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EXHIBITIONS

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Migrando entre mundos - Café de Olla - San Francisco, CA - 2024​

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Brani Piano Art Atelier - First Thursday Art Walk - San Francisco, CA - 2024

  • Mind on the Hoof 

  • First Impressions II

  • First Impressions I

  • Where Words Fail

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Junior Center of Art and Science - Oakland, CA - 2023-2024

  • From Ashes to Art - Junior Center of Art and Science - Oakland, CA - 2024

  • Pocket Size: Small Art Making a Big Difference - Junior Center of Art and Science - Oakland, CA - 2023

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PUBLICATIONS

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Say Her Name - 2022 and 2024 MAPP Events- Red Poppy Art House, CA - 2022-2024​

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Marigold Project - Día de los Muertos - San Francisco, CA - 2022-2024

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Illusion - San Francisco, CA - 2006-2023

  • MAPP Mini-Illusion Show 13 - Red Poppy Art House - 2023

  • Illusion 12: Opening Ceremony for Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution - CAST ST 447 Minna - 2023

  • MAPP Mini-ILLUSION Show 10.1 - Red Poppy Art House - 2022

  • Illusion 9: Exist & Resist - MCCLA - 2017

  • Illusion 8: Carnaval Dream: Libertad de cuerpo y mente - MCCLA - 2015

  • Illusion 7: SUEÑOS - MCCLA - 2008

  • Illusion 6: La Fiesta - MCCLA - 2007

  • Illusion 5: Fuera del Barrio - DeYoung - 2006

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PandemiCreations - Art Collaborations in Pandemic Time - 2020-2023​

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sii agua sí - Latinx & Indigenous Dance Festival - San Francisco, CA - 2022​

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Day of the Dead Exhibit - MCCLA - San Francisco, CA - 2011-2019

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Bay Area Women Artists 2019 - O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA - 2019

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Walls: A National Juried Art Exhibition - Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, CA - 2019

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Corazón: The Royal Chicano Air Force - Archival Gallery - Sacramento, CA - 2019

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Roots and Wings / Raíces y alas / Racines et Ailes - Traveling Show - 2017-2019

  • Excelsior Clinic - Mission Neighborhood Health Center, San Francisco, CA - 2019

  • 240 Shotwell Street - Mission Neighborhood Health Center, San Francisco, CA - 2018-2019

  • Pearland Alliance for Art and Culture, Pearland, TX - 2018

  • Escuela Bilingüe Internacional, Emeryville/Oakland, CA - 2018

  • International High School, San Francisco, CA - 2017-2018

  • SOMArts, San Francisco, CA - 2017

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Oakland First Friday - Turtle and Hare - Oakland, CA - 2018-2019​

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Chocolate and Art Show - SOMArts - San Francisco - CA 2018

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The 2018 Pancakes & Booze Art Show - Mezzanine - San Francisco, CA - 2018

 

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Altar para mi muerte / Altar of my Passing - Studio Grand - Oakland, CA - 2015

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Luna Negra: Three Generations of Women, An Infinity of Expression - MCCLA - San Francisco, CA - 2011

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DRAW - Fuse Gallery - Tour - 2006-2010

  • Museo de la Ciudad de México, Mexico City, Mexico - 2010

  • Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA  - 2009

  • Stolen Space Gallery, London, England - 2008

  • Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX - 2007

  • Fuse Gallery, New York, NY - 2006

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Various Other Art Exhibitions, Installations â€‹and events - San Francisco, CA - 1993-2010

 

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Artwork in private collections in Spain, England and USA

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Quarantine Coloring Books - Oakland, USA - 2020-2024

  • Coloring books illustrated during the COVID-19 pandemic: 

    • ​2020 Quarantine Coloring Book

    • 2020 Quarantine Questions Coloring Book

    • 2020-2021 Quarantine Hope and Remembrance Coloring Book

    • 2022-2024 Quarantine Coloring Book Chaos Continues (IN PROGRESS)

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La magia de la Música y las Artes: Primaria 1-6 - Trillas - Mexico City, Mexico - 2015​​

  • Educational Series by Gabriela Martínez del Campo, Luis Herrera de la Fuente and Mara Lea Brown - in Spanish​

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Soleá - Ediciones Carena - Barcelona, Spain - 2007

  • Novel by Mara Lea Brown - in Spanish
     

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Cover illustration for Don't Take My Baby, 2024

  • Author: Fraser Oz

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Cover illustration for The Portrait Painter, 2022

  • Author: Fraser Oz

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Other illustrations​

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The Awesome Foundation - Oakland Chapter - March 2018

  • Grant for: Roots and Wings / Raíces y alas / Racines et Ailes - Traveling Show

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ILLUSTRATIONS

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AWARDS

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