Curriculum Vitae

ANGEL QUESADA

PO BOX 66003

Houston, TX

77266 - 6003
artkungfu@gmail.com
323-788-9463

Born1972, Laredo, Texas


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cultural Arts Grants Reviewer, City of Austin, (June 2010), Austin, TX

Curator, Talento Bilingue de Houston, Latino Cultural Center, (May 2010 - present), Houston, TX

Art Instructor, City ArtWorks/ Art in the Schools, (Feb. 2010 - Present), Houston, TX

Professional Instructor / Adult Education Coordinator, Mexican American Cultural Center, (Apr - Sept 2009)

Production Manager - Mexic-Arte Museum, (Nov. 2005 - Jan. 2009)

River City Mural Project - Outreach Education Program (via Mexic-Arte Museum at High Risk Children's Workshop - Dove Springs, Austin, TX) - (completed two 4' x' 4' circle murals on Plywood) (Sept 2006)

Texas Curator's Roundtable and Forum Austin Museum of Art - Fall 2008

Art Preparator, National Hispanic Cultural Ctr.,(Abq,NM) (2005), Metropolitan Art Gallery(2006), Volitant Gallery(2006), Houston Art League (2008), Mexic-Arte Museum 2005 - 2008

Skills: Macintosh, MS Office, Adobe Design Ste., Public speaking, Bilingual (English & Spanish proficient read & write)

Competencies: Administrative/ Clerical, Accounts payable, Customer Service, Curator, Display design, Events Coordination, Retail, Public speaking



EDUCATION

1999 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1995 School of the Museum of Fine arts, Boston, MA

1993 Austin Community College, Austin, TX

1992 Laredo State University, Laredo, TX

1990 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX


RESIDENCIES

2007 Serie Print Project #14, Coronado Studios, Austin, TX


LECTURES

2010

Society for the Performing Arts, "Movement & Thought", Houston, TX Apr. 14th

2009

"Conversation on the Border", in collaboration with UT Performing Arts (Artes Americas) & Nortec Collective, Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX, September 24th

Dr. Garcia Public Library, 'New Chicano Art', Corpus Christi Feb. 17th

2008

Texas A & M University, 'Grad-student Critique', Corpus Christi, TX, Feb. 17th

MEX-AMERICAN CULTURAL CTR, 'Embracing Chaos - YLA#12', Austin, TX

2007

Texas A & M University, 'Grad-student Crit', Corpus Christi, TX




SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2010

Brown Planet, (Group), Invitational, Talento Bilingue de Houston, Houston, TX

Lengua Muerta, (Group), Curated by Aisen Caro-Chasin, Labotanica, Houston, TX

2009

Enmascarados, Homage to Lucha Libre, (Group), Del Rio, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, TX

Good, Bad & Altered, (Group), KSpace Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX

2008

Xmas Expo, (Group), Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX

Screened Expressions, (juried exhibit) 15 Years of the Serie Project, Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX

Los Grandes de la Miniatura, Galeria V. Alesio Centro Corporal, (Group), Saltillo, MEXICO

Enmascarados, Homage to Mexican wrestling, (Group), Pump Project, Austin, TX

Aztec to Maya Revival, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin , TX

22 to Avoid, Austin Figurative Gallery, (Group), Austin, TX

Virgen de Guadalupe, (Group), Ctr. for Mexican American Studies at UT at Austin, TX

White Buffalo Project, (Group Show), Quattro Gallery, Austin, TX 2007

Art Matters, Austin Art Alliance,(Group) - (curated by Till Richter), Austin, TX

Merciful Mother: Homenaje a Nuestra Virgen de Guadalupe,

(Curated by Lilianna Wilson) University of Texas (CMAS), Austin, TX

Painting Show, (Solo Show) Austin Figurative Gallery, Austin, TX

Serie Print Project #14,(Group Show) Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX

His Panic, Her Panic, (Group Show), Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX

Forevermore, (wedding-themed window installation), Beauty Bar, Austin, TX

2006

Juventud Desenfrenada, YLA #11, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX

Juventud Desenfrenada,Young Latino Artists#11, (Traveling Group Show), TAMU-CC Islander Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX

People's Gallery, City of Austin/ Cultural Arts Division, City Hall, Austin, TX

E.A.S.T, (Group Show), Galeria Las Americas, Austin, TX

Mi Familia, (Solo Show) Casa de Cultura, Del Rio, TX

Christmas Show, (Group Show), Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX

