Eric Acuña
About the Artist
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Eric Acuña, also known as "e" is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher with an interest in sound, light, and studying the behavior of self-organized models. His work explores consciousness and reality through a study of memory, perception, and the visible and invisible structures that shape human experience as "knowledge".
Working across collaboratively, and improvisational to explore and create overlap in sonic transmission, media theory, and alternative art practices through themes like grief, presence, and the search for meaning.
His fascination with consciousness, and human nature was cultivated among DIY makers, repairers, musicians, storytellers, rituals and watching ceremonies- interests which continue to inform his work to this day. Drawing from experiences in indigenous knowledge systems, experimental practices, and philosophical inquiry, Acuña investigates patterns, communication systems, human nature, and the ways attention shapes understanding.
His work is rooted in the ways people learn from one another, driven by a passion for creating spaces where curiosity, experimentation, and exchange can shape how we understand the world. Inspired by thinkers such as David Bohm, Federico Faggin, and Carl Jung, as well as artists whose work engage alternative art practices. Equally important are the everyday inheritances of family history, material culture, and acts of healing that have shaped his way of seeing.
Acuña recently earned a Masters in Fine Art with a concentration in New Media at the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2026 under the mentorship of Professor Justin Boyd. Prior to pursuing his masters, he earned a B.F.A. in Studio Art with a concentration in Expanded Media from Texas State University in 2022, where his research focused on phenomena observed in soft and time-sensitive materials. Early in his academic career, he earned an Associate of Arts degree from San Antonio College in 2017 where he first begin studies in installation, sculpture, performance, and digital media.
Currently he is focused on developing a radio podcast titled Universe Radio, an upcoming conceptual media and music mixing project that fuses deep-space radio astronomy with curated indie alternative soundscapes, developed and published by EEVVVVVV, his alter-identity. As E’s cosmic journey unfolds, he invites his audiences to follow along as his practice evolves, continually investigating the profound intersections of memory, materiality, perception, and lived experience.
EDUCATION
University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
MFA Candidate – New Media
Current – 2026
Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
BFA Studio Art – Expanded Media
2020
San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX
AA Liberal Arts, Arts
2017
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024–Present
Research Assistant of Art in New Media and Sculpture, UTSA, San Antonio, TX
2023
Preparator, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
2018–2021
Gallery Tech, Texas State Galleries, San Marcos, TX
2022
Video and Projection Design, Texas State Dance Department at Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2021
Exhibitions Photographer, Texas State Dance Department at Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2019
Intern for Collections Registrar, The Contemporary, Austin, TX
RESIDENCIES
2020
Unlisted Projects,Performance Exhibition, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
a-----------b, ad. INFINITUM, MFA Thesis Exhibition, La Zona Cultural, San Antonio, TX
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2026
Two-Person Exhibition Awarded through Future Forward group show, Througline Collective, Houston TX
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Selected for this award in recognition of my work's distinction in New Media. This Fall exhibition will feature a two-person show with artist Marcel Omen.
2022
SELF.START(TIME=(0,0)*INFTY), FLEX Gallery at Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
San Marcos 4th Annual Studio Tours Mothership Studios, San Marcos, TX
2025
Letting The River Spill, Group alumni exhibition juried by Rebeccas Marino, TXST Galleries, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Future Forward, Group exhibition juried by Madi Murphy, Througline Collective, Houston TX
2024
Some Kind of Feeling, ICOSA Open Space, Austin, TX
Voyager III, Carver Cultural Center, San Antonio, TX
IM\MATERIAL CONCERNS\, SMART projectspace, Gallery 1906, San Antonio, TX
HiveMind, CUBE Project Space, UTSA Arts, San Antonio, TX
2022
Overnight Sound, Mercury Projects, San Antonio, TX — Curated by Pamela Martinez
2020
Conversations with the Void, BFA Thesis Exhibition, TXST Galleries, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Youhadtobethere: Online Group Exhibition, Youhadtobethere.art
School of Art and Design Student Juried Exhibition, TX State Galleries, San Marcos, TX — Juror: Ed Schad
2019
Alumni Drawing Exhibition, SAC Visual Arts Center, San Antonio, TX — Curator: Alfonso Cantu
Pollination, The Parish Gallery, San Antonio, TX — Curator: Mauro De La Tierra
2018
Concentric, FLEX Gallery, San Marcos, TX — Curator: Taffari Robinson
Opposing Speculation, R Space Gallery, San Antonio, TX — Curator: Justin Mendez
Vivification, Rubio Space South, San Antonio, TX — Curator: Alex Rubio
SCREENINGS, TALKS, & PRESENTATIONS
2025
Artist Talk: Letting the River Spill, TXST Galleries, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2024
Art and Science: "New Ideas," A2RU Presentation, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2021
Artist Talk, Dance BFA Program, TXST University Theatre and Dance, San Marcos, TX
2020
Artist Talk: Sensorium, BFA Dance Concert, TXST University Theatre and Dance, San Marcos, TX
Artist Talk, Unlisted Projects, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX
Screening: Parallel Synchronized Randomness, Powdered Wig Machine, Presa House, San Antonio, TX
Artist Talk and Presentation: Simulation Fever, Spellerberg Projects, Masur Building, Lockhart, TX
DANCE AND SOUND PERFORMANCES
2026
"Long Time Listener, First Time Caller" Sound Performance, La Zona Cultural, San Antonio, TX
2025
L2Ork Tweeter Hackathon Awardee for Sound Performance, Virginia Tech Creative Technologies in Music, Blacksburg, VA
2024
Floating Points, Dance choreography and Performance, UTSA School of Data Science, San Antonio, TX
2020
BFA Dance Concert: Distorted Reality, TX State University Theatre and Dance, San Marcos, TX — Curator: Ana Baer Carrillo
2019
BLUE: Sound performance, Group Exhibition, Blacksheep III, E.V.A Gallery, San Antonio, TX — Curator: Mauro De La Tierra
PROJECTION AND SOUND DESIGNS
2022
Projection Design: States and Waves, Merge Dance Company, Harrison Theatre, San Marcos, TX
2021
Sound Design: Retratos Migrantes, Angela Arteritano, Studio 210, San Francisco, CA
Video Design: Hostile Terrain 94 Inclusive Excellence Showcase, TX State Galleries, San Marcos, TX
SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, AND RECOGNITION
Graduate School Professional Development (GSPD) Award (2024)
Expressive Interfaces Scholarship, DadaGeek (2021)
Art and Design Thesis Scholarship, Texas State University (2021)
College of Fine Arts Scholarship, Texas State University (2019)
Distinguished Honors Graduate, San Antonio College (2017)
Publishings
GlassTire Top Five art events in Texas: April 23, 2026