Jaime Acker

Jaime Acker explores ideas of gender and power using the language of portraiture and performance to empower genderqueer and feminist identities. He holds a bachelor’s degree in arts from the University of Illinois in Chicago, and a master’s in fine arts from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Acker’s work has been featured in exhibitions at 500X, Beefhaus Gallery, Dallas Medianale 2, and Plush Gallery in Dallas, Texas; Arts Libris, Barcelona, Spain, Porn Film Fest in Berlin, Germany, San Francisco Porn Festival, San Francisco, California, and the Vienna Porn Festival in Vienna, Austria. He has completed two residencies in Berlin, Germany at the Institut für Alles Mögliche, and then at Picture Berlin.

Jaime Acker has been nominated for awards by the Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas for their inaugural FUNd Grant, and the Artpace International Artist in Residence in San Antonio, Texas. Selected publications include Suboart Magazine,  Issue #28  August 2024, and Peachfuzz Magazine Vol.9, 2021.

His work is included in the permanent collection of the Willis Library at the University of Texas in Denton, Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, Texas, Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Santa Fe Art Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Jaime Acker lives and works in Dallas, Texas.

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Selected Works

Person with long hair wearing sunglasses and a sheer, colorful dress, holding a small device connected by a cord, standing in front of curtains.

Self Portrait in Space Dress from DollsKill, 2021, Archival Ultrachrome Print from 4x5 Negative, framed dimensions 5 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.

A man with makeup, wearing a black turtleneck sweater, black socks, and underwear, posing in front of curtains, holding a remote control, with one hand on his hip and the other hand holding the remote.

Self Portrait Beatnik, 2021, Archival Ultrachrome Print from 4x5 Negative, framed dimensions 5 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.

Person with long hair and makeup wearing fishnet stockings, high heels, a sheer patterned blouse, and no pants, posing with hands behind their head in front of curtains.

Self Portrait–Nik Nik Tied Off, 2021, Archival Ultrachrome Print from 4x5 Negative, framed dimensions 5 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.

A person standing in front of curtains, wearing black underwear and a black robe, with makeup and styled hair.

Self Portrait en Robe, 2021, Archival Ultrachrome Print from 4x5 Negative, framed dimensions 5 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.

A person dressed in a tuxedo vest, lace garter, and thigh-high stockings, with makeup and lipstick, squatting in front of a curtain backdrop with a red light.

Self Portrait–Tux Vest and Tie, 2021, Archival Ultrachrome Print from 4x5 Negative, framed dimensions 5 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.

A grid of 24 framed photographs of women posing in front of curtains, arranged in four rows and six columns on a white wall.

Poser, 2024, Installation view at Liliana Bloch Gallery

Man Painted Toenails, 2016, Polaroid, framed dimensions 5 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.

Alex With Hair Up, 2017, Polaroid, framed dimensions 5 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.

Alex On Mat, 2017, Polaroid, framed dimensions 5 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.

Charmaine Standing With Chair, 2016, Polaroid, framed dimensions 5 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.

EXHIBITIONS