Temporal Happiness, (Group Show), Aved Gallery, Austin, TX

2005

Big Painting Show, (Group Show), International Center of Austin - Austin, TX

100 years of Conquest, Casa De Sousa (Historical Olvera Street), Los Angeles, CA

1993

Dia De Los Muertos/ Day of the Dead,(Group Show), Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX


CURATED EXHIBITS

2011

Season Calendar - Talento Bilingue de Houston, Houston, TX

2010

Opus, Autonomia (Group Photography Exhibit), Part of FotoFest, Talento Bilingue de Houston Latino Cultural Center, Houston, TX

2009

Obscuridad / Darkness (Group), Nov, Eastside Show Room, Austin, TX

The Feminine Matrix II (Group), Oct, Eastside Show Room, Austin, TX

The Feminine Matrix (Group), Sept, Eastside Show Room, Austin, TX

Enmascarados; Homage to Mexican wrestling, (Touring Group Show),

FEB - Casa de la Cultura, Del Rio, TX / APR - Gallista Gallery, San Antonio, TX /

MAY - El Sol Studios, San Antonio, TX / SEP - K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX

2008

Del Otro Lado (From the Other Side), JP Morgan Chase Bank-Downtown, Heritage Hall, Organized for the Art League of Houston, Houston, TX

34th Annual Student Art Show, Texas A & M, Weil Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX

Enmascarados; Homage to Mexican wrestling, (Group Show), Pump Projects, Austin, TX

Embracing Chaos, Young Latino Artists #12, Texas A & M, Weil Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX

2007

Embracing Chaos, Young Latino Artists #12, Grand Inauguration, Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX

TCTA, (Totally Cool, Totally Art), City of Austin Education Outreach Program,

(co-curator) Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX

His Panic / Her Panic, (curator), during SXSW, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX

2005

Big Painting Show, (curator) International Center of Austin - Austin, TX

 

JUROR/ PANELS

2009
Twisted Spurs, juried national exhibit, KSpace Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX

Lecture Series, "Contemporary Chicano Art," Garcia Public Library, Corpus Christi, TX

2008

Serie-Print Project Edition #15, Coronado Studios, Austin, TX

34th Annual Student Art Show, Weil Gallery, Texas A & M, Corpus Christi, TX

All People Dream - Quattro Gallery, Art Showcase by the Austin PD - Austin, TX

2007

Ceasar Chavez Memorial Project - City of Austin; Art in Public Places- (advisor) Austin, TX (appointment by COA Council member Mike Martinez)

 

MURALS

2010

"Osmo's Alligator," gourmet food truck, Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX

2009

"Pastoral Landscape," Lyons Road, (66' x 4'), Austin, TX

"Uroboros", Austin State School, Dental Building, (12' x 20'), Austin, TX

2006 - 2008

"Mural Series on North wall of Mexic-Arte Museum" (20' x 60'), 9 distinct murals, Austin, TX

2005

'Borrego de Oro', (7' x 6'), Austin, TX

'Happy Ganesh', bakery, (10' x 5'), Austin, TX

1993

"Landscape", bakery, (16' x 20'), Austin, TX


COLLECTIONS

Cheech Marin, Cultural Icon, Los Angeles, CA

Ricardo Romo, President - University of Texas at San Antonio

Gil Cardenas, Institute of Latino Studies, Provost, Notre Dame,

Carl R. McQueary, Texas Art Collector's Organization, Austin, TX

Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Norte Dame, Notre Dame, IN

Cultural Heritage Collection, Cultural Affairs - City of Austin, TX

Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX

South Texas Art Museum, Corpus Christi, TX

Coronado Studios, Austin, TX

 

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

The Wright House - Silent Auction, Set of 4 prints, AIDS support and EducatGRAPHY/ PRESion, Austin, TX

Botanical Wall Mural, 2828 Lyons Road, donated to City of Austin as Cultural Heritage Landmark, Art in Public Places Program, Nov - Dec 2009

Mexic-Arte Museum, Annual Fundraiser, 3 small print set, Janurary 2008

Share our Strength's "Taste of the Nation", silent Auction; Anti Hunger campaign,

chair art - design, August 22, 2007

Unicef - Fundraiser, silent Auction, donated a print, June 20, 2007

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY/ PRESS

2010

KUHF 88.7 FM- "The Front Row", "Opus, Autonomia," (Radio Interview)

