Aguas! La Migra (Watch Out! La Migra) Acrylic on Linen 144"x 52"
La Escalera (The Stairs) Acrylic and glass on panel 60" x 24"
Elizabeth M Lopez elizabethlopez_meza@yahoo.com Lives in El Centro, Ca. Specializes in: Drawing, Painting and Installation Art
Education
2004-2007 BFA- Otis College of Art and Design 1999-2004 AA- Imperial Valley College, Imperial, Ca.
Selected Exhibitions 2010
Mas Alla de la ParedGroup Show Vertice Annual Art Event, Espacio FEX, Mexicali, BC. MX Que Barrio! Group Show Mexicali Rose/ Johnny Cab, Mexicali, MX/El Centro, Ca. A Book About Death Mexicali /Imperial Valley Group Show Steppling Gallery, San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus, Calexico, CA.
MANIFEST LOVE & PEACE,Invitational Group Show Vees Cafe, Los Angeles, CA Mexicali Illness,Invitational Group Show
L'KEG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Dentro y Fuera de la Pared... 7 Artistas del Otro Lado,Group Show Mexicali Rose Gallery, Mexicali, BC. Mexico
2009 New Works: Jennifer Cuellar, Elizabeth Lopez and Minerva Torres, Invitational Show Bamboo Lounge, San Diego, Ca.
Geek Fest 09Invitational Group Show Sol del Niño, Mexicali, BC. Mexico Obscured EyeInvitational Group Show San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus, Steppling Gallery. Calexico, Ca. El Valle Imperial Aqui, Group Show Galeria de la Ciudad, Mexicali, Baja California MX.
"New Works from the Series: Its a Small World After All"Two Person Show Meyibo Centro del Saber, Mexicali BC. Mexico.
Binational Art Show: Immigration, Borders and Identity, Group Show San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus, Steppling Gallery. Calexico, Ca.
7ma Muestra de Arte Erotico, Group Show Galeria Comunitaria Mexicali Rose, Mexicali BC, Mexico.
Women Artists on Immigration: Crossing Borders, Confronting Barriers, Bridging Identities.Korean Cultural Center Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Online Display of entries. http://waoi.blogspot.com
Brazil Carnival 2009: Bi-national Art Show, Group Show San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus. Calexico, CA.
2008 Armenian Genocide Commemoration Art Exhibit, group show. Los Angeles, Ca.
2007 Imperial Valley Artists Café 101, El Centro, CA. Group Show Exitvision, Otis BFA show. Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, Ca.
2006 Now and Then, group show curated by Soo Kim Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, Ca.
Stomping Ground: Young Women of Color Explore Homeland, Le Florence Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca. Curated by: Betty Marin
Choreographing the Margins,Invitational group show. Vitas Festival, UCLA, Los Angeles, Ca.
2005 But is it Art?, Group Show. Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.
Otis Girls at Crazy Space, invitational group show. Crazy Space Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca.
Detours to Dissonance, group show. Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, Ca.
Art of War III, group show. Train Depot Gallery, Imperial Valley College, Imperial, Ca.
Heart & Sol III, fund-raising exhibition. Imperial County Arts Council, Pavilion Gallery, El Centro, Ca.
2004 5th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Train Depot Gallery, Imperial Valley College, Imperial, Ca.
Las Cuatro Mujeres, group show. Train Depot gallery, Imperial Valley College, Imperial, Ca.
Eddie Started It, invitational group show. Train Depot Gallery, Imperial Valley College, Imperial, Ca.
Additional
2010 Mas Alla de la ParedGroup Show, co-curated exhibition Vertice Annual Art Event, Espacio FEX, Mexicali, BC. MX Que Barrio! Group Show, co-curated exhibition Mexicali Rose/ Johnny Cab, Mexicali, MX/El Centro, Ca. Dentro y Fuera de la Pared... 7 Artistas del Otro Lado Curated Exhibition, Mexicali Rose Gallery, Mexicali, BC. Mexico
2009 Binational Art Show: Immigration, Borders, and Identity. Curated Exhibition SDSU-IV Campus, Steppling Gallery. Calexico, CA.
2005-2007Assistant to Laura Kuo, Program Director, Theory as Practice Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, Ca.
2006-2007 Assistant to Suzanne Lacy, Fine Arts Department Chair. Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, Ca. 92243
Sep 2005Assisted Shahzia Sikander in painting wall installation. Dissonance to Detour, Ben Maltz Gallery Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, Ca.
Collections Laura Kuo and Abdelali Dahrouch, Los Angeles, Ca. Deborah Padilla, Los Angeles, Ca. Tom Gilberston, Holtville, Ca. Minerva Torres, Holtville, Ca. Jennifer Cuellar, Pasadena, Ca. Eddie Shiffer, San Fransisco, Ca. Maria Katchatrian, Los Angeles, Ca. Jisun Kim, Korea. Laura Grano, Calexico, Ca. Luis Contreras, Cuidad Juarez, Mexico.
Growing up in Calexico, border town to Mexicali, Mexico, Lopez creates images that reflect her experience and delves into the complexity of her immediate environment. She works with both Mexican and “American” iconography, presenting images from the “border” culture informed by issues such as globalization, gender and cultural identity, the subaltern, as well as more specific border issues like immigration and “the fence.” In her work, she uses both satire and humor to address these issues. By doing this, she tries to engage the audience to bring attention to ways in which Mexicans are viewed in the United States. For the past five years she has used a caricature-like “sombrero” as a stand in for Mexicans or “Mexicaness” in the US. At times the sombrero is purely decorative, but it also becomes anthropomorphized to bring another layer of meaning depending on what the intention of the piece might be. Her work ranges from paintings and drawings to installations, working mainly with acrylics on canvas or panel.