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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018- PRESENT Part-time Faculty, Drawing Instructor, Cerritos Community College, Cerritos, CA 2008- PRESENT Art Teacher, La Mirada High School, Norwalk La Mirada USD, La Mirada, Ca 2016 & 2017 Migrant Education Summer School Programs 2017 Part-time Faculty, Life Drawing Instructor, California State University: Fullerton, CA 2010 Migrant Education Summer School 2008 Substitute Teacher, Bassett Unified School District, La Puente, Ca 2007 Study and Teaching Abroad Art & Social Action in Cambodia: CSULB EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND California State University, Fullerton, CA. MFA- Drawing and Painting 2013 - 2017 Cerritos Community College, Cerritos, CA. Auditing Life Drawing Classes 2013 California State University, Long Beach Post-Baccalaureate, Single- Subject Credential Art Education 2007 California State University, Fresno, CA. SUMMER ARTS: PRINTMAKING AS A PUBLIC ART 2004 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA. Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art and Minor in Art History 2004 Mount San Antonio Community College, Walnut, CA. Associates of Art in Fine Art 2002 Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA. Major in Studio Art 1999 Scripps College, Claremont, CA. Major in Studio Art 1999- 2000 & 1995-1996 AWARDS HONORED: 2nd Place CSUF, TSU Annual Student Art Show, 2015 Drawing Purchase Cerritos College Art Gallery, 2013 1st Place Cerritos College Student Art Exhibition, 2013 2nd Place Senior Show (Positive Space) Cal Poly Pomona, 2005 Dean’s List (Cal Poly Pomona), 2002- 2004 Painting purchased Cal Poly Pomona Foundation (G. Paul Storey)/ Student Center, 2004 Honorable Mention 2D/ 3D Show, Cal Poly Pomona, 2003 Diane Divelbess Scholarship, Cal Poly Pomona, 2003 Dean’s List (Mount San Antonio Community College), Fall 2001 Honors for Superior Achievement in Painting/Drawing (Art Division PCC) 1998 Dean’s Honors (Pasadena City College) Fall 1997 EXHIBITIONS: “Arte Sin Frontera” Whittier Gallery, Group Show, Whittier CA. 2018 ”Weaving Culture” Chimaya Art Gallery, Group Show, Montebello, CA. 2017 ”/yooTh/“ Master of Fine Arts Exhibition: Fullerton, CA 2016 "SoCalMFA"- Millard Sheets Art Center, Group Show, Juried Exhibition, Pomona, June/July 2016 Presidents Office, Cal State University Fullerton: Fullerton, CA 2016 "CSU Summer Art 2015"- Chancellor's Gallery, California State University Chancellor's office, City of Long Beach, December 2015 "Annual Student Art Show"- Titan Student Union Center Gallery, CSU Fullerton, November 2015 "loose ends, A Contemporary Salon Style Exhibition"- Exit Gallery, CSU Fullerton, Group Show, March 2015 “Show+Tell, Artists Outside of the Classroom”- Long Beach Arts Gallery, 2014. Group Show “Dichotomies of Vision”- 57 Underground Gallery, Pomona, Group Show, Curated Cesar D. Alzate, Jr, Jan 2014 “Dia De Los Muertos/Day of the Dead”- Memphis Backroom at the Santora, Santa Ana, Group Show, Nov 2013 “Dia De Los Muertos Art Exhibit”- City of Baldwin Park Department of Recreation and Community Services Art & Recreation Center, Group Show, Oct 2013 “Bodies of Work (Alicia Villegas & Lisa Keffer- Ruiz)”- La Puente Art Walk Donated Vacant Space, Downtown City of La Puente,2013 “SAE 2013 Cerritos College Student Art Exhibition”, Cerritos Art Gallery, Juried Show “Blood Lust (All Female Group Art Show Inspired by Heartbreak)”- Rit Gallery, La Puente, California, Curated Cakeshop Oddities & Vivid Dream, Mar 2013 “Dia De Los Muertos (A Free Community Artistic & Cultural Celebration of Life) Art Exhibition”- Valley Mall in City of El Monte, Group Show Curated by The Nuvein Foundation, Oct 2012 "Misfit Toys and Oddities", La Puente Art Walk, Arte Cobalturo Gallery,2012, Group Show. Solo Show, La Puente Art Walk, Rocket Roasters Coffee Shop, 2012 "SAE 2012 Cerritos College Student Art Exhibition" Cerritos College Art Gallery, Juried Group Show "SAE 2011 Cerritos College Student Art Exhibition" Cerritos College Art Gallery, Juried Group Show "WOMEN ARTISTS ON IMMIGRATION: Crossing Borders, Confronting Barriers, Bridging Identities", Alma Ruiz, Juror, Korean Cultural Center Art Gallery Los Angeles, CA. 2009 Art & Social Action in Cambodia: Photographs by participants of “Art & Social Action in Cambodia” CSULB, Marilyn Werby Gallery, 2007 Planes, Clouds, and Ice Cream Cones (Variations of Several Themes), CSULB, Maxine Merlino Gallery, 2006 Untrue Confessions, CSULB, Marilyn Werby Gallery,Art Education Student Show, 2006 We’re Artist Too! - CSULB, Marilyn Werby Gallery, 2006 Foundations Show- CSU Long Beach, Max L. Gatov Gallery, Ceramics Group Show 2005 Art & Soul, an exhibition on Art and Spirituality- Cal Poly Pomona, Bronco Exhibit Gallery, Group Show, 2005 Positive Space- Cal Poly Pomona, W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Art Department Senior Show, 2005 Printmaking as a Public Art- CSU Fresno, Conley Art Building, Public Art Project, 2004 Images of Summer- CSU Fresno, Lyle Gallery, Group Show, 2004 Annual 2D/ 3D Student Competition Show- Cal Poly Pomona, W.Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Student Show, 2004 Student Show- Pasadena City College, Gallery, 1998- 1998 CURITORIAL EXPERIENCE Annual Dia De Los Muertos Art Night, La Mirada High School, Since 2010 to present HOME, CSULB, Max L. Gatov Gallery (West), Art Education Student Show, 2007 |
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