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Ed Gomez received his BFA from Arizona State University in 1999 and his MFA from the Otis College of Art and Design in 2003. Mr. Gomez’s interdisciplinary art practice revolves around the questioning of exhibition practices, institutional framework, and historical models of artistic production. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally and his practice includes abstract and representational painting, printmaking, graphic design, video, and three-dimensional work, as well as conceptual models of art-making. Professor Gomez is also an accomplished curator and has organized and curated national, international, and traveling art exhibitions. In 2006, he co-founded the MexiCali Biennial, a bi-national art and music program addressing the region of the US-Mexico border, for which he is currently a director and co-president. This project serves not only as a curatorial project but also a satirical statement to the abundance of biennials occurring around the globe and the impact they have on the art community. He is also currently an Associate Professor in Studio Art at California State University, San Bernardino.
MFA 2003
Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, California
BFA 1999
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
Fine Art Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Horsemen, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, San Bernardino, CA
2016 Horsemen, Steppling Art Gallery, San Diego State University, IVC
2009 Dissuading Passage, Open Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Americanista, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Ed Gomez, Eyelounge Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2006 release, Slanguage The New Chinatown Barber Shop, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Truth Tables, Art One Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND ARTIST TALKS
2020
Side Effects //Efectos Secundarios, collaborative exhibition project by i21 Project Space and Steppling Art Gallery, curated by Luis G. Hernandez and Adrian Pereda
2019
Figura: Micro Macro, C.C.R.N. Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumünster, curated by Alison Woods and Ivana Cekovic, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Set Today/ Set Future, curated by Gül Çağın, MOD Gallery, Istanbul Turkey
Xicanx Rising, curated by Curtis Stage, Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar, CA
Repeating Fragments, Durden and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Almost Sparkling, Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin, Germany, curated by Alison Woods
Keynote Speaker, CSUSB’s annual Latin American Studies Conference: Study of the Americas, California State University, San Bernardino CA
Drawing the Invisible 100-Mile Border, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena CA
2018
Artist Talk, 4 Threads Artists + Sandy Rodriguez at the Riverside Art Museum
Los Angeles is Once Again, Temple University, Rome, Italy, curated by Camilla Boemio
KAN: The Art of Looking, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, curated by Sijia Chen and Lydia Michelle Espinoza
Spector of Documentation, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Jenny Hager
Inverted Realities, McNish Gallery, Oxnard College, curated by Gul Cagan.
SuperMarket Art Fair, Stockholm Sweden, Durden and Ray
Collectivity, Curated by Daisy McGowan, Lana Duong and David Spanbock, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, CO
Emulations, MuzeuMM, Los Angeles, CA
Dragnet 832, Durden and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
7×7 Artist Talk, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
Artists Talk: 4 Threads, Sandy Rodriguez and Ed Gomez, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2017
Entangled Loci, HilbertRaum Gallery, Berlin Germany
XYZ, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Beset On All Sides, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Round Too, curated by Max Presneill, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Collectivist Exhibition, Brand Art Center and Library, Glendale, CA
2016
Final Mas Attack, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Freakonature, Durdan and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Newbies, Durden and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
PunkPovera, curated by Amy Converse, WUHO Gallery, Hollywood, CA
2015
SUR Biennial, Rio Hondo Gallery, Whittier, CA curated by Robert Miller
Peak Experiences, at Shangrila, Joshua Tree, CA curated by Michelle Chong and
Short House
2013
Mas Attack 2, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2012
Monstros del Print, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
Conversations with…Ed Gomez, Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
WAR TEXTS, curated by Jeff Chabot, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ
Fellow Travelers, Curated by: Luis G. Hernandez, Claudia Parducci, Louisa Van Leer, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA
“Sustainability”, Gallery 411, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
2011
Drawing From Reference, Modified Art Gallery, curated by Jeff Chabot, Phoenix, AZ
The Bash, Co/Lab, Angel City Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
Recipient of the F.A.R., Foundation for Art Resources 2011 Artist Grant.
