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CV

Born 1980 Cuba, New Mexico

Lives and works in San Francisco, CA

EDUCATION

2012 California College of the Art, San Francisco, CA, MFA

2002 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, BFA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2020    Sonoma Charcoal, Solo Exhibition, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 

2019    Wanderer, solo exhibition, The Upstairs, San Francisco, CA

2017    WEST, solo exhibition, K.Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2015    Hard in the Paint, Solo Exhibition, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2014    Portal, Solo Exhibition, The Texas Theater, Dallas, TX

2013    Parameters, Solo Exhibition, Alter Space, San Francisco, CA

2009    Hybrids of Tutela, Atrium Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean VA

             The Protectors, G-spot Audio Visual Playground, Baltimore, MD

2008    New Paintings, Blue Sky Factory, Baltimore, MD

             Fauna, Greenbelt Art Gallery, Greenbelt, MD

             Imaginary Oceans, Shine Collective, Baltimore, MD

2007    Exploration, Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo, Japan

             Flora +Fauna, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD

2006    Menagerie, NASA Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023    Art Market San Francisco, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2022    Root Artists, Group Exhibition, Root Division, San Francisco, CA

             Natural Curiosities, Group Exhibition, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2021    Nature Refract, Melissa Dickenson and Nicole Markoff, Gualala Arts Center, Gualala, CA 

2019    Pulse Art Fair, K. Imperial Fine Art, Miami Beach, FL 

             Houston Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, Texas

             Wanderer, solo exhibition, The Upstairs, San Francisco, CA

             Art Market, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2018    Now You See It, Now You Don't, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA

2017    Takeover, Alterspace, San Francisco, Curated by Serena Cole

             Dog and Pony Show, Area 405, Baltimore, MD Curated by Cara Ober

2016    Context Art Miami, K. Imperial Fine Art, Miami, FL

             The New Innovators, Mixx Projects + Atelier, Telluride, CO

             Geode, Domain Gallery,  Curated by Oakland, CA

             All in the Family, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2015    Voice of the Artist, Scope Art Fair, See Me Gallery, Miami, FL

             Miami Project, Group Exhibition, K. Imperial Fine Art, Miami, FL

2014    Access Institute Spectrum Auction, Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA

2012    Point of No Return, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA curated by Hesse McGraw

             Limbo WAAS Gallery, Dallas, TX curated by Aja Martin

             CCA MFA Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

             Barclay Simpson Award Exhibition, Oliver Arts Center, Oakland, CA

             Drawing Realness, Will Brown Gallery, San Francisco, CA

             John Baldessari: Class Assignments curated by Claire Fitzsimmons, The Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA

2011    Dissemination, Alter Space, San Francisco, CA

             Tarnów: 1000 years of modernity, Moscickcie Centrum Kultury, Tarnow, Poland

             Odds Are (13:1), Curated by Kris Martin, The Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA

            Hammarby!, Curated by Kris Martin, The Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA

2010   Sesum fo Llab, Curated by Paulina Olowska, The Potrero Hill House, San Francisco, CA

            7th Transformer Annual, Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC

            Baltimore Counts Exhibition, Joseph Myerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD

            ATHICA Emerges IV:Uncertainty, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA

            Sondheim Prize Honoree Exhibition, Casewerks Gallery, Baltimore, MD

            Fresh Start, Lendrum Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

            Marquee, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD

2009   Hickok Cole, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC

            6th Transformer Annual, Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC

            Year’s End, Gallery Plan B, Washington, DC

            No Soul for Sale, X-initiative, New York, NY

            Landscape Biology, Hemphill Fine Art, Washington, DC

            Trawick Prize and Bethesda Painting Award Honoree Exhibition, Myerhoff Gallery,         Baltimore, MD

            Je’ ne Sais Quoi, Sub Basement Art Studios, Baltimore, MD

           Washington Project for the Arts, Katzen Center, American University, Washington, DC

2008   The Flat Files Exhibition, Transformer Gallery, Washington, DC

            Seven Deadly Sins, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

            Bestiarum Vocabulum, Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College Baltimore, MD

            Personal Vocabulary, James Backas Gallery, MD State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD New     Artists, Gallery Plan B, Washington D.C.

             Sondheim Exhibition, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

             Papercut, NANA Project, Baltimore, MD

2006    Small Works, Rodger Lapelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA

             Fresh Produce, Anno Domini Gallery, Los Angelos, CA

             Beaux Arts Fair, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Baltimore, MD

             Here and Now, The Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, MD

             Janus, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

             Femme Effect: Part Deux, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2019    Ne Timeas Restaurant Group Art Grant, San Francisco, CA

             Ne Timeas Restaurant Group Education Grant, San Francisco, CA 

2017    Awesome Foundation Grant, San Francisco Chapter

             NTRG Education Grant, San Francisco, CA

2016    NTRG Art Grant, San Francisco, CA

2012     Jurors Prize, Limbo, WAAS Gallery, Dallas, TX

             Toby Lewis Award Finalist, San Francisco, CA

             Barclay Simpson Award, San Francisco, CA

2011    Travel Grant, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2009    Artist Grant Masia Can Serrat, Barcelona, Spain,

2008    Walter and Janet Sondheim Prize, Finalist,

             Artist Grant Vermont Studio Center

             Maryland State Arts Council, Individual Artist Award, Works on Paper

2006    Maryland State Arts Council, Individual Artist Award, Visual Arts, Painting

RESIDENCIES

2013     Jail Cell Residency, Alter Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011    Moscickcie Centrum Kultury, Tarnow, Poland

2009    Masia Can Serrat, Barcelona Spain

2008    Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2007    Youkobo Arts Space, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan

             Awagami Paper making Factory, Tokushima, Japan

 

PROFESSIONAL

2020    Guest Lecturer, The New School, San Mateo, CA

2019    Guest Lecturer, Botanist Wilder Forager, San Francisco, CA

2010    Embassy of Sudan, Khartoum Sudan, commission for permanent collection 2010 Guest Lecturer, Piedmont College, Athens, GA

2009    Guest Lecturer, Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD,

2007    Guest Lecturer, Awagami Hall of Handmade Paper, Tokushima, Japan

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