Curriculum Vitae                       

Born 1967, Los Angeles, California                                                         
           

Education

1995            California State University at Los Angeles
Multiple Subject Teaching Credential K-12

1993         University of California at Berkeley

Master of Fine Arts, Art

1990          University of California at Berkeley

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art

Work History

1999-2006            3nd Grade Teacher, Esperanza Elementary School
                        Los Angeles Unified School District
1993-1998            2nd and 4th Grade Teacher, Ascot Avenue Elementary
Los Angeles Unified School District

Honors and Awards

2001            California Community Foundation Visual Arts Funding Initiative Fellowship, Brody Award/Getty Visual Arts Fellowship, Los Angeles, California.
2001            Finding Family Stories, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, California.
1999            Bravo Award Nomination (Art Education), Music Center, Los Angeles.
1998            1st Honorable Mention, lll Binational Siquieros/Pollack Painting Award, Museum of Art and History, Juarez, Mexico.
1995              Artist in Residence, California Arts Council, Plaza de la Raza.
1994            Honorable Mention, Bienal de Pintura Mexicana y Chicana del Pueblo de Los Angeles, Mexican Cultural Institute.

Selected Solo Exhibits

2006            Antigua Coffeehouse, El Sereno, California.
            Casita del Pueblo, Whittier, California.
2005            Imix Bookstore, Eagle Rock, California.
2004            Humanity, Mexican Cultural Institute, Los Angeles, California.
Tilford Art Group, Los Angeles, California.
            33 1/3 Books and Gallery Collective, Los Angeles, California.
El Patio Muñoz, Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
2003             Bridge Gallery, LA City Hall, Los Angeles, California.
            Tilford Art Group, Los Angeles, California.
2002            UFA Gallery, New York, New York.
            Bohemia Books and Mama’s Hot Tamales, Pico-Union, Los Angeles.

2001            Artistic Edge, Long Beach, California.
2000            UFA Gallery, New York, New York.
            Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, California
1999            Galeria Bocalero, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, California
Both Sides of the Equator Bookstore, Whittier, California.
Zona Rosa Café, Pasadena, California.
1998            Cruz LA Gallery, Venice, California.
1997            Abbot’s Habit Café, Venice, California.
1996            Totem Gallery, Long Beach, California.
            Arroyo Bookstore, Highland Park, California.
1995            Totem Gallery, Long Beach, California.
            Westside Café, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California.
            La Tiendita, Plaza de la Raza, Los Angeles, California.
1994            Theatre of Color, UC Irvine, California.
1993            Ohlone College Library, Fremont, California.
            Troy Café, Los Angeles, California.
1992            Troy Café, Los Angeles, California.

Selected Group Shows

2006            MUD, Tilford Art Group, Los Angeles, California.
2005            Dia de los Muertos, Imix Bookstore, Eagle Rock, California.
2004            Dia de los Muertos, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, California.
2003            Finding Family Stories, Japanese American National Museum, California African American Museum, Chinese American National Museum, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, California.
2002            Dia de los Muertos, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, California.
2000            Chicanos en Mictlan, Mexican Museum, San Francisco, California.
Cinco de Mayo Festival, City Hall, Pasadena, California.
Annual Print Exhibit, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, California.
1999            Dia de los Muertos, Encantada Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Group Show, UFA Gallery, New York, New York.
La Causa, Galeria Otra Vez, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, California.
1998            Dia de los Muertos, Long Beach Museum of Latino Art, Long Beach, California.
lll Binational Siqueiros/Pollack Painting Award Exhibition, Museum of Art and History, Juarez, Mexico.
Carpa Tezcatlipoca, Galeria Otra Vez, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, California.
Culture Y Cultura, Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles, California.
Bumper Shoot Art Expo, Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, Washington.

  1. Rompiendo El Cerco, Popular Resource Center, Highland Park, California.

Dia de los Muertos, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, California.
1996            Dia de los Muertos,  El Pueblo Gallery, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, California.
1995            Death’s Domain, New Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
1994            Bienal de Pintura Mexicana y Chicana, Mexican Cultural Institute, Los Angeles, Ca.
1993            Dia de los Muertos,  El Pueblo Gallery, Olvera Street, Los Angeles, California.

1993            MFA Show, University Art Museum, Berkeley, Ca.
            Art is Enlightening, Sun Gallery, Hayward, Ca.
1992            Barcelona Bound, Palmetto Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.
1991            Downtownitlan, Palmetto Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.
1989            Chicano Art Show, ASUC Student Lounge, Berkeley, California.
1988            Interactions, Worth Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley, California.

