WILLIAM-GUILLERMO BEJARANO

EDUCATION

2007-08 Artist-In-Residence. University of California, Riverside / California Museum of Photography: Digital Lab.

1988: University of Southern California, (USC) Certificate of Merit, Entrepreneur Program: School of Business and Administration.

1969–76: California State University, Northridge, (CSUN) Bachelor of Arts in Painting / Fine Arts.

1970 Artist-In-Residence. Mexico City: Mural “Patricians and Patricides” Under-study to David Alfaro Siqueiros and
at El Taller de Grapfica Popular,

BACKGROUND and ACTIVITIES

1998– Internet Publisher and Webmaster of http://www.NetworkAztlan.com

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NetworkAztlan_News

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NetworkAztlan_Arte

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NetworkAztlan_Action

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NetworkAztlan_Native-Views

1998-99 Advisory Board Member: California Arts Council, www.Californiaculture.net.

1995-98 Chairman. Mas Caras, International. A non-profit arts organization / Con Safos “c/s” Magazine.

1980-81 Artist-in-Residence at Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, Ca.

1976–81: Member of the Concilio de Arte Popular, a statewide arts advocacy group. I was influential in establishing an arts publications “Chismearte and the Los Angeles Writers Workshop.

1977–89 Graphic Artist. Garden Theater Festival: 21-day arts and music event. Organizer.

1976–89 Co-founding. The Public Art Center, Highland Park, Ca.

1975 Co-founding. The Jardin de Flor y Canto, Pacoima, Ca.

1970–76 Member. Mechicano Art Center, Los Angeles, Ca.

AWARDS & GRANTS

1978–81: National Endowment for the Arts: Support Grants to Literary Publishers and to Small Press Publications.

1977–81: New York Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines, New York, N.Y. Support Grants to Publishers.

1976–80: California Arts Council: Development Grants: Artist-In-Communities.

1977–78: City of Los Angeles, Municipal Arts: Grants to Artists.

EXHIBITS

2007 Blurring of Aztlan, A Chicano Art Retrospective, The dA Gallery, Pomona, CA. 2007

2007 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA.
The Great Wall of Chinga. Group show 14 Artists from Mexico and 14 Artists from US.

2006 Gallery 33 (Michael Stern), Long Beach, Ca. Two-person show,

2005 Just Another Poster” Chicano Graphic Arts in California Traveling exhibit at UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural, the Oakland Museum of California, the Merced Multicultural Arts Center, the Jersey City Museum, the Crocker Art Museum and La Raza Galería Posada.

2005 Emerging from Aztlan, dA Gallery, Pomona, CA.

2004 La Familia Returning to Aztlan dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA.

2003 Returning to Aztlan, The dA Center for Arts, Pomona, CA

2003 Avenue 50 Studio, Highland Park, Ca. Group,

2002 Rudy F. Acuña Gallery and Cultural Center, Ventura California. El Movimiento Chicano. 67 to present.

2000 Casa Azul Gallery, Pomona, Ca. Group Show—Amigazos!

2000 Gallery 57, Pomona, Ca. Group Show—The Millennium Exhibition.

2000 DA Gallery, Pomona, Ca. Group show—Porque? Y2K.

1999 Miller Sheets Gallery, Fairplex, Pomona, Ca. —California Blends: Tradition and Change.

1995 Unity Arts Center/William Reigh; Los Angeles Photographic Center —12th Annual Celebration of the Day of the Dead,
sponsored by the City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department.

1995 Galeria Las Americas, Los Angeles, Ca. Group Show, —“Sol de Verano”.

1994–95 I Bienal de Pintura Mexicana y Chicana “First Biennial of Mexican and Chicano Painters”, sponsored by the Institute of the Mexican Consulate of Los Angeles. Traveling Group Show, First exhibited in Los Angeles, and has traveled to various cities of Mexico. Special Mention: Indicating in the manner that digital technique can be accepted as painting.

1978 The Public Art Center, Highland Park, Ca. Group Show,

1975 California State University at Northridge, Fine Arts Gallery, Group Show,

1975 El Jardin de Flor y Canto, Pacoima, Ca. Group Show,

1970-72 Mechicano Art Center, Los Angeles, Ca. Group Shows,

MURALS

1999 Downtown Pomona Mural Program: Third and Thomas Street, Pomona Ca. "Spider Woman," 4' x 8' Acrylic on canvas.

1999 Fairplex@Miller Sheets Gallery. Los Angeles County Fair. “Mayan Time', 4' x 20',

1980 Argil Building Material Co., 4754 Floral Drive, East Los Angeles. L. A. City Scape, 14' x 50'.
Assistant Artist to Carlos D. Almaraz.

1976 El Monte Community Center, El Monte, Ca. Tree of Life, 15' x 20', (destroyed).
Funded by Los Angeles County CETA Project,

1973 California State University, Northridge, Chicano Studies Department, Sierra North, La Raza Cosmica, 9' x 90',

1972 East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital, Los Angeles, Ca. Interior: Medical Science, 4' x 40'. Open competition: Mechicano Art Center,

1971 Mechicano. Whittier Blvd., and Townsend, East Los Angeles, Ca. Untitled, 16' x 40', (destroyed). Assignment: Mechicano Art Center,

1970 California State University, Northridge, Old Student Union bldg., Quinto Sol, 8' x 16', (bldg. destroyed).

PUBLICATIONS

1980–81 The Los Angeles Hispanic Writers Workshop: I was the Publisher and Art Director of ‘L.A. 201’ Bi-centennial. A collection of literature & visual art of Los Angeles. Sponsored by Self Help Graphics.

1978–80 Art Director/Editor. Chisme-Arte’ Magazine. Concilio de Arte Popular.

1978–79 Art Director ‘Somos’ Magazine.