Education

  • Current

  • 2020

  • 2018

  • 2015

California State University Long Beach Masters of Fine Art Illustration Program

California State University Long Beach Arts Education Credential

California State University Long Beach Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree Illustration

Long Beach City College Associates Degree Illustration

Selected Mural Commissions

Sacred as the Sun  26’ x 16’   Acrylic, 2021, 2000 Atlantic Ave. Made Possible Centro CHA and Long Beach Economic Partnership, Long Beach, CA

Presencia de Lo Invisible (Presence of the Invisible)  26’ x 12’   Acrylic, 2018, 5631 Atlantic Ave. Made Possible by a Grant from The Arts Council for Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Stories of Boundaries  15’ x 10’   Acrylic, 2018, Collaborative Art Gallery, The Arts Council for Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Wanderer  15’ x 79’   Acrylic, 2016, 5881 Cherry Ave. Azalea Shopping Center Atlantic and Firestone. Sponsored by the City of Long Beach Creative Corridor Project and 9th District Council Office, Long Beach, CA

Azalea  12’ x 23’ 1/4"  Acrylic, 2015, Azalea Shopping Center Atlantic and Firestone. Sponsored by the City of South Gate Department of Parks and Recreation, South Gate, CA

South Gate Police Department  10’ x 46’  Acrylic , 2015, South Gate Police Dept. Sponsored by the City of South Gate, South Gate, CA

L.B.P. D. West Division  5’8” x 9’5”  Acrylic , November 2011, Redevelopment Agency SponsoredSignal Box Project, Corner of10th Street and Long Beach Blvd. Long Beach, CA

Peace Makers 10’5” x 310’, Acrylic ,  January2011, Sponsored by the City of Long Beach Redevelopment Agency, Councilman Robert Garcia’s Office, and Department of Parks Recreation & Marine. Mural Depicting 11 non-violence political and social leaders Seaside Park Long Beach, CA

Wetland Wildlife 10’ x 225’, Acrylic ,  January2011, Sponsored by the City of Long Beach Redevelopment Agency, Councilman Robert Garcia’s Office, and Department of Parks Recreation & Marine. Mural depicts a wetland landscape with various flora & fauna native to Southern California Wetlands.   Seaside Park, Long Beach, CA

A Long Beach Afternoon  5’8” x 9’5”  Acrylic , November 2010, Redevelopment Agency Sponsored Signal Box Project, Corner of 8th St. & Pine Ave. Long Beach, CA

Flora & Fauna  5’8” x 9’5”  Acrylic , November 2010, Redevelopment Agency SponsoredSignal Box Project, Corner of 8th St. & Pine Ave. Long Beach, CA

Pacific Electric  5’8” x 9’5”  Acrylic , November 2010, Redevelopment Agency SponsoredSignal Box Project, Corner of 8th St. & Pine Ave. Long Beach, CA

Bravo Unit,  8’6” x 18’, Acrylic, June 2010, Orange County Juvenile Hall, Orange, CA.

A Neighborhood Perspective,13’6”x 46’6”, Acrylic, January 2010, 5660 Atlantic Ave.  Long Beach,CA. Sponsored by the City of Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation, and Marine & Redevelopment Agency of Long Beach

 Fire and Life  6’6” x 12’, acrylic, April 2009, Sheffield, Tasmania. Australia

 

Solo Exhibitions

2013

2012

Obverse Topographies, Long Beach, CA

RED Sipology, Long Beach, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018

2017

2016

 

2015

2014

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

 

2010

 

 

 

 

 

2008

  • Stories of Boundaries, Collaborative Gallery, Long Beach, CA

  • INSIGHTS University Art Museum CSULB

 

  • Chicano/ Latino Artists United for Social Justice, Santa Ana, CA

  • La Bulla, Los Angeles

 

  • We Labs & Arts Council for Long Beach

  • Topskoms, Long Beach, CA

  • Rogues and Villians, Long Beach, CA

 