S.O.S., D-Block Projects, Long Beach, CA and MonOrchid, Phoenix, AZ
The Collective Show Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
“Open Storage”, D-Block Projects, Long Beach, CA
Border Art Biennial – Bienal Fronteriza de Arte, 2010, Centro Cultural Paso del Norte, Ciudad Juarez, MX curated by Rita Gonzalez and Itala Schmelz
Border Art Biennial 2010 Focus Talks, El Paso Museum of Art
2010
Border Art Biennial – Bienal Fronteriza de Arte 2010, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso TX curated by Rita Gonzalez and Itala Schmelz
WO ES WAR, SOLL ICH WERDEN!, Cabrini Gallery, Woodbury University, Burbank CA curated by Amy Pederson
Off Fence, Art Laboratory Berlin, Berlin, Germany, curated by Michelle Chong
OcSene 2010, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, curated by Grace-Kook Anderson
I.C.E. project 3 for the MexiCali Biennial 09/10, The Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2009
I.C.E. project 2 for the MexiCali Biennial 09/10, Mexicali Rose, Mexicali, Mexico
I.C.E. project 1 for the MexiCali Biennial 09/10, La Casa del Tunel Art Center, Tijuana, Mexico
MexiCali Biennial @ King King, video screening, Hollywood, CA 2
2008
MashUp, curated by Ivan Limas, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Moncia, CA
In the Round, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Whole World is Watching, Glendale Community College, Glendale, CA,
curated by Irene Tsatsos
Esta Loco pero no es Pendejo, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA curated by Matt Wardell
Northwest Passage, Armory Center for the Arts, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA
2007
ah-peh-JEE-doh, The Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
The Other Project, Cal Arts, Valencia, CA
De Pasada por Los Angeles, Atelier als Supermedium–Artists Space for Contemporary Art, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Latitude, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
Real or Imagined, 16to1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Strata 2, Sotheby’s Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Strata, Seven Degrees Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2006
MexiCali Biennial / 06, La Casa De La Tia Tina, Mexicali, B.C., México
Publish and Be Damned, ART2102, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Chain Letter, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA
Great American Nude, Harvey Levine Gallery, Culver City, CA curated by Matt Wardell
Delusionarium III, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA curated by Jesse Benson
Young Americans, 1711 N. Spring St. Los Angeles, CA, curated by Matt Wardell
2005
La Onda, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Spit, G.O.C.A.Gallery of Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
Anniversary Show, Sixteen:One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Brown on Brown, Slanguage, Wilmington, CA, curated by Mario Ybarra Jr.
Next, G.O.C.A. Gallery of Contemporary Art, Wilmington, CA
Our Bodies, Ourselves, Machine Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
On the Move, Sixteen:One Gallery, Santa Monica CA
Art Forum Lecture Series, Contemporary Issues in Art and Architecture
Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
It Doesn’t Need a Title, G.O.C.A. Gallery of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
International Underground, The Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA
Currents, Bonhams and Butter_elds Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Larger Than Life, Inshallah Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Delusionarium 1, Legacy Arts Gallery, Santa Ana, CA curated by Jesse Benson
My Secret Valentine, 700 E. 1st Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mexican Otis/ Una Familia de Artistas, Mexican Consulate, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Exchange, the University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA
6 x 6 Artists Writers Project, eyelounge gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Masters of Fine Art Thesis Exhibition, Ben Maltz Gallery
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Painting as a Site, Sixteen:One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002
Sometimes Its Dark, The Practice Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
To Believe Much More Than That The New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Westwood, CA
Mid-Residency, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2001
Ed Gomez and Amy Romanin, G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2000
