BIOGRAPHY

Cristina Velázquez is an interdisciplinary visual artist who reuses and transforms everyday obsolete objects into works of art, addressing feminist and ecological issues--Ecofeminism. Born in Michoacán, Mexico, immigrated to the U.S. as a kid and has live and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Velázquez earned three art degrees--
Dual Degree, Masters of Arts and Masters of Fine Arts,
from San Francisco Art Institute in 2017 and
Bachelors of Fine Art Concentration Painting from San Jose State University in 2001.

Velázquez’ work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions at venues including The Foundry Art Center in Missouri, Palo Alto Art Center in Palo Alto, Gallery nine5 in New York, Art Ark Gallery in San Jose, Meridian Gallery in San Francisco, Euphrat Museum at De Anza College in Cupertino, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts in San Francisco, and MACLA in San Jose, among others.

Velázquez had her first Artist In Residence at the Palo Alto Art Center in 2014-2015, then she was Student Artist In Residence at Recology in San Francisco in 2016, Artist In Residence at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, 2017, and New York Mills Art Retreat and Residency, New York Mills, MN, 2018.