten Conference, Big Ten Headquarters, Chicago, IL
2010 ArtBall, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
2009 On The Road, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
2008 Steadfast, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX
Invited Lectures
Austin Museum of Art (AMOA), Austin, TX
McAllen Museum of Art (IMAS), McAllen, TX
Olympic College, Bremerton, WA
Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
Texas State University, Round Rock, TX
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Selected Publications
2024 Anita N. Bateman. New American Paintings, No. 174, October, pp. 99-102.
Leejin Kim, ed. Portrait2024, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea. Exhibition catalog.
2023 Celina Michel. “IMAS Collaborates with Artist,” IMAS Musette, Fall Issue, pg. 10.
2020 Rebirth. Texas State University, Round Rock, Texas. Exhibition catalog.
Chad Darbyshire (foreword), Douglas Gordon (interview).
2015 Evan Garza. New American Paintings, No. 120, November, pp. 34-37.
2011 Joseph Bolstad. “Filmic Stains,” Collegian Arts Showcase, October.
Grants and Awards
2023 Texas Commission on the Arts Grant
2015 Art Department Chair, Concordia University Texas
2014 Hunting Art Prize Finalist
Public Collections
CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
Concordia University Texas, Austin, TX
McAllen Museum of Art, McAllen, TX