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		born 1975; Lima, Peru Education 2004 New Genres, San Francisco Art Institute / M.F.A. 1999 Studio Art, University of Maryland / B.A. 1999 American University Grants/Awards 2006-2007 Workspace Program, Artist-in-Residence, Jamaica Center for the Arts & Learning, Queens, NY 2005 1st Place Prize, 3rd National Juried Exhibition, Galeria Galou, Brooklyn, NY 2003 Young Artist Award, Trawick Prize, Bethesda, MD 2002 2nd Place Prize, Latin Americans in DC, Latin American Cultural Space, Washington,DC 2002-2003 Visual Artist Fellowship, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities 2000-2004 Merit Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute Solo Exhibitions 2007 • Descendants of Ascension, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Queens, NY, Curator: Heng-Gil Han • Contemporary Fine Art Projects, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA • Descendants of Ascension, G Fine Art, Washington, DC 2006 • Documentos, Barbara Walters Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY 2005 • Ghost Signatures, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA • Underwriting, G Fine Art, Washington, DC 2002 • Lack of Light Will Get You Down, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC, Curator: Stephanie Ellis, Faculty, San Francisco Art Institute, (catalogue) Group Exhibitions 2007 • Drift, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY, Curator: Eileen Olivieri Torpey • Body of/at Work, NurtureArt, Brooklyn, NY, Curator: Brian Balderston • Line (Drawing), Queens Library Gallery, Queens, NY, Curator: Juliana Driever • Art Agora, Instituto Cervantes / El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, Curator: Elvis Fuentes • One Word Project, Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC, Curator: J.T. Kirkland • Nightwatchers, Winslow Garage, Los Angeles, CA, Curator: Mechele Manno • The (S) Files - El Museo’s Bienal, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, Curators: Elvis Fuentes & E. Carmen Ramos (catalogue) • FCK YOU / COMMENTARY, CRITICISM, Yacht Club Gallery, Detroit, MI, Curator: Ann Gordon • Directions: Contemporary Latino Art, Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC, Curators: Irene Clouthier & Laura Roulet (catalogue) 2006* • Black Now, Longwood Arts Project, Bronx, NY, Curator: Fred Wilson • Adaptations, D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival, Brooklyn, NY, Curator: Felicity Hogan • Take Me to the River, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX (catalogue) • Art Not Ads, Street Scenes: Public Art Project, Washington, DC, Curator: Welmoed Laanstra • Impressive Nature, 1015 Folsom, San Francisco, CA, Curator: Tony Labat, Chair, New Genres Department, San Francisco Art Institute • After Effects, WPA\Corcoran Experimental Media Series, Washington, DC, Curator: Kathryn Cornelius 2005 • Wall Mountables, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC • Change Methods: Hip-Hop, Social Change and Global Influences, Provisions, Washington, DC • 3rd National Juried Exhibition, Galeria Galou, Brooklyn, NY, Jurors: Thierry Alet, Director of Exhibitions, Frere Independent, Dean Daderko, Independent Curator, Susan Hoeltzel, Director, Lehman College Art Gallery • Take Me to the River, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa, Curator: Vivienne Lassman (catalogue) • Group Show, Cublicle10, Baltimore, MD 2004 • Omni Art (during ArtBasel Miami Beach), Curator: Mario Cader-Frech • DC Now, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, Curator: Stacey Schmidt, Associate Curator, Corcoran Gallery of Art (catalogue) • Plastic Tactics, Artscape, Baltimore, MD, Curator: Andrea Pollan, Director, Curator’s Office • M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute • Group Show, G Fine Art, Washington, DC • Scope, G Fine Art, New York, NY 2003 • Resolutionz, Signal66, Washington, DC • Easy Dubbing (during ArtBasel Miami Beach), Curator: Mario Cader-Frech • Trawick Prize, Creative Partners Gallery, Bethesda, MD, Jurors: Jonathan Binstock, Curator, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Deborah McLeod, Director, McLean Project for the Arts and Margarida Kendall Hull, Artist • Space Invaders, Penrose Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Temple University • Danger, L.H. Horton Gallery, San Joaquin Community College, Curators: John Bonick and Rob Keller, Artists • Continuing M.F.A. Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute • Strictly Painting IV, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA, Jurors: Sarah Finlay, Director, Fusebox and Deborah McLeod, Director, McLean Project for the Arts • Take Me to the River, Millenium Arts Center, Washington, DC • BaBa, Signal66, Washington, DC 2002 • Take Me to the River, El Hanager Gallery, Cairo, Egypt • Take Me to the River, The Opera Gallery, Cairo, Egypt • Evocative III, Markham Vineyards Gallery, St. Helena, CA, Curator: Nancy Willis, Artist • Auction, Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran, Washington, DC, Curator: Sarah Tanguy, Independent Curator (catalogue) • Latin Americans in DC, Latin American Cultural Space, Jurors: Annie Adjchavanich, Director, Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran and Michael Clark, Director, MOCA DC 2001 • Distance, Decatur Blue, Washington, DC • Five Things Unplugged, WPA/Corcoran and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC • Lucky 7, Millenium Arts Center, Washington, DC, Curator: Annie Adjchavanich, Director, Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran • Continuing MFA Show, Diego RIvera Gallery, San Francisco, CA • Talavera’s Review, Decatur Blue, Washington, DC 2000 • Penta Luna, Decatur Blue, Washington, DC • New Talent, Signal66, Washington, DC, Juried • Inaugural Show, Decatur Blue, Washington, DC 1999 • Escalate, Antennae Gallery, Washington, DC • Auction, Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran, Washington, DC (catalogue) • New Talent, Signal66, Washington, DC, Juried Exhibitions Curated 2007 • Mind Over Manner, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY • Freaks of Nature, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY 2006 • Appropriately Yours, Transformer Gallery, Washington, DC • Concrete Domain, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY 2004 • Barely Legal: Danger, Signal66 , Washington, DC • San Francisco Video Artist’s Festival, San Francisco Art Institute 2002 • Db Sides, Decatur Blue and WPA/Corcoran, Warehouse, Washington, DC (catalogue) • Eleven Bulls, Decatur Blue, Washington, DC • Dogs, Decatur Blue, Washington, DC 2001 • Panoramic Surveillance, Decatur Blue, Washington, DC • The Zipper, Decatur Blue, Washington, DC • Talavera’s Review, Decatur Blue, Washington, DC • Fumes, Decatur Blue, Washington, DC 2000 • Dauxbs, Decatur Blue, Washington, DC • See You in September, Decatur Blue, Washington, DC • Pyre, Decatur Blue, Washington, DC • Mythology, Decatur Blue, Washington, DC Collections • Starwood Urban Investments, Miami, FL • Barrick Gaming Corporation, Las Vegas, NV • DC Commission on the Arts and Humanitites, Washington, DC • Core Group, Washington, DC • SAP Software, Washington, DC • Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Washington, DC