Bio

LIVE / WORK

• Oakland. CA

EDUCATION

• 1983-89

  • Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2017

  • Hoodwink By Didactix, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA

• 2015

  • Retrospectives, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

• 2014

  • Parochial Beacon, Paulo Mejia Gallery, San Francisco, CA. (as IZUUK RIGOR)

• 2012

  • Solace From The Wild Side, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA

• 2010

  • Don’t Waste My Time, Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus II, Schwandorf Germany
  • Gone Adrift, Freies -Museum, Berlin, Germany

• 2009

  • *Splendor of Indulgence Nothingness, Rice/Polak Gallery,
  • Provincetown, MA
  • *Compota, Pablo Gallery, Manila Metro area, Philippines
  • Mambo Without Swing, The Forgotten Pictorial History of The Etiology of Power, SFMOMA Artist Gallery at Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA

• 2008

  • Taylor Bercier Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA
  • Denizens of Happylandia, Taylor Bercier Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA
  • *Effigies and Demagogues, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA

• 2006

  • American Lullaby Series, Djerassi Resident Artist Program Open House,Woodside, CA

• 2004

  • Blinded By Omnipotence, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

• 2003

  • Choque Cultural, Centro de Desarollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba
  • Misadventures of a Side-Stepping Idealist, Babalonia 1808, Berkeley, CA

• 2001

  • Gozar Con La Patria, Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans, LA

• 2000

  • Ahi Na' Ma, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2016

  • PULSE Miami Beach 2016, Jack Fischer Gallery, Miami, Fl.
  • Tropical Convergence Zone,Viva Excon 2016, Iloilo City, Philippines
  • Abortion of Cute, 8 Salon, Hamburg, Germany
  • Electric Bulalo:Painting in Exile, Vinyl On Vinyl , Manila, Philippines
  • Topsy Turvy, Finale Art File, Manila, Philippines
  • Krowsworkerswork, Krowswork, Oakland, CA
  • The Human Spirit, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

• 2015

  • Miami Project 2015, Jack Fischer Gallery, Miami, FL
  • Tropes of Expectations, Vinyl On Vinyl , Manila, Philippines (catalog)
  • Mirage, XII Habana Bienal Colateral Exhibitions, Habana, Cuba

• 2014

  • Paint Plethora, Studio Grand, Oakland, CA.
  • Oakland Music Festival, Local Artist Exhibit, Oakland, CA. (as IZUUK RIGOR)

• 2013

  • Paradox Maintenance Technician, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA. (catalog)
  • DEFILE, Galleria Duemila, Metro Manila, Philippines.

• 2012

  • Corresponding Views, NIAD Art Center, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.
  • La Espina, Alley Cat Bookstore, San Francisco, CA.
  • Man, Myth and Monsters, LeMieux Gallery, New Orleans, LA.

• 2011

  • Cuban Collection, MACLA, San Jose, CA
  • **Agarra Juicio, The Ghost Poo of Painting, Edelo, San Cristobal De La Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
  • Social Commentary, Space 301, Mobile, AL.

• 2010

  • *Deluvial Hood, Freies Museum, Berlin, Germany, Collaboration with Club S&S
  • ** “Free –Range Aesthetics, Pussyfooting Through the Detritus Mindfield Of Reality”, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
  • *Amor Fati, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA

• 2009

  • **Sorry Friend, This is No Hemorroids;-{o>”, A440 Gallery, San Francisco, CA and Finale Art File, Manila, Philippines
  • *Strange Hope, Galeria De LA Raza, San Francisco, CA
  • Opening Salvo for Suite 418, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA

• 2008

  • *Gristle Pays Homage to the Benevolent Sausage, Mag:net Gallery , Quezon City, Philippines,
  • Room for Big Ideas, Bay Area Now 5, Red Poppy Art House, Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • Politque Poetique, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
  • Insider/Outsider, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
  • *Miju, Red Dot art fair, Jack Fischer Gallery, New York, NY
  • Paper Works, SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • Beyond Child Play, MACLA, San Jose, CA

• 2007

  • *Miju, Red Dot art fair, Jack Fischer Gallery, Miami, FL
  • Painted Dreams, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
  • Alienated Mass Historia, Root Division, San Francisco,CA
  • Pistolitas de Azucar: Cultura, Pop, and Whimsy, Galeria De La Raza, San Francisco, CA
  • Drawn From New Orleans, 20th Century Works From Private Collections, Newcomb College, Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA

• 2006

  • Outside-Inside-Out, Space 301, Mobile AL
  • Sin Miramiento Alguno (Arte Iberoamericano Actual), in conjunction with Havana Bienal, Havana, Cuba
  • Cuentos Caseros , Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland , CA
  • Virus Show, Lobat Gallery, Oakland, CA

