BACKGROUND Birth name: William Aurelio Bejarano EDUCATION California State University, Northridge. Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts (painting media), and Chicano Studies (1975)*. ORGANIZATIONS 2000: Artist-In-Residence. California Museum of Photography 1998: Webmaster "An Internet (Yahoo Groups/social network. Awarded: "Mención Honorifica Premio Comunidades Transnacionales", "CNCA. Mexico City, Mexico" 1986–1995: Owner: "Image Bureau" that provided graphic arts and pre-press services. 1979-80. Founding Member: Los Angeles Latino Writers Workshop, 1976–80: The Public Arts Center "Centro de Arte Publico"–LA/Highland Park, and "El Concilio de Arte Popular" (a state-wide coalition of artists and community art centers). Project: Art and literary publication "Chismearte" magazine. 1970–1975: Mechicano Art Center, ELA and El Jardin de Flor y Canto, Pacoima, CA AWARDS: 1998, Special Mention, San Jose Tech Museum Submitted by the California Museum of Photography UCR--Riverside, CA. Artist-in-Residency: CMP Students at Risk Program. 1995: "Special Mention–I Bienal de Pintura Mexicana y Chicana" Biennial de Mexicano and Chicano Pintores” Sponsored by El Instituto Mexicano Consulate of Los Angeles. EXHIBITS: 2024: Claremont Lewis Museum of Art. The art collection of Frank Garcia. 2018: Latino Art Museum, Pomona CA. Solo Exhibit. Title: "Transformation" 2014: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Méchicano Arts collection. Washington DC. 2012: La Galeria Gitana. Group Show: From Equinox to Solstice: Reflections on a Mayan Calendar, San Fernando, CA. 2006 Gallery 33. Long Beach, CA. Two-Person Art show. 2005: “Just Another Poster”. UCLA Fowler Museum, Oakland Museum, Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Jersey City Museum, Crocker Art Museum, and La Raza Galería Posada. 2005: Returning to Aztlan, The dA Center for Arts, Pomona, CA 2000: Gallery 57, Pomona, CA. Group Show—The Millennium Exhibition. 1999: Miller Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA. California Blends: Tradition and Change. Mural commission: Youth Project. 1995: Galeria Las Americas, (Linda Vallejo Gallery) Los Angeles, CA. Group Show, —"Sol de Verano”. MURALS: 1999: Downtown Pomona Mural Program: Third and Thomas Street, Pomona CA, "Spider Woman," 4' x 8'. Acrylic on Plywood. 1999: Fairplex@Miller Sheets Gallery. Los Angeles County Fair. “Mayan Time', 4' x 20'. 1980: Argil Building Material Co., 4754 Floral Drive, East Los Angeles. City Scape 14' x 50'. Assistant Artist to Carlos D. Almaraz. 1976: El Monte Community Center, El Monte, CA. Tree of Life, 15' x 20'. Funded by Los Angeles County CETA Project, 1973: California State University, Northridge, Chicano Studies Department, Sierra North, La Raza Cosmica, 9' x 90', 1972: East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital, Interior: Medical Science, 4' x 40'. Open competition: Mechicano Art Center, ELA. 1970: CSU-Northridge, Old' Student Union., Quinto Sol, 8' x 16', (Destroyed). PUBLICATIONS: 1977-80. Co-Publisher and Art Direction for "ChismeArte revista", and "201" publication for the Los Angeles Bicentennial Celebration. The Chicano Art Movement. *The Chicano art began in the mid-late 1960s, alongside the growth of the Chicano Civil-Rights Movement, and was created and defined by Mexican people, or people of Mexican descent living in the United States. |
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