EDUCATION
2011 University of California, Berkeley; Bachelor of Arts, Art Practice 2009 Oxnard College; Associate of Arts, Liberal Arts |
CONTACT
Maria Villote |
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
CURRENT | UPCOMING
Stars and Stripes: Artistic Dialogues on the American Flag, Hickman Gallery, Adrian College, Adrian, MI
Filipino California: Art and the Filipino Diaspora, Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale CA
PAST
2023
Resilience Mural/Oxnard College Art Alumni Art Exhibition, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
Here/There (Solo Show), 643 Project Space, Ventura, CA
2019
100 Dollar Show (Pop Up Show), 643 Project Space, Ventura, CA
Trabaj/ho: Resistance of a Colonial Imprint, Carnegie Art Museum (CAM), Studio Gallery, Oxnard, CA
On Budget, Project One Night Stand, Inside a mid-size Budget Rental Truck located behind City of Oxnard’s now defunct Carnegie Art Museum (2019) (Pop Up Show), Oxnard, CA
Walking In The Sun, Human Resources Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2018
D.I.FILIPINX, 643 Project Space, Ventura, CA
A Tribe Called - Part II, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
2017
Boiling Process 5: Mythodologies, San Diego Art Institute, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
JAUS Gallery @ Far Bazaar, Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA
2016
Native Tounges, 3rd Space LA, Los Angeles, CA
Oxnard Art Fair 2016, Oxnard Performing Arts Center (OPAC), Oxnard, CA
JAUS Gallery @ Artist-Run Art Fair, Artscape 2016, N. Charles Garage, Baltimore, MD
A Tribe Called..., 643 Project Space, Ventura, CA
Territorial Nomads: Narratives of Diaspora, Project One Night Stand, 519 South C Street (Pop Up Show), Oxnard, CA
2015
Self/Conscious, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
Boiling Process 3: Pop Up Show Featuring Artists from Tijuana & Los Angeles, Mexicali Rose Gallery, Mexicali, Mexico
2014
Hidden, Center for Art and Thought (Virtual Exhibit), http://centerforartandthought.org, <http://centerforartandthought.org/work/contributor/maria-villote>
C-Note: An Exhibition & Fundraiser for Syrian Children, JAUS Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013
The Oxnartians Have Returned, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
Via Crucis, Big Arts Lab, Los Angeles, CA
The Oxnartians Have Landed, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
2012
It’s The Thought That Counts (A Couples Show), Curated by Dave Gallery, The Control Room, Los Angeles, CA
The Bowerbird Treasury, Curated by ‘Lectric Collective, Zughaus Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Lumber/ed, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
2011
Filipino Sensation, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
One Hundred Dollar Show, 643 Project Space, Ventura, CA
Halo-Halo: Bay Area Artists Of The Filipino Diaspora, Curated by Carlos Villa, University of Hawai’i at Hilo, Campus Center Gallery, Hilo, HI
Summer Soul Sis, JAUS Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Ad Hoc: For This Purpose, Only, Project: One Night Stand, Vacant Law Offices, ARTBEAT, Oxnard, CA
Ekphrastik! IV, Curated by ‘Lectric Collective, Krowswork Gallery, Oakland, CA
Senior Thesis Show, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Wednesday Night Club (Honors Thesis Show), Worth Ryder Art Gallery, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Best In Show, Curated by Kristine Manalo, The Undergraduate Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2010
A Hot Mess (Honors Thesis Show), Worth Ryder Art Gallery, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Overlapping Tyrannosanus Wrecks, Project: One Night Stand, Exterior Walls of the McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
Oxnard Fiestas Filipinas 2010, Downtown Center for the Arts, Oxnard, CA
Faux Real, Worth Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Elephant on the Dinner Table, Kroeber Hall Show Case, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Invasive Procedure, Project One Night Stand, Inside a U-Haul Rental Truck parked outside of 643 Project Space, Ventura, CA
2009
(No) Materials Provided: A Very Useful Show, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Suburban Legends, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
Woman to Woman, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
2008
100 Dollar Show, 643 Project Space, Ventura, CA
Cross Currents, CSUCI Exhibitions Gallery, CSU Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
One Night Stand, Project: One Night Stand, 650 Gonzales Road Residence (Garage), Oxnard, CA
2007
Cool Kids Never Had The Time, Upfront Gallery, Ventura, CA
Fiestas Filipinas 2007: Many Islands, One People, Oxnard Performing Arts Center (OPAC), Oxnard, CA
Uglier, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
2006
