ANGELICA MURO
Curriculum Vitae pdf
Education
2005 Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art (Photography/ Video/ Digital Media),
Mills College, CA
1998 Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art (Photography); Minor, Art Education, San Jose State University, CA
Academic Posts
2012-Present Assistant Professor of Integrated Media and Photography, Visual and Public Art Department, California State University
Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA
2007-2012 Lecturer, Integrated Media & Photography,
Photography as Art I & II, Digital Photography as Art I, Digital
Public Art, Methods &
Materials, Media Culture, Diverse Histories in Contemporary Art, Visiting Artist Series, Gallery Management, Service Learning,
Visual and Public Art Department, California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA
Professional Experience
2007-2009 Co-founder and Curator, Space 47, Independent Project Space, San Jose, CA: online at: www.space47gallery.com
2005-2007 Visual Arts and Education Program Coordinator, Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA), San Jose, CA
1999-2003 Gallery Coordinator, Works/San Jose, Contemporary Art and Performance Space, San Jose, CA
Selected Exhibitions
2015 " Glamorgeddon," SOMA Arts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA (Jan. 2015)2014 "Latino Art Now," MACLA, San Jose, CA
2013 “Flo Oy Wong's 75 x 75 . . . ,” Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Photo-ID,” Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
2012 “2012 ZER01 SJ Biennial, Chico & Chang," San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
“You’re Breathing in It: Exploring the Studio and Alternative Art Strategies,” Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
“Finos Detalles," Ruth's Table, San Francisco, CA
“Domestic Disobedience," San Diego Mesa College, San Diego, CA
2011 “Chico & Chang: A Look at the Impact of Latino and Asian Cultures on California's Visual Landscape,”
Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
“ChicaChic: La Nueva Onda/The New Wave of Chicana Art,” California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
“ChicaChic: La Nueva Onda/The New
Wave of Chicana Art Public Art Campaign,” Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) & Muni Metro
Stations: San
Francisco, Oakland, Colma, original posters funded by a grant from the National
Endowment for the Arts,
San Francisco, CA
2010 “Packing Heat,” Slang AIR Third Residency, Slanguage Studio, Wilmington, CA.
“All Over the Map, a project by Annika Marie and Dr. Moira Roth,” Poor Farm, Little Wolf, Wisconsin
“Better to die on my feet,” Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
“La Pachanga: A Joyful Remembrance Exhibition,” curated by Dr. Amalia Mesa Bains, National Steinbeck Center,
Salinas, CA
2009 “Laced Soles: An Exhibition of Custom Sneakers,” a Slanguage Studio production curated by Karla Diaz, Harbor Town Barbershop,
San Pedro, CA
“Strange Hope: An Ephemeral Exhibition Celebrating New Beginning and Creative Economies,”
Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA
2008 “M.A.P. (Mentoring Artist Program): featuring work by Jaime Sanchez and Angelica Muro,Space 47, San Jose, CA
“Pachanga 2008,” Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA
“Goodbuy: Cruel World,” Space 47, San Jose, CA
2007 “Feel the Difference: Cultural Branding Re-mix,” WORKS/San Jose, San Jose, CA
“Pistolitas de Azcar: Cultura, Pop y Whimsy,” curated by Raquel DeAnda, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA
“INTERSTICE,”University of Miami, CAS Gallery, Miami, Florida
“Pachanga 2007,” Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco2006 “Ao Dai: A modern Design Coming of Age,” San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
“Our Space: Youth Narratives,” a collaboration with One Economy and Mercy
Housing/Plaza Maria, andfunded by the John S.
