Works   
     Painting
     Illustration
 

  Exhibitions-Projects
     La Tierra es Testigo
     The Act of Remembering
 









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Mark

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CV


b. 1995 Chula Vista, California
lives and works in San Diego, California.


lvillasenorart@gmail.com



EDUCATION

2020   BA in Studio Arts, with Honors and High Distinction from University of California, San Diego
2017     AA in Studio Arts Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA 



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023    La Tierra es Testigo (the land is witness), The Front Arte & Cultura, San Ysidro, Ca


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023    Athenaeum 31st Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, Ca
                Small Works 2, Soft Times Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
2022    New Native Narratives, The Front Arte & Cultura, San Ysidro, Ca
              New Native Narratives, Bonita Museum & Cultural Center, Chula Vista, Ca
              Made In California, Brea Gallery, Brea, Ca
2020    Athenaeum 29th Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, Ca

               Honors at Home Online Thesis Exhibition,  Adam D. Kamil Gallery, UCSD, La Jolla
               Goddamn Dioramas! What Have I Done??,  Adam D. Kamil Gallery, UCSD, La Jolla
2019     Marks In Motion: An Exploration of Mental, Physical, and Emotional Positions in Life, Adam D. Kamil Gallery,
              UCSD, La Jolla
2018     Spring Juried Student Art Show,  Southwestern College Art Gallery, Chula Vista, Ca
2017     SWC Art Club Exhibition,  Southwestern College Student Art Gallery, Chula Vista, Ca
2016     New Direction: Juried Student Art Show,  Southwestern College Art Gallery, Chula Vista, Ca
2015     Fall Student Art Exhibition,  Southwestern College Art Gallery, Chula Vista, Ca



INTERNSHIPS

2022    New Native Narratives Aprenticeship Program, The Front Arte & Cultura
2021     Intern at HereIn Journal, founded by editor and independent curator Elizabeth Rooklidge



RESIDENCIES

2023    NTC Foundation Emerging Artist Residency Studio Program
              Ranchito Aurora Residency Program, Tecate, Baja California


FELLOWSHIPS / AWARDS

2023    Artists At Work (AAW) Borderlands Fellowship  
2016     “Best of Show” Southwestern College Juried Student Art Show


ARTIST TALKS / LECTURES

2023    SWC Speakers Series: Leslye Villaseñor, Southwestern College


BIBLIOGRAPHY

2023    Rooklidge, Elizabeth, “One Work: Leslye Villaseñor”, HereIn Journal, 16 Nov. 2023
              Combs, Seth, “Artist Leslye Villaseñor is out of the shadows” San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sept. 2023
              Small Works 2 Press Release, Soft Times Gallery, 2 Jul. 2023
              “NTC Foundation Awards Studio Space at ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station to Local Artist”, NTC Foundation, 23
2020    Honors at Home Catalog, digital publication
              Honors at Home Catalog, UCSD Studio Arts Honors. Print.