Curriculum Vitae- Résumé
Education
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2014 M.F.A. Studio Arts
California State University
Los Angeles, California
Dissertation title: Urban Release: Identity and Ancient Instinct.
Area of Research: Art & History, Studio Arts: drawing, painting, mixed media sculpture, printmaking.
2010 M.Ed. Education
National University School of Education, La Jolla, California
Area of Research: cross-cultural, arts education and special education.
1997 B.F.A. Illustration
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, California
Area of Study: Illustration- drawing, painting, mixed media, printmaking (intaglio & silkscreen).
Certifications
2010 California Single Subject Credential: Visual Arts (K-12)
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Urban Release
Fine Art Gallery
California State University, Los Angeles
Selected Group Exhibitions
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2019 Xicanx Futurity
Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art
Davis, CA
2018 WOMXN WARRIORS:
Honoring The 50th Anniversary of The Walkouts & Intergenerational Organizing
Self Help Graphics: Galeria Otra Vez
Otra Vez. Los Angeles, CA.
2016 This Used to Be Mexico.
Avenue 50 Studio
Highland Park, Los Angeles
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Body Politic.
Avenue 50 Studio
Highland Park, Los Angeles.
International Printmaking Exchange: L.A. Havana.
Preview Exhibition.
Los Angeles, CA.
2015 Time: Present, Past, and Future. National Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA) 40th Anniversary.
Website Exhibition.
Mujeres de Maiz: Madre, Mother
Avenue 50 Studio
Highland Park, Los Angeles, CA.
2014 Stairway to Heaven: Thoughts on the story of the Virgen de Guadalupe.
Avenue 50 Studio
Highland Park, Los Angeles, CA.
GLAMFA: Greater Los Angeles Graduate MFA Exhibition
California State University
Long Beach, CA.
Now Trending, 2014
Alpay Scholarship, Juried University Student Exhibition
The Palos Verdes Art Center
Palos Verdes, CA.
2012 From a Whisper to a Roar: Women Artists Charting Their Own Course. WCA 40th Anniversary
Avenue 50 Studios
Highland Park, CA.
2009 Mujeres de Maiz: La Sagrada (That Which is Sacred)
Farmlab Public Salon
Los Angeles, CA.
2008 Mujeres de Maiz: Somos Medicina (We Are Medicine).
Self Help Graphics: Galeria Otra Vez
Los Angeles, CA.
2006 Reflections of 8 Natural Women.
Láfia House Gallery Brewery Arts Complex. Los Angeles, CA.
2000-03 Just Another Poster? Chicano Graphic Arts in California.
University of Texas, Austin & University of California, Santa Barbara
US National Art Tour:
Crocker Art Museum and La Raza/Galería Posada
Sacramento, CA.
Jersey City Museum
Jersey City, NJ.
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland, CA.
Fowler Museum
University of California, Los Angeles.
University Art Museum
University of California, Santa Barbara.
The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art
University of Texas, Austin.
2002 Celebración del Dia de los Muertos
Snite Museum of Art: Mestrovic Gallery.
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
3 Generations of Chicana Art: 30 Years of Contemporary Chicano and American Art Traditions
Rike Gallery
University of Dayton, Ohio
Exhibitions Curated
2009 Mujeres de Maiz: La Sagrada (That Which is Sacred)
Farmlab Public Salon. Los Angeles, CA.
2008 Mujeres de Maiz: Somos Medicina (We Are Medicine)
Self Help Graphics: Galeria Otra Vez. Los Angeles, CA.
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Bibliography and Press
2020 Voices From the Ancestors: Xicanx and Latinx Spiritual Expressions and Healing: The University of Arizona Press, by Lara
Medina & Martha R. Gonzales, pg. 74, 85-87, 167n, Plate 6.
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1998 to 2018 Mujeres de Maiz Flor Y Canto Series: volumes 3-14, community arts & publication series.
2017 Dia de Los Muertos: A Cultural Legacy, Past, Present & Future. Exhibition Catalog, Self Help Graphics & Art, Los Angeles, curated by Linda Vallejo, Betty Brown, Ph.D. pg. 17, 18.
Chicana/o Remix: Art and Errata since the Sixties, by Karen Mary Davalos. pg. 173.
2010 Corn Women of East LA: 13 Years of Art and Activism, by Olga García Echeverría. La Bloga, (Interview concerning
community involvements).
