Education
2020 - Master in Art Education, School of the Arts Institute of Chicago
2018- Bachelor in Arts: Sociology, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Cayey
Panelist & Lectures
Committees &
Affiliations
2024 - Colby College, Mayne: Artist Talk
2023 - Dartmouth University: Artist Talk at Afro-Latine/ Latinx Symposium
2018- the University of Chicago at Illinois: Pa’Lante Conference: Doors of Paseo,
2023 - City of Chicago: Arts & Culture Mayoral Transition Subcommittee (Member)
2023 - The Puerto Rican Agenda: Arts & Culture Subcommittee (Co-Chair)
2020 - CPAG Artist
Articles
2022 - Block Club Chicago, Puerto Rican Artists Bring Colorful Murals To Humboldt Park’s Division Street, Article
2021 - Contratiempo, Identidad Boricua, Author
2021 - La Voz del Paseo, Celebrado Astista del Paseo Boricua, Cristian Roldán, pinta mural dedicado a “Boricua en la Luna”, Article
2020 - Xochipilli Magazine, Cristian Roldán: La Pintura Mural como Intervención Política, Interview
2019 - Univision, No a tu gobierno, no a la colonia": Un artista boricua crea un mural en protesta contra Roselló en Chicago, Article
2019 - Suntimes, Humboldt Park’s murals help Puerto Ricans fight cultural ‘amnesia to who we are’, Article
Interview
2022 - HITN, Voces con Cristian Roldán, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOhl5MbPt3o&t=119s , Video
2022 - PRCC, Alfresco Project 2022,
Grants & Awards
2022 - Together We Heal, DCASE, Grant
2022 - Youth Care Award, Rincon Family Center, Award
2020 - Spark Grant, Chicago Artist Coalition, Grant
2018 - Year of Creative Youth, DCASE, Grant
2018 - Social Practice Grant, School of the Arts Institute of Chicago, Grant
2017 - Dean Scholarship, School of the Arts Institute of Chicago, Scholarship
Projects
2021 - Diaspora Designs LLC, Founder
2022 - Al Fresco Chicago, Lead Artist
2018 - Barrio Arts and Culture Youth, Founder
2017 - Doors of Paseo, Coordinator, Co-curator
2015 to the Present - Over 25 Community-Based Large Murals, Lead Artist
Skills
Management: Art Project Management, Project Coordinator, Grant Writer, Project Seller, Etcetera.
Software: Photoshop, Procreate, Illustrator, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Etcetera.
Artistic: Woodwork, Tufting, Acrylic & Oil Painting, Muralism, Socially Engaged Art