• 2005

  • Comercielo, Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco. CA
  • Latin Spirit, SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • it's not rocket science, Bayennale, Oakland, CA

• 2004

  • Rogue Nations Cuban And Chinese Artist, MACLA, San Jose, CA

• 2003

  • Cuba on My Mind, Art Gallery Cesar Chavez Student Center, San Francisco State University
  • Un/Familiar Territory, San Jose Museum Of Art, San Jose, CA

• 2002

  • Is the Medium in the Message?, Contemporary Art from the Permanent
  • Collection, San Jose Museum Of Art, San Jose, CA

• 2001

  • Contemporary Devotion, San Jose Museum Of Art, San Jose, CA

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

• * Miju: collaboration with Michele Muennig
• ** Artist Formerly Known As Friends (AFKAF): collaboration with Arvin Flores, Carlo Ricafort, David Griggs, Gerry Tan, and Manuel Ocampo.
• *** Club S&S: collaboration with Stephen Paul Day and Sibylle Peretti
• Izuuk Rigor is collaboration with Carlo Ricafort

CURATORIAL AND OTHER PROJECTS

• 2014 to present

  • Co-Founder of Random Parts, artist runs project space, Oakland, CA.

• 2011

  • Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Juror, Woodside, CA.

• 2009

  • Skyline College, Juror, San Bruno, CA.

• 2006

  • Cuentos Caseros, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland , CA

• 2005

  • Bayennale, Bay Area International Arts Festival, Oakland, CA, Co-organized event.

LECTURES AND ARTIST TALKS

• 2014

  • Hunter College, New York, NY.
  • U.C. Berkeley, History Department

• 2011

  • Macla, San Jose, CA.
  • **Edelo Intercultural Residency Program, San Cristobal de la Casas, Chiapas,
  • Mexico Universidad de Ciencia y Arte De Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico

• 2008

  • Macla, San Jose, CA.

• 2007

  • Galeria De la Raza, San Francisco, CA.

• 2006

  • Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA

• 2003

  • Babalonia 1808 Emerging Artist Program with Jenifer Wofford, Berkeley, CA
  • El Centro de Desarollo de Las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba

• 2000

  • 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA.

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

• 2016

  • Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant Award

• 2011

  • **Edelo Intercultural Residency Program, San Cristobal de la Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

• 2010

  • Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus II Art Residency, Schwandorf, Germany

• 2006

  • Djerassi  Resident Program, The Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation Fellowship, Woodside, CA

• 2002

  • ValParaiso Artist Residency, Mojacar, Spain

• 1998

  • Amsterdam Art Logan Graphics Award of Excellence in Printmaking, Berkeley, CA

• 1996

  • Best of Show, Pro Arts Annual Juried Show, Oakland, CA

• 1991

  • First Prize for Sculpture, Newcomb Spring Art Show, New Orleans, LA

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

• San Jose Museum Of Art

SELECTED REVIEWS, ESSAYS and PUBLICATIONS

• Denizens Of Happylandia, Exhibition Catalog, Cabin Fever, essay by Arvin Flores, 2008
• *MIJU, Effigies and Demagogues, Exhibition Catalog, “Luminous Umor”, essay by David Coulter, 2008
• Pterodactilo Illustrations published for Literary Journal, University of Texas, Shotgun Review, online review, Alienated Mass Historia, Lean Ladia, August, 4,2007
• Stretcher, False Notes, Emily Kuenstler (June 2004)
• Radio 2050 Latino Art & Culture KPFA interview with DJ Aztec Parrot, 2004
• “Rogue Nations” Cuban And Chinese Artist, Exhibition Essay, Anjee Helstrup, Curator, Macla, San Jose, CA 2004
• Dedalo, Revista De Arte y Literature, No. 5, Havana, Cuba: Juan Carlos Quintana, Without Sugar There Is No Country, essay by Antonio Eligio Fernandez (Tonel), written for the exhibition Choque Cultural, in Havana, Cuba (2004)
• New American Paintings, number 49, Pacific Coast, 2003
• Noticias de Arte Cubano El Plano de la Memoria, by Yamel Perez Tasca, No. 9/10, (September 2003)
• La Jiribilla, Entre dos Mundos, by Iris Cepero, (October 2003)
• Golden Gate [X] press, Issue 3 volume XXVI Exhibit Given Two Views Of Cuba, Stephanie Mannle, September, 2003
• Artweek, Cuba on my mind, David Buuck (November2003)
• La Prensa, Galleries Bring Latin Flair to New Orleans, Katherine Hart, (October, 2001)
• The Gambit, Identifying Signs, New Orleans, LA. (October 2001)
• Arts Papers, Juan Carlos Quintana / Michele Muennig, Eric Bookhardt (July/August 1992)
• The Gambit, New Orleans, LA. (April 1992)