Article about Reinventing Memory

Many thanks to journalist Sam Attal from The Advocate at Contra Costa College for writing a story on our exhibition in the Eddie Rhodes gallery. Here's the link for you to read the story.

Also, this is the last week to see the exhibition as we will de-install on Friday, February 20th. Here is one of my favorite images by Mark Lindsay from the exhibition. I also love Philip's work but I don't have any images of the work from the exhibition. Check out his website by clicking here.

Reinventing Memory: Photographic Explorations

You're invited to the opening reception of Reinventing Memory: Photographic Explorations by Mark Lindsay, Philip Ringler and yours truly on Thursday, January 29th from 6:30 - 8:30 pm. The exhibition is on view at the Eddie Rhodes Gallery in the Art Building at Contra Costa College in San Pablo. Click here for directions to the campus.

I feel very fortunate to be exhibiting work with two wonderful artists and colleagues who push the boundaries of photographic expression. Mark creates beautiful black and white photos utilizing old family snapshots, combining these with his own landscape images. Philip works with traditional darkroom techniques to create large scale photos (approximately 5' high) of familiar places that speak to the human condition. I'll be showing new prints from my work on the feminicides.

I hope you can make it!

Reinventing Memory: Photographic Explorations

Next week, I'll be exhibiting artwork with two wonderful artists and friends, Mark Lindsay and Philip Ringler. Our show Reinventing Memory: Photographic Explorations will open at the Eddie Rhodes Gallery in the Art Department at Contra Costa College. The college is located at 2600 Mission Bell Dr. in San Pablo.

Join us for our opening reception on Thursday, January 29th in the evening. More details to follow...

Proper Behavior, Damas Malcriadas

I know it's been a long time since my last post but I want to invite all of you to swing by the 2nd floor of the Rosenberg Library at City College of San Francisco to view my latest exhibition, Proper Behavior, Damas Malcriadas (Ill-Bred Ladies, Buen Comportamiento). For this exhibition, I collaborated with my friend and fellow artist, Heidi Forssell. Heidi's two self-portraits, Support System and Fixed Perspective are featured in the show along with a series of new works that I created on silk and two collaborative pieces.

Below is our statement for the show:
As artists and women, we are deeply concerned with the societal value of women. In this exhibition, we seek to address the ways in which women are valued and defined while exploring the tension between external representations of women and real women’s realities. In our work, we each utilize humor and earnestness to delve into preconceptions about women’s roles in society while examining the stereotypical objectification of women. We both aim to throw a wrench at the societal values that distort and misrepresent us in an effort to create critical dialogue and alternative feminine identities for all women. We hope to inspire laughter, curiosity, skepticism, hope and action.

¡Salud! exhibition

I have some artwork on exhibit at the Women's Cancer Resource Center in Oakland. This Saturday, September 6th in the afternoon, the center will host an art opening along with a health fair for the Latino community.

See details below:

¡Salud! A Celebration of Latino Art, Health & Community

This Latino Heritage Month event features a health and art fair with cancer and health information in English and Spanish; a visual art show with art by more than twelve local Latino artists; free snacks; Latin American music and performance by La Peña Community Chorus and Jesus Guillen; a nutrition presentation (in Spanish) by Laura Brainin-Rodriguez M.P.H., a free raffle and other information fromlocal organizations including: The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society,Women’s Cancer Resource Center, Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic,American Cancer Society, Women’s Health Rights Coalition-ACCESS,Community Resources for Independent Living, Center for Elders Independence, Bay Area Legal Aid, Federal Dept. of Agriculture, Street Level Health Project, MASA, Project Open Hand, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, National Bone Marrow Donor Program, Women’s Initiative/ALAS, Farmacia Remedios, Northern California Cancer Center, Shanti, Breast Cancer Action & more

VISUAL ARTISTS: Fernando Reyes, Cristian Guerrero, Laila Espinoza, Kristina Lovato-Hermann, Luz Marina Ruiz, Michael Arbulu, Rosa Valdez, Querido Galdo, Gabriela Nuñez, Gabriel Navar, Rachelanne Palacios, Mica Valdez, Corazon del Pueblo, Estudio Martita, Las Comadres and more.

DATE: Saturday, September 6th, 2008

TIME: 10 AM – 2 PM

LOCATION: Women’s Cancer Resource Center (WCRC), 5741 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland CA 94609

This event is intended to promote awareness of health and cancer in Latino communities and to promote Latina Services at these organizations including support groups, information, social services and a variety of complementary treatments such as acupuncture,massage, and herbs. We also want to celebrate our culture and community. Everyone is welcome to attend.

More Photos!

Photos from my MFA Exhibition

These are some of the photos from my recent MFA exhibition. The installation photos were taken by local photographer, Sibila Savage. She's fabulous and easy to work with. Malik Johnson, Sibila's assistant did an incredible job with Photoshop on the images with the video installations. More info to come about the other works featured.