When Things Get Ugly, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
Cool Kids Never Have the Time, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
Filipino Arts and Cultural Expo 2006, The Ocean View Pavilion, Port Hueneme, CA
2005
Structures/My Metro Pop World, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
Infused, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
CURRENT | UPCOMING
Stars and Stripes: Artistic Dialogues on the American Flag, Hickman Gallery, Adrian College, Adrian, MI
Filipino California: Art and the Filipino Diaspora, Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale CA
PAST
2023
Resilience Mural/Oxnard College Art Alumni Art Exhibition, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
Here/There (Solo Show), 643 Project Space, Ventura, CA
2019
100 Dollar Show (Pop Up Show), 643 Project Space, Ventura, CA
Trabaj/ho: Resistance of a Colonial Imprint, Carnegie Art Museum (CAM), Studio Gallery, Oxnard, CA
On Budget, Project One Night Stand, Inside a mid-size Budget Rental Truck located behind City of Oxnard’s now defunct Carnegie Art Museum (2019) (Pop Up Show), Oxnard, CA
Walking In The Sun, Human Resources Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2018
D.I.FILIPINX, 643 Project Space, Ventura, CA
A Tribe Called - Part II, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
2017
Boiling Process 5: Mythodologies, San Diego Art Institute, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
JAUS Gallery @ Far Bazaar, Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA
2016
Native Tounges, 3rd Space LA, Los Angeles, CA
Oxnard Art Fair 2016, Oxnard Performing Arts Center (OPAC), Oxnard, CA
JAUS Gallery @ Artist-Run Art Fair, Artscape 2016, N. Charles Garage, Baltimore, MD
A Tribe Called..., 643 Project Space, Ventura, CA
Territorial Nomads: Narratives of Diaspora, Project One Night Stand, 519 South C Street (Pop Up Show), Oxnard, CA
2015
Self/Conscious, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
Boiling Process 3: Pop Up Show Featuring Artists from Tijuana & Los Angeles, Mexicali Rose Gallery, Mexicali, Mexico
2014
Hidden, Center for Art and Thought (Virtual Exhibit), http://centerforartandthought.org, <http://centerforartandthought.org/work/contributor/maria-villote>
C-Note: An Exhibition & Fundraiser for Syrian Children, JAUS Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013
The Oxnartians Have Returned, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
Via Crucis, Big Arts Lab, Los Angeles, CA
The Oxnartians Have Landed, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
2012
It’s The Thought That Counts (A Couples Show), Curated by Dave Gallery, The Control Room, Los Angeles, CA
The Bowerbird Treasury, Curated by ‘Lectric Collective, Zughaus Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Lumber/ed, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
2011
Filipino Sensation, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
One Hundred Dollar Show, 643 Project Space, Ventura, CA
Halo-Halo: Bay Area Artists Of The Filipino Diaspora, Curated by Carlos Villa, University of Hawai’i at Hilo, Campus Center Gallery, Hilo, HI
Summer Soul Sis, JAUS Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Ad Hoc: For This Purpose, Only, Project: One Night Stand, Vacant Law Offices, ARTBEAT, Oxnard, CA
Ekphrastik! IV, Curated by ‘Lectric Collective, Krowswork Gallery, Oakland, CA
Senior Thesis Show, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Wednesday Night Club (Honors Thesis Show), Worth Ryder Art Gallery, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Best In Show, Curated by Kristine Manalo, The Undergraduate Art Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2010
A Hot Mess (Honors Thesis Show), Worth Ryder Art Gallery, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Overlapping Tyrannosanus Wrecks, Project: One Night Stand, Exterior Walls of the McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
Oxnard Fiestas Filipinas 2010, Downtown Center for the Arts, Oxnard, CA
Faux Real, Worth Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Elephant on the Dinner Table, Kroeber Hall Show Case, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Invasive Procedure, Project One Night Stand, Inside a U-Haul Rental Truck parked outside of 643 Project Space, Ventura, CA
2009
(No) Materials Provided: A Very Useful Show, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Suburban Legends, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
Woman to Woman, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
2008
100 Dollar Show, 643 Project Space, Ventura, CA
Cross Currents, CSUCI Exhibitions Gallery, CSU Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
One Night Stand, Project: One Night Stand, 650 Gonzales Road Residence (Garage), Oxnard, CA
2007
Cool Kids Never Had The Time, Upfront Gallery, Ventura, CA
