EDUCATION
2009 Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI, MFA Printmaking, with honors
2009 Brown University | Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching & Learning, Providence, RI, Collegiate Teaching Certificate
2003 Yale University | New Haven, CT, BA Art, printmaking concentration
EXHIBITIONS (*1 & 2-person shows)
2023 New Beginnings, Pajaro Valley Arts | Watsonville, CA
2022 Take Aways: Art to Go!, Pajaro Valley Arts | Watsonville, CA
2021 Califas, Monterey Museum and Eduardo Carrillo Museum | Monterey, CA
2019 (415) Public Gallery, [x]Space | San Francisco, CA
La Frontera Nos Cruzó a Nosotros,
2019 Bridgeport Art Center | Chicago, Illinois
Unidad Académica de Estudios Regionales | Jiquilan, Michoacán, México
2018 UNAM Centro Cultural Morelia | Morelia, Michoacán, México (catalog)
Who Gets To Call It Chicano Art?, Axis Gallery | Sacramento, CA
Hablamos Juntos, Pajaro Valley Arts & Museo Eduardo Carrillo | Watsonville, CA
Process in Progress, Monterey Museum of Art | Monterey, CA
2016 Have You Ever Noticed?, Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer, UCDavis | Davis, CA
2015 En Nuestra Imagen, Pajaro Valley Arts Council | Watsonville, CA
2014 Solo Mujeres, Puerto Allegre | San Francisco, CA
2013 Día de los Muertos, Puerto Allegre | San Francisco, CA
Todavía en mi Memoria, Back to the Picture | San Francisco, CA
2012 Recuerdo/Remembrance, Back to the Picture | San Francisco, CA
2011 Latino Art Now, MACLA | San Jose, CA
2010 *Hybrid Spaces: Family Origins & Collaborations, MACLA | San Jose, CA
Soil & Soul of Chihuahua, Mexico, Back to the Picture | San Francisco, CA
Mexico: Independence & Revolution, City College SF | San Francisco, CA
Promises of Independence & Revolution, Artists Interpreting Mexico,
Mexic-Arte Museum | Austin, TX
Rusteburg Gallery | Brownsville, TX
Laredo Public Library | Laredo, TX
Casa Michoacan Gallery | Chicago, IL
El Centro de la Raza | Seattle, WA
Las Expresiones, Marin Community Foundation | Novato, CA
2009 RISD Graduate Exhibition, Providence Convention Center | Providence, RI
Anti-Thesis, Benson Hall Gallery | Providence, RI
RISD/UMass Exchange Show, Student Union Gallery | Amherst, MA
Dwelling Places, Sol Koffler Gallery | Providence, RI
Helen Hunt Presents: Graduate Printmaking, Sol Koffler Gallery | Providence, RI
2008 Printmaking Biennial, Woods Gerry Gallery | Providence, RI
Artistas, San Francisco Women Artist’s Gallery | San Francisco, CA
Expressions of San Francisco, Art 94124 Gallery | San Francisco, CA
2007 Solo Mujeres, Galería Tonantzin | San Juan Bautista, CA
Nueve Mujeres, Mission Cultural Center Gallery | San Francisco, CA
Art Celebration, Back to the Picture | San Francisco, CA
2005 Arte Sin Fronteras, Mission Cultural Center Gallery | San Francisco, CA
2003 Undergraduate Thesis Show, Yale University | New Haven, CT
Sudler Fund Exhibit, Timothy Dwight College at Yale | New Haven, CT
EXHIBITIONS CURATED OR JURIED
2022 For the Love of Art, Carmel Arts Association | Monterey County, CA, Juror
2019 Vote! Your Vote is Your Voice, ¡Vote! Su Voto es Su Voz, co-juror with Consuelo Alba and Lucien
Kobo, Pajaro Valley Arts | Watsonville, CA
2018 ArtSpan at Cumaica Series (3 exhibits), curator, Cumaica Coffeeshop | San Francisco, CA
2016 Have You Ever Noticed?, curator, Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer, UCDavis | Davis, CA
HONORS & AWARDS
2020 Artist Residency, [x] Space | San Francisco, CA
2015 Fellowship, Leadership San Francisco | San Francisco, CA
2010 Certificate of Recognition, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Marin | Novato, CA
Artist Residency, Djerassi Resident Artist Program | Woodside, CA
Artist Residency, Kala Art Institute | Berkeley, CA
2007-9 Graduate Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
John A. Chironna Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
2005 Award, Arte Sin Fronteras Exhibit, Mission Cultural Center | San Francisco, CA
2003 Latin@ Alumni Prize, Yale University | New Haven, CT
Master’s Cup, Yale University | New Haven, CT
COMMISSIONED PROJECTS
2021 Neighborhood Banner Design, Excelsior Banner Project, Excelsior Action Group | San Francisco, CA
2013 Cover Art, Nuyorico, CA, 2013 | Long Beach, CA
Costume printing, Sambaxé Dance Company, SF Carnaval Parade | San Francisco, CA
2010 Costume printing, Duniya Dance & Drum Compnay, Half & Halves | San Francisco, CA
Poster art, Bindlestiff Studio, The Bakla Show | San Francisco, CA
COLLECTIONS
2008 John Hay Library, Special Collections | Providence, RI
