bio / cv
Born in Barcelona, Spain in 1955
Lives and works in Los Angeles since 1987
SOLO AND SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2024 | “Emes Truth” Yours Truly installation with 12 portraits, Backman Gallery, Heller Museum, New York, N.Y. |
| 2022 | “Conversations” 12 portraits from From Where The Sun Now Stands I Will Fight No More Forever, Range Projects, L.A., CA. |
| 2019 | “Yiddishists” 23 portraits illustrating Jeffrey Shandler’s lecture, Loyola Marymount University, L.A., CA. |
| 2017 | “Species of Faces and other Mayses” 60 portraits, Spiegel and Dortort galleries Hillel, UCLA, L.A., CA. |
| 2016 | “Faces of Survival” 4 portraits introduced by Professor Paul Von Blum, Gindi Gallery. Hillel, UCLA, L.A. |
| 2012 | “Visual Variations” 15 abstract paintings, Platt & Borstein Galleries, Los Angeles, CA. |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2025 | “Facets” critiqued by Margaret Lazzari featuring 4 paintings from In Chorus at Range Projects, L.A., CA. |
| 2025 | “See What You Can Find” featuring Elliot’s Myth at The BruHaus, L.A., CA. |
| 2025 | “Enter The Goddesses” juried by Laura Brody featuring Isis and Ishta at LA Makery, L.A., CA. |
| 2025 | “Annual Community Exhibition” featuring One Of Us at Manhattan Beach Art Center, MB, CA. |
| 2025 | “Celebration” 50 years of SCWCA featuring The Song Of Arion at Betsy: Lueke Art Center, Burbank, CA. |
| 2025 | “Freedom” juried by Melina Paris featuring Going Down at Range Projects, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 2025 | “The Gold Standard” featuring Quack Kingdom and In Liminal Position at Gallery 612, Santa Monica, CA. |
| 2025 | “Open Call” juried by Tylor Bythewood-Porter featuring Moroccan Pillow Manifestation at SCIArt, Camarillo, CA. |
| 2025 | “Alternative Art Fair” featuring In Liminal Position at TRYST with Range Projects, L.A., CA. |
| 2025 | “Art + Ale” featuring 5 In Chorus paintings at Dama Gallery, Ventura, CA. |
| 2025 | “Reflection Resilience” featuring A Flower’s Odyssey at The Arroyo Arts, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 2025 | “California Dreaming” featuring Waiting For The Show at El Dorado Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 2025 | “L.A. Open” curated by Gane Davis, featuring Writer’s Block at TAG Gallery, Los Angeles , CA. |
| 2024 | “Tangents” critiqued by Shana Nys, 4 paintings from In Chorus, Regents Projects, L.A., CA. |
| 2024 | “Defining Legacies” curated by Consuelo Flores, Lobo and Regina, Avenue 50 Studio, L.A., CA. |
| 2024 | “A Woman’s Place” curated by Shana Nys, Amy Scott and Taylor Bythewood, Amigas, The Ebell, L.A., CA. |
| 2024 | “A Woman’s Voice In A Pivotal Time” curated by Kim Abeles, featuring No Fear, The Makery, L.A., CA. |
| 2024 | “Expressions Of Peace” featuring Put it Out with Lala International, The Makery, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 2024 | “Impressions” featuring Rolling Voice and Midnight Reverie, The Makery, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 2024 | “Confluence” featuring Memory Reconstruction, The Makery, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 2023 | “The Next Big Thing” curated by Shana Nys, The World Outside, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA. |
| 2023 | “No Matter What” 4 paintings from Drops, Regents Projects, L.A., CA. |
| 2023 | “The Last CA 101” featuring The Semblance Of Form, RB Historical Library, Redondo Beach. |
| 2023 | “Dada” The Touch Of Justice, Seventy-Seven Gullible Years On Planet Earth, Stola Gallery, Chicago,IL. |
