BORN
Lutcher, LA. 1964
LIVES AND WORKS
Oakland, CA.
EDUCATION
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
Hoodwink By Didactix, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015
Retrospectives, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014
Parochial Beacon, Paolo Mejia Gallery, San Francisco, CA. (as IZUUK RIGOR)
2012
Solace From The Wild Side, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2010
Don’t Waste My Time, Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus II, Schwandorf, Germany
Gone Adrift, Freies Museum, Berlin, Germany
2009
Splendor of Indulgence Nothingness, Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA. (as Miju)
Compota, Pablo Gallery, Manila, Philippines. (as Miju)
Mambo Without Swing, The Forgotten Pictorial History of The Etiology of Power, SFMOMA Artist Gallery at Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.
2008
Denizens of Happylandia, Taylor Bercier Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA. (catalog)
Effigies and Demagogues, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA. (as Miju) (catalog)
2006
American Lullaby Series, Djerassi Resident Artist Program Open House, Woodside, CA.
2004
Blinded By Omnipotence, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2003
Choque Cultural, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba.
Misadventures of a Sidestepping Idealist, Babilonia 1808 Berkeley, CA.
2001
Gozar Con La Patria, Mario Villa Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2000
Ahi Na' Ma, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
All That You Have Is Your Soul, Faction Art Projects, New York, NY.
2016
PULSE Miami Beach 2016, Jack Fischer Gallery, Miami, Fl.
Abortion of Cute, 8 Salon, Hamburg, Germany
Electric Bulalo:Painting in Exile, Vinyl On Vinyl , Manila, Philippines
Topsy Turvy, Finale Art File, Manila, Philippines
Krowsworkerswork, Krowswork, Oakland, CA.
The Human Spirit, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.
2015
Miami Project 2015, Jack Fischer Gallery, Miami, FL.
Tropes of Expectations, Vinyl On Vinyl , Manila, Philippines
Mirage, XII Habana Bienal Collateral Exhibitions, Habana, Cuba
2014
Paint Plethora, Studio Grand, Oakland, CA.
Oakland Music Festival, Local Artist Exhibit, Era Bar, Oakland, CA. (as IZUUK RIGOR)
2013
Paradox Maintenance Technician, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA. (catalog)
DEFILE, Galleria Duemila, Metro Manila, Philippines. (catalog)
2012
Corresponding Views, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA.
La Espina, Alley Cat Bookstore, San Francisco, CA.
Man, Myth and Monsters, LeMieux Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2011
Cuban Collection, MACLA, San Jose, CA.
Agarra Juicio: The Ghost Poo of Painting, Edelo, San Cristóbal De La Casas, Chiapas, México (with AFKAF)
Social Commentary, Space 301, Mobile, AL.
2010
Diluvial Hood, Freies Museum, Berlin, Germany, (with Miju and Club S&S)
Free -Range Aesthetics, Pussyfooting Through the Detritus Mind field Of Reality”, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA.(with AFKAF)
Amor Fati, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA. (with Miju)
2009
Sorry Friend, This is No Hemorrhoids;-{o>, A440 Gallery, San Francisco, CA and Finale Art File, Manila, PH. (with AFKAF)
Strange Hope, Galeria De LA Raza, San Francisco, CA. (with Miju)
Opening Salvo for Suite 418, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2008
Gristle Pays Homage to the Benevolent Sausage, Mag:net Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines,(with Miju)
Room for Big Ideas, Bay Area Now 5, Red Poppy Art House, Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Politique Poetique, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA.
Insider/Outsider, Root Division, San Francisco, CA.
Miju, Red Dot art fair, Jack Fischer Gallery, New York, NY.
Paper Works, SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Beyond Child Play, MACLA, San Jose, CA.
2007
Miju, Red Dot art fair, Jack Fischer Gallery, Miami, FL.
Painted Dreams, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA.
Alienated Mass Historia, Root Division, San Francisco, CA.
Pistolitas de Azucar: Cultura, Pop, and Whimsy, Galería De La Raza, San Francisco, CA.
Drawn From New Orleans, 20th Century Works From Private Collections, Newcomb College Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
2006
Outside- Inside –Out, Space 301, Mobile, AL.
sin miramiento alguno (arte iberoamericano actual), in conjunction with Havana Bienal, Havana, Cuba.
Cuentos Caseros, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA.
Virus Show, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA.
2005
Comercielo, Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, CA.
Latin Spirit, SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
it’s not rocket science, Bayennale, Oakland, CA.
2004
Rogue Nations” Cuban And Chinese Artist, MACLA, San Jose, CA.
2003
Cuba on My Mind, Art Gallery Cesar Chavez Student Center, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.
