Christopher Nájera is a DFW-based artist whose practice explores the intersection of psychic repair, ancestral memory, and the ontology of drawing through steel and fabric.
Nájera was raised between Texas and Coahuila, where he acquired sensibilities shaped by the two communities. He attended the University of North Texas graduating with a BFA in Studio Art in 2014. He earned his MFA from Texas Christian University in 2026. His solo exhibitions include en el arder, se ve at Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, TX, de aquí cae agua at Arts Fort Worth, and hasta que me muera and plutón en acuario at 500X, Dallas. His group exhibitions include Terrenos at Koning Gallery, Dallas TX and Soy de Tejas at The Cheech Center, Riverside CA.
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Education
2026 MFA Studio Art, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth TX
2014 BFA Studio Art, University of North Texas, Denton TX
BA Visual Studies, University of North Texas, Denton TX
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Give In to Care, Town Center Gallery, Plano TX
2026 en el arder, se ve, TCU Galleries, Fort Worth TX
2024 plutón en acuario, 500X Gallery, Dallas TX
2023 de aquí cae agua, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth TX
hasta que me muera, 500X Gallery, Dallas TX
Duo Exhibitions
2026 upcoming, Magaly Cantu, TCC NW Campus, Fort Worth TX
Group Exhibitions
2026 Easyside, GiantRunt, Fort Worth TX
Cake and Candles, Easyside, Fort Worth TX
2025 Soy de Tejas, The Riverside Art Museum, Riverside CA
Porchlight, Porchlight Gallery, Fort Worth TX
Good Luck Parking, The Aldredge House, Dallas TX
Terrenos, Koning Gallery, Dallas TX
The Pliable & The Brittle, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta GA
What Remains Beneath?, The Pool near Southside, Fort Worth TX
2024 Chateau 3, The Aldredge House, Dallas TX
Seriously!?, Fort Works Art, Fort Worth TX
Movements 4the Soul, Inclusion Coffee, Arlington TX
Soy de Tejas, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth TX
Lazarus, 500X Gallery, Dallas TX
Voyager-1, 500X Annex Gallery, Irving TX
Visions, The Eclectika, Irving TX
Alumni Show, The Carillon Gallery, Fort Worth TX
Local Artists Only, Sundance Square, Fort Worth TX
Annual Juried Exhibition, Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth TX
Small Works Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2023 New Beginnings, TCU Galleries, Fort Worth TX
Orienting Brownness, Semillas Gallery, Minneapolis MN
MariconX, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas TX
Soy de Tejas, Centro de Artes, San Antonio TX
2022 Noche de Nostalgia, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas TX
Biennial 2022, Arts Fort Worth TX
Queer-Itura y Queerpo, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas TX
Alumni Show, The Carillon Gallery, Fort Worth TX
2021 LGBTQIA+ 2021, 500X Gallery - Odyssey Studios, Dallas TX
MariconX: ACROSS, Arttitude, Dallas TX
T.I.M.E, Sundance Square, Fort Worth TX
Passport Oakcliff, Arts Mission Oak Cliff, Dallas TX
Across, Urban Arts Center, Dallas TX
Queer Latinx Art Night, Oakcliff Cultural Center, Dallas TX
8th Annual Texas Juried Exhibition, Artspace111, Fort Worth TX
Once a Day Swallow a Small Sun, FWAC, Fort Worth TX
2020 Q Brunch, Third Space DFW, Fort Worth TX
2019 Fuck Your Art Degree, House of Iconoclasts, Fort Worth TX
The Pride of Northside, Third Space DFW, Fort Worth TX
ArtsGaggle, Third Space DFW, Fort Worth TX
2018 Small Works Show, ArtTooth, Fort Worth TX
2017 Thank Art, Pop Up, Fort Worth TX
ATM, Artluck, Fort Worth TX
2016 First, Artluck, Fort Worth TX
Amuse-Bouche, ArtTooth, Fort Worth TX
2015 Imagine Riverside, Riverside, Fort Worth TX
Professional Experience
2026 Methods in Critique, The Cedars Union, Dallas TX
Summer Camp at the Modern, The Modern Museum, Fort Worth TX
2025 Member’s Critique, The Cedars Union, Dallas TX
Spring Break at the Modern, The Modern Museum, Fort Worth TX
Invited Artist, University of North Texas, Denton TX
2024 Drawing from the Collection, The Modern Museum, Fort Worth TX
Installer, Yossi Milo Gallery
2020 Artist Lecture, TCU, Fort Worth TX
2019 Curatorial Experience, Third Space DFW
Restorer/Installer, Art of DFW, Dallas TX
Residency
2025 La Foce Residency, Italy