Curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
2017
MA/MFA, History and Theory of Contemporary Art and Studio Art, San Francisco Art Institute,
San Francisco, CA
2001
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Pictorial, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching Visual Artist
Present
Califronia State University Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
2022-Present
Oxford Day Academy, East Palo Alto, CA
2018-Present
EPACENTER
2017-2014
Teacher Assistant at San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2012-Present
Community School of Music and Arts, Mountain View, CA
2011-Present
School of Arts and Culture @ Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose, CA
2015
Youth Art Program at San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2014-2012
Summit Charter School, Expeditions: Fine Art, San Jose, CA
2014-2010
Euphrat Museum at De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
2012-2007
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
RESIDENCIES
2017
January through March
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, Artist In Residence, San Jose
2016
February through May
Recology Artist In Residency, San Francisco, CA
2014-15
August through January
Palo Alto Art Center Artist-In-Residence Program
Exhibition in Glass Gallery, Oct. 7 through Dec. 23, 2014
AWARDS
2009
Encouragement Grant through the San Jose Creative Entrepreneur Project, San Jose
2006
Juror’s Choice Award, Flux Exhibition, Works Gallery, San Jose
2005
Honorary Award, Women by Women Art Exhibit Prospectus, Redwood City
2001
Dean’s Scholar Award, San Jose State University, San Jose
1994
Rotary Club, Menlo Park
SOLO EXHIBITS
2014
In My Hands, Galeria Beso Maya, Oakland, CA
2011
Women’s History Month Art Exhibition, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA
Everything I Must Be, Avenue 25 Gallery, San Mateo, CA
2010
Felt, cubefarm projects, San Jose, CA
2007
VentanArt, Proyecto X, San Francisco, CA
2006
Invoking the Body, One Night Stand, San Francisco, CA
2003
Sangre Latina Fund Raiser, Menlo Atherton High School, Atherton
2001
BFA Exhibition, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITS
2017
In Mint Condition, San Francisco Art Institute MA/MFA exhibition, Old Mint San Francisco, CA
The Original Disruptors, Gala at San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Árbol de Vida, Paul Sack's Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Global Week, Exhibit and workshop at Castilleja School, Palo Alto, CA
A Living Thing, Performance, Walter and Mc Bean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Sanctuary, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Enchanted Forest Exhibition, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
Ñ, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Heavy Stuff, Student Affairs, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Insensatez, (two artist exhibition), Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View, CA
The Ordinary and Its Extra, Le Swell Galerie, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2016
Pulling Threads, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Interpreting Sontag, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
CA
Concentrate, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Layered Perceptions, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
CA
Outlandish Escape Land, Le Swell Galerie, San Francisco Art
Institute, San Francisco, CA
Four Play, School of Arts and Culture at the Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose, CA
Anne and Mark Art Party, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA
Enajenaciones, Recology AIR, San Francisco, CA
MFA Graduate Exhibition—San Francisco Art Institute, Forth Mason Pier 2, San Francisco, CA
18th Latino Art Now! Auction & Exhibition, MACLA, San Jose, CA
SFAI Graduate Center Open House, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco,CA
Memory Under Construction, The Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco ArtInstitute, San Francisco, CA
The Artist Body, The Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Disputable Paradigms, The Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
WOMXN ARE PERFECT, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA
2015
Creatrices, Le Swell Galerie, Graduate Center SFAI, San Francisco, CA
2014
BeLong, The Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Identity, Gallery nine5, New York, NY
2013
United, Pam Foss Gallery, St. Michaels, Maryland
2012
Honoring Women’s Rights: Echoing Visual Voices Together, National Steinbeck Center, Salinas, CA. Jurors: Dr. Joyce Aiken, Dr. Ruth Weisberg, and Patricia Rodriguez
Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze, Kinsey Institute Gallery, Bloomington, IN
Chicana/o Biennial, MACLA, San Jose, CA
2011
Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA. Juror: Tanya Augsburg, feminist interdisciplinary scholar
2009
CONTROL, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
Juror: The Guerilla Girls West, and Curator Karen Gutfreund
2005
Women by Women, County Government Center Gallery, Commission on the Status of Women. Redwood City, CA. Juror: Catharine Clark from Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS
2015
Public Alchemy, Cubberly Artists Studio Program, Palo Alto, CA
Pop Up Show, Le Swell Galerie, Graduate Center SFAI, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary Women Artists XVII: Reimagining Femmage, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, Missouri
2014
Forming Our Lives, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
Cubberley Diaspora, Art Ark, San Jose, CA
4th Annual Holiday Art Salon, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013
Dreams, Gallery 2905, San Jose, CA
By Mainly Unexpected Means, Cubberley Group Show curated by Theres Rohan, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Making Space, Euphrat Museum at De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
Cubberley Open House, Cubberley Center, Palo Alto, CA
All in One, South First Billiard Gallery, San Jose, CA
Momentum 2013, Bongiorno Gallery, Santa Clara, CA
Art that Moves You, Scion-Toyota, Palo Alto, CA
Latino Art Now! MACLA’s 15th Annual Latino Art Auction & Exhibition, San Jose, CA
Women Who Broke the Rules, Peninsula WCA, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
4th Annual Altered Books Show, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
2012
I Love CA, Milton Marks Conference Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Cubberley Open House, Cubberley Artist Studios, Palo Alto, CA
It’s All About Me, Avenue 25 Gallery, San Mateo, CA
Graphite, Inks, and Other Means, Cubberley Studio Artist, Palo Alto City Hall, Palo Alto, CA
Construyendo Futuros--End DV, Mayfair Community Center, San Jose, CA
Latino Art Now--MACLA’s 14th Annual Art Auction, MACLA, San Jose, CA
Northern California, Peninsula and South Bay Area Women’s Caucus for Art 40th Anniversary Show, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
COMMISSIONS
2019
Saint Francis of Assisi Mural, Saint Francis of Assisi Church, East Palo Alto, CA
2004
Saint Patrick’s Fund Raiser, (Painting) Saint Francis of Assisi Church, East Palo Alto, CA
2003
Altar de la Virgen de Guadalupe, (Altar Piece) Saint Francis of Assisi Church, East Palo Alto, CA
SELECTED LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2017
Masters of Fine Arts Graduate Representative Graduation Commencement Speech, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
“No hopes but realities:” Teresa Margolles Aesthetics of Absence, Symposium, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Residency Artists Talk, part of Artist In Residence, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
Feminist Round Table, National Women’s Month, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
My Dreamcatchers Stand Tall workshop for Global Week, Castilleja School, Palo Alto, CA
2014-2017
Annual Marion Cilker Conference for Arts in Education, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2011
Recycle Purse Project, Castilleja School, Palo Alto, CA
2010
Connecting Art, Panel discussions on art and science | animation | collaboration across disciplines | found objects. Co-sponsored by the Cubberley Artists* and the Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
2009
The Sketchbook Project, Women and Girls Summit, San Jose, CA
COLLECTIONS
2017
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
2016
Recology, San Francisco, CA
2011
Palo Alto Art Center Private Collection
2010
Private Collections in Palo Alto, Mountain View, and San Jose California and Gryon, Vaud Switzerland
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Fluent in Spanish and English
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
2020-Present
SFAA/ San Francisco Artists Alumni
2015-2017
SFiCA, San Francisco Art Institute and California Colleague of the Arts
2013-Present
MALI, Multicultural Arts Leadership Institute, San Jose, CA
2012-2013, 2017
WCA, Women Caucus for Art, Peninsula Chapter, Vice President-Exhibitions Chair, CA
2004-2008
Lets Look At Art, Docent, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
©2017 by Cristina Velázquez
