born: durango, mexico
lives and works: in los angeles, ca.
education:
2019 mountain school of the arts (msa^^), los angeles, ca
2016 masters of fine arts in photo and media +integrated media concentration, calarts, valencia, ca
2013 bachelor of arts in chicanx and latinx studies, california state university, long beach, ca
solo and two person exhibitions and screenings:
2019 going bananas (screening), organized by women’s center for creative work, for current la: food triennial by the department of cultural affairs los angeles, ca
2019 open air prison: an industrial complex, art upfront at boston court pasadena, los angeles ca
2019 going bananas, women’s center for creative work, los angeles, ca
2016 counter-feit, a402 gallery, california institute of the arts, valencia, ca
2015 you are not invited to the best party in amerika, l shape gallery, california institute of the arts, valencia, ca
select group exhibitions and screenings for Individual and collaborative projects:
2020 (collaborative) “my other me”, artist in president, online exhibition, curated by constance hockaday
2020 “blue flowers”, le maximum, venice, ca
2019 “root run deeper than bars”, navel, los angeles, ca
2019 “offal”, los angeles municipal gallery/lamag, los angeles, ca
2019 “between where we were & where we’re headed” ochi projects, los angeles, ca
2018 “here”, los angeles municipal gallery/lamag, los angeles, ca
2018 “mush love: mycophilic art show”, radical mycology convergence, mulino, or
2018 “making kin”, navel, los angeles, ca
2018 “forum”, torrance art museum, torrance, ca
2018 plantssssssssssss, art in the park at hermon park sponsored by the department of cultural affairs, los angeles, ca
2018 “we make space and space makes us” navel, los angeles, ca
2018 “redfield presents vol. 2, curated by mary clark & kayla ephros, hosted at eckaus latta, los angeles, ca
2017 “on the other/side”, human resources, los angeles, ca
2016 “exit interview”, human resources, los angeles, ca
2016 (collaborative) “the imagined life”, with wormhole project, mutual aid action los angeles/m.a.a.l.a, los angeles, ca
2015 “from the bricks of the prison”, online exhibition, curated by ashley hunt
2014 “refractions: technologies of queer place making”, curated by treva ellison, samuel riera, logbona olukonee, and christine knight, riera studio, havana, cuba
2014 (collaborative) the mike kelley mobile homestead at moca geffen, ch.r.o.m.e gifs, curated by critical resistance, los angeles, ca
2014 post-nickelodeon sexuality, d301, california institute of the arts, valencia,
2014 (collaborative) “brain dead fun time haunted maze”, ch.r.o.m.e installation, la antigua estación mexicoach, presented by super chief gallery la, tijuana, mx
2013 (collaborative) “enter the darkness: fire to the prison industrial complex”, east 7th punx, los angeles, ca
2013 “proyecto de creación algarabía art show”, curated by proyecto algarabía, chuco’s justice center, inglewood, ca
2011 “tierra de oro”, curated by la raza student association, csulb ballroom, long beach ca
public appearances:
2021 artist in residence open studio, institute of contemporary art – los angeles, los angeles, ca
2021 in conversation with william padilla-brown, a chat with citizen science and the mushrooms that talk back, institute of contemporary art – los angeles, los angeles, ca
2021 panelist, in conversation with carolina caycedo, taller california and carla acevedo yates, hosted by printed matter, los angeles, ca
2020 paul brach visiting artist lecture series, california institute of the arts, los angeles, ca
2020 ni de aqui, ni de alla, organized by lindsay buchman, los angeles art book fair (classroom), printed matter
2019 practicing abolition, pitzer college art galleries, claremont, ca
2019, “making a living as an artist”, organized by jamie costa, los angeles municipal gallery/lamag, los angeles, ca
2019 reading, “we spoke”, organized by meital yaniv, women’s center for creative work, los angeles, ca
2019, panelist, environmental justice and prison abolition panel, student environmental resource center, university of california berkley, berkley, ca
2019 workshop, “political fan fiction meet up”, k-con, los angeles contemporary exhibitions, los angeles, ca
2019 workshop, mapping un/seen space, lamagplay, los angeles municipal gallery/lamag, los angeles, ca
