Diana-Sofia Estrada

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Education
2008
  MFA California Institute of the Arts
2000 
BFA cum laude University of North Texas

Solo or 2-person Exhibitions

2010   Chandelier Mosque, Dan Graham Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008   L.A. Killed My Truck,A402 Gallery, CalArts,Valencia, CA
2007
  The Perfect Cup in 3 minutes and 3 seconds, Michael Poppyfield Gallery, Valencia, CA
2006

  Warning
, D300 Gallery, CalArts, Valencia, CA
  Hue-mas, Buffalo Bayou ArtPark,
Buffalo Bayou at Sabine, Fotofest, Houston, TX
  GDP, Buffalo Bayou Art Park Gallery, Fotofest, Houston, TX
2000  CONNECTIONS: 2N’s , Union Gallery, Denton, TX


Selected Group Exhibitions/Screenings

2011
  Film Forum, curated by Akosua Adoma Owusu, Artlab at the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum,          Washington, DC
  Storefront Video, Transformer Gallery, Washington, DC
  The Quotidian World: Video Art, curated by Devon Tsuno, Cypress College Gallery, Cypress,CA
  L.A. Road Concerts on Sunset, curated by Stephan Van Dyck, Los Angeles, CA
  Collective Show Los Angeles, Elephant Space, Collective Show, Los Angeles, CA
  Art Los Angeles Fair Contemporary, Dan Graham Gallery, The Barker Hangar, SantaMonica,CA

2010
  Proximities, curated by Christopher Cozier, Alice Yard Space, Port of Spain, Trinidad
  Driven by What's Inside,curated by Elana Mann, Side Street Projects, Pasadena, CA
2009
  Extremely Short Shorts 12, Aurora Picture Show, curated by Bill Arning, Houston,TX
  Portland Community Media, Portland, OR
2008
  Dirty Hairy, Oxen Rose Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  L.A. Wonder Ground
, curated by Petra Bibeau, M NI C Gallery, Oakland,CA
  Space is the Place, curated by Anyanna Jolivet McCloud, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL
  We Want a New Object, curated by Malik Gaines and Christine Kim, Kontainer Gallery,
               
     Los Angeles, CA
  The Graduation, curated by Guan Rong, The Velaslavasay Panorama, Los Angeles, CA

2007
  29025 Evening Side Dr. Exhibition, 29025 Eveningside Dr,Val Verde, CA
  Exquisite Acts and Everyday Rebellions: 2007 CalArts Feminist Art Exhibition, CalArts,
                Valencia, CA
2006
  How to do things with words, curated by Nicholas Grider, The Cube Gallery, CalArts,Valencia,  
    CA
  The Real (Art) World, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
  Camp Nohegan, ArtScouts, Mass Gallery, Austin, TX

2005
  TRAFFIC, Space 125 Gallery, Houston, TX.

Fellowships/Grants
2009 Teaching Artist Fellowship, Arts for All, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, CA
2008 VSC Grant
2006-2008 CalArts Graduate Fellowship, California Institute of the Arts,Valencia, CA
2005 Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County-Individual Artist Fellowship Award, Houston, TX
2003 Creative Capitol and Diverseworks, Development Grant Recipient, Houston, TX
1999 Helen Voertman Memorial Scholarship, University of North Texas, Denton, TX


Bibliography

2010
Elana Mann, What Drives an Artist?, Side Street Projects, catalog, Pasadena, CA
2008   
  Ayanna Joliet McCloud, Space is the Place, catalog, Diaspora Vibe Gallery
  Diaspora Vibe Gallery Offers a Crazy Cacophony in the Design District,  Miami New Times,8-28-08, Carlos Suarez De Jesus
  Weissman, Benjamin. Beyond the Valley of the Ultra – CalArts, catalog, Los Angeles
  Ina Viola Blasius and Stine Marie Jacobsen. Eveningside Drive 29095, catalog, Val Verde, CA
2007   
  Uber.com, Lauri Fristenberg on Diana-Sofia Estrada, Lauri Fristenberg, founder and     Director/Curator of LAXART
 
Unorganized Territories by Artist Mark Shatz,Glassell Museum School of Art, March 2007
2006
  The Front Row, KUHF, Radio Interview with Allison Smith, www.kuhf.org
   Review, ArtsHouston, January 2006, Dawn Steinecker 
  Thug Love, Free Press Houston-3/06, Buffalo Sean

2005 Caught in Traffic, Houston Press 12/15/05, Amy Petersen

Residency
2008 Vermont Studio Center-residency, Johnson, VT
2006The Real (Art) World, Diverseworks, Houston, TX


Artist Lecture
2009
  University of Minnesota-Duluth, MN
  Art Institute of Los Angeles,Contemporary Art Class, Los Angeles, CA

2006 Slide Jam, Buffalo Bayou ArtPark, Law Offices, Houston, TX
2005 The Big Slide Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2004 Heritage Hall at the JP Morgan Chase Building, Houston, TX