Selected Murals

2005            Los Angeles, Ceramic Tile Mural, Private Residence, Los Angeles, Ca.
2004            Comunidad, White Memorial Medical Hospital, Los Angeles, California.
2003            Esperanza, Esperanza Elementary, LAUSD, Los Angeles, California.
2002            Quinto Sol, Kaiser Hospital(East Los Angeles), Los Angeles, California.
2002              Proyecto Jardin, White Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles, California.
2001            Vecindad Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art(LACMA), Los
Angeles, California.
2001            American Family, 2 murals for PBS series.
2000            Los Angeles (portable mural), Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, California.
1999            La Familia, Private Residence, Santa Monica, California.
Las Guitarras, Candelas Guitars, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California.
1998            Proyecto Pastoral(4 Parts),Dolores Mission Church, Los Angeles, California.
1997            Rigoberta Menchu, Ascot Avenue Elementary, Los Angeles, California.
Angela Davis, Ascot Avenue Elementary, Los Angeles, California.
1996            Nopalero, Private Residence, El Sereno, California.
1995            Lincoln Heights Riot, Plaza de la Raza, Lincoln Heights, California.
1994            Spraypaint Warrior, Pico-Aliso Projects, Los Angeles, California.
            Ofrenda en el Barrio, Pico-Aliso Projects, Los Angeles, California.
1993            Jobs For a Future, Jobs For a Future, Los Angeles, California.

Selected Special Projects/Commissions

2006            Featured Illustrator, PolyTechnic School Annual Book Fair, Pasadena, California.
Abriendo Brecha Conference, Presenter/Exhibitor, UT Austin, Austin Texas.
            Papito Dios(children’s book written by Victor Villaseñor), Arte Publico Press, Houston, Tx.
            Hennessy Artistry Event, Live Mural Performance, Los Angeles, California.
2005            Families In School, painting for Small Schools for High Achievement campaign, Los Angeles, Ca.
            Quinito’s Vecindad, (children’s book written by Ina Cumpiano), Childrens Book Press, San Francisco, Ca.
            San Diego Latino Film Festival, Award Design/Commission, San Diego, Ca.

2004            Zapata Para Los Niños(children’s book wriiten by Elena Poñiatowska),             Telemundo.
2004            Los Angeles Latino Eye Study(paintings for study publication), Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California.
            Reading is Fundamental(nursery rhyme illustrations), Los Angeles, California.
California Rural Legal Aid(featured artist for annual capital fund campaign), San Francisco, California.

Esperanza, Mexican American Legal Defense Foundation (MALDEF) 35 year commemorative painting, Los Angeles, California.

AECF-Fellows Network(10 year commemorative painting), Annie E Casey Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland
Worksongs(Quetzal CD cover art), Vanguard Records, Los Angeles, California
Tales from Garrapata Road(book cover), Arte Publico Press, Houston Texas
Dialogue(Featured Artwork in the Los Angeles International Cultural Exchange Program), LA Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles, California
Marcha, calendar cover for Bread and Roses(SEIU), New York, New York.
Color of God(Bellarmine Forum), featured artwork, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California.
Jesus Meditations(by Michael Kennedy), book illustrations, Crossroads Books, New York, New York.
2002            Nuevo Sol, illustrations for children’s book, Latino Literacy Press, Los Angeles.
Daphne’s Lot(by Chris Abani), book cover illustration, Red Hen Press, Los Angeles, California.
2002              Proyecto Jardin, mural, White Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles.
2001            Family Sunday Program, muralist, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Cesar Chavez Week, Commemorative Poster Design, El Centro Chicano, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
2000            Winter Holiday Commemorative Silk Screen Card, Self Help Graphics.
Colors of Life(The evolution of Chicano Artist Jose Ramirez), feature article, Pasadena Weekly, Pasadena, California.
            Lady Xoc, mural for American Family TV Pilot, Producer: Gregory Nava.
            LatinoLogues, Set Design, Victory Theatre, Chicago Illinois.
1999            LA Murals, Visiting With Huel Howser, PBS Television.
            Educational Internship, Inner City Arts, Los Angeles, California.
1998            25th Anniversary Commemorative Silkscreen Print for Day of the Dead, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, California.
            Quetzal, CD Cover Art, Son del  Barrio, San Francisco, California.
            Dr. Loco, CD Cover Art, Son del Barrio, San Francisco, California.
            Boca Magazine, Front Cover Art, Los Angeles.
1998-2000            Day of the Dead/Posadas Mural Workshops, Getty Research Center, Self Help Graphics, and Proyecto Pastoral, Dolores Mission Church, Los Angeles, California.
1997            Homeboy Industies, T-Shirt Design, Los Angeles, California.
1996             KPFK(Pacifica Radio), Fund Drive Campaign T-Shirt Design, Los Angeles, California.
            Latinologues, Set Design, Glaxa Theatre, Silver Lake, California.