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CV

Last updated September 2025

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Education

In Progress  Master's of Fine Arts, University of California, Irvine 

2019            Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and Art History, Occidental College (Los Angeles, CA)

2016            University of Chicago (Chicago, IL), major: studio art

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Selected Exhibitions

2025    Don't Let No One Get You Down (solo show), curated by Stephanie Ayon, Arte Americas (Fresno, CA)

           Entre Angeles y Huertas/ Between Angels and Orchards, curated by Marie Heiliich, Wolfpack HQ (Los Angeles, CA)

           Room on Fire, curated by Danielle Shofani, ArtsSpace HP (Los Angeles, CA)

           Pachucxs Revisited, curated by Sandra de la Loza and Marvella Muro, West Gallery at California State University, Northridge

2024    ArtRink, curated by Sze Shum, Brooklyn Children's Museum (Brooklyn, New York, NY)

           Defining Our Legacies Ancestor to Ancestor, curated by Consuelo Flores, Ave. 50 Studio (Los Angeles, CA)

           Optogenetics: controlled by light, curated by Blessing Greer Mathurin, Room 3557 (Los Angeles, CA)

2023   Demasiado, curated by Ozzie Juarez, Superchief Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) 

2022   Land of Milk and Honey, MexiCali Biennial, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (Santa Cruz, CA)

           Retrato, curated by Ozzie Juarez, Tlaloc Studios (Los Angeles, CA)

2019   Studio Senior Comprehensive Exhibition, Weingart Gallery, Occidental College (Los Angeles, CA)

2017   Ours, curated by Que Lastima, The Situation Room (Los Angeles, CA)

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Selected Public Art Projects

2024   Mural Lead and Project Manager, Eagle's Nest, Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary School

             (Los Angeles, CA, completed September 2024)

           Mural Lead and Project Manager, Viva la Alegre Rebeldia, Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary School

             (Los Angeles, CA, completed January 2024)

2023   Mural Assistance, Pulse Meridian Foliation, Lisa Alvardo, REDCAT

             (Los Angeles, CA, completed April 2023)

           Exhibition Title Painting, Of Seed, Soil, and Stars, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions

             (Los Angeles, CA, completed May 2023)

           Mural Co-lead, La Salud del Agua es Nuestra Salud, Salazar Park, Mural Workforce Academy at BHAC

             (Los Angeles, CA, completed August 2023)

           Mural Lead, I Matter Girls Empowerment Conference, East LA Community College, Los Angeles Parks and Rec

            (Los Angeles, CA, completed October 2023)

           

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Awards

2024    Espolón Tequila's Modern Maverick Artist Award, National Association of Latino Arts & Culture

            Civic Service Recognition, County of Los Angeles Commendation

2023    California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Award: Emerging ArtistLos Angeles Performance Practice for LA County

2022   Collective Power Fund, Northwest Film Forum 

2021   Artist Recovery Grant, Northwest Film Forum

2019   Academic Student Project Grant, Occidental College Undergraduate Research Center

2018   Oxy Arts Initiate! Project Grant, Occidental College Arts Department

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Residencies and Fellowships

2025    Artist in Community Residency, Alchemy Arts Center (San Juan Island, WA)

2023    California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Award: Emerging ArtistLos Angeles Performance Practice for LA County

2022   All Paper Curatorial Seminar 2022 Cohort, Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College (Los Angeles, CA)

           

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