Vida En Color
Schedule
Fri May 17 2024 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm
Location
519 South “C” Street, Oxnard, CA 93030 | Oxnard, CA
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Vida en ColorOxnard College Portfolio Development & Gallery Presentation Class Student Exhibit
Opening Reception: Friday, May 17, 2024 | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Regular Hours: May 20 to May 31 | Monday through Friday | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Location: 519 South C Street, Downtown, Oxnard, CA, 93030
Contact Info: [email protected]
Guest Curator: Yi Gao
“Vida en Color” is a student-organized group exhibition consisting of artwork created in the Oxnard College Portfolio and Gallery Presentation course. This one semester class gives students the opportunity to make work with complete creative freedom to fortify their college, gallery and/or professional portfolios, and equip them with experience in creating professional artist documents, studying relevant art interests, and collaborating to organize their own gallery reception.
Our student artists come from disparate cultural backgrounds, but many of them share similarities in their lives by being first-generation upper division art students with a majority of Hispanic/Latin American descent. There is a collective sense of joy to represent and celebrate these various identities among the student artists. The bodies of work display a range of mediums embodying the unique perspectives of each student. “Vida en Color'' reflects not only the vibrancy of colors in several of the works, but also the diversity of thought and emotion. The show represents a range of values and hues reflecting the concepts, moods and outlooks of each artists’ works; at times bright and celebratory and at others challenging or pensive, but always an honest representation of these burgeoning artists at this stage of their lives and careers.
A warm thanks to Abel Magana for allowing our students to exhibit at the venue. Another special thanks to Yi Gao for guest curating the artworks on display
Featuring works by : Abby Diana Aglipay, Alec Ballard, Shianne Burton, Angel Catalan, Gabriela Cortez, Marvin Frausto, Angel Garcia, Natalia Guillen, Davis Jackson Ana Lona, Makayla May Camberos, Cesar Meza, Mariah Nunez, Andrea Ocampo Giles, Eddie Perez, Melody Ruiz Galeana, Isabella Salinas, Guadalupe Silva, Israel Tapia, Luis Tapia, and Emily Yamazaki
About Guest Curator Yi Gao:
Yi Gao (b. 1988, Nanjing, China) currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. She received her MFA in Painting and Drawing at the University of California in Los Angeles (2023) and her BFA from Otis College of Art and Design (2012). Prior to being admitted to Otis she studied art at Oxnard College.
Gao is the recipient of the Martha Alf Foundation Grant (2022), the Helen Frankenthaler Scholarship (2022-2023), and the Edna and Yu-Shan Han Award (2021-2022). She has had solo exhibitions at LAN Art Gallery in Shenzhen, China (2019) and group exhibitions at The Mistake Room in Los Angeles, CA (2023); NewWight Gallery in Los Angeles, CA (2023); Reena Spaulings Fine Art in Los Angeles, CA (2022); LADIES’ ROOM in Los Angeles, CA (2022); and Connoisseur Art Gallery in Hong Kong (2017).
Although this exhibition features students from the Oxnard College Art program, this community event is not officially sanctioned by Oxnard College.
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Where is it happening?
519 South “C” Street, Oxnard, CA 93030, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
