Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Columbia College, Chicago

Art Exhibitions
Solo/Two Person Shows
2007 -Urban Recline, two person show with Adriana Baltazar, Polvo
--------Two person show with Edra Soto, Mighty Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
2005 - Polvo, Chicago
2001 - Café Jumping Bean, Chicago
1998 - "Vesica Piscis" Prospectus Art Gallery, Chicago
1997 - Casa de Arte y Cultura, Chicago

Group Shows
2008 - Landscapes of Experience and Imaginations, Kranner Art Museum, Champaign, IL
--------- Chupacabras, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago
2007 - Snowball benefit, ThreeWalls, Chicago
--------- Just for you..., Deadline Projects, Chicago
--------- ArtXposium, West Chicago
--------- The Artist Project, Merchandise Mart
2006 - Pool Art Fair, Miami, Florida
--------- Milwaukee International Art Fair, Wisconsin
--------- Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston, Texas
--------- Romantico, group show, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 – The Casket Factory, Dallas, Texas
--------- The Art of the Book, University of Missouri, S. Louis, MI
--------- The 7th Psychedelic Revolution Art Happening, Mars Gallery, Chicago
--------- VU Art Space, Melbourne, Australia
--------- City selection, Tourism Center, Chicago
--------- Function Variable, Barcelona, Spain
2004 – Art Against Aids, Barcelona, Spain
--------- Artists Respond to War, Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, IL
--------- Orleans Gallery, St. Charles, IL
--------- Stray Show, Chicago, IL
--------- Corosh, Chicago, IL
2004 - Tu casa es mi casa: artists respond to gentrification, Polvo, Chicago, IL
--------- Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL
2003 - Stuff my stocking, Fleur Gallery, Chicago, IL
--------- Winter festival, Chicago Arts District, Chicago, IL
--------- Galeria El Puente, Juchitan, Oaxaca, Mex.
--------- Fall festival, Chicago Arts District, Chicago, IL
--------- XI Art Solidari(Art Against AIDS), Casa Can Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
--------- Malcolm X College, Chicago, IL
--------- Chicago Athletic Club, Chicago, IL
--------- Butcher Shop, Chicago, IL
--------- ArtBoat 2003, Chicago, IL
--------- Terrorist Art: Protesting War, Polvo, Chicago, IL
2002 - Elements "earth", Centro Civico de Barceloneta, Barcelona, Spain
--------- X Art Solidari(Art Against AIDS), Casa Elizalde, Barcelona, Spain
--------- Around the Coyote, Collage Gallery, Chicago, IL
--------- ATL group, Arte de Mexico Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 - IX Art Solidari(Arte contra el SIDA), Casa Elizalde, Barcelona, Spain
--------- Day of the Dead, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago
--------- MIRA art exhibit, Athenaeum Museum, Schamburg, IL
--------- Day of the Dead, Café Jumping Bean, Chicago
--------- Group Show, Triton College, Melrose Park, IL
--------- Fragments, Café Sol, Chicago
--------- Latino Art, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
2000 - two person show with Edgar Serrano, Teocalli, Chicago
--------- "group show", Casa de la Cultura, Juchitán, Oaxaca
--------- "Un origen...diversos caminos", Galeria Arte de Mexico
--------- "caras de la vida y la muerte", Athenaeum Museum, Schamburg, IL
1999 - "arte de Chicago", Chicago State University
--------- "art of memory", Aldo Castillo Gallery
--------- "Cristos" Galeria Arte Mexicano
--------- "art for the next millennium", Polvo Multimedia Art Space
--------- "mariposa oscura", Columbia College
1998 - "1968-1998", Taller Mestizarte
--------- "Reflections", Triton College
--------- "Tribute", Prospectus Art Gallery
1997 - "O' Maker",Casa de Arte y Cultura
--------- "History of Pilsen", Chicago Historical Society
1996 - "Beans and White Rice", Near Northwest Arts Council
--------- "Hasta que se me prendio el foco",Casa de Arte y Cultura
1995 - "The Other Side of Lunacy", Casa de Arte y Cultura
--------- "187 - With or Without you ", Roberto Lopez Gallery
--------- "187 - With or Without you", Malcolm X College
--------- "Christmas show", Byron Roche Gallery
1994 - "Unknown Chicago", Gallery 312
1993 - "The Other Side of Lunacy", Calles y Sueños
1992 - "500 years of Anti- Colonial resistance",Galeria FridaKhalo, Mex.
--------- "Group Show", Galeria Municipal, Aguascalientes, Mex.
--------- "Variations on a theme",Near Nortwest Arts Council
--------- "Endangered Art", MWMWM Gallery

Publications
2003 featured artist - Contratiempo Literary Magazine
2001 “Generacion ” - Art magazine from Mexico
2000 “La Bamba ” - Book on art published by the Mexican Consulate in Chicago
1999 “Frontera Literary Review ” - Book on art and poetry
1998 “Zorros y Erizos ” - designed art and literature magazine
1996 Inphobia Magazine - magazine cover illustration

Professional Affiliations
1996-2007 Polvo - founded and run art/web magazine/alternative space
1997-2000 Taller Mestizarte - graphic art workshop member

Press
2007 - featured in centerstagechicago.com
-------- interviewed in culturalchicago.com
-------- featured in Chicago Magazine
2006 - Miguel Cortez article in New City
2006 - interview in AREA Magazine
2006 - interview in CenterstageChicago.com
2006 - Artwork reviewed in ARTUS, an art magazine from California
2005 - interview and featured in Contratiempo Magazine(in spanish)
2004 – A Closer Look, Chicago Artist’s Coalition Newspaper
2004 – The Other Artists’ Colony, Chicago Social Magazine
2004 – Blacklist Magazine
2003 – Low Rider Show, Hoy Newspaper
2003 – A Tale of Two Pilsens, Clamor Magazine
2003 – Terrorist Art, Columbia Chronicle