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Luciano Pimienta
Education
2021 MFA San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2008 BFA Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2004 AA East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, CA
Teaching Experience
2021-Present California Regional Program Director, ProjectArt, Los Angeles/San Francisco, CA
2019-2020 Teaching Associate instructor of record, San Diego State University, San Diego,CA
2011-2016 Ceramic Teaching-Artist, Inner-City Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2009-2011 Ceramic Instructor, Parks & Recreation, City of Commerce, CA
Professional Experience
2021 Studio Assistantship, Christina Erives (Hot Clay/handbuilding), Idyllwild, CA
2021 Studio Assistantship, José Sierra (Hot Clay/throwing), Idyllwild, CA
2018-2020 Ceramic Lab Tech, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2019 Studio Assistantship, TJ Erdahl (Hot Clay), Idyllwild, CA
2019 Studio Assistantship Richard Burkett & Joe Molinaro (Wood, Salt & Soda), Penland, NC
2018 Art Installer, Felipe Arturo, Proyectos LA, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Assistant installer, Walter McConnel, Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
Lecture/Presentation
2022 Guest Artist Presentation, Contemporary Art of Latin America course SDSU, San Diego, CA
Considering boundaries Clay Workshop, ICA North, Encinitas, CA
2021 Luciano Pimienta: Ways of Knowing artist talk, ICA North, Encinitas, CA
Descifrando Terrenos Zoom Panel Discussion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Guest Artist Presentation, Civic Engineering course SDSU, San Diego, CA
Guest Artist Presentation/Demonstration, Intermediate ceramics course SDSU, San Diego, Ca
2020 Guest Artist Presentation, Chicana & Chicano Studies course SDSU, San Diego, CA
2019 Guest Artist Presentation, Interior architecture course SDSU, San Diego, CA
Studio Assistant Slide Presentation, Idyllwild, CA
Studio Assistant Slide Presentation, Penland, NC
2018 Artist Presentation, Undergraduate Clay & Glaze Tech course SDSU, San Diego, CA
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2021 Jurors' Choice 2nd Place Clay Prize Award (Ink & Clay 45)
SDSU Inaugural MFA Thesis Award
KBH Merit Award for NCECA NJSE 2021
Artist-in-Residence Teaching Program, Project Art LA (2020-2021)
2020 Studio Potter Merit Award for NCECA NSJE
Graduate Equity Grant
Ellamarie Woolley Art Student Assistance Scholarship
John J. Rogers Endowed