2018 guest teacher, “we make space/space makes us”, angeles workshop school (high school), los angeles, ca
2018 artists in residence presenter with school of making thinking, “explore vr in collaboration with cucalorus”, lumina festival of the arts, university of north carolina wilmington, wilmington, nc
2018 collaborative artist talk with tasha bjelić, “we make space and space makes us”, navel, los angeles, ca
2018 public conversation, “dismantling the man into things”, first international gathering of politics, art, sport, and culture for women in struggle hosted by the clandestine indigenous revolutionary committee – under the general command of the ejército zapatista de liberación nacional (ezln), chiapas, mx
2017 panelist, “at the end of the day, at least we have each other: care and accountability in the arts, community organizing, and allied fields”, common field convening, japanese american cultural & community center, los angeles, ca
2017 artist lecture, “other dialogues”, vincent price art museum, monterey park, ca
2016 workshop, “worm hole project workshop”, mutual aid action los angeles, los angeles, ca
2015 panelist, “tangents on aspiration”, lancaster museum of art and history, lancaster, ca
2013 panelist, “femme methodologies: a tea party”, mak center for art and architecture, los angeles, ca
fellowships and residencies:
2021 field workshop: artist in residence, institute of contemporary art – los angeles, los angeles, ca
2019/20 artist member of collective in residence, navel, los angeles, ca
2019 artist in residence, women’s center for creative work, los angeles, ca
2018/19 artist member of collective in residence, navel, los angeles, ca
2018 immersion 2.0, the school of making thinking, cucalorus, wilmington, nc
2018 saas-fee summer institute of art (sfsia), otis college of art and design, los angeles, ca
2018 artist in residence, casamor farm, los angeles, ca
2018 forum I, torrance art museum, torrance, ca
2016-17 at land’s edge, artist research fellowship, los angeles, ca
arts educator positions:
2019 artist mentor, transformative justice misdemeanor pardon arts pilot program by painted brain and community justice initiative under city attorney mike feur, los angeles, ca
2019 fall visiting faculty, “art as resistance”, california institute of the arts, valencia, ca
2019 practicum visiting faculty, “artists run spaces in the gentrifying city”, california institute of the arts, valencia, ca
2010 arts workshop instructor, free la high school at chucos justice center, inglewood, ca
awards and recognitions:
2018 (ace) artist community engagement grant, rema hort mann foundation
2018 summer residency fellowship award, otis college of art and design
2015 student activist award, davis-putter
2015 dean’s grant , california institute of the arts
2013 dolores huerta activism award, department of women’s gender & sexuality studies, csulb
2011 special recognition for community organizing, youth justice coalition
curatorial and organizing projects
2019 organizer, practicing abolition (panel), at navel, with support from pitzer college art galleries, los angeles, ca
2019 organizer, the zapatista wi-fi rebellion, navel, los angeles, ca
2019 organizer, rip-roar (artists books presentations), other books, los angeles, ca
2019 curator, i’m here, art in the park at arroyo seco park sponsored by the department of cultural affairs, los angeles, ca
2018 co-organizer, equal and meaningful art access for all: a panel and conversation for actionable strategies and pathways towards art world equity(panel), torrance art museum, torrance, ca
2018 curator, coatlicue 2.0, art in the park, at arroyo seco park sponsored by the department of cultural affairs, los angeles, ca
2015-18 core organizer and public programs organizer (autonomous art school), at land’s edge
catalogues:
2016 last exit, georgia lassner, with sarah loyer, self-published, los angeles, ca
press:
2019 “current:la food delivers tasty art” by genie davis, art and cake, artandcakela.com
2019 “la municipal art gallery: offal” by john david o’brien, artillery, artillerymag.com
2019 “best of l.a. arts: offal at lamag and current: la food public art triennial, la weekly, laweekly.com
2019 “arts & entertainment: datebook” by carolina a. miranda, los angeles times, latimes.com
2014 “burning down the house: cultural activism bases in south l.a.”, art bound, kcet.org
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