WELCOME TO
THE SWEET HELL WITHIN
PAINT SCRATCH FEVER
"I make heads. The reproduction of features is an almost superficial task and I maintain a minimal allegiance to realism. What I favor is distortion in the brushstroke and a palette of forceful colors to probe the interior. I use acrylic on black gessoed canvas and scratch into human images with a menagerie of objects." - Selene Vasquez
GALLERY ONE
A face expresses a universe of meaning. I gravitate towards extreme states of emotion, perhaps more appropriately termed as neuroses.
Locura #3 SOLD
Flower Child
Locura #4 SOLD
Locura #1 SOLD
Phobia #1
The Illness SOLD
Locura #2 SOLD
Phobia #2
Anatomy of the Face #1 SOLD
GALLERY TWO
My obsession with Death shadows my earliest childhood memories and dominates my brushstroke like a bittersweet muse.
Assembly Line
Untitled
Dreaded Cloak
Queen Death SOLD
Untitled
What Lies Behind the Painting SOLD
GALLERY THREE
I prefer the familiar realms of my own troubled psyche, but the turmoil of our times forces a critical eye on American politics.
American Psyche
Habeas Corpus
The Reader SOLD
Mother and Child Reunion
ARTIST RESUME
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
"The Sweet Hell Within," ArtExpressions Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL., 6/17/06.
"In No Strange Land," ArtExpressions Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL., 6/11/05.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
"Berkeley Has A Censorship Issue!," Pueblo Nuevo Gallery, Berkeley, CA., 11/8/08.
"This Land is My Land...Art Beyond Translation," ArtExpressions Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL., 10/11/08.
"Left, Right and Center: The Art of Democracy," Tustin Old Town Gallery, Tustin, CA., 10/8/08.
"Farewell To the Wasteland," Atrium Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie, IN., 10/7/08
"Day of the Dead Alter for the Death of Democracy," Mission Grafica, San Francisco, CA., 10/4/08.
"Up Against the Two Wall," Two Wall Gallery, Vashon Island, WA., 10/1/08.
"The Art of Democracy: Posters," Canton Gallery, Baltimore, MD., 9/20/08.
"American Politics 2008: A View in Prints," Lamson Library, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH., 9/15/08.
"Beautiful Losers: The Art of Failure," RFD Gallery, Swainsboro, GA., 9/13/08.
"The Final Days of George Bush," Inferno Gallery, Oakland, CA., 9/12/08.
"The Art of Democracy," Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL., 9/6/08.
"Art of Democracy: War and Empire," Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA., 9/4/08.
"Emerging Artists," Dangenart Gallery, Nashville, TN., 5/20/06.
"Unfinished Works," Orange County Contemporary Art Center, Santa Ana, CA., 9/16/05.
"Women, Words and Images," Pond House Gallery, Smithtown, NY., 3/18/05.
"A Day With(OUT) Art/World Aids Day," ArtsUnited, Ft. LaUderdale, FL., 12/01/04.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
The Library of Congress: Anglo-American Acquisitions Division, Washington,D.C., 11/20/08.
Best in Show, "Arte Erotica," ArtExpressions, Ft. Lauderdale, FL., 10/14/06.
Face Value: National Juried Arts Competition and Exhibition, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem., Winstom-Salem, NC., 10/27/05.
Honorable Mention. "Arte Eclectico," Artserve, Ft. Lauderdale, FL., 9/15/05.
7th Annual All Media Juried International Art Competition, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NE., 1/1/05.
2nd Place. "Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Exhibit," Artserve, Ft. Lauderdale, FL., 9/30/04.
EDUCATION
Columbia University, New York, N.Y., June 1989., MLS.: Rare book Studies.
Hampshire College, Amherst, MA., December 1986., BA.: Anthropology.
CONTACT ME
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