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Born in Pico Rivera, Ca. 1980.  Lives and works in the San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles.

Education:

Art Center College of Design  Pasadena, Ca.  BFA in Illustration  2007

Mt. San Antonio Community College  2002

Gallery Art Shows:

2024 - Diana Berger Art Gallery, Walnut, CA - STARTING at SAC: Alumni Achievements in the Arts

2024 - Art Center College of Design Exhibition, Pasadena, CA - IdentificarX

2024 - Barrier Bash II Pop-Up Art show, El Sereno, CA 

2021 - Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA - Gift Shop Pop-Up Vendor

2019 - Kaleidoscope Kollective, Echo Park, CA - Boutique Art Vendor  

2019 - Mi Vida Gallery, Highland Park, CA - Intentionally Beyond - Solo Installation 

2019 - Ave 50 Studio Gallery, Highland Park, CA - Quiet Please Pop-up

2019 - Self Help Graphics & Arts, East Los Angeles, CA - Mujeres de Maíz

2019 - MOLAA - The Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA - Gift Shop Vendor

2018 - Kaleidoscope Kollective, Echo Park, CA - The Print Show

2018 - SPARC LA Art Center, Venice, CA - When She Rises

2018 - Ave 50 Studio Gallery, Highland Park, CA - Quiet Please Pop-up

2014 - La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - Beer is Art, Coaster show

2014 - The Gabba Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - Bright Ideas

2013 - Cannibal Flower, Los Angeles, CA - 13 Year Anniversary show

2013 - La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - Beer is Art, Coaster show

2013 - Venice Grind, Mar Vista, CA - Sound & Vision

2013 - Cella Gallery, N. Hollywood, CA - Point of Departure

2013 - Jeanie Madsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA - The Get Together

2013 - La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - Laluzapalooza 27th

2013 - Cella Gallery, N. Hollywood, CA - Never a Dull Moment

2011 - La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - Everything but the Kitchen Sync

2009 - Tropico de Nopal Gallery, Echo Park, CA - Project Wall: Featured Artist

2009 - Vermillion Gallery, Seattle, WA - Desmadre: Fresh Latino Perspectives in America

2009 - Tropico de Nopal Gallery, Echo Park, CA - Dibujos: Emergency Landing

2008 - Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - Project Room: Moments of Bliss

2007 - Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - Snow Angels

2007 - Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA - He, She, Me Makes We!

2007 - Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA - To:From:

2007 - Nucleus Gallery, Alhambra, CA - Process: Area & Volume

2007 - Billy Shire Fine Arts Gallery, Culver City, CA - Illustration West 45

2006 - Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - Picks of the Harvest: Batch 3

2006 - Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - Subterfuge

2006 - Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - Square Foot

2006 - Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - Top of the Dome 3

2006 - Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - Lopsided Soup

2006 - Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - Hook Manor

Art Fairs:

2019 - Jackalope Art Fair, Central Park, Pasadena, CA - Winter season

2019 - Girl Gang Craft Art Fair, Grand Central Market, Downtown L.A., CA- Winter season

2019 - Patchwork Art Show, Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, CA - Winter season

2019 - Jackalope Art Fair/Downtown Burbank Arts Festival, Burbank, CA - Spring season

2019 - Jackalope Art Fair, Central Park, Pasadena, CA - Spring season

2019 - Renegade Craft Fair, Los Angeles State Historic Park, Downtown L.A., CA - Spring season

2019 - MOLAA - The Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA - Chingona’s Rise

2018 - Mi Vida Boutique, Highland Park, CA - Holiday Mercado

2018 - Align Gallery, Highland Park, CA - Friendsgiving Holiday Market

2015 - Renegade Craft Fair, Grand Park, Downtown L.A., CA - Winter season

Publications:

Life As Ceremony Print Journal, Vol. 6 - Cover Art & Bio

The Stranger

Rizzoli Publishing House

Seattle Weekly

THE Magazine

Society of Illustrators, Los Angeles 45

CMYK Magazine

Amor Fati Art & Literary Magazine

Client Work:

Studio Designs Inc. & Artograph - Art Promo Advertisement - 2024

Ryman Arts - Guest Artist Speaker - 2024

Tastemade - Digital Media Company: Logo Design Takeover for Hispanic Heritage Month - 2023

Nespresso & Valerio Architects Inc. - Large scale Commission Painting for Houston, TX Boutique - 2023

Metro Art - Through the Eyes of Artists: Poster Series - 2022

Interference Archive - Illustration Promo for Zapatista Graphics Archive exhibition - 2022

Once Upon a PJ - Rain Forest themed Pajamas: Illustration and Surface Pattern Design - 2022

Los Angeles Housing Compliance - Logo Design - 2021

Trader Joes - Murals, Chalkboard Signs, Advertising Design - 2010 - 2017

Recognitions:

Art Center College of Design Scholarship

American Illustration 26, 27

Society of Illustrators

Work Experience:

Painter

Muralist

Chalkboard Artist

Logo Designer

Surface Pattern Designer

Calligrapher/Hand Lettered Fonts

Freelance Artist/Illustrator

Trader Joes Artist  2009 - 2017

Artist Assistant for Doug Aitken  2008

(Painted the watercolor series “To Give it All Away”)