José Antonio Aguirre

José Antonio Aguirre is born in Mexico City.

José Antonio Aguirre visits Chicago as a child during a summer vacation.

José Antonio Aguirre enrolls in the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago.

After visiting the Art Institute of Chicago, José Antonio Aguirre changes his focus and enrolls in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

José Antonio Aguirre creates several murals in Chicago, Los Angeles, and elsewhere.

José Antonio Aguirre earns his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

José Antonio Aguirre creates the mural Nuestra Esencia, Nuestra Presencia … , RCOCC at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

José Antonio Aguirre meets Sister Karen Boccalero, director and founder of Self Help Graphics & Art in Los Angeles.

José Antonio Aguirre moves to Los Angeles and, at Sister Karen Boccalero’s invitation, he becomes an artist in residence at Self Help Graphics & Art, where he produces serigraphs and starts an intaglio and linocut printmaking studio.

José Antonio Aguirre earns his MFA from CalArts.

José Antonio Aguirre creates It‘s Like the Song, Just Another Op’nin’ Another Show at Self Help Graphics & Art as a tribute to Carlos Almaraz and others who have died of AIDS.

José Antonio Aguirre creates the mural Back to School (o como los mexicanos no aprenden a pintar hasta que van a Europa … ) at CalArts.

José Antonio Aguirre exhibits work at Self Help Graphics & Art.

José Antonio Aguirre is part of the group exhibition Self-Help Graphics Atelier XV at Self Help Graphics & Art.

José Antonio Aguirre is part of the group exhibition Día de los Muertos at at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum (now the National Musuem of Mexican Art).

José Antonio Aguirre is part of the group exhibition Atelier/Taller at Self Help Graphics & Art.

José Antonio Aguirre is part of the group exhibition From El Corazon de East L.A. at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum (now the National Musuem of Mexican Art).

José Antonio Aguirre has a solo exhibition at Self Help Graphics & Art titled Alone In East L.A..

José Antonio Aguirre creates the print Mongo Santamaria with José Alpuche at Self Help Graphics & Art. Aguirre instructs Alpuche to choose the colors for each edition, allowing each print to be its own unique work.