Art Detour 2000, M-Gallery Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ
1999
Its Got To Be Real, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Painting Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1998
RazAmeriCosmica, M.A.R.S. Artspace, Phoenix, AZ
Blue Light Invitational, M.A.R.S. Artspace, Phoenix, AZ
1997
La Phoeniquera XVII, M.A.R.S. Artspace, Phoenix, AZ
Blue Light Invitational,M.A.R.S. Artspace, Phoenix, AZ
1993
New Artists of the Community, M.A.R.S. Artspace, Phoenix, AZ
Blue Light Invitational, M.A.R.S. Artspace, Phoenix, AZ
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2018
2018/19 MexiCali Biennial CALAFIA: Manifesting the Terrestrial Paradise, Launch Event, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
2018/19 MexiCali Biennial CALAFIA: Manifesting the Terrestrial Paradise, the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, San Bernardino, CA
Golden Empire, GOCA, Colorado Springs, CO
Emulations, curated by Ed Gomez and Brian Thomas Jones, MuzeuMM, Los Angeles, CA
2017
XYZ, with Brian Thomas Jones at Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
D-Block Projects, for FAR Bazaar 2017, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
2016
This Machine Kills_____,Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ
Notes From the Front Line, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Happening Benefit Auction, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
2012 The 2013 MexiCali Biennial, Vincent Price Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2011 S.O.S., D-Block Projects Long Beach, CA and MonOrchid, Phoenix, AZ
Open Document, D-Block Projects, Long Beach, CA
Open Storage, D-Block Projects, Long Beach, CA
2010 2009/10 MexiCali Biennial, Ben Maltz Gallery, Los Angeles,
2009 2009/10 MexiCali Biennial, Casa Del Tunel, Tijuana, México
U.A.B.C. Mexicali B.C. México, and Mexicali Rose, Mexicali B.C. México
2008 In the Round, Otis College of Art and Design 90th Anniversary Exhibition
AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 ah-peh-JEE-doh, The Center for The Arts, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
Link, G.O.C.A. Gallery of Contemporary Art, Eye Lounge, Phoenix, AZ
Real, Imagined, Sixteen:One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2006 MexiCali Biennial /06, La Casa de la Tia Tina, Mexicali, B.C. México
MexiCali Biennial/06 Chávez Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Release, G.O.C.A. Gallery of Contemporary Art, Slanguage, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Spit, G.O.C.A. Gallery of Contemporary Art, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Next, G.O.C.A. Gallery of Contemporary Art, Slanguage, Wilmington, CA
2004 It Doesn’t Need A Title, G.O.C.A., Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sixteen:One Gallery
Santa Moncia, CA
2003 Painting as a Site, Sixteen:One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1999 It’s Got to be Real, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
WRITINGS AND PUBLICATIONS
2018 13 Best Things to Do in LA This Week, ShanaNysDambrot,
https://www.laweekly.com/arts/13-best-things-to-do-in-la-this-week-9889416Datebook: A beguiling biennial, photos of life near LAX and tributes to a mythic female ruler,
Carolina Miranda, http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-datebook-made-in-la-20180607-htmlstory.html
The Mexicali Biennial Honors Calafia, Grishma Khodaria
https://www.ny-artnews.com/single-post/2018/06/15/The-Mexicali-Biennial-Honors-Calafia
The 4th Mexicali Biennial at LACE, Genie Davis
https://artandcakela.com/2018/07/06/the-4th-mexicali-biennial-at-lace/
The Mexicali Biennial Honors Calafia, the Mythical Female Warrior, Matthew Stromberg
https://hyperallergic.com/445792/mexicali-biennial-launch-2018-lace/
2017 XYZ at Durden and Ray, Art and Cake, Genie Davis, https://artandcakela.com/2017/08/25/xyz-at-durden-and-ray/
2013 Sanchez, Amy. “Cannibalizing the Biennial: Mexicali’s Binational Celebration” KCET Artbound
http://www.kcet.org June 4, 2013.
Valeria, Perasso. “En fotos: caníbales a ambos lados de la frontera” BBC Mundo online www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/ April 1, 2013.
“Critic’s Picks: April 5-11, 2013” Los Angeles Times online April 5, 2013.
Figueroa, Jesus. “Artist displays in ‘Paletas’ at ‘MexiCali Biennial’” East Los Angeles
College Campus News Features, Vol. 70 Issue 14, March 6, 2013 p. 5.
Cheh, Carol. “MexiCali Biennial 2013: Cannibalism in the New World” Featured Review www.artillerymag.com March 2013.
