Harold Mendez

Harold Mendez (born 1977) is a Chicago-born artist based in Los Angeles. He is best known for his work in the 2017 Whitney Biennial and has also had work exhibited in and collected by the Museum of Modern Art, Studio Museum in Harlem, Smart Museum of Art, Institute of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), Institute of Contemporary Art (Miami), Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Wexner Center for the Arts.

Personal life In 1977, Harold Mendez was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is a first generation American and his father is from Mexico and his mother is from Colombia.

Career Mendez graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago with a Master in Fine Art in 2007.

In 2017, Mendez's work was displayed in the front window at the Tiffany & Co. flagship store alongside the work of Carrie Moyer, Shara Hughes, Ajay Kurian, and Raúl de Nieves to celebrate the Whitney Biennial.

In 2018, Mendez' work was featured at the Museum of Modern Art "Being New Photography 2018" exhibit.

In 2019, his work was featured in the exhibit CROSS CURRENTS / INTERCAMBIO CULTURAL at the Smart Museum of Art.

In 2020, Mendez held a solo exhibition at the Logan Center Gallery in Chicago titled Harold Mendez: The years now.

From November 2021 to May 2022, Mendez had his solo show “And, perhaps, here, between” at the Institute of Contemporary Art (Miami), which centered work inspired from his 2017 cultural exchange trip.

In 2023, Mendez, Sahar Khoury, and Jumana Manna participated on a panel and held simultaneous exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts. Mendez' exhibit at the Wexner Center for the Arts - one way to transform and two and three - is his largest exhibition to date and consists of more than thirty of his works.