Fiestas Filipinas 2007: Many Islands, One People, Oxnard Performing Arts Center (OPAC), Oxnard, CA
Uglier, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
2006
When Things Get Ugly, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
Cool Kids Never Have the Time, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
Filipino Arts and Cultural Expo 2006, The Ocean View Pavilion, Port Hueneme, CA
2005
Structures/My Metro Pop World, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
Infused, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
PROJECTS
2023 Resilience Mural Project, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA Collaboration project with Aaron Dadacay, Olguin Tapia, & Gladys Rodriguez. Commissioned work by Oxnard College. 2011 AARP Convention US Bank Commercial Spot Co-edited a video which seen at the 2011 AARP Convention. ARTBEAT Map Design Co-Designed the City of Oxnard’s first Art Walk Event Map: ARTBEAT. 2010 Santa Fe Right of Way Mobile Mural Project, Berkeley, CA A member of a group of UC Berkeley Art Practice students who generated & developed ideas for proposed mural & participated in creation of mural. <http://www.bpfp.org/index.php/bpfp-affiliate-groups/sfrow> 2008-Present Project One Night Stand Co-founded Project One Night Stand (Project ONS), an ongoing series of site-specific art exhibits that utilize unexpected and unconventional settings/spaces throughout Ventura County in order to showcase experimental work by local art students, local and established artists. ONS Projects acts as a forum for exchange between emerging and professional artists, the local art community and the public. 2007 Oxnard College ASG 411 Magazine 1st Issue Worked as a Graphic Designer & Photographer for trial issue. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Filipino/American Artist Directory. 2021. <https://www.filamartistdirectory.com/maria-villote> ?, Trabaj/ho. ? Oct 2019. Inquirer. Boyd-Barrett, Claudia. “New Oxnard Exhibit Reflects the Immigrant Experience.” 6 Feb 2016. Ventura County Star. Web. 5 Feb 2016. <https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/oxnard/2016/02/05/new-oxnard-exhibit-reflects-the-immigrant-experience/88682102>. Deaderick, Lisa. “'Boiling Process 5: Mythodologies' Art Exhibit Opening Reception.” 9 Feb 2017. San Diego Union Tribune. Web. 9 Feb 2017. <https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/things-to-do/sd-et-radar-boilingprocess-20170201-story.html>. Jacinto, Jaime & Jason Mateo. “Conversations After a Night Visit to the Volcano.” Oct 2011, University of Hawai’i at Hilo, Campus Center Gallery. Publication, Campus Center Gallery. Pardo, Claudia. “Creative Types.” VC Reporter. 28 Jul 2011. Web. <https://www.vcreporter.com/2011/07/creative-types>. Rolnik, Daniel. "Real and Imaginary Couples Make Art at Control Room | Argot and Ochre." Argot and Ochre. N.P., 13 Jun 2012. Web. 11 Mar 2013. <http://argotandochre.com/2012/06/real-and-imaginary-couples-make-art-at-control-room>. “How Things Got Ugly in Santa Monica.” 2 Dec 2006. Student Voice. Web. 23 Jan 2007. <https://www.studentvoiceonline.com/101358/uncategorized/how-things-got-ugly-in-santa-monica>. Santa Fe Right of Way: Project History and Partners. 2010 . <http://www.bpfp.org/index.php/bpfp-affiliate-groups/sfrow>. “The Best Of Youth.” VC Reporter. 02 Aug 2007. Web. <https://www.vcreporter.com/2007/08/the-best-of-youth>. |
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2014 Sustainability, Student Exhibition, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA 2012 Lumber/ed, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA 2011 Ad Hoc: For This Purpose Only, Project: One Night Stand, Law Firm Offices, Oxnard, CA PANELS
2009 Woman to Woman, Panelist, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
2017-Present Photographer/Editor/Image Retouching, Monarch Photography, Camarillo, CA 2012-2015 Museum Assistant, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA 2007-2008 Gallery Intern, McNish Art Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA GRANTS/AWARDS
2012-2013 Cultural Arts Grant, City of Oxnard 2010-2011 Practice of Art Departmental Honors, UC Berkeley 2008 2nd Place in Painting, 4th Annual Oxnard College Student Juried Art Show, Oxnard College 1st Place Award of Excellence in Digital Photography, Ventura College Student Juried Art Show, Ventura College 2007 1st Place in Painting, 3rd Oxnard College Student Juried Art Show, Oxnard College 2006 Citation in Drawing, 2nd Oxnard College Student Juried Art Show, Oxnard College PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Carolyn Inouye, Camarillo, CA Lucas Kazansky, Los Angeles, CA Jonathen Lopez, Oxnard, CA Debra McKillop, Ventura, CA Sara & Cole Montgomery, Pasadena, CA Jenna Sarabia, Oakland, CA Olguin Tapia, Oxnard, CA Ayumi Yoshimatsu, Portland, OR Kat Martin, Oakland, CA |