Figueroa, Jesus. “Cannibalism on display in “MexiCali Biennial” exhibit” East Los
Angeles College Campus News In the Spotlight. Arts, Vol. 70 Issue 2, February 27, 2013 p.5.
Walker, Alissa. “March>9 MexiCali Biennial at the Vincent Price Art Museum> Monterey
Park” designeastoflabrea.blogspot.com February 25, 2013.
Recinos, Eva. “State of the Art: Your Weekly Guide to LA’s Latino Art Openings” February
5, 2013.
“Photo Diary: The Mexicali Biennial at the Vincent Price Art Museum” c-monster.net February 4, 2013.
Knight, Christopher. “Conspicuous Consumption” Los Angeles Times Calendar page D1, D7, January 29, 2013.
Chung, Hyun Joo. “MexiCali Biennial: The Horrors of (Supposed) Oral Fixation” Arts & Entertainment www.latinola.com January 23, 2013.
Rabe, John. “Feast on the MexiCali Biennial at Vincent Price Art Museum. This year: Cannibalism” OffRamp www.scpr.org January 23, 2013.
Walker, Alissa. “Pointy boots” www.awalkerinla.com January 22, 2013. “1.19.13 MexiCali Biennial 2013 @Vincent Price Art Museum”
cafeartmusic.wordpress.com January 19, 2013.
“MexiCali Biennial 2013: Cannibalism in the New World” El Editor’s Hot Pick www.latinola.com _January 19, 2013.
“MexiCali Biennial 2013 at Vincent Price Art Museum” www.cartwheelart.com January
19, 2013.
Walker, Alissa. “Canninbalism Is the Theme of the MexiCali Biennial. But Not in the
Way You’d Think” LA WEEKLY January 17, 2013.
Recinos, Eva. “State of the Art: Your Weekly Guide to LA’s Latino Art Openings”
la.remezcla.com January 14, 2013.
Villanueva, Ivan. “MexiCali Biennial to Open January 19th” Ivanvilla.wordpress.com
Januar 10, 2013.
Tia Tenopia. “MexiCali Biennial Exhibit” www.latinopia.com January 2013.
2011 S.O.S., exhibition catalogue, published by Lulu press.
2010 Gomez, Ed, The Origins, The MexiCali Biennial as Art, OMAG, Otis College of Art and Design
Magazine, Vol. 8, 2010
Border Art Biennial 2010 exhibition catalogue, published by the El Paso Museum of Art
2009 CODEX 06/09/10 for the MexiCali Biennial by I.C.E., lulu Publishing
2008 AMERICANista, exhibition catalogue
The Wonderful Misadventures in the Waiting Mortuary, by Ed Gomez
2007 Salit Magazine, volume one / issue two
Contemporary Modernism by Pilar Tompkins Rivas, Latitude exhibition catalog
Mexicali Biennial /06 exhibition catalog
2006 Delusionarium, Grand Central Press, California State University Fullerton
OC Weekly, calendar section, Vol 11 #30. April 6, 2006
“Spat”, by Lalo Quintana, Spit G.O.C.A. exhibition catalog
“A Gallery In Your Suitcase: Artists Deal with Surveillance and Passing Post-911″
by Karla Diaz, NEXT, G.O.C.A. exhibition catalog
2005 Review of It Doesn’t Need A Title by Heath Ritch. It Doesn’t Need a Title
G.O.C.A. exhibition catalog
2004 Quintana, Eduardo. “Beyond Gomez”. RIM Magazine. No. 6, Autum 2004, 30-35.
Gomez, Ed. “PINK” RIM Magazine. No. 5, Summer 2004. 42-43.
Art Forum, Contemporary Issues in Art & Architecture, Santa Ana College,
Spring Semester, 2004, Vol. 24 Number, 2.
2002 “To Believe Much More Than That” exhibition catalog, UCLArts. 2002, October.
2000 Bates, Megan. “New Marshall in Scottsdale” The Arizona Republic. 2001, May 3, Arts & Events
38.
1997 Rockett, Darcel. “MARS Explorer.” The Arizona Republic. 1997, July 25, Weekend ed.:D1+.