Biography
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EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Mills College,
Oakland, CA, 1994.
Bachelor of Arts, San Francisco
State University, San Francisco, CA,
1992. |
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SELECTED SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
PAINTING and FILM/VIDEO |
| 2011 |
ENCANTADA GALLERY OF FINE ARTS, San Francisco, CA. |
| 2009 |
MACLA , San Jose, CA. “Another Country”. Catalogue. |
| 2007 |
ENCANTADA GALLERY OF FINE ARTS, San Francisco, CA. |
| 2006 |
TRIBES GALLERY, New York, NY. International Juried Exhibition. Juror - Robert Storr.
Film Screenings – Echo Of A Screen, WIN, and Fallout.
ENCANTADA GALLERY OF FINE ARTS, San Francisco, CA..
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2004 |
GALLERY 49, New York, NY.
ENCANTADA GALLERY OF FINE ARTS, San
Francisco, CA.
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2002 |
ENCANTADA GALLERY OF FINE ARTS, San
Francisco, CA.
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2000 |
ENCANTADA GALLERY OF FINE ARTS, San
Francisco, CA.
SANCHEZ ART CENTER, Pacifica, CA.
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1994 |
FRANKLIN FURNACE, New York, NY.
“Doubting the House of Fiction”,
Multi-Media Installation. Juried by
Guillermo Gomez-Pena.
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SELECTED GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
PAINTING AND VIDEO |
| 2011 |
CRUSSELL FINE ARTS, Orange, CA. International Survey of Contemporary Art.
RICHMOND ART CENTER, Richmond, CA. “Labor + Art + Orio”.
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| 2010 |
CRUSSELL FINE ARTS, Orange, CA. RAP-Contemporary Photography. Catalogue.
BRAND LIBRARY ART GALLERY, Glendale, CA. BRAND 39 Works on Paper. Catalogue.
ST. LOUIS ARTISTS' GUILD, St. Louis, MO. “S.O.S.” Juror-Robbie Conal.
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| 2009 |
EL TALLER LATINO AMERICANO, New York, NY. “Americas-North and South of the Border”.
FAL-CORE PROJECT, Oakland and San Francisco, CA. Video Screening-WIN.
BILL GOULD DESIGN, Art and Architecture. San Jose, CA.
MACLA, “The Chicana/o Biennal”, San Jose, CA. Co-Curator with Alejandra Chaverri and Faviana Rodriguez.
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| 2008 |
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, LANDMARK ARTS GALLERY, Lubbock, TX. “Death and Memory in Contemporary Art”.
BERKELEY ART CENTER, Berkeley, CA. Small International Film Festival. Screening: WIN.
MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY, EAGLE ART GALLERY, Murray, KY. “Think Tank”.
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, Chico, CA. Narrative Shorts Film and Video Festival. Screening-WIN.
BACK TO THE PICTURE, San Francisco, CA. “Cinco Caminos”.
FORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART, Fort Wayne, IN. 2008 Biennial: Contemporary American Realism.
Catalogue.
CHELSEA ART MUSEUM, New York, NY. “The Sonic Self”. Video Screening: Fallout. Traveling-St. Petersburg, Russia and Chennai, India .
SOBRATO COMMUNITY CONFERENCE CENTER, Milpitas, CA.
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO, CROWN CENTER GALLERY, Chicago, IL. “Reforming U.S.: Immigration Through Art”
MESA CONTEMPORARY ARTS, Mesa, AZ. “Mass Consumption”.
ART 94124, San Francisco, CA.
GALLERY XIV, Boston, MA. “a-politic”.
LGBT CENTER, New York, NY. “Bridges, Borders and the Spaces in Between”. Curator.
PAWTUCKET ARMORY, Pawtucket, RI. “Experiencing the War in Iraq”.
BACKWATER ARTS GALLERY, San Jose, CA.
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| 2007 |
MACLA, San Jose, CA. “Shifting Dreams, Migrating Realities”.
11th INTERNATIONAL LATINO FILM FESTIVAL, San Francisco, CA. Film Screening – WIN.
DE YOUNG MUSEUM, San Francisco, CA. “Day of the Dead” Exhibition.
EUPHRAT MUSEUM, DE ANZA COLLEGE, Cupertino, CA. “Moving Cultures”. Installation – The Journey.