and James L. Knight Foundation, MACLA, San Jose, CA
“Project Row Houses Round
24, Arts Culture and Community: Building Bridges for Equity,” Project Row
House, Houston, Texas
“Desastre,” collaborative works with Juan Luna-Avin, Mohr Gallery, Mountain View, CA
2005 “Intersections: Reflections of Home and Migration,” Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, CA
“Mills College Masters of Fine Art Exhibition,” Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
“Bustin’ Out,” MACLA, San Jose, CA
2004 “Blue,” Works/San Jose, San Jose Contemporary Art and Performance Space, San Jose, CA
“Landscapes,” D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, CA
“7th Biennial Valentine Exhibit & Auction,” Sheppard Fine Art Gallery, Reno, Nevada
“Agricultural Workers: Recent Drawings by Angelica Muro,” Triton Museum store gallery, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “Gracias Luke,” Jesus Aguilar & Angelica Muro, Collaborative video installation, D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, CA
“Coinciding Reality,” Jesus Aguilar & Angelica Muro, Collaborative mixed media installation, XPO AnnexGallery, San Jose, CA
“Relish,” Works/San Jose, San Jose Contemporary Art and Performance Space, San Jose, CA
“Lomo Photography: A Vacant Storefront Exhibition,” Phantom Galleries, San Jose, CA
Lectures and Panel Discussions
2014 Artist Talk, CSU Summer Arts Faculty Colloquium, California State University, Monterey Bay, Seaside,
CA
Panelist, 2015-17 Cultural Arts Award Panel, Sacramento Arts Commission (SMAC), Sacramento, CA
2013 Lecture, "Cultural Branding Remix," Center for Cultural Innovation (CCA), Fresno State
Workshop, "Social Media: Youth, Power & Protest," (CCA), Fresno State
Moderator, "The Art of Design for Art"
in conversation with Joe Miller and Angelica Muro for SF Design Week in San
Jose
Empire Seven Studios, San Jose, CA
2012 Public Art Selection Panel, City of San Jose, Lake Cunningham Regional Skate
Park, Office of Cultural Affairs
Panelist, Domestic Disobedience Artist Panel Discussion, Mesa College, San Diego, CA
2011 Panelist, “Women in the Media: Righting the Story of Women,” featuring Marlene Bjornsrud, Ysabel Duron, Angelica Muro, Esther
Peralez-Dieckmann, moderated by Carla Collins of the County Office of Women’s Policy, presented by the Latina Coalition, Silicon
Valley, San Jose, CA
Panelist, “ Hieroglyph: Celebrating the Voices of Mission at Tenth,” featuring Stephen Kessler, Daniela Hurezanu, Jaime Robles,
Angelica Muro, Kris Brandenburger, California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco, CA
Artist Talk, “Chico & Chang: A Look at the Impact of Latino and Asian Cultures on California's Visual Landscape,”
moderated by Kevin B. Chen, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Panelist, “Intergenerational Panel Discussion,” featuring Angelica Muro, Patricia Rodriguez, Favianna Rodriguez, and
Lorraine García Nakata in conversation with Viva Paredes, California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco
Panelist, “La Nueva Onda/The New
Wave of Chicana Art,” featuring Ana Teresa Fernández, Angelica Muro, and
Shizu
Saldamando, in conversation with Dr. Amalia Mesa-Bains, California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco, CA
2009 Panelist, “Immigration as a Multi-generational Experience,” moderated by Kelly Sicat, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
Lecture, “Photography and Media Appropriation,” Introduction to the Study of Art and Design, School of Art and Design, San Jose State University
2008 Lecture, “Spring 2008 Visiting Artists Series,” Visual & Public Art Department, California State University, Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA
Panelist, “Talking Art: Art and Conversation at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art,” San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (SJICA), San Jose, CA
Lecture, “Photography and Media Appropriation,” Introduction to the Study
of Art and Design School of Art and Design,
San Jose State University
2007 Panelist, “Youth & Social Justice,” Do Something New! Teen Arts Conference, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
Panelist, “Pistolitas de Azucar: Cultura, Pop, and Whimsy,” Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA
2006 Artist Talk, Our Space: Youth Narratives, Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA), San Jose, CA
2005 Public
Art Selection Panel, City of San Jose,
Roosevelt Community Center, Office of Cultural Affairs
Artist Talk, “Intersections:
Reflections of Home and Migration,”Movimiento de Arte y
Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA),
San Jose, CA
Panelist, “The Formal Use of Media
Appropriation,” Society for Photographic Education (SPE), Western Regional
Conference,
San Jose State University
Artist Talk, “Bustin' Out,” gallery walk-through and conversation, Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA),
San Jose, CA
Awards/Grants/Scholarships
2014 2014 National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC) Artist Recognition for Outstanding Achievement
in the Arts and significant
contributions to Latino Arts.
2014 CSU Summer Arts Colloquium Artist, Residency: July 14-19, 2014, California State University, Monterey
Bay
2010 Multicultural Arts Leadership Initiative (MALI), a fellowship program for emerging multicultural arts leaders, Class 3, 1st Act
Silicon Valley: Art, Creativity, Technology, San Jose, CA
Slang
AIR Third Residency, Slanguage Studio,
Wilmington, CA
2009 Professional Development Grant, Center For Cultural Innovation through the Creative Capacity Fund, San Francisco, CA
2008 2008 01SJ Biennial Youth International Micro Grant, sponsored by Adobe Global Youth Voices/ Adobe Systems Inc.
