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education
2020 MFA, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2017 BFA, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2014 AA, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
solo exhibitions
2023 Miedo: Memory and Illusions of Fear, Mt. San Jacinto College Gallery, San Jacinto, CA
2020 9th to Olympic, Roski Graduate Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Piñatas y Preguntas: Seeking Answers in Internal/External Conflicts, Dutzi Gallery CSULB, Long Beach, CA
Recuerdos, Max L. Gatov Gallery CSULB, Long Beach, CA
2016 Manos de Oro, Max L. Gatov Gallery CSULB, Long Beach, CA
2015 QUÉ LÁSTIMA, Chora Gallery, Long Beach, CA
selected group exhibitions
2023 insistent, office hours, Carson, CA
2022 Retratos, Tlaloc Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Creating a Legacy, Ontario Museum of History and Art, Ontario, CA
Ahora, Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, Anaheim, CA
Home Edition, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2021 To Oakland, with Love, The Loom (Pro Arts Gallery), Oakland, CA
Mis/Communication: Language and Power in Contemporary Art, Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook, NY
2020 home, Acogedor, Online/Los Angeles, CA
Conexión, OJO/Galería Unión, Cuidad de México, MX
baba wawa 2020: MFA Preview Exhibition, Roski Graduate Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 SUR:BIENNIAL, LBCC Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Human Nature, The Pit LA, Glendale, CA
Liberate the Bar! Queer Nightlife, Activism, and Spacemaking, ONE Gallery, West
Hollywood, CA
Tell Me A Story and I'll Sing You A Song, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Open Relationships, Max L. Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2018 Training Camp, IFT, Los Angeles, CA
Flow / Obstruction, The Collaborative, Long Beach, CA
Seedbed: A Soil Symposium, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Crushes, Riff Mountain Gallery, Fullerton, CA
2017 GLOWING, Leimin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fantasies and Fallacies, Consulado General de Mexico en Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
My Barrio: Emigdio Vasquez and Chicana/o Identity in Orange County, Guggenheim
Gallery, Orange, CA
P.U.P.S., The LGBTQ Center, Long Beach, CA
Sea/Saw, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2016 Punch!, Max L. Gatov Gallery CSULB, Long Beach, CA
Día de los Muertos: Seasons of Life, Ontario Museum of History and Art, Ontario, CA
2015 Día de los Muertos: Sharing Traditions, Ontario Museum of History and Art, Ontario, CA
The Drop, the Charity Shop, Garden Grove, CA
2014 Tiny Thoughts, CAA Student Gallery, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
performances + screenings
2020 Live Artists Live, Roski School of Art and Design Zoom, Online assisting Linda Mary
Montano
2019 Post-Capitalism Ball, Pieter Performance Space, Los Angeles, CA
Bitch Slap!, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
Special Topics, Lindhurst Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Forms and Figures, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Training Camp, IFT Building, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Fantasies and Fallacies, Consulado General de Mexico en Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Sea / Saw, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
selected curatorial projects
2019 Vibe Check, IFT Building, Los Angeles, CA
Featuring performances by Panteha Abareshi, Gabrielle Broome, Clover, Ruby Falagán, Gambletron and Johnny Forever, Jiyoon Kim, Alexis McDonald, Carlos Medina-Diaz, Ben Nicholson, and noé olivas.
Co-organized by Johnny Forever
Annual Undergraduate Student Exhibition, USC Fisher Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Co-curated with Justin Finuliar and Yishun Li
2017 Video Art at Long Beach Museum of Art: The 1970s and 1980s, Merlino Gallery CSULB, Long
Beach, CA
Featuring archived videos by John Baldessari, Chris Burden, Hildegarde Duane, Joel W.
Hermann, Suzanne Lacy, David Lamelas, Cynthia Lee Maughan, June Nam Paik, Martha
Rosler, Bill Viola, Stephanie Weinshel, and Bruce and Norman Yonemoto.
Co-curated with Elena Roznovan and Cintia Alejandra Segovia, advised by faculty
member Catha Paquette
Faint Floaters, Angels Gate Cultural Center’s Pop-Up Gallery, San Pedro, CA
Featuring work by Beth Elliott and Vanessa Madrid.
Wabisabi & Infinite Window, Angels Gate Cultural Center’s Pop-Up Gallery, San Pedro, CA
Featuring work by Taro Takizawa and Sunyoung Lee.
I Saw It Once, Angels Gate Cultural Center’s Pop-Up Gallery, San Pedro, CA
Featuring work by Sarah Elise Abramson, Delora Bertsch, Cheryl Groff, and Daniel Porras.
2016 Never Home, Angels Gate Cultural Center’s Pop-Up Gallery, San Pedro, CA
Featuring work by Slobodan Dimitrov, Leah Shane Dixon, and Elyse Pignolet.
Punch!, Max L. Gatov Gallery CSULB, Long Beach, CA
Featuring work by Alvaro Alvarez, Cortnee Brush, Kaclica Chhin, Dorian Diaz, Tristan
Esmino, Lia Gogue, Dulce Soledad Ibarra, Soroush Moghim, Sam Medeiros, Vanessa
Olivarez, Diego Palacios, Sydney Quick, and Beatriz Santana.
