Hello! Been busy working on an upcoming NC exhibition for August 2010 but wanted to mention that Pocholandia now has a blog! Here you'll find updates, news, and ....whatever.

Pocho-geist. Please stop by and say Hi, leave a comment, or drop some links.

Golden Belt, Durham, NC
May 21 - July 11, 2010
Building 3, ROOM 100
Free, Open to public

A few of my works will be shown in the group exhibition "Necessary Fictions," curated by Mario Marzan and John Ribó. The exhibition featuring paintings, installations, photography and videos which explore Latina/o identity as a necessary fiction, a provisional space, a transient structure to be eventually reconfigured under the duress of time and through the continued retracing of fictions and histories in transition.

Opening reception Friday, May 21, 2010 from 6-9pm.
Reviews of the show here,here, and here.

Pocholandia can now be found on Etsy.com. Have a look at some of the smaller mixed media items for sale...click here.

South Texas College Art Gallery (Pecan Campus), Aug. 31- Sept. 17, 2009. Artist Lecture (6-7PM) and Closing reception (7-9PM) will be held on September 17th, 2009. The exhibition will feature mixed media works. It will also feature essays by Dr. Claudia Milian (Duke University) and Dr. William A. Nericcio (San Diego State University). Review of the exhibition here.

A short piece about Charlotte's ongoing taco truck situation by José L.S. Gámez, an Associate Professor of Architecture, a member of the Latin American Studies faculty, and currently a Research Fellow with the Institute for Social Capital at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. "Taco Madre" made an appearance on Cause of the Week Blogspot

"Pocholandia" was featured on Xicanosmosis at Tex{t}-Mex Gallery blog. Many thanks go out to Mr./Sr./Dr. William A. Nericcio for the kind gesture! visit Tex{t}- Mex! and here.

Small-Format Mixed Media works
January 24 2009
Opening Reception:
Irvine Contemporary continuing the concept with small-format works in all media.
Aspect:Ratio2. Artists include: Kwaku Alston, Gary Baseman, Lori Field, Susan Jamison, Akemi Maegawa, Shawne Major, Jiha Moon, Kahn & Selesnick, Izel Vargas, Zach Wirsum

Spartanburg, SC
Please join us on Wednesday,January 14th, 2009 from
7 to 9 pm at the Showroom for the opening reception of
the 2009 Artists-In-Residence Invitational Exhibition
featuring:

Albert Birney (video)
Elsewhere Artist Collaborative (performance/ video)
Blade Wynne (drawing)
Izel Vargas (mixed media)
Brad Reagan (sculpture)
Gretchen Huffman (printmaking/ drawing)
Nestor Armando Gil (performance)
Piotr Chizinski (mixed media)
Johnathon Whitfill (ceramics)

Cost: FREE
Artists’ Forum,The Mint Museum of Art
First Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 pm
November 4 – Izel Vargas and Michael Schall
Area artists discuss their work as well as current issues and activities in their artistic fields, followed by an informal reception. Co-presented with The Charlotte Chapter of the Links, Inc. and McColl Center for Visual Art.

UNC- Charlotte lecture for Thursday, September 25 at 4 pm at Storrs 110 in the Art Department.

Beginning of Winter residency at The McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, NC from Sept 8. - Nov 2008.

KNOCK Magazine is a literary arts magazine published twice each year at Antioch University Seattle. Issue #9 will feature 6 paintings/collages in their "Gestation Issue" to be released in May 2008. Where to Find KNOCK MAGAZINE in WA,NY,WI,CA

San Juan, Puerto Rico. Collaboration project with Mario Marzan. El Status Website May 4-18,2008.CLICK HERE for photoblog!!