ANTIMATTER, UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL, Victoria, BC, Canada. Film Screening – WIN.
MACLA, “The Chicana/o Biennal”, San Jose, CA. Co-Curator with Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez and Isis Rodriguez.
CINEMAS! ALBUQUERQUE LATINO FILM FESTIVAL, Albuquerque, NM. Film Screening – WIN.
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2006 |
DE YOUNG MUSEUM, San Francisco, CA. “Day of the Dead” Exhibition. Installation – The Journey.
NALAC FILM SHOWCASE, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture Sixth National Conference,
San Antonio, CA. Video Screening – “WIN”.
STUDIO 27, “State of Exception”-Video and Film Shorts, San Francisco, CA. Video Screening - WIN.
KARSH-MASSON GALLERY, Ottawa, Canada. “Without a Passport”, Curated by Maureen Korp, Ph.D.
Installation – “The New Rome”. Catalogue.
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2005 |
SOUTHERN EXPOSURE, “Mayhem”, Annual
Juried Exhibition, San Francisco, CA.
Juror -Valerie Soe.
Video Screening – “WIN”.
MEXICAN FINE ARTS CENTER MUSEUM, “Dia de
los
Muertos”, Chicago, IL. Installation.
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, New York,
NY. Curated by
Betty Levin, Corporate
Art Directions, NY.
PATRICIA CORREIA GALLERY, “La Onda”,
Summer Group Show, Santa Monica, CA.
MACLA, “The Chicana/o Biennal”, San
Jose, CA. Co-Curator with Anjee
Helstrup-Alvarado.
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2004 |
BRADLEY UNIVERSITY, HEUSER ART CENTER,
Peoria, IL. “Pigment: Contemporary
Painting Invitational National
Exhibition”.
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, New York,
NY. “Universe of Art”. Curated by Betty
Levin, Corporate Art Directions, NY.
LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER, New York, NY.
GALLERY 49, New York, NY. “American -
Part 1”.
MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY,
CLAYPOOL-YOUNG ART GALLERY, Morehead,
KY. “Identity Crisis: Searching for a
Sense of Self”.
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2003 |
GALLERY 49, New York, NY.
SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY, WILLIAM
WHIPPLE
ART GALLERY, Marshall, MN.
“International Paper Exhibition”.
Traveling exhibit in collaboration with
MG/CVB Space.
MG GALLERY/CVB SPACE, New York, NY.
“Image of Latin America”.
MONIQUE GOLDSTROM GALLERY, New York, NY.
“Image of Latin America”.
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, New York,
NY. Curated by Monique Goldstrom and
Betty Levin, Corporate Art Directions,
NY.
DON O’MELVENY GALLERY, West Hollywood,
CA. Annual 2003. Juried by Peter Frank,
Curator and Art Critic, LA Weekly, Art
News.
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2002 |
SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY, WILLIAM
WHIPPLE ART GALLERY, Marshall, MN.
“Images of Latin America”.
OAKLAND MUSEUM, COLLECTORS GALLERY,
Oakland, CA. “Visions Latino- Works by 9
California Artists.”
MONIQUE GOLDSTROM GALLERY, New York, NY.
“Image of Latin America”.
CAMBRIDGE ART ASSOCIATION, Cambridge,
MA. National Prize Show 2002. Juried by
Lisa Dennison, Deputy Director and Chief
Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
NY.
VISUAL ARTS ALLIANCE, Houston, TX.
Annual Juried Exhibition. Juried by
Marysol Nieves, Senior Curator, Bronx
Museum of the Arts, NY.
MARYLAND FEDERATION OF ART, Annapolis,
MD. Art on Paper Exhibition. Juried by
Stephen B. Phillips, Associate Curator
of the Phillips Collections, Washington,
D.C.
WHITTIER COLLEGE, GREENLEAF GALLERY,
Whittier, CA. “Gender, Genealogy, and
Counter Memory: Re-membering Chican@
Cultural Histories.”
ELEVEN EAST ASHLAND, Phoenix, AZ.
“Exclusively Contemporary”.
WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY, CAMPBELL HALL
GALLERY, Monmouth, OR. “Cultural
Identity”. Juried by John Obrantz,
Director of Hallie Ford Museum of Art.