Co-curated with Juliet Johnson and Elizabeth Cespuglio
2015 2nd Annual Tiny Thoughts, CAA Student Gallery, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2014 Tiny Thoughts, CAA Student Gallery, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Immortalized, CAA Student Gallery, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2013 Occupy the Museum, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Organized with (u)ntitled: The Wignall Art Organization
invited talks + presentations
2022 SoCal Artist Meet-up featuring Dulce Soledad Ibarra
ECF Art Center, Online/San Pedro, CA
SI Alumni Panel with Camille Alaras, Jeffrey Grauel, and Dulce Soledad Ibarra
Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Online/Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Art & Linguistics Panel with Jisoo Chung, Dulce Soledad Ibarra, and Grace Wivell
Stony Brook University, Online/Stony Brook, NY
2021 ART-101: CAMFA Panel with Dulce Soledad Ibarra, Kin Folkz, and Mandy Harris Williams
Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Online/Long Beach, CA
Roski MFA and MA Alumni Panel
USC Roski Graduate Building, Online/Los Angeles, CA
Discover 10 Lecture Series: 10 Latinx Artists Who Challenge the Culture
Art Gallery @ Glendale Community College, Online/Glendale, CA
Three Artists in Conversation with Dulce Soledad Ibarra
USC Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Home Edition: Artist Talk with Dulce Soledad Ibarra
Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Online/Rancho Cucamonga, CA
VPAM in the Studio with Dulce Soledad Ibarra
Vincent Price Museum of Art, Online/Los Angeles, CA
Closing Artists in Conversation
Acogedor Space, Online/Los Angeles, CA
2019 Liberate the Bar! Artist Gallery Talk with Sebastian Hernandez & Dulce Soledad Ibarra
One Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Artist Talks: Alumni Revisited
University Theatre, Long Beach, CA
2018 First of the Month: Dulce Soledad Ibarra with Housing Long Beach and the Cedar Resistance
The Collaborative, Long Beach, CA
Dirty Talk: Soil Symposium Artist Panel
Cowell Hay Barn at University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
2017 Evictions, Artists and Displacement: ALMLA, 800 Traction, and Beyond, Common Field 2017
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Los Angeles, CA
Fantasies and Fallacies: Artist Presentations
Consulado General de México en Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
State of America Panel Discussion
Argyros Forum at Chapman University, Orange, CA
Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internship Info Meeting
FA3 – 108 at CSULB, Long Beach, CA
2016 Resumes and Cover Letters: Internship Infoshop
FA3 – 104 at CSULB, Long Beach, CA
2013 Student Invitational 2013: Panel Discussion
Wignall Patio at Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
press + publications
Sarah McKenzie. "Art and Labor". TiltWest Journal, vol. 3., September 2021.
Kaeley Boyle. “Linda Mary Montano: A Conversation with the Enduring Performance Artist.”
Artistic Fuel, February 2021.
Benjamin Nicholson. “These Precedented Times: Ongoingness in the Los Angeles Piñata
District through Dulce Soledad Ibarra’s ‘9th to Olympic.’” New Art Examiner, December 2020.
“Now More Than Ever: The Need for Alternative Cultural Spaces.” LinkTV, 4 November 2020.
Awo Jama. “Vibe Check brings performance art to campus.” USC Annenberg Media, 10 Dec
2019.
Matt Stromberg. “A Post-Capitalism Ball Imagines a Queer Future.” Hyperallergic, 18 Sept 2019.
Asia Morris. "Upcoming Downtown Exhibition to Explore the Artistic Process, Not Just the Product" Long Beach Post, 6 June 2018.
Yvette Montoya. “Who’s Barrio Is it Anyway?” Hip Latina. 22 November 2017.
Matt Stromberg. “Facing Displacement, Artists Host an ‘Eviction Parade’ in Los Angeles.”
Hyperallergic, 31 October 2017.
Suzanne Sproul. “Move over Halloween, Day of the Dead Home Decor is coming on Strong.”
The Orange County Register, 6 October 2017.
Jessica Bocinski. My Barrio: Emigdio Vasquez and Chicana/o Identity in Orange County.
Chapman University, September 2017.
Sheri Ledbetter. “Chapman University to Host Four Exhibits as part of The Getty’s PST: Latin
American & Latino Art.” Chapman University Press Room. 2 August 2017.
Saul Torres. "CSULB Gallery Exhibits 'Manos de Oro'." The Daily 49er, 4 October 2016.
Julie Cosgrove. “Tiny Thoughts, Large Emotions.” The Breeze, 31 March 2014.
Pippa Spray. Bout Book: The He(ART) of Roller Derby. CreateSpace Independent Publishing
Platform, November 2014.
Kimberly Johnson. “Artists’ Work on Display at 36th Annual Student Invitational.” The Breeze,
22 April 2013.
Sarah Sandoval. “Students Give Back to Juniper Elementary.” The Breeze, 29 October 2012.
Hanajun Chung. “Eat My HeArt Out: The Monstrous Side of Love Debuts.” The Breeze, 27
February 2012.