 The Brown Oscars: Felicia Montenegro, 2018 | | We Choose Art and The Mezz Gallery at The Montalbán
in collaboration with bG Gallery EXHIBITION DATES: February 27 – March 12, 2018
"RED CARPET" OPENING RECEPTION: March 1, 7 - 10 pm
OSCARS AFTER PARTY, Sunday, March 4, 9 - 11 pm “The Brown Oscars exhibition will be an exploration of the Oscars and a place where Vallejo hopes to inspire, incite dialog and action about the beauty of being brown and the importance of casting and hiring people of color in Hollywood.
Like much of Linda’s work, this series opens doors to deeper conversations. The work is a celebration of Hollywood nostalgia while at the same time creating an alternate reality where color politics have been switched and past Oscar winners have all become brown.” - Om Bleicher, Director, bG Gallery |  The Brown Oscars: Los Esbirros 2018 | | | ADDITIONAL UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS | How Will Feminist Culture Engage the Future?
The Feminist Art Project @ California Arts Association Conference
USC Mudd Hall of Philosophy, Room 203
PANEL EVENT: Tuesday, February 20, 7 - 9 pm "A Universal History of Infamy"
LACMA Charles White Elementary School Gallery - PST LA/LA
ARTIST TALK: Saturday, February 23, 1:30 pm "Art Speaks! Lend Your Voice"
The Women’s Caucus for Art National Conference Art Exhibition
Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica Airport
EXHIBITION DATES: February 22—March 10
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, February 22, 5 - 8 pm | A Universal History of Infamy: Those of This America, Getty PST LA/LA Initative, LACMA Charles White Gallery, Los Angeles, CA This exhibition is a response to the current political and cultural environment. Artists considered questions: -How do you see your work participating in, or responding to, current dialogues? -How do you think about the power of art (and its limits) in reflecting and/or resisting socio-cultural-political contexts? -Over the past year, where have you derived inspiration? Solace? | Keepin' It Brown
bG Gallery - PST LA/LA Santa Monica, CA ‘Although political, “The Brown Dot Project” exudes the zen-like chill factor of Agnes Martin. The visual appeal of each pattern collides skillfully with the statistical backstory – transporting the viewer from abstraction to the realm of activist art reality.' - Lawrence Gipe
Art and Cake LA, September 2017. | Deconstructing Liberty:
A Destiny Manifested
curated by Marisa Caichiolo
Muzeo Museum - PST LA/LA Anaheim, CA The exhibit gathered contemporary artists from across Latin America to question ideas of patriotism, community, citizenship, freedom, equal rights, and activism. | | RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS | New York Times
"We Need Protests. And Paintings""
January 2018
by Héctor Tobar Excerpt: “Everyone was trying to discover their roots, who they were,” the artist Linda Vallejo told me last fall at a retrospective on the gallery’s four decades of Día de los Muertos work. Those artists helped make Day of the Dead, with its marigolds and sugar skulls, the newest addition to the pantheon of American ethnic holidays." | LA Art News
"ONE YEAR The Art of Politics in LA"
December 2017 "With “ONE YEAR,” 20 local artists, working in a variety of mediums, lay bare the emotion of the past year. Curators Joey Forsyte, Lawrence Gipe and Alex Kritselis have succeeded in channeling the power of art to reflect on what has been for many a highly confusing time. All of the artists selected for the show have a history of making political engagement integral to their artistic practices." | | EXHIBITIONS, PUBLICATIONS, & SPECIAL PROJECTS | 2017 Exhibitions A Universal History of Infamy: Those of This America, Getty PST LA/LA Initative, LACMA Charles White Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Linda Vallejo: Keepin' It Brown, Getty PST LA/LA Initative, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Imagen Angeleno, Getty PST LA/LA Initative, Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Lancaster, CA
Ghetto Gloss, The Chicana Avant-Garde 1980-2010, Getty PST LA/LA Initative, Projects, Cypress Park, CA
One Year: The Art of Politics in LA,
Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
