ABOUT
ARTIST BIO
Ofelia Núñez-Regueiro is an Argentine-Mexican research-based printmaker & interdisciplinary artist based in Southeast Michigan. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and is now an MFA candidate at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Ofelia Núñez-Regueiro engages with computer technology, sculpture, and installation to expand the discipline of print media and critically interrogate the emerging technologies embedded in our day-to-day lives. She enjoys abject art, math rock, video games, stone lithography, bell hooks, and horror films.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My artistic practice is centered around the discipline of printmaking, the expansion of print techniques through contemporary technology, and its applications in other artistic and academic disciplines, namely sculptural and technological practices. My body of work explores what it means to be human in the digital age, interrogates how visual language and the value of handmade artwork change as technology evolves, and questions the complex ethics of the growing artificial intelligence industry. In the present, it is possible to generate images with the click of a button, whereas printmaking & sculpture are disciplines that demand time, patience, and an active presence of the human body. By choosing to partake in physically demanding artistic disciplines while engaging with computer technology through video, digital fabrication, and creative coding, I inquire: How can we use emerging technologies to better understand ourselves as human beings, and at what point does technology replace human experience rather than supplement it? Fueled by a combination of concern, spite, and curiosity, much of my work takes on a humorous tone mixed with offputting visuals. Sculptures made of meat, garbage relics in crudely welded steel, prints of uncanny bodies & faces, and nondescript flesh heaps are the backbone of my aesthetic vocabulary, simultaneously challenging Eurocentric notions of beauty and “High Art,” and critiquing the technologies deeply embedded in our day-to-day lives.
As I investigate the relationship between human and technology through my practice, I find different aspects of my lived experiences and identity informing each iteration of work that I produce. Having been raised in the USA by two Latin American parents, I find that Catholicism, Spanish colonialism, and US-interventionalist policies abroad have become recurring themes as my body of work unfolds. The way in which the AI industry is rapidly growing echoes patterns of colonial violence: materials are extracted for our computers largely through slave labor, land is being depleted of its finite resources, climate change is being exacerbated, whole communities are being displaced to make way for new data centers, and generative AI is being increasingly imposed onto us as an “inevitable change.” Technology has the potential to supplement humanity in myriad ways, but as it continues to advance, it is crucial that we question the origins of new technology, how datasets used for training machines might train our subconscious, who benefits from technological advancements, and who, in turn, suffers.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO – Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio, 2021
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PENNY W. STAMPS SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN – Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio (Transferred from SAIC), 2022 - 2026
CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART – Master of Fine Arts with a concentration in Print Media, 2026 - 2028
WORK EXPERIENCE
Metal Shop Monitor / University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, 2023 - 2026
Admissions Student Liaison / School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021 - 2022
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Presidential Merit Scholarship - School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Awarded 2021
First Year Scholars Program - School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Admitted 2021
LEAD Scholarship - University of Michigan Alumni Association, Awarded 2022 - 2026
Elaine Alpert Stern Scholarship - University of Michigan, Awarded 2022 - 2026
Emil Weddige Award - Penny W. Stamps Winter Awards, Awarded 2025
EXHIBITIONS
'Potential' / Neutral Zone - Ann Arbor, MI, 2019
'Jinxed' / Neutral Zone - Ann Arbor, MI, 2019
'Emerge' / Gutman Gallery - Ann Arbor, MI, 2021
'Undergraduate Juried Exhibition' / University of Michigan Stamps Gallery - Ann Arbor, MI, 2024
'Made in Excess' / Helicon Haus, University of Michigan Department of the History of Art – Ann Arbor, MI, 2025
'We, the People' / Ink & Dye Studio - Milan, MI, 2026
'Tangent' / University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design - Ann Arbor, MI, 2026
WORKSHOPS
Gun Lake Tribal Community - Printmaking workshop assistant to Paloma Núñez-Regueiro, 2024 - 2025
Seeding Dialogue: Big Tech, Agriculture, and Seedkeeping - Printmaking - U-M Arts Initiative printmaking workshop instructor in collaborator with workshop coordinator V. Shin - 2025
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Ann Arbor Art Fair, 'New Art, New Artists' - Ann Arbor Art Fair jury-selected vendor, 2024
Archivo Político Vivo: An Artist’s Book by Paloma Núñez-Regueiro - Signal Return, Detroit, MI, commissioned by Paloma Núñez-Regueiro to create a letterpress typeface, 2025