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Diana Benavídez

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 CV

Education

BA VISUAL ARTS  UC San Diego
Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists Residency -  The World of Korean Paper-making

Selected Exhibitions + Collaborations

2025 WORKING TITLE NO. 4, PROJECT [BLANK], St. Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego, CA

2024 WORKING TITLE, Project [BLANK], ST. Paul’s Cathedral
LA FRONTERA, Mingei International Museum
LA FRONTERA, CECUT, Tijuana, Mexico
CONFIGURATIONS, Southwestern Community College
BORDER BLASTERS, Bonita Museum and Cultural Center

2023 LA FRONTERA, Rubin Center Gallery University of Texas El Paso & Centro Cultural de las Fronteras Universidad Autonoma de Cuidad Juarez
Museum School Auction, Bread & Salt group exhibition
Pallet Pop-up show, Estacion Colonia Libertad, Tijuana MX.

2022 PIÑATAS—The High Art of Celebration, Mingei International Museum.
¿QUIÉN(ES) ROMPE(N) LAS PIÑATAS?, MADC, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Crafting Feminism, Women’s Museum of California
Text Me When You Get Home, Solo Exhibition at Athenaeum Art Center
Small Acts, Group Exhibition at City College Gallery

2021 PIÑATAS: THE HIGH ART OF CELEBRATION, Craft in America, Los Angeles, CA.
Aisladas pero no solas, workshop/project, The FRONT, San Ysidro CA.

2020 Working Title, Group Exhibition at Saint James by-the-sea Episcopal Church, La Jolla CA.

2019 Anthropocene: Humans and Nature Bonita Museum and Cultural Center
The Pinata as a Narrative, Solo Exhibition at Teros Gallery

2018   Maker Faire Ottawa, Canada Science and Technology Museum
POP:UP LIBERTY, SAN DIEGO
Mujeres Sin Fronteras, Tijuana BC
Femme Forme 2018, San Diego

2017   Time Capsule Ceremony,  A collaboration with Parkeology, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
Femme Forme, A collaboration with Tini-ebla.com

2016   Common Thread - Group Show, UC SAN DIEGO, CA
Asking For It, Solo Exhibition Adam D. Kamil Gallery - UC SAN DIEGO, CA
Works featured at The Velaslavasay Panorama, Los Angeles CA
Meeting At Square One, UC San Diego University Art Gallery
A New Standard, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

2015   Raised In Chula Juana solo exhibition, Adam D. Kamil Gallery

2014   Paperworks Dean of Art and Humanities office, Warren College

2013  Spring 2013 Student Exhibition Southwestern College Art Gallery
Bob In A Box Video Performance The Factory Hair San Diego

2011   Spring 2011 Student Exhibition Southwestern College Art Gallery

1998   Taller de Pintura Pinky Exhibition Hotel Camino Real Tijuana, MX  

Teaching Experience

2023 Education Specialist, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA

2018  Eastern Paper Making, Teaching Assistant, Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina

2016 Painting: Image Making, Teaching Assistant, University of California San Diego, CA

Curatorial

2025 WORKING TITLE N. 4 - Project [BLANK]

2024 WORKING TITLE - Project [BLANK]
BORDER BLASTERS - Bonita Museum and Cultural Center

Community Collaborators

City of Carlsbad Library
ArtReach
Mingei International Museum
Girl Scouts San Diego
High Tech High
Women’s Museum of California
Athenaeum Art Center
LA Women’s Center
San Diego County Office of Education
Casa Familiar

Residencies

2020 Sepehri Gallery, San Diego, CA
2024 ART PRODUCE

Permanent public collections

Mingei International Museum

Guest Lecturer

2023 SDSU Amplify Community - Prof. Claudia Cano
2022 Southwestern College - Prof. Perry Vazquez

Boards and Committees

2024 - Project [BLANK]
2018 - 2019 Rising Arts Leaders San Diego