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  • Born

    San Antonio, Texas 1983



    Education

    University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, M.F.A
    California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, B.F.A.

    Exhibitions

    2026
    Mission el Desierto, Raza Cosmica Film Festival (forthcoming)

    2021
    Seguir Al Polvo | Follow The Dust, Art At a Time Like This (online)

    2019
    2nd International Encounter of Objects and Walls, Tlaxcala3 CDMX, MX and The Institute for Endotic Research Berlin, DE

    2018
    Rituales del Caos, Casa Lu, CDMX, MX

    2014
    DumbSun, SME Visual Arts Gallery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA (solo)
    1st Annual Festival Del Bosque Germinal, Casa del Lago, Mexico City (catalog)
    Crater, Alternativa Once Galería, Monterrey, Mexico
    Elective Affinities, University Art Gallery at the University of California, San Diego, CA(catalog)

    2013
    Para No Salir del Laberinto, Lugar a Dudas, Cali Colombia
    Stop and Go, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA (solo)

    2012
    A Fist Full of Air, University California San Diego, San Diego, CA (solo)
    SOMA Summer 2012, Mexico City MX (catalog)

    2010
    Abandoned Mystery of the Conjunction, Capitol Studios Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)

    2011
    8/29/70, Vincent Price Museum, Los Angeles, CA
    Chasing Shadows The Onion, Los Angeles, CA

    2009
    Love it or leave it, 111 Minna, San Francisco, CA

    2008
    Conventions and Attitudes, Exchange Rate, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY
    Just how does a patriot act: A response to US policy at home and abroad, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA (catalog)
    Audacity of Desperation, Sea and Space Explorations, Los Angeles, CA Urbana Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, IL

    2007
    Deconstructed Reality, Lime Gallery, CalArts, Valencia CA (solo)
    ID 517: Special Topics in Art and Politics: A Not So Simple Case for Torture, D301 Gallery, Cal Arts Valencia CA

    Bibliography

    Bolívar, C. “El Muro Como Objeto Desde Perspectivas Latinoamericanas / "The Wall As an Object from Latin-American Perspectives”. Borders in Globalization Review, Vol. 3, no. 2, June 2022.
    Seguir Al Polvo, Chiquilla te quiero, April 2021
    Seguir Al Polvo, Artishockrevista, April, 28, 2021
    Bolivar, Clara, El muro como objeto desde perspectivas Latinoamericanas. Relatoría 2do Encuentro Internacional de objetos y muros, CECLIREVISTA, junio 30, 2020
    Kraus, Chris, Social Practices, Semiotext(e), 2018, p112.
    1st Annual Festival Del Bosque Germinal Casa Del Lago, Catalogue 2015
    Sensitive Boys, Issue 2 The Cult of Crying, Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair 2014
    SOMA Summer 2012 Open Studios curated by Szu-Han Ho, August 2012
    Cheh, Carol ,Chasing Shadows, Another Righteous Transfer, December 11, 2010
    Art Monster Drawing Rally Catalogue. Outpost for Contemporary Art, 2008
    Just How Does A Patriot Act? Exhibition Catalogue. “Tomas Moreno” 2008
    “Human Nature vs Technology” Published in ID 517: Special Topics in Art and Society: A Not So Simple Case for Torture, Nancy Buchanan and Sam Durant eds., onestar press, 2007

    Grants and Awards

    2014 UCIRA Graduate Grant
    2013 UCSD Russell Grant
    2012 UC MEXUS Small Grant
    2007 Cal Arts Undergraduate Fellowship

    Panels, Seminars, Workshops, and Conferences

    2021 The Global Cener for Advanced Sudies LatinoAmerica, Zoom
    2012 SOMA Summer 2012, Mexico City
    2008 Artist lecture at Self-Help Graphics, East Los Angeles, CA
    2008 Monster Drawing Rally, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

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      Biography

      Tomás Villalobos Moreno (b. 1983, San Antonio, Texas) is a multidisciplinary artist working across installation, sculpture, sound, drawing, video, and performance. His father was a jazz musician, composer, and Chicano rights activist who co-founded the San Antonio chapter of Academia de la Nueva La Raza founded by Tomás Atencio in Dixon, New Mexico.

      His mother grew up in Japan and Thailand during the postwar period, her father having served as a Japanese Language Officer during the Occupation of WWII. These two inheritances converged in a practice built on recomposing what official histories leave out, one rooted in activism and sonic practice, the other in the politics of language.

      Moreno earned his BFA from CalArts and MFA from UC San Diego. He was a SOMA Summer 2012 resident in Mexico City. His work has been exhibited internationally at Casa del Lago Mexico City, Lugar a Dudas, Cali Colombia, and the Vincent Price Museum, Los Angeles. His writings have been published by Onestar Press and Festina Publicaciones. He is the recipient of UCIRA and UC MEXUS awards.
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