Houston Press - "Opus, Autonomia", April 8, 2010, Houston, Tx

Todo Austin Magazine - 'According to the Artist', January 27, 2010, Austin, Tx

2008 - 2009

InSite Magazine - 'Eastside Austin Art Scene', Calvin Johns, December 2009

The Austin Times - 'Eastside Artists asking for Community Impunity', Victoria Garza (Editor), November 19, 2009

Austin Chronicle, 'Eastside Artists Jailed over Mural', Abe Louise Young, November 13, 2009

KVUE - 'Austin Artists Arrested for Grafitti', Noelle Newton, November 16, 2009 ((television)

KXAN - 'Artists pleading case against Grafitti', Matt Flener, November 11, 2009 (television)

San Antonio Express-News, 'Insider Weekend - Masked & Dangerous,'

Ed Silva, May 1, 2009, San Antonio, TX

San Antonio Express-News, "Inside Weekender - Masked & Dangerous," Ed Silva, May 1, 2009, San Antonio, TX

SA Current, Sarah Fisch, "Critic's Pick," April 10th, 2009, San Antonio, TX

The Texas Observer, Sarah Wimer, Book Review, "A Bimusical Mind", Austin, TX

AUSTIN-ist, Laura Hensley, 'Inspired Frenzy: Enmascarados: An Homage to Lucha Libre Opens at Pump Project', Sept. 25, 2008, Austin, TX

Might be Good, Issue #110 -'Do It Yourself', Alvaro Ibarra,

'Enmascarados' , November 14, 2008, Austin, TX

XLENT, American-Statesman Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, 'Homage to Lucha Libre, September 25, 2008

Austin Chronicle, Salvador Castillo,'YLA# 12: Embracing Chaos,' November 8, 2007

Ahora Si, Tania Lara, 'Dia de los Muertos, Que Significa?', (interview), November 1, 2007

Austin American-Statesman, Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin, 'A pair of exhibits shows the past and present of Latino Arts,' October 4, 2007

Ahora Si, Ralph Barrera, 'Nuestra Gente', photo insert with caption advertising YLA#11, September 21, 2007

Austin Chronicle, Belinda Acosta, 'Carlos Pineda & the YLA Exhibit,' September 14, 2007

XLENT, Austin American-Statesman, Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin, 'Enter the Art; Thinking Deliberately, bringing Chaos' Fall Arts Preview-feature; interview, September 6, 2007

Austin American-Statesman, (Metro & State section), 'Decorating for the Dead', lifestyle photo with caption painting mural, October 12, 2007

American-Statesman, Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, 'East Austin warehouse gallery, traditional figurative painting flourishes 21st-century style,' August 09, 2007

Austin Chronicle, Wayne Alan Brenner, 'Spanking the Figurative: A new Austin gallery captures dancers with paint,' August 10, 2007

Austin Chronicle, Rachel Koper, 'Talented if not Young,' September 15, 2006

Austin Monthly Magazine, Till Richter, 'The Fine Art of Austin,' September 1, 2006

XLENT; The Austin-American Statesman, Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin, 'Latino Exhibits Aesthetics look beyond cultural Identity,' August 31, 2006

Del Rio-News Herald, Bill Sontag, Del Rio LIVE! , 'Art Exhibit at Casa de la Cultura', August 4, 2006

 


BLOGS/ ONLINE ARTICLES

2009 - 2010

angelquesada.com (all broadcasted events)

2008

Artshound (Del Otro Lado)

Chron.com (Del Otro Lado)

ArtBeat (Del Otro Lado)

KUT - 'My Kid Could Draw That' - live radio interview (Enmascarados)

2007

Cantanker Arts Quarterly (YLA 12)

Austin Chronicle (YLA 11) , (YLA 12)

XLENT- Aus.Amer. Statesman (YLA 11) , (YLA 12),

(Enmascarados)

Fluent-Collaborative, (Enmascarados)

2006

Glasstire (YLA 11), (YLA 12), (Enmascarados), (Del Otro Lado)

Litheblast (YLA 11)

Bout What I Sees (YLA 11), (YlA 12)

El Arte y La Vida (YLA 11)

University of Houston photo-digital Blog (YLA 12)

KOOP - 'Art with Erin Ripley' live radio interview (YLA 12)