PERIOD GALLERY, Omaha, NE. Painting II
International Juried Art Exhbition.
Juried by Larry Bradshaw, Director,
Period Gallery.
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2001 |
PRO ARTS, Oakland, CA. “Juried Annual”.
Juried by Gerardo Mosquera, Curator, New
Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.
MUSEUM OF NEW ART, Detroit, MI.
“DOCUMENTA USA.”
ORANGE COUNTY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY
ART, Santa Ana, CA.
“Beefcake/Cheesecake: Sex, Flesh, Money
and Dreams.” Juried by Tyler Stallings,
Curator of Exhibitions, Laguna Art
Museum.
GREELEY SQUARE GALLERY, New York, NY.
National Painting Exhibition. Juried by
Anne Ellegood, New Museum of
Contemporary Art, New York.
PERIOD GALLERY, Omaha, NE. “Realism
III”. Juried by Larry Bradshaw,
Director, Period Gallery. MACLA, San
Jose, CA. “Gender, Genealogy, and
Counter Memory: Re-membering Chican@
Cultural Histories.” Catalogue.
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2000 |
PRO ARTS, Oakland, CA, “Juried Annual”.
Juried by Larry Rinder, Curator of
Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum, New
York.
MISSION CULTURAL CENTER, San Francisco,
CA. “Tenth Annual Queer Latin@Arts
Exhibit.”
WORKS, San Jose, CA. “Tackling
Masculinity”, Curator.
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1999 |
CITY ARTS GALLERY, San Francisco City
College, “Millennium”, San Francisco,
CA. Juried by Renny Pritikin, Chief
Curator, Yerba Buena Center for the
Arts.
PRO ARTS, “Introductions ’99,” Oakland,
CA. Juried by Rupert Garcia.
SANCHEZ ART CENTER, “Arts on Fire”,
Pacifica, CA. Juried by Marian
Parmenter, Director, San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art Artist’s Gallery,
San Francisco, CA.
VIDEO SCREENINGS – “Buried and
Unseen-severance”:
Budapest Gay/Lesbian Film and Cultural
Festival. Budapest, Hungary.
KINO IM SCHULZ, Schulz Gay/Lesbian
Center. Cologne, Germany.
MIX MEXICO ’99, Mexico City, Mexico.
Turin International Gay/Lesbian Film
Festival. Turin, Italy.
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1998 |
VIDEO SCREENINGS – “Buried and
Unseen-chiaroscuro”.
Festival !Cine Latino!. Cine Accion
Latino Film Festival. San Francisco, CA.
Budapest Gay/Lesbian Film and Cultural
Festival. Budapest, Hungary.
KINO IM SCHULZ, Schulz Gay/Lesbian
Center. Cologne, Germany.
San Francisco International Gay/Lesbian
Film Festival. San Francisco, CA.
CineFestival, Chicano/Latino Film
Festival. San Antonio, TX.
Turin International Gay/Lesbian Film
Festival. Turin, Italy.
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1996 |
GALERIA DE LA RAZA, San Francisco, CA.
“go unnoticed, Images of (Re)Generation”,
Co-Curator.
RE:SOLUTION GALLERY, Los Angeles Center
for Photographic Studies, Los Angeles,
CA. Video Arts Annual, “Straight, No
Chaser”.
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1995 |
Galeria de la Raza, San
Francisco, CA. “El Corazon Me Dio Un
Salto (My Heart skipped a Beat), A Queer
Raza Exhbition, Co-Curator.
UC Irvine Fine Arts Gallery, Irvine,
CA. “Pervert”, Video Installation,
“Straight, No Chaser”.
Curated by Catherine Lord.
Catalogue.
Oliver Arts Center, California College
of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA.
Cultural Identities and Immigration:
Changing Images of America in the 90’s.
Video Installation. "La Mascara, A Tale
of Sheep, Shopping, & Servitude”,
Invitational.
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1994 |
MACLA, San Jose Center for Latino Arts,
San Jose, CA. Generations /
Relations.
Emerging Artists Show. Video
Installation. "La Mascara, A Tale
of Sheep, Shopping, & Servitude”.
Invitational.
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1992 |
ARTISTS’ TELEVISION ACCESS, San
Francisco, CA. “What Time It Is”. |
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