2007 Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, Indiana
Mission Gráfica, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts | San Francisco, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Ilary Ruiz and Melanie Zaragoza, “Between Two Chicanas: Reflecting on the Art of the State Symposium”, Musings, Spring/Summer Issue
April 2021 | Monterey, CA
2021 Marielle Argueza, “Painted History”, Monterey County Weekly, February 18, 2021 | Monterey, CA
2021 Diaz-Infante, Amy. Altar. 2021. Amanda Yee, “Prayers: An Immigrant’s Culinary Odyssey”, for the culture, Issue 01, 2021
2019 Hablamos Juntos middle school and high school curriculum guide
2016 “Interview with Johnny Adimando,” We Have a Lot to Say, John Pyper, ed. (Cambridge, MA: Paige at Harvard Book Store, 2016)
2014 Julian Lim, “On Silk and Ink”, Xpress Magazine, Spring 2014 | San Francisco, CA
2010 “100 Años, 100 Artistas”, Grafilia, No. 74 November | Guadalajara, Jalisco
PANEL DISCUSSIONS & PRESENTATIONS
2022 Panelist, The Southeast San Francisco Regional Portfolio: An Art-Based Conversation with 4 Neighborhoods, San Francisco Art Book Fair,
Minnesota Street Projects | San Francisco, CA
2021 Presenter, Teaching with Diego Rivera’s Pan American Unity Mural: Experiences from City College of San Francisco, San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art | San Francisco, CA (recording) (SFMOMA higher education curriculum link)
2021 Artist Presentation, Women’s Studio Workshop | Rosendale, NY
2021 Presenter, Sesnon Speak Up: Chicanx Visual Aesthetics, UC Santa Cruz Marty Porter Sesnon Gallery | Santa Cruz, CA
2021 Panelist, The Art of the State Symposium: Change = Action/Time: Generational Activism in Chicanx and Latinx Art, Monterey Museum of
Art | Monterey, CA
2021 Facilitator, The Art of Liberation: A Conversation with Favianna Rodriguez, City College of San Francisco in collaboration with SFMOMA |
San Francisco, CA
2020 Presenter, Thriving with Art across Disciplines: Diego Rivera Mural, CCSF | San Francisco, CA
2019 Artist Presentation, Women’s Studio Workshop | Rosendale, NY
2018 Panelist, Hablamos Juntos, Pajaro Valley Arts & Museo Eduardo Carrillo | Watsonville, CA
2013 Visiting Artist, Contemporary Chicana/o Narrative Course, UC Davis | Davis, CA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022+ California State University, East Bay | Hayward, CA, Assistant Professor of Art, Art Department
2018+ City College of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA, Full-Time Faculty, Printmaking, Drawing, and Design
2019 Women’s Studio Workshop | Rosendale, NY, Visiting Teaching Artist, Screen Printing
City College of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA, Faculty, Extension Program, Monotype Workshop
Youth Art Exchange | San Francisco, CA, Teaching Artist, Summer Bridge Rising 9th Graders Program, Multi-Media Course
2018 City College of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA, Faculty, Basic Drawing
2017-18 City College of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA, Faculty, Multi-Level Intaglio & Relief
2017 CSU Monterey Bay | Monterey, CA, Lecturer, Intro to Art Appreciation (lower division)
2016 CSU Monterey Bay | Monterey, CA, Lecturer, Intro to Art Appreciation (lower division), and Digital Public Art (upper division)
2010-13 Youth Art Exchange | San Francisco, CA, Printmaking Instructor
2013-14 Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts | San Francisco, CA, Mission Gráfica, Instructor, Screen Printing
2009 Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI, Instructor of Record, Printstaformance
2007-8 Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI, Graduate Teaching Assistant,
Introduction to Intaglio, Junior Print Workshop, and Painting III: Junior Critique
2007 Opera Piccola | Oakland, CA, Resident Teaching Artist
ARTS & BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE
2021+ Casa Comadre | Remote, Co-Founder
2015-19 Kweli Journal | Remote, Art Editor
2015-17 Cuate Creative | Remote, Founder & Creative Director
2013-15 Youth Art Exchange | San Francisco, CA, Director of Development + Communications
2010-13 Youth Art Exchange | San Francisco, CA, Associate Program Director
2004-6 Opera Piccola | Oakland, CA, Program Coordinator
PRINTSHOP & MUSEUM EXPERIENCE
2008-9 RISD Print Editions | Providence, RI, Printmaker
2008 RISD Museum | Providence, RI, Assistant, Department of Prints, Drawings + Photographs
2006-7 Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts | San Francisco, CA, Mission Gráfica, Printshop Assistant