Personal
Born: Los Angeles, CA 1976
2009 MFA California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2002 UCLA film extension, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Centro Morelense de Las Artes, Cuernavaca, Mexico
2000 BA University of Oregon, Environmental Sciences, Eugene, OR
1994 Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Los Angeles,CA
Exhibitions
2017
South of the Border, Getty PST: LA/LA, Loft at Liz’s, L.A., CA
Barrio Logos: Displacement and Vanishing Iconography, Getty PST: LA/LA, Residency Art Gallery, Ingelwood, CA
Papel Chicano Dos-Works on Paper, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
Papel Chicano Dos-Works on Paper, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
Detritus, Institute of Contemporary Art San Jose, San Jose, CA
Modern Angelenos, Ricardo Montalban Theatre, Hollywood, CA
Papel Chicano Dos-Works on Paper, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2016
ICONIC: Black Panther Pary 50 year Anniversary, American Steele Studios, Oakland, CA
Papel Chicano Dos, Works on Paper, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
The Creative Spirit, The Whole Nine Gallery, Culver City, CA
Tight Squeeze, Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
LA Art Show, MCLA, L.A., CA
2015
Take 10, The Past Decade of Collecting by Cheech Marin
Museum of Contemporary Art, Mesa, AZ
From the Margin, Solo Show, Campfire Gallery, San Francisco , CA
LA Muralists: In Their Studios II, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mask, KGB Gallery, Los Angeles CA
LA Art Show 2015, MCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Flip The Script: an unincorporated remix, solo show, Chico State University, Chico, CA
Devil’s Town, Red Pipe Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Music In Our Paint, Crewest, Los Angeles CA
Living Celebration: Honoring the Life and legacy of Joseph Gatto, LACHSA, Los Angeles, CA
RISE: Love.Revolution.The Black Panther Party, ArtShare LA, Los Angeles, CA
LA Art Show 2014, MCLA, Los Angeles CA
At The Table, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2013
At The Table, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Latino Heritage, Chimmaya Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Intersections As American Life, Smithsonian Asian-Latino Festival Pop Up Museum, Silver Spring, MD
Space Time, Institute of Contemporary Art Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
Back Alley, GR Works Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Persona Non Grata, Campfire Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012
Multifarious, The Whitebox Studio, Oakland, CA
Unrestricted, Politics and Art, The Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
Matcha-Taking Up Space, Space-Bi, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Intersection for the Arts – Auction, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Chico and Chang, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Mission Accomplished, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Urban Legends, Source LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
GOLD LIFE, Inspiration and Beginnings, Make Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
Statewide Painting Competition/Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Roots, Junkadelic, Tokyo, Japan
2011 Statewide Painting Competition/Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Chico and Chang, Intersection For the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Artpad SF, Robert Berman/E6 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Polemically Small, Garboushian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Street and Low, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Tomorrow Stars, The Verge Artfair Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Masterminds 2011, Public Works, San Francisco, CA
Art For Haiti, José Vera Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Things That Get Buffed, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Say Something, E6 Gallery/Robert Berman, San Francisco, CA
2010
Eastbay World Culture, Branch Gallery, Oakland, CA
2011 Juried Annual, ProArts, Oakland, CA
The Living Past, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles Theatre Company Art Auction 2010, LATC, Los Angeles, CA
Root Division Art Auction, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Coalition On Homelessness Art Auction, SomArts, San Francisco, CA
Incidents of Travel, Solo Show: Studio 24/Galeria de La Raza, San Francisco, CA
G-40 Summit, Art Whino, Crystal City, VA
Personal offices of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
2009
Old Skoolin, Charcoal Studios, Miami, FL
Celebrando LA Latino Heritage, Fremont Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Life and Death, Fremont Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Heavy Hitterz, Art Whino Gallery, National Harbor, MD
Home Is Something I Carry With Me, Selected residences, San Francisco, CA
CCA MFA Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
Barclay Simpson Award Exhibit, Oliver Arts Center, Oakland, CA
War and Peace, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
CCA Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
Post-Bling, Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Illusion Helps, Orange Alley Projects, San Francisco, CA
Teaching Experience
Oakland School for the Arts, 2013-present, Co-Chair Visual Art Dept, 2-D Art Instructor 8th, 11th, 12th grade, and AP Studio Art
Oakland School for the Arts, 2012-13, Art Instructor 8th, 11th, 12th grade, & 2-D AP Studio Art
The Nueva School Development Committee, 2013
Oakland School for the Arts, 2011, guest artist
University of California Berkeley, 2011, Berkeley CA, guest lecturer African American Studies Dept.
SF Park and Rec, Summer 2011, SF, CA – Mural Art Instructor
California College of the Arts, February 2010, SF, CA – Guest Lecturer
California College of the Arts, Winter 2009, SF, CA – Thesis Advising
California College of the Arts, Spring 2009, SF, CA – Guest Lecturer
San Francisco State University, Spring 2008, SF, CA – Guest Lecturer
Pacific Academy, Spring 2007, Richmond, CA – Art Class Instructor
EastSideArtsAlliance, Summer 2004- 2006, Visual Element, Oakland, CA – Program Coordinator, Art Instructor/Lead Mural Artist
Dewey Middle School, Summer 2006, OUSD, Oakland, CA – Mural Painting Class Instructor
Havenscourt Middle School, Spring 2006, OUSD, Oakland, CA – Art Class Instructor/Painting and Drawing/Mural Arts
Lick Wilmerding High School, Spring 2006, Spring 2005, San Francisco, CA – Intersession Guest Artist
Awards and Publications
2016 Racial Projections: cyberspace, public space, and the digital divide, Information, Communication, and Society. online journal
2016 Papel Chicano Dos, from the Cheech Marin Collection
2016 Hablamos Juntos/Together We Speak, Museo Eduardo Carrillo
2015 Take 10, The Past Decade of Collecting by Cheech Marin 2015 Los Angeles Latino Heritage Catalog, Dept. of Cultural Affairs of City of Los Angeles
2015 Juxtapoz, online
2014 Lowridaz Japan
2013 Studio Visit Publication, Vol 23
2012 Juxtapoz, online review
2012 Art Practical, review of Chico and Chang
2012 SECA award nominee
2011 ICAN Residency, Derry, Northern Ireland
2011 SF Weekly Masterminds, SF Weekly, February
2010 Los Angeles Latino Heritage Catalog, Dept. of Cultural Affairs of City of Los Angeles
2009 Los Angeles Latino Heritage Catalog, Dept. of Cultural Affairs of City of Los Angeles
2009 Barclay Simpson Award
2009 KQED Arts, Art Review
2008 Illusion Helps, Gobal, James