User:Paintedworld/Albert Lopez Jr
About[edit]
Albert Lopez Jr. is a multimedia artist and creator from Santa Ana, California. Santa Ana has been his inspiration and pushed him to receive a higher education, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cal State Long Beach and a Masters of Fine Arts from University of California, Irvine. Being the eldest of four and the son of immigrant parents has empowered Lopez to utilize art as a means of communication. For Lopez, art has always been a means of expressing his need to delve into conceptual realms. Throughout his career, Lopez has been proud to create social relevance and continue to dialogue about how we coexist.
In 2005, Lopez exhibited several paintings from his series "Donkey Series." One work, titled Half Ass Donkey caught the eye of actor and art collector Cheech Marin. Cheech purchases the piece from the gallery and is now in his personal collection. Half Ass Donkey has since toured around the world as part of Cheech's "Chicano Dreams" exhibition. In 2014, the piece traveled to Bordeaux, France and was featured in The New York Times in anticipation of the show. Half Ass Donkey is now part of the Cheech Marin’s Chicano Art Museum open in Riverside, California.
Solo Shows:[edit]
2004 | Jale: Class C, Mobile Gallery, Fullerton, CA Fall 2004 (Video solo show)
1999 | Super Pink, Edward Girdinia Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA (Painting & Kinetic Sculpture)
1998 | Ernie, Edward Girdinia Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA (Drawing & Video Installation)
1998 | Caca, California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA (Painting & Sculptures)
Group Shows[edit]
2020 (Winter) | A Trace is Not a Map, Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA (Installation)
2019 (Summer) | On Their Backs: Latinx Labor in the US, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (Installation)
2019 (Spring) | AMERICAN, Golden West College Art Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA (Installation)
2018 (Summer) | Collectivity, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA (Installation)
2017 (Fall) | Biomythography: Currency Exchange, The William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art, Thousand Oaks, CA (Installation)
2017 (Fall) | SUR:Biennial, Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA (Installation)
2017 (Winter) | FAR Bazaar, Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA (Installation)
2016 (Winter) | Punk Povera, Wuho Gallery, Hollywood, CA (Installation & Painting)
2016 (Summer) | Biomythography: Currency Exchange, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA (Installation)
2015 (Fall) | Take 10, Mesa Contemporary Museum, Mesa Arizona (Painting)
2015 (Fall) | Biomythography: Currency Eastside International, Los Angeles, CA (Multi-media Installation)
2014 (Fall) | CHICANO DREAM La collection Cheech Marin (1980-2010) Musee d Aquitaine Bordeaux (Painting)
2011 (Winter) | S.O.S. , D-Block, Long Beach, CA and Monorchid Phoenix, AZ (Multi-media)
2009 (Fall), Menudo, Corpus Christy Museum, Corpus Christy, TX (Painting)
2009 (Summer) | MexiCali Biennial 2009/2010, La Casa del Tunel, MexiCali, Mexico (Video Installation)
2009 (Winter) | The Banality of Good, East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, CA (Installation)
2008 (Fall) | Mash Up, Arena 1, Santa Monica Art Studios, CA (Sound Installation) 2008 (Spring), La Traducción de los Anhelos, Sol Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA (Multi-media, installation, painting)
VIDEO, SOUND INSTALLATION, WATER FOUNTAINS, SCULPTURE, AND PAINTING[edit]
2007 (Spring) | MACO, International Art Fair, Mexico City, Mexico (Painting)
2006 (Spring) | Venice’s Art Walk, Santa Monica, CA (Painting)
2006 (Spring) | Luck Stars, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (Painting & Sculpture)
2006 (Winter) | Miami Basel, Art Bridge, South Beach, FL (Painting and Sculptures)
2005 (Winter) | Two-Week Notices, Hanger 1018, Los Angeles, CA (Sculpture)
2005 (Spring) | Venice’s Art: Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, CA (Painting)
2005 (Summer) | La onda, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica CA (Painting)
2003 (Spring) | Supersonic, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA (Painting & Sculpture)
2003 | Graduate Exchange Show, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA (Sculpture)
2003 | Painting Today, The Art Institute of California Orange County, Santa Ana, CA (Painting)
2003 | Le Brown Out Deux, 51 Buckingham, Pomona, CA (Installation)