• BIO


    I was born and raised in Mexico City and I have been living in Southern California since 1996.
    I attended the Institute of Fine Arts from 1987 to 1988 and the Museum of Contemporary Art in 1989 for a summer.
    From 1996 to 1999 I studied Fine Arts, Art History and Humanities at El Camino College in Torrance.

  • SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS


    1997 Lila North Printmaking Scholarship
    1997 Fotis Korkis Printmaking Scholarship
    2009 Members Exhibition, Second City Council - Eye Opener Award

  • SOLO

    2014 Pre-Hispanic Muddle Earth, Gallery Frame Shop, New Plymouth, New Zealand

    2011 Technocrazy, Jones Studio, Long Beach, CA

    2010 What's Love Got To Do With It?, Sipology, Long Beach, CA

    2009 Macholandia, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA

    2006 Pasquinacion, Alpha Cult, Long Beach, CA

    2005 Humor...Sale!, Rocketlogos Gallery, Long Beach, CA
    2005 Post-Millennial Retrospective, Open, Long Beach, CA
    2005 Pre-Millennial Retrospective, Open, Long Beach, CA

  • GROUP

    2018 Line Attack 7, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

    2017 A Medley of Artists, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2017 Feminine Show, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2017 Summer Soiree Auction, San Pedro Arts and Cultural Department, San Pedro, CA
    2017 Line Attack 6, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2017 Stitch fetish 5, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2017 Erotica, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

    2016 Saturday Morning Cartoons, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2016 Sad and Beautiful World, Phone Booth Gallery, Long Beach, CA
    2016 Artists From LA, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2016 Azul Sampler, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA

    2015 Dia de los Muertos, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA
    2015 Seven, Phone Booth Gallery, Long Beach, CA

    2014 6x6, Phone Booth Gallery, Long Beach, CA
    2014 Rogues and Villains, Art Xchange Gallery, Long Beach, CA

    2013 Hotel Maya, Long Beach, CA
    2013 Paper Trail, Monkeyhouse, Silverlake, CA
    2013 Savage City, Bauhausu, Long Beach, CA

    2012 Dia de los Muertos, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA
    2012 Top of the Dome 9, Crewest Galllery, Los Angeles, CA
    2012 Creepy Cruisers, 225 Forest, Laguna Beach, CA
    2012 Ambiente Artistico, Chatismo 101 Gallery, Long Beach, CA
    2012 Femme Fatale, Flazh! Alley, San Pedro, CA
    2012 Love & Hate, Calacas, Santa Ana, CA
    2012 Luchadores, Chatismo 101 Gallery, Long Beach, CA

    2011 Top of the Dome VIII, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2011 Dia de los Muertos, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA
    2011 The Spooky Show, Monkeyhouse, Silverlake, CA
    2011 Canceptual V4, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2011 Very Venice Gallery, Venice,CA
    2011 Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
    2011 Connected, Los Angeles, CA
    2011 I Still Heart LA, Monkehouse, Silverlake, CA
    2011 Vinyl Record Show 3, Hoodlums, Tempe, AZ

    2010 Illuminary Interlude, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
    2010 Top of the Dome VII, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2010 Dia de los Muertos, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA
    2010 Sweets for the Sweet, Jet Studios, Long Beach, CA
    2010 Blue, Exhibit A Gallery, Long Beach, CA
    2010 Decked Out, Cactus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2010 Actions, Conversations, and Intersections, LA Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2010 Remnants, Hancock Art & Design Center, Long Beach, CA

    2009 Top of the Dome VI, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2009 Dia de los Muertos, Second City Council Gallery, Long Beach, CA
    2009 Dia de los Muertos, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA
    2009 Up Up and Away!, Monkehouse, Silverlake, CA
    2009 Gala Show, Monkehouse, Silverlake, CA
    2009 Members Exhibition, Second City Council Gallery, Long Beach, CA
    2009 Set Painter for the Play References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
    2009 Canceptual V.3, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2009 The Exhibition Exhibition, Pollen, Long Beach, CA
    2009 Latino Alternativo, Al Borde, Los Angeles, CA
    2009 I Heart LA, Monkeyhouse, Silverlake, CA
    2009 Debauchery, Goods Gallery, Long Beach, CA

    2008 California Visual Artists, Second City Council Gallery, Long Beach, CA
    2008 Top of the Dome V, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2008 Itty Bitty Art Show, Monkeyhouse, Silverlake, CA
    2008 Dia de los Muertos, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA
    2008 Against the Grain, Alpha Cult, Long Beach, CA
    2008 All-a-Board, Monkehouse, Silverlake, CA
    2008 Urban Legends, Alpha Cult, Long Beach, CA
    2008 Write and Revolt, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2008 Controversy, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA
    2008 Members Exhibition, Second City Council Gallery, Long Beach, CA
    2008 Fatally Yours, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2008 Love/Hate, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA
    2008 The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2008 This is Long Beach, Second City Council Gallery, Long Beach, CA

    2007 Top of the Dome, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2007 Dia de los Muertos, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA
    2007 Halloween, C1D Gallery, Long Beach, CA
    2007 Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
    2007 Canceptual V.2, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2007 One Zero Zero, Alpha Cult, Long Beach, CA

    2006 A Matter of Life and Death, Alpha Cult, Long Beach, CA
    2006 Soundwalk, Long Beach, CA
    2006 V-Day, Alpha Cult, Long Beach, CA

    2005 Out Auction, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA
    2005 Soundwalk, Long Beach, CA

  • PUBLICATIONS


    - Book by Authors: North Long Beach Anthology, 2009

  • ARTICLES


    - "Jonathan Bueno," Debbie Rodriguez, Palacio, November/December 2013
    - “Off-the-Wall Theft,” Tracy Manzar, Press Telegram, January 3, 2008
    - “Eye On Art,” Julian Bermudez, Grunion Gazette, December 6, 2007
    - “Portrait of a Young Artist,” Ryan Smolar, Downtown Gazette,
    January 3, 2005