EMMANUEL GUERRA
...a tender vessel shaped by the wind




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Emmanuel Guerra (b. 1998) is a Mexican-American interdisciplinary artist based in Milwaukee whose practice spans drawing, painting, object-making, and video. Rooted in the complexities of a Midwest and Mexican-American upbringing, Guerra's work excavates the terrain between cultural memory, ancestral sacrifice, and the act of dreaming — both passive and active — as a means of reclaiming what displacement has rendered ephemeral. Through found imagery, reimagined histories, and cultural iconography, they negotiate shared experiences of grief and kinship, reshaping lost narratives into new, tender contexts. Guerra's recent exhibitions, including let sleeping dogs lie (2026) and Nuestros Sueños (2024), reflect an ongoing reformation of creative practice concerned with the porousness of identity and remembrance. They hold an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a BFA in Printmaking from Ball State University.



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Education
MFA
UW-Milwaukee
2024

BFA
Ball State University
2021


Solo Exhibitions
࣪ ˖⟡ let sleeping dogs lie⟡˖ ࣪
e.s.r. (experimental sculpture room)
2026


Mist Above the Field
Some Fools
Milwaukee, WI
2025


tail between my leg—chasing shadows
Milwaukee, WI
2024


Nuestros Sueños
Milwaukee, WI
2024


OJOS ABIERTOS (EYES WIDE OPEN)
Milwaukee, WI
2023


Group Exhibitions
(Selected)
As Above, So Below
Chicago, IL
2026


Authentic Voices
Boulder, CO
2025


Ephemeral Life, Death, Art
Mexico City, Mexico
2022


AwardsRuggiero-Handelman 
Field Research Award
2023


ResidenciesLa Ceiba Gráfica
Long Term Residency
Coatapec, Veracruz, Mexico


SELECTED WORKS




N. Gale St, 2026
Acrylic on Canvas
Sleeping Dogs, 2024
Glycerin Soap, Hair, and Memories
ritual de la madrugada, 2025
video duration: 2:00

Documentation from 2026 Solo Exhibition:࣪ ˖⟡ let sleeping dogs lie⟡˖ ࣪
e.s.r. (experimental sculpture room)
2026





A horse appeared in my living room... his tail fostered a breeze unknown to my body.
2025






2025





Still from Ritual de la Madrugada
Duration: 2:00
2025