SIERRA R. AGUILAR 

Artist / Curator / Advocate / Life Student

EDUCATION 

Present MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA 

2023 BFA in Photography, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Present Gallerist, Orion Art Center, Lake Orion, MI

Present Editor, Lenscratch (Remote)

2023-2024 Gallery Assistant, Matéria Gallery, Detroit, MI

2022-2023 Artist Assistant, Marcus Kenney, Savannah, GA

2016-2018 Photographer, Diana Hadsall Photography, Birch Run MI

AWARDS 

2024 People’s Choice Award, Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI

2015 Outstanding Achievement in Art, Clarkston Foundation, Clarkston, MI 

SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS

2024 While We’re Here, Willows Edge Counseling and Healing Arts Center, Oxford, MI

2024 Auspicious Interruptions, ArtClvb, Detroit, MI with Cheyenne Lee

2024 Serotinal Studio Sessions, Matéria Gallery EDITION, Detroit, MI with Alissa Lamarre

2023 Where it Rests, Bull Street Lightroom, Savannah, GA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS  

2025 Women by Women, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC; curated by Elinor Carruci

2024 Ghost Stories, Lenscratch

2024 Art as Storytelling, Midwest Nice, Aberdeen, SD; curated by Aline Smithson

2024 One Has Many First Loves, Promenade Gallery, Detroit, MI

2024 NOVA 24 Projection Gallery, Eastern Palace Club, Hazel Park, MI

2024 The Art of BasBlue, BasBlue & Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI

2024 Shooters Only, Liquor Basket Gratiot, Detroit, MI

2024 “Tentative” Detroit Artists Collective Group Show, Vamanos, Detroit, MI

2024 Spring Salon, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, MI

2024 Square, Decode Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2024 Hatchback 18, Hatch Art Center, Hamtramck, MI

2024 Exposures ‘24, Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI (Recipient of People’s Choice Award)

2024 The Power of Abstraction: Green, Hatch Art Center, Hamtramck, MI

2023 The Art of BasBlue, BasBlue & Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI

2023 Summer Block Party, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

2023 In Our Place, Midwest Nice, Aberdeen, SD

2023 Fine Arts Showcase, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA 

2023 Senior Salon, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

2023 Love Letters, Savannah, GA, with Amaya Josephs & Shelby Wood

2022 Alexander Ink, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

2021 SCAD Open Studio, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah GA 

CURATORIAL ENDEAVORS

2025 Growth, Lenscratch (Online)

2025 Polka-Dot Bikini, Orion Art Center, Lake Orion, MI

2025 Chroma, Orion Art Center, Lake Orion, MI

2023 Small Things, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

PRINT MEDIA 

2025 Common Ground Issue 003, Borderline Press, Portland, OR

2023 Small Things, Savannah College of Art and Design Analog and Digital Photography Club, Savannah, GA

ONLINE MEDIA 

2025 Florent Tribalat Moreel: In the Name of the Father: The Roots of Patriarchy, Lenscratch

2024 Ghost Stories, Lenscratch

2024 Art as Storytelling, Midwest Nice, Aberdeen SD; curated by Aline Smithson

2024 Photographers on Photographers: Sierra R. Aguilar in Conversation with Rob Hann, Lenscratch

2023 Cameras & Coffee with Scott Millington, Detroit, MI

2023 In Our Place, Midwest Nice, Aberdeen, SD 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 

2024 Photographic Portfolio Reviewer, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

2022-2023 President of Savannah College of Art and Design Analog and Digital Photography Club, Savannah, GA 

2016-2019 Organizer, Voices for Change Charity Poetry Slam, Clarkston, MI 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS  

Society for Photographic Education 

Detroit Contemporary 

Detroit Artists Market