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Alvaro Azcárraga

Artist + Researcher 



2022
  1. The Blue Revolution 
  2. Maize should be Capitalized, book

2021
  1. Maize should be Capitalized 

2020
  1. The Invasive Species Paradigm
  2. The Sidewalk Herbarium
  3. MILPA
  4. Tortilla Maps

2019
  1. Monografía
  2. Huitlacoche

2018
  1. Soil Laboratory I
  2. Soil Laboratory II
  3. Seed Vesicles
  4. Skin Microbiome Project 

Prior work 
  1. SEMO Introduction
  2. Uniform 
  3. Other 
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CV


Education


2022        University of California,  Los Angles (UCLA) 
                Master in Fine Arts (MFA)

2018        University of California, Berkeley
                B.A. Molecular and Cellular Biology
                B.A. Art Practice (Honors)

Solo Work


Summer 2021     Maize should be Capitalized, UCLA Botanical Gardens, Los Angeles, CA
February 2020     MILPA, EDA - Broad Art Center UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Exhibitions

2022 miniature colossal lands, UCLA ArtSci Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021THE LAST ONLINE SHOW! MFA Thesis Exhibition, online,

Los Angeles, CA

CULTUREHUB Re-Fest: RE-CIRCULATION, online.
2020   Global Broadcast for a Total Eclipse: 2’10’’, online.

Screen Share Fall MFA Preview Exhibition, online, Los Angeles, CA

Ars Electronica: In Kepler’s Gardens, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2019Feast Your Eyes, Root Division, San Francisco, CA

Counterforce Lab: Biophilia Treehouse, Pandopopolus, Los Angeles, CA

New Growth: Shared Stories, Root Divison, San Francisco, CA
2018SEMO x Leymusoom, Wurster Courtyard, Berkeley, CA

Put this on your CV, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA

Possible Titles, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2017Nopalito, Kroeber Hall, Berkeley, CA

Sculpture Exhibition, Kroeber Lawn, Berkeley, CA

Teaching Engagements and Lectures

2022Instructor SCIART Summer Sessions, ArtSci UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2021Lecturer SCIART Summer Sessions, ArtSci UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2021Pepperdine Art x Sustainability Lecture Series, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
2020Lecturer SCIART Summer Sessions, ArtSci UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2019-22Teaching Assistant, UCLA Design Media Arts Department, Los Angeles, CA
2018Root Division Studio Artist and Teaching Assistant, Los Angeles, CA

Center and Lab Work


2019 - now     ArtSci Center at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2019 - now     Counterforce Lab at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA


Awards


2018 Theresa Cha Fellowship Awards at the Berkeley Art Museum
2018 UC Berkeley Art Practice Honors, studio recipient


Writing


2019 Aligned Identities, Promise of Berkeley written by Merrik Bush
      https://artsdesign.berkeley.edu/design/news/aligned-identities 
2018 Featured in the  "Berkeley Arts + Design Made at Berkeley Showcase Book, Issue 3"