JOSE ARENAS
b. 1971, San Jose, CA
Lives and works in Davis, California
Education
Master of Fine Arts, University of California Davis, Davis CA, 2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 1996
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2019 A Place in Mind, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2018 Wayfinder, Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer, Woodland, CA
2014 Transient Nature, Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
2012 Memory Laden, Yace Gallery, New York, NY
2010 American Pastiche, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2009 Colonia, Krause Center for Innovation, Los Altos Hills, CA
2006 Here & There, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2005 Sea Change, Krause Center for Innovation, Los Altos Hills, CA
2002 Person, Place, or Thing, Center for the Arts, Point Arena, CA
2000 Mexicatessence, Rasmussin Gallery, Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA
200 Geography, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 Inside out, Pangea, Point Arena, CA
Select Group Exhibitions
2016:
Valentine, Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
Latino Art Now! MACLA / Movimiento de Arte Y Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, CA
Benefit Exhibition / Art Connects New York, Christie´s, New York, NY
2015
Unearthing Roots, Foraging Self, NARS Gallery, New York, NY
Faculty Exhibition, KAM / Kingsborough Art Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Winter Group Exhibition, AHA Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
2014
California Dreaming, Cindy Rucker Gallery, New York, NY
Staycation, Ground Floor Gallery, New York, NY
Dime Bag Show, The End is Near, New York, NY
Undercurrents, Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA
2013
DUMBO Arts, Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
Stuck / Pop Up, Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
2012
Permanent Collection, Nancy Margolis, New York, NY
Gavel, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
Dexterity, Love and Luxe, San Francisco, CA
Brooklyn Museum/GO, NARS Gallery / NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Recess, Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
2011
Navigations of the Fantastic, MACLA/Movimiento de Arte Y Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, CA
Twenty Six Reasons, Jimmie Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Identity Shift: Migration, Identity, & Belonging, Arcilesi Fine Art & Gowanus Print Lab, New York, NY
Take Me Home, Arcilesi Fine Art, New York, NY Bridges, Trees, Treasure Trails, NARS Gallery / NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Surreptitious Fondness, NARS Gallery / NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Ready, Set, Create, NARS Gallery / NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Winter 1 Exhibit Art Basel, Midtown 4 Gallery, Miami, FL
Monotype Marathon, ICA / The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Chicana/Chicano Biennial, MACLA / Movimiento de Arte Y Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, CA
2008
Tortilla Curtain, Krause Center for Innovation / Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA
2007
Relativity, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
Allegory, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2006
Flight Patterns, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2005
Triptych, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
Lux, Encantada, San Francisco, CA
New Faces, Hang Art, San Francisco, CA
2004
Slippage: Wording the Thought Bubble, Works San Jose Gallery, San Jose, CA
Storytellers, Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA
Silent Auction, MACLA / Movimiento de Arte Y Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, CA
2003
Brown Bag Lunch, Ajax Gallery , San Francisco, CA
Silent Auction, Works San Jose Gallery, San Jose, CA
Silent Auction, MACLA / Movimiento de Arte Y Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, CA
2002
Exquisite Day Project, Plus Ultra Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Panorama, Gallery 69, San Francisco, CA
Evac, Ajax Gallery , San Francisco, CA
2002
Between Two Trees, Creative Arts Center Gallery, Sunnyvale, CA
Angel Island, Euphrat Museum, DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA
Faculty Exhibition, Euphrat Museum, DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA
2000
Silent Auction, SMOVA / Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
The Fortune Cookie Show, Uptown Arts / Artisan Square, Sacramento, CA
1999
Keep This Copy For Your Records, Memorial Union Gallery / UC Davis, Davis, CA
Blind Date, Travel Exhibit: UC Davis,CA, UC Berkeley, CA, Manchester, UK Annual Exhibition, Memorial Union Gallery, UC Davis, Davis, CA
Los Tres, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1997
Grupo Ñ Collective Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Day of The Dead: Myth and Fantasy, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996
San Francisco Open Studio, San Francisco, CA
SFAI Spring Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Three Person Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Fairs
2014
Fountain Art Fair New York, Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
2013
Scope Miami, Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
Fountain Art Fair New York, Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
2011
Fountain Art Fair New York, Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
Fountain Art Fair, Miami, Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art, New York, NY
2008
Affordable Art Fair, New York, Hang Art / San Francisco, CA
Teaching
Associate Director & Professor, Taller Arte Del Nuevo Amanecer, UC Davis, Davis, CA, 2017-present.