LA/Landscapes: Real and Imagined, Getty PST LA/LA Initative, Studio Channel Islands, Channel Islands, CA
Descendants and Dissonance: Cultural Iconography in Contemporary LA, Getty PST LA/LA Initative, Salt Fine Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Deconstructing Liberty: A Destiny Manifested, 8 countries / 14 artists, Getty PST LA/LA Initative, Muzeo Museum & Cultural Center, Anaheim, CA
Weaving Cultures, ChimMaya Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Chapters: Book Arts of Southern California, The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), Los Angeles, CA
Power of the Page, New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
Animating the Archives: The Woman’s Building, Avenue 50 Studio & Metabolic Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Mujeres de Maiz: 20 Years of Artivism and Herstory en Los Angeles, anniversary retrospective exhibition, La Plaza de Arte y Cultura, Los Angeles CA
Homage to Mango Street, Strohl Art Center/Gallo Family Gallery, Chautauqua, NY
6th Chicana/o Biennial, MACLA / Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americano, San Jose, CA
Radical Home , Salt Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA, curated by Luisa Fernanda
With Liberty and Justice for Some Walter Maciel Gallery, Culver City, CA, San Francisco Commission Art Galleries, SF
Embedded Messages, Debating the Dream: Truth, Justice, and the American Way, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
Los Four Meets Los 40, curated by Abel Alejandre, Gregorio Escalante Gallery, La Bodega Gallery, and Zack de la Rocha Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fault Line, Brewery ArtWalk, Los Angeles, CA Publications We Need Protests. And Paintings, New York Times, Héctor Tobar, January 27, 2018
Signs of the Times, Vasari21, by Ann Landi, December 26
One Year: The Art of Politics in Los Angeles, LA Art News, December 8
Inside Self Help Graphics Dia De Los Muertos: A Cultural Legacy, Past Present & Future, Fabrik Magazine, Eva Recinos, Los Angeles, CA, November 2017
ONE YEAR of Living Dangerously: Political Art Comes of Age in LA, by Larry Gipe, Art and Cake LA, November 17
Self Help Graphics and the Birth of Modern Day Día de los Muertos, KCET Artbound, by Jordan Riefe, October 25
"Pick of the Week", Artillery Magazine, Annabel Osberg, Los Angeles, October 2017
Linda Vallejo's Brown Washing, The Argonaut, by Christina Campodonico, Santa Moncia, CA, October 2017
Deconstructing Liberty: A Destiny Manifested, ART AND CAKE, Liz Goldner, September 2017
Linda Vallejo “Keepin’ it Brown” bG gallery, Art and Cake LA, by Lawrence Gipe, Santa Monica, CA, September 30
Guest critic: ‘Homage to Mango Street’ channels ‘mission to promote dialogue,’ The Chautauquan Daily, by Howard Halle, editor-at-large and chief art critic for Time Out New York, July 14
Champions of Chicano Art Need to Face Reality: A Response to Cheech Marin’s New Art Center, ArtNet News, by Karen Mary Davalos, May 8
Fifteen Female Artists Who Shaped the L.A. Artscene, Eva Recinos, LA Weekly, April 2017
ANew Exhibit Traces the Influence of Zines and Books on L.A.’s Art Scene, LA Weekly, by Eva Recinos, February 7
Chicana/o Remix: Art and Errata since the Sixties, New York University Press 2017, Karen Mary Davalos Special Projects Self Help Graphics: El Dia de Los Muertos: Past, Present, and Future, exhibition and education program, co-curated by Linda Vallejo and Betty Brown, Getty Foundation Initiative PST LA/LA, Self Help Graphics & Art, Los Angeles, CA
_*Craft in America: Borders Episode, PBS premiere, September 29
*_Art Traffic interview, Art Traffic, by Thomas Adams, August 22
Metrópolis – Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (I), The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española (RTVE), November 22
Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano LA, collaborative exhibition between ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archive and USC Libraries, curated by Odine Chavoya, CA
LGBTQ Historic Places in L.A. Short Films, images of Linda Vallejo and Madre Tierra Press included in video
“Pickles Galore” Pop-Up Show, curated by Linda Vallejo, The Brewery Artist Lofts, Los Angeles, CA
Animating the Archives: The Woman’s Building, Ave 50 Studio, Los Angeles | |
