CV
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”)