Un/Familiar Territory, San Jose Museum Of Art, San Jose, CA.
2002
Is the Medium in the Message?: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, San Jose Museum Of Art, San Jose, CA.
2001
Contemporary Devotion, San Jose Museum Of Art, San Jose, CA.
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
Miju: collaboration with Michele Muennig
Artist Formerly Known As Friends (AFKAF): collaboration with Arvin Flores, Carlo Ricafort, David Griggs, Gerry Tan, and Manuel Ocampo
Club S&S: collaboration with Stephen Paul Day and Sibylle Peretti
Izuuk Rigor: collaboration with Carlo Ricafort
CURATORIAL PROJECTS and JUROR
2014
Co-Founder of Random Parts, artist run project space, Oakland, CA.
2011
Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Juror, Woodside, CA.
2009
Skyline College, Juror, San Bruno, CA.
2006
Cuentos Caseros, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA.
2005
Port Of Oakland Art Commission, Oakland, CA.
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES & PRESENTATION
2017
Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2016
U.C. Berkeley, History Department, Berkeley, CA.
2015
Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014
Hunter College, New York, NY. (AFKAF)
U.C. Berkeley, History Department, Berkeley, CA.
2011
Macla, San Jose, CA.
Edelo Intercultural Residency Program, San Cristóbal de la Casas, Chiapas,
México Universidad de Ciencia y Arte De Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutierrez, México(AFKAF)
2008
Macla, San Jose, CA.
2007
Galeria De la Raza, San Francisco, CA.
2006
Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA.
Djerassi Resident Artist Program,Woodside, CA.
2003
Babilonia 1808 Emerging Artist Program with Jenifer Wofford, Berkeley,CA
Centro de Desarrollo de Las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba
2000
1078 Gallery, Chico, CA.
AWARDS and RESIDENCIES
2016
Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant Award
2011
Edelo Intercultural Residency Program, San Cristóbal de la Casas, Chiapas, MX
2010
Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus II Art Residency, Schwandorf, Germany
2006
The Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation Fellowship through the Djerassi Resident Program, Woodside, CA.
2002
Valparaiso Artist Residency, Mojacar, Spain
1998
Amsterdam Art Logan Graphics Award of Excellence in Printmaking, Berkeley, CA.
1996
Best of Show, Pro Arts Annual Juried Show, Oakland, CA.
1991
First Prize for Sculpture, Newcomb Spring Art Show, New Orleans, LA.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
San Jose Museum Of Art
SELECTED REVIEWS, ESSAYS and PUBLICATIONS
2010
2008
San Francisco Bay Guardian,Miju at Jack Fischer Gallery, Ari Messer,2008
Gambit, Second Home, D. Eric Bookhardt, Nov. 2008.
Denizens Of Happylandia, Exhibition Catalog, Cabin Fever, essay by Arvin Flores.
MIJU, Effigies and Demagogues, Exhibition Catalog, “Luminous Umor”, essay by David Coulter
2007
Shotgun Review, online review, Alienated Mass Historia, Lian Ladia, August, 4,2007
2006
Pterodactilo Numero 5, Illustrations published for Literary Journal, University of Texas, Austin, TX.
2004
Stretcher, False Notes, Emily Kunstler ,June 2004.
Radio 2050 Latino Art & Culture KPFA interview with DJ Aztec Parrot
“Rogue Nations” Cuban And Chinese Artist, Exhibition Essay, Anjee Helstrup, Curator, Macla, San Jose, CA.
Dédalo, Revista De Arte y Literatura, No. 5, Havana, Cuba: Juan Carlos Quintana, Without Sugar There Is No Country essay by Antonio Eligio Fernandez (Tonel), written for the exhibition Choque Cultural, in Havana, Cuba (2004).
2003
New American Paintings, number 49, Pacific Coast.
Noticias de Arte Cubano, El Plano de la Memoria, by Yamel Perez Tasca, No. 9/10, (September 2003)
La Jiribilla, Entre dos Mundos, by Iris Cepero, (October 2003)
Golden Gate [X] press, Issue 3 volume XXVI Exhibit Given Two Views Of Cuba, Stephanie Mannle, September, 2003
Artweek, Cuba on my mind, David Buuck (November 2003)
2001
La Prensa, Galleries Bring Latin Flair to New Orleans, Katherine Hart, (October, 2001)
The Gambit, Identifying Signs, New Orleans, LA. (October 2001)
1992
Arts Papers, Juan Carlos Quintana / Michele Muennig, Eric Bookhardt (July/August 1992)
The Gambit, New Orleans, LA. (April 1992)