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2006 Womyn Image Makers: A Colectiva of Queer Indígena Visionaries, Spectator: USC Journal of Film and Television
Criticism.by Sandra
Alvarez and Susy Zepeda. Chicana Spectators and Media Makers: Imagining Trans Cultural Diversity. Ed. Osa Hidalgo de la Riva. Vol. 26. No. 1, pp. 127-134, (Illustrations).
2003 Borderlands: Critical Subjectivity in Recent Chicana Art Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies.Vol 24, Number 2 & 3, pp.
104-121. by Judith L. Huacuja, University of Nebraska Press, (Art analysis & criticism).
2002 Day of the Dead, A Day for Remembering, by Joseph Dits, South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, (Art analysis and
criticism).
A Spirit Reborn: Chicana Artist Finds Redemption and Renewal in Ofrenda, by Julie York Coppens. South bend, Indiana: South Bend Tribune. (Interview, art show observation and criticism).
2001 Just Another Poster? Chicano Graphic Arts in California, by Holly Barnet-Sanchez. University of California, Santa
Barbara. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press pp. 142, 144, (Art analysis and criticism).
2000 El Imaginario Chicano: La iconografía civil y política chicana en Estados Unidos de América1965-2000, by Katerina
Brezinova. Karolinum Press, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, (Art analysis and criticism for Ph.D.
Dissertation).
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Community Service
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2014 to present. Active Member,Self Help Graphics and Art
Artist Round table, Barrio Mobile Arts Program
1998 to 2019 Co-founder/Director of Community Education and Publications
Mujeres de Maiz of Los Angeles, California
Volunteer service as a mentor in foundation art skills, art education, and publishing to produce an annual women's
poetry & art publication. Each booklet presents creative works that include local, national and international submissions.
2015 Arts Instructor(ages 5-adult)
Mujeres de Maiz ¡Mas Arte! Summer Arts Program
California Standards based curriculum development and instruction for summer arts program.
2011 Art Instructor/Muralist(ages 12 to 18)
Barrio Action Youth and Community Center
Curriculum and California Standards based instruction/mentorship to produce indoor campus mural with students.
2009 to 2010 Art Teacher/Muralist (grades 7 & 8)
Eastmont Intermediate School, Montebello, California
Curriculum and California Standards-based instruction and mentorship to produce indoor campus mural with students.
Publications
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The following ZinesI produced annually with Mujeres de Maíz are the longest running self-identified women of color zine in the nation. Zines are a non-commercial form of independent media that circulate information and communicate stories that are often devalued in popular culture, public discourse and mainstream politics. These zines feature the original poetry, prose and the visual art of self-identified women of color. It is a platform for writers and artists of all abilities, from novice to professional, from local to global.
2016 One: Body, Mind, Spirit, Mujeres de Maíz flor y Canto,Vol 13. Community poetry & art publication series.
2015 Madre, Mother, Mujeres de Maíz flor y Canto,Vol 13.Community poetry & art publication series.
2014 Ofrendas of the Flesh, Mujeres de Maíz flor y Canto,Vol 12.Community poetry & art publication series.
2013 Identity Blinging, Mujeres de Maíz flor y Canto,Vol 11.Community poetry & art publication series.
2012 Rites of Passage, Mujeres de Maíz flor y Canto,Vol 10.Community poetry & art publication series.
2011 Soldadera de Amor (Soldier of Love), Mujeres de Maíz flor y Canto,Vol 9.Community poetry & art publication series.
2010 13 Baktún: Return to the Wisdom of the Elders, Mujeres de Maíz flor y Canto,Vol 8.Community poetry & art publication series.
2009 La Sagrada(The Sacred), Mujeres de Maíz flor y Canto,Vol 7. Community poetry & art publication series.
2008 Somos Medicina(We Are Medicine), Mujeres de Maíz flor y Canto,Vol 6.Community poetry & art publication series.
2007 Cantando al Amanecer, Mujeres de Maíz flor y Canto,Vol 5.Community poetry & art publication series.
2006 Toltecayotl Cihuatl, Mujeres de Maíz flor y Canto,Vol 4.Community poetry & art publication series.
1998 Of Mixed Waters, Mujeres de Maíz flor y Canto,Vol 3.Community poetry & art publication series.
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Affiliations
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2014 to present Self Help Graphics and Art: member of the artists round table
2012 to present Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA): member
2011 to 2017 College Art Association (CAA): member
2006 to 2014 National Art Education Association (NAEA): member
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Updated: May 2, 2020