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Resume

erica barajas

Emeryville, CA - ebarajas23 at gmail.com

www.ericabarajas.com

education

Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Printmaking (December 2014)

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Master of Arts, Education (July 2005)

California Preliminary Single Subject Teaching Credential: Biology and Geosciences

University of California, Santa Cruz

Bachelor of Arts, Evolution and Ecology, Studio Art Minor (March 2002)

University of California, Davis

Nepal Wildlands Studies, San Francisco State University Program (October-November 2000)

exhibitions

2023

Dialogue in Print, locations tbd, NY & CA

2022

California Society of Printmakers 108th Annual Members Exhibition, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Oakland, CA
Restart, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
New Work, Radius Gallery Annex at the Tannery Art Center, Santa Cruz, CA
eMERGE, online

2021

California Society of Printmakers 107th Annual Membership Exhibit, online
Personal Prints, Roadworks Steamroller Printing Festival, San Francisco, CA
Extraction: Response to the Changing World Environment, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA

2020

California Society of Printmakers 106th Annual Members Exhibition, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Oakland, CA
Personal Prints, Roadworks Steamroller Printing Festival, San Francisco, CA

2017

Under Pressure, WMU Frostic School of Art, Kalamazoo, MI

2016

Raw/Cooked, Bankhead Theater Visitor Center, Livermore, CA

2015

Small Works Exhibition, ROY G BIV Nonprofit Gallery for Emerging Artists, Columbus, OH
Steamroller Print Fest, Art Walk Livermore, Bothwell Downtown Art Studios, Livermore, CA
Tree Sweater Forest, Public Art Installation, downtown Livermore, CA
Poets in Print, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Park Trades Center, Kalamazoo, MI
ARTspace Original 2015 International Print Exchange, Chatham, Ontario
Wish You Were Here, the Lion's Nest, Austin, TX
Downtown Bothwell Group Exhibition, Bothwell Downtown Art Studios, Livermore, CA
Coming & Going, Bothwell Downtown Art Studios, Livermore, CA (Solo)
Printmaking: A Juried Exhibition, Lee County Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
Print | Works, DeVries Student Gallery, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Shock Print National Exhibition, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS

2014

amalgamation: interwoven realities, Senior BFA Exhibition, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Face Everything And Recover, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Re:solution- Envisioning Sustainability, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Contiguity, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Park Trades Center, Kalamazoo, MI
Poets in Print, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Park Trades Center, Kalamazoo, MI
Art Prize, WMU-Grand Rapids Venue, Grand Rapids, MI
PUSH AND PULL, Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
32nd Annual The Print Exhibition, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Figure & Form: The Contemporary Printmakers Society Spring Exhibition, Park Trades Center, Kalamazoo, MI
Frostic School of Art Annual Student Exhibition, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Making Meaning, S. Kohrman Hall, Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Black, White and Read All Over- Print | Works, DeVries Student Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Divided by Definition, Saniwax Gallery, Park Trades Center, Kalamazoo, MI
Annual Foundations Student Show, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Embodiment and the Medical Gaze, Park Trades Center, Kalamazoo, MI
Frostic School of Art Annual Student Exhibition, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Re/trans, S. Kohrman Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Print | Works, DeVries Student Gallery, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

scholarships and awards

Member Engagement Grant, California Society of Printmakers (April 2021)
Shelter-in-Place Grant, California Society of Printmakers (May 2020)
Community Grant, Livermore Cultural Arts Council (August 2015)
Enrichment Grant, Western Michigan University (Fall 2014)
Third Place, 32nd Annual The Print Exhibition, Ann Arbor Art Center (May 2014)
College of Fine Arts Grant, Western Michigan University (2014-2015)
DeVries Professional Immersion Fund, Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University (Summer 2014)
Presidential Scholar, Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University (Spring 2014)
College of Fine Arts Grant, Western Michigan University (2013-2014)
Enrichment Grant, Western Michigan University (Fall 2013)
Angie Gayman Carmer Art Scholarship, Western Michigan University (Spring 2013)
Cornelius Loew Young Artist Scholarship, Western Michigan University (Spring 2013)

collections

Nevada Museum of Art, Center for Art and Environment
California Society of Printmakers, Bancroft Library Archive at UC Berkeley
Western Michigan University Art Collection
Gwen Frostic School of Art Student Print Archive
Various private collections

publications

Extraction: Response to the Changing World Environment Catalog (view/download)

curatorial

eMERGE Print Exchange & Exhibition (2021-2022)
Print | Works, DeVries Student Gallery, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI (Co-curator, January 2015)
Face Everything And Recover, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI (collaboration, November 2014)
Figure & Form: The Contemporary Printmakers Society Spring Exhibition, Park Trades Center, Kalamazoo, MI (April 2014)
Black, White and Read All Over (Print | Works), DeVries Student Gallery, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI (Co-curator, January 2014)

professional artist workshops attended

Eric Sanchez, Compound Studios

trained on Full Spectrum Laser cutter

Jorge Pineda, Western Michigan University (October 2014)

assisted with printing of edition of "Nina Roja."

Patricia Belli, Western Michigan University (March 2014)

Sculptural exercises in emphasizing the inherent characteristics of objects and spaces.

Michael Schneider, Western Michigan University (October 2013)

Moku Hanga printmaking practice, including a collaboration on a large scale print and performance.

Willie Cole, Western Michigan University (February 2013)

Deconstructing/reconstructing objects to use drawing and sculpture to keep the eye and mind open to new ways of analyzing form.

fellowships/apprenticeships

Intern, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Kalamazoo, MI (April-August 2014)
Woodworking Apprentice, Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University (Fall 2013)
Fellowship to Advance Racial Equity, Kalamazoo Community Foundation (2011-2012)

relevant work experience

Visitor Center Supervisor, Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center, Livermore, CA (2015-2016)
Printmaking Instructor, Bothwell Arts Center, Livermore, CA (2015-2016)
Printmedia Technician, Western Michigan University, Gwen Frostic School of Art (2014)
Art & Film Instructor, YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo (2009-2010)
Logo & Web Designer, self-employed (2009)
Muralist and Natural Resources Volunteer, United States Peace Corps, Bolivia (2007-2008)
Studio Assistant for Cuauhtemoc (Temo) Moreno, Davis, CA (2002)

memberships

California Society of Printmakers (Member 2015-present, Treasurer 2022-present)
SGCI (2015-2016)
Mid-America Print Council (2014-2015)
Treasurer, Contemporary Printmakers Society, Western Michigan University (2013-2014)
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (2010-2014)
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo (2010-2014)