*SELECTED —PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS & RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS:
2022, Alcosta Senior & Community Center, Solo Exhibition
2022, Nevada State College x City of Henderson - Sustainability Council Mural (video coming soon)
2022, Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, Solo Exhibition
2022, City of San Ramon Art Galleries (details coming soon)
2021, Waymakers, Orange County, CA
2021, Pop/American Culture Association National Conference, Boston, MA -The Privatized Art of Equalized Education (1)
2021, Pop/American Culture Association National Conference, Boston, MA -The Art of Equalized Education in Design (2)
2020, City of Santa Clarita Gallery, Group Exhibition ‘ABC’ (coming soon) ‘JUSTICE’
2020, Johns Hopkins University, (TBA) Baltimore, MD -MLA Capstone
2020, Johns Hopkins University Celebrates Earth Day 50- lightning talk, Baltimore, MD -The Arts are a Vehicle to Address Issues of Social Justice (Click)
2020, Pop/American Culture Association National Conference, Philadelphia, PA -The Arts are a Vehicle to Address Issues of Social Justice (2)
2020, Pop/American Culture Association National Conference, Philadelphia, PA -The Privatization of Art (11)
2019, AGLSP conference - Washington, DC -The Arts as a Vehicle to Address Issues of Social Justice
2019, Give Me Life: Roots, Symposium -JHU Changing by Degrees: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Climate Change, National Academy of Sciences Auditorium, Washington, DC
2019, Arts District city-wide banner, Santa Ana
2019, Group Exhibition, The Artist at Work Series: Untold Stories An Exhibition Exploring The Artist as Storyteller, Nevada State College x Nevada Humanities - Click Here
2019, Nevada State College 50th year anniversary- Coming Soon*
2018, Anaheim GardenWalk *Anaheim (Disney Way), CA- View Video
2017-18, St. Jude’s Ranch for Children “Stardust” 26x 56ft Boulder City, NV -View Video
2017-2020, City of Los Angeles Department of Culture Contract Award ‘Pre-Qualified Civic Mural/Box Artist’ Los Angeles, CA
2016, Jasper Community Arts: City Art Commission “Secret Garden” 30x 60ft Jasper, IN -View Video
2016, Emergency Arts Small Space Fest Installation- “Ladders” Las Vegas, NV
2015, Nevada State College Inaugural Art Collection, “Wallpaper & Wallflowers” 6x 8ft Henderson, NV
2015, Life is Beautiful, ‘Mural Artist’ 5x 25ft Las Vegas, NV
2014, Iowa City Public Art Commission, “Step Up” 10x 20ft Mercer Park, IA -View Video
2014, Tempe Public Art Commission, Mill Avenue “Color Perspective” 5x 5ft Tempe, AZ -View Video
2013, San Francisco General Hospital Foundation Featured Artist “Heroes & Hearts” 5x 5ft San Francisco, CA -View Video
2012, Salem Public Arts Commission, The Light Box “Migratory Patterns” 6x 5ft Salem, MA
*SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2022, City of San Ramon Art Galleries, Solo Exhibition (details coming soon)
2020, City of Santa Clarita Gallery, Group Exhibition ‘ABC’ (coming soon) ‘JUSTICE’
2020, Johns Hopkins University, Homewood (TBA) Baltimore, MD -Solo Exhibition
2019, Santa Ana Arts District, city-wide banner, Santa Ana, CA
2019 Nevada State College, Untold Stories -The Artist as Storyteller, Henderson, NV
2015, Solo Exhibition, “Brass Feelings” Tucson International Airport, Tucson, AZ -View Video
2015, Group Exhibition, “Year of the Monkey” Mayor’s Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2015, 5-piece collection for Conrad Chicago Hotel/Hilton, Chicago, IL
2013-2014, Solo Exhibition, ‘Cover Artist’ Downtown Phoenix's Dinning Guide, Tempe, AZ
2012, Solo Exhibition, “Musical Truths” The Grand Wilmington Gallery/Opera House, Wilmington, DE
2012, Solo Exhibition, “Blues Moods” Fire Place Gallery, Mt. Hood, OR
2012, Featured Artist, “Arizona Artists to Watch” Herberger Theater Gallery Phoenix, AZ
2012, Group Exhibition, Youth Orchestras of Fresno “The Painted Violin Project” Fresno, CA
2012, Group Exhibition, “Music Lives” The Burton Barr Central Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2012, Group Exhibition, Arte Americas Casa De La Cultúra Museum “The Painted Violin” Fresno CA
2012, Arizona Artists Showcase “Lift Every Voice” Civic Space Park, AZ
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & ARTIST IN RESIDENCIES:
2018 & 2020, Johns Hopkins University, MLA Academic Fellowship- Baltimore, MD
2017-2020, City of Los Angeles Department of Culture ‘Pre-Qualified Civic Mural/Box Artist’- Los Angeles, CA
2014-2013, Marilyn Hospice ‘Artist in Residence’- Scottsdale, AZ
2012, Arizona Science Center Artist in Residence “Van Gogh Alive: The Experience”- Phoenix, AZ
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
“Empowering Communities with Public Art Legacy” 18WTJS News, September 23, 2016
Downtown Phoenix Partnership & Community Alliance, “2013-2014 Dining Guide Cover Artist” Downtown Phoenix's Dinning Guide, 2013-2014
“The Accidental Artist, Jesa Shakes up the Art Community”, So Scottsdale Magazine, June 2012
“Artist to Watch, Jesa”, Glacier Magazine V.2, I.1//Winter, 2012