ZER01 Curatorial Grant
funded by the James Irvine Foundation for Intersections
2005 Mills College Graduate Assistantship Scholarship
2004 Herringer Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Art
Trefethen Merit Award
Mills College Graduate Assistantship Scholarship
Commissions/Public Art Projects
2011 ChicaChic/BART Public Art Campaign, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, BART Transit Stations: San Francisco, Oakland, and Colma, CA
2006 Ao Dai,
mixed media video installation commissioned by the San Jose Museum of Quilts
and Textiles in Conjunction
with the exhibition Ao Dai: A modern Design
2005 William/Reed CorridorFamily Portraits Project Mural, public mural project commissioned by MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA)
O'Donnell's Gardens Photo and Digital Mural Project, digital public mural commissioned by MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA)
Curatorial Projects
2009 “A Private Rebellion: Photographs by Naciem Nikkhah,” Space 47, San Jose, CA
“San Jose Yacht Club: An Installation by Christopher Reynolds,” Mentoring Artist Program (M.A.P)
artist-in-residence, Space 47, San Jose, CA
“Stay Gold: New Works by Shizu Saldamando,” Space 47, San Jose, CA
“Participant Observer,” works by Susannah Slocum, Space 47, San Jose, CA
“Morphogenesis: New Work by Owen Schuh,” Space 47, San Jose, CA
“Tag a Log,” work by Christopher Sícat, M.A.P artist-in-residence, Space 47, San Jose, CA
“Superstation,” work by Binta Ayofemi, Space 47, San Jose, CA
2008 “68/08,” work by Binta Ayofemi, Space 47, San Jose, CA
“47 at 47: joe miller at 47 at space 47 at 1,” Space 47, San Jose, CA
“Floating Chronologies: New Work by Jesus Aguilar, “ Space 47, San Jose, CA
“Stardust: Photographic and Video Works by Arnoldo Vargas,” San Jose, CA
“Paper Trail: A collaborative Investigation of Works on Paper,” works by Nadol Pak and Chris West,San Jose, CA
“Horse Backs: New Photographs by Mimi Plumb,” Space 47, San Jose, CA
“Goodbuy: Cruel World,”
exhibition and auction of the finest artwork from up-and-coming and already
sort-of-there artists, Space 47, San Jose, CA
“The Fabulous Life of Amanda Cortez,” 01SJ Adobe Global Youth Voices Project, Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, CA
“The Biggest Most Influential Thing that has Ever Happened to Me,” work by Whitney Aiken, 01SJ Adobe Global Youth Voices Project, removed from the Tech Museum of Innovation and later installed at WORKS/San Jose, CA
“The New Chinatown Barbershop Quartet Series,” guest curated by Karla Diaz, SubZero Festival, Space 47, San Jose, CA
“Mario Ybarra Jr.'s Black Squirrel Society,”in conjunction with th New Chinatown Barbershop, SubZero Festival, 2nd Biennial 01SJ Global Festival on the Edge, Space 47, San Jose, CA
“Singh’s
Landromat Performances and Readings,” SubZero Festival, 2nd Biennial
01SJ Global Festival on the Edge, Space 47,
San Jose, CA
“Help
is on the Way,” public art installation by Saul Alvarez, in conjunction with the New Chinatown
Barbershop Quartet, SubZero Festival, 2nd Biennial 01SJ Global
Festival on the Edge, Space 47, San Jose,
CA
“Wield the Weapon or Else Seize the Means,” public art installation by James Melinat, in conjunction with the New Chinatown Barbershop Quartet, SubZero Festival, 2nd Biennial 01SJ Global Festival on the Edge, Space 47, San Jose, CA
“Pinteraction No. 1 by Evelyn Serrano,” public performance in conjunction with the New Chinatown Barbershop Quartet, SubZero Festival, 2nd Biennial 01SJ Global Festival on the Edge, Space 47, San Jose, CA
“Cum On, Feel the Noize,” public video screening co-curated by Julio César Morales, Queen’s Nails Annex, SubZero Festival, 2nd
Biennial 01SJ Global Festival on the Edge, Space 47, San Jose, CA
“Live
Painting by Sean Boyles,” public performance, SubZero Festival, 2nd Biennial
01SJ Global Festival on the Edge, Space 47,
San Jose, CA
2007 “Feel
the Difference: Cultural Branding Re-mix,” Works/San Jose Art and Performance
Space, San Jose, CA.
“Apoptosis: New Work by Taro Hattori Exhibition,” Space 47, San Jose, CA