  • Guts and Bolts, CALB, Long Beach, CA

 

  • Luchadores, Chatismo 101 Gallery, Long Beach,CA

 

  • Dia de los Muertos, Al Borde, Los Angeles,CA

  • Bazaar, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

  • A.M.C., Takeuchi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

  • The Urban Pet Experience, Sipology Gallery, Long Beach, CA

  • Dia De Los Muertos Show, Al Borde Group Show, Los Angeles, CA

  • Muerte a la Mode, CoupOperative Pop Up Gallery, Long Beach, CA

  • Canceptual, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

  • Mural Design Exhibition, Wilderness Gallery Sheffield, Tasmania. Australia

 

  • Day of the Dead Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Baldwin Park, CA

  • Dial de Los Muertos Exhibit, Arizona State University Museum of Anthropology, Tempe, Arizona

 

 

Press/Publications

 

September 2013                 Long Beach Post

Write up on the opening of the “Guts and Bolts” group art exhibition

September 2011                 Dalai Lama-Man, Monk, Mystic

An authorized autobiography on the Dalai Lama. My painting of the Dalai Lama is used as the cover art for the Eastern Europe Edition of the book.

September 2011                La Gente Magazine                                                                        

Volume. 41 issue 2, Winter 2011, Cover art illustration The Home issue. Painting depicts struggles of students and the increase in tuition costs and the need for affordable housing.

February 2011                    La Opinion                                                     

Spanish Language newspaper article on “ Seaside Park Murals” February 13, 2011                                           

March 2013                      Long Beach Press Telegram                                                                    

Photo-spread on the community paint day for “Seaside Park Murals”.

 October 2012                   La Gente Magazine                                                                       

Volume.41 issue 1, Fall 2010, Cover art Illustration, “ The Immigration Issue”.

 October 2012                  La Gente Magazine                                                                       

Volume.40 issue 2, Winter 2010, Cover art Illustration, “Latinos and the Census”.

 January 2010                    Signal Hill Tribune                                                                       

 Article on “ A Neighborhood Perspective Mural”,

 January 2010                    La Opinion                                                     

·Newspaper article o “ A Neighborhood Perspective Mural”, Volume.40 issue 2, Winter 2010, Cover art Illustration, “Latinos and the Census”.

 January 2010                    Long Beach Press Telegram                                                                       

· An article on unveiling of a “ Neighborhood Perspective”.

 January 2010                    Long Beach Press Telegram                                                                     

Write up about the upcoming dedication of “ A Neighborhood Perspective Mural”.

 

 Instruction

 

 

 

CURRENT

 

2014

 

Painting Instructor Huntington Beach Art Center

Mural Conservation Artist/ Consultant

Youth Art instruction, Huntington Beach Art Center 2015

Lead Mural Conservation Artist / Mural Project Art site coordinator, City of Long Beach Dept. of Parks, Recreation, & Marine. 2002-2014. Long Beach, CA

Art Instruction & Job Training City of Long Beach Summer Youth Training Program: summers 2002-2006. Long Beach, CA

Art instructor and supervisor (along with 2 other artists) for 27 youth participantsGoal of program was for youth to obtain job-training skills while completing a major mural and art workshops.

 

Painting Workshops, April-May 2003, Long Beach, CA. Instructor for the Teen Asset program sponsored by the Long Beach Dept. of Parks, Recreation, and Marine with the Y.M.C.A. Instructed 29 youth from the ages of 7-15 in the production of 2 canvas’ and art workshops at Veterans Park.

 

Awards

 

2019

  • Nuestra Imagen Excellence In Arts and Culture Award

  • County of Los Angeles Commendation for Community Service

  • United States House of Representatives Recognition, Excellence in Arts and Culture

  • California State Senate Recognition, Excellence in Arts and Culture

2018

  • Arts Council for Long Beach- Professional Artist Fellowship