Associate Professor & Department Chair, Art Department, Kingsborough Community College 2015-2017
Faculty, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, NY 2010-2015
Associate Professor, Art Department, Foothill Community College, Los Altos Hills, CA, 2000-2010
Professional
Board Member, Yolo Arts, Woodland, CA 2019-present
Board Member, Art Connects New York, NY 2012-2015
Guest Curator, First Year Space, Parsons The News School for Design, New York, NY 2013
Panels, Lectures, Discussions
Guest Critic: Parsons School of Design, Ornamentation / Wallpaper Project. New York, NY, 2014
Panelist: National Chicana/Chicano Biennial, MACLA / Movimiento de Arte Y Cultura Latino- Americana, San Jose, CA, 2009
Juror: FALC Fall Fest Show, Cupertino Art League, Cupertino, CA, 2009
Guest Critic: Cupertino Art League, Cupertino, CA, 2008
Lecture & Tour: Public Mural Commission, San Jose, CA, 2008
Guest Panelist: Allegory, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA, 2007
Guest Artist Lecture: Latino Heritage Month Featured Artist Talk/ Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA, 2001
Conferences Participating Artist: Southern Graphics Conference, Chicago, Il, 2008
Faculty Search Advisor: CAA/College Art Association Conference, New York, NY, 2006
Faculty Search Advisor: CAA/College Art Association Conference, Boston, MA, 2005
Artist Panel Discussion: Arts Bridge Conference, Irvine, CA, 2004
Awards, Fellowships, Residencies
Guest Artist, Shandong University, Art and Design, Jinan, China, 2018
Guest Artist, Monotype Marathon, ICA, San Jose, CA, with Hang Art, San Francisco, CA, 2009
Residency, Pre Neo Press, Redwood City, CA, 2002
MU Scholarship Recipient, UC Davis Arts Bridge, Davis, CA, 2000
AOF Merit Grant Recipient, UC Davis, Davis, CA, 2000
Excellence Prize Recipient, Art in the Redwoods, Gualala, CA, 1995
Bibliography
Lovell Harris, “Home is where the Heart is: Jose Arenas”, SubMerge, November 19, 2019
Shoka Shafiee, “Art Exposed”, Comstock’s Magazine, October 31, 2019
Cara Buckley, “Buddy can you Spare a Studio? New York Times, March 8, 2014
Eryn K. Hylton, “Studio Visit with Jose Arenas” ArtEdgeNYC (blog), June 11, 2013
Joseph Tepper, “Five Brooklyn Artists POP” nydailynews.com, April 20, 2012
S. Paschen-May, “Go Brooklyn Art: Haynes, Bond, Arenas” Two Coats of Paint (blog), September 10, 2012
Kate Singleton, “Artist Crush: Jose Arenas,” Art Hound (blog), May 14, 2010
Nanette Wylde, “A Conversation with Jose Arenas” Whirligig (blog), January 20, 2010
Hang Artist, “In the Studio: Jose Arenas” Hang Art (blog), December 5, 2009
Sal Pizarro, “New Mural Springs to Life in Downtown San Jose”, mercurynews.com, August 5, 2009
Michael S. Grant, “Chicana/o Visions” metroactive. com, July 22, 2009
Hiya Swanhuyser, “Bee Have”, SFWeekly.com, December 31, 2009
MetGuide, “Downtown Art”, Metro Silicon Valley/ Metroguide Arts, Issue Date: July 22-28, 2009
Mary Tinney, “StoryTellers”, Los Medanos Experience, January1, 2004
Los Altos Town Crier, Los Altos, CA, Issue Date: June 20, 2003
San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA, Issue Date: March 30, 2001
Independent Coast Observer, Gualala, CA, Issue Date: May, 2002
Pacific Union College Review, Angwin, CA, Issue Date: October 7, 2001
Lodi News Sentinel, Lodi, CA, Issue Date: July 30, 1999
Publications
A Little Piece of Happiness: Paintings of Jose Arenas, Hungry Button Books, Issue Date: December 2010
Collections
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
San Francisco Art Museums, de Young, San Francisco, CA
Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA
Il and Sooim Lee, New York, NY
Foothill College Permanent Collection, Los Altos Hills, CA
Pre Neo Press, Redwood City, CA
Endeman Gallery, Gualala, CA
Commissions
Mural Commission, 1st Act Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA, 2009
Public Works Mural Commission, James Irvine Foundation, San Francisco, CA, 2003
Mural Commission, Accion Graphics, Lodi, CA, 2001
Mural Commission, James Irvine Foundation, San Francisco, CA, 1999