| 2023 | “Ancestral Conections” curated by Chelo Montoya featuring La Iaia, Avenue 50 Studio, L.A., CA. |
| 2023 | “Sovereignity & Liberation” juried by Jaimie Isaac, featuring Wonsil Peak, Gallery 110, Seattle WA. |
| 2023 | “JAI of Southern California”, Hillel UCLA, 3 portrtaits of Yiddishists, L.A., CA. |
| 2021 | “Dialogues” critiqued by Kristina Newhouse, 4 location portraits, SoLA Contemporary Gallery, L.A., CA. |
| 2021 | “Fresh” juried by Anuradha Vikram, 2 location portraits, SoLA Contemporary Gallery, L.A., CA. |
| 2021 | “Reflection” juried by Sunook Park and Terrell Tilford, Campus Walk, Korean Cultural Center, L.A., CA. |
| 2020 | “Tarfest:Transition” juried by Holly Jerger, Nunc Aeternum and With Iaia, Launch LA Gallery, L.A. CA. |
| 2020 | “Habitat California” juried by Tulsa Kinney, Is This Recyclable, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA. |
| 2020 | “Art + Activism” Together Forever and Surfin USA, SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 2018 | “California Open Exhibition” juried by Kim Abeles, Mother’s Beach, Tag Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 2018 | “4th Annual , juried by Tulsa Kinney, Jim Morphesis and Michael Arata, featuring Abuse, LA Artcore, L.A. |
| 2013 | “Silent Communication”, Margarita, Avrun, and Sheldon, Linus Gallery, Pasadena, CA. |
| 2013 | “Honoring Women’s Rights” juried by Ruth Weisberg, 2 large portaits, Steinbeck Center, Salinas CA. |
| 2012 | “Song of the Land”, juried by Ruth Weisberg, Hebrew Union College, Downtown Los Angeles, CA. |
| 2001 | “Ga Ga for LA LA”, juried by Elsa Longhauser, Eye Five Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. |
| 2000 | 25 Jazz musician portraits, Art Sales Gallery, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. L.A., CA. |
PUBLICATIONS
| 2025 | One Of Us, cover for August 2025 Manhattan Beach Art Center Magazine, Manhattan Beach, CA. |
| 2025 | Profit See, Maintenent 19, Three Rooms Press, New York, N.Y. |
| 2024 | Loosing Your Hedge, Maintenant 18, Three Rooms Press, New York, N.Y. (Pushcart Prize Nomination) |
| 2023 | Bird Of A Feather, Maintenant 17, Three Rooms Press, New York, N.Y. |
| 2023 | AnSelma illustrating Una dona en tres paraules by Maria Dolors Camós, Ediciones S&P, Barcelona (Spain) |
| 2023 | This artist paints portraits of today’s Yiddishists by Zach Golden, The Forward, New York, N.Y. |
| 2022 | Not Yet, Maintenant 16, Three Rooms Press, New York, N.Y. |
| 2021 | End Of Spin, Maintenant 15, Three Rooms Press, New York, N.Y. |
| 2021 | Iber Der Velt, illustrating Let The People Then Become Smarter by Sarah Biskowitz, In Geveb |
| 2021 | Iber Der Velt, illustrating Zooming Home to Yiddish by Florence Berkowitz, Times of Israel |
| 2020 | Is This Recyclable 1 (Surfin USA), Maintenant 14, Three Rooms Press, New York, N.Y. |
| 2019 | All In, Maintenant 13. Three Rooms Press, New York, N.Y. |
| 2018 | I like Freud, Maintenant 12. Three Rooms Press, New York, N.Y. |
| 2017 | The next gambit, Maintenant 11. Three Rooms Press, New York, N.Y. |
| 2015 | Cold Calling, Maintenant 9. Three Rooms Press, New York, N.Y. |
| 2000 | Una bruja en un pajar by Silvia Wagensberg, Vel Magazine. Barcelona (Spain). |
EDUCATION
| 1979 | Masters of Arts in Philology, Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain. |
| 1975 | Bachelors of Arts coursework in Painting, Facultad de Barcelona de Belles Arts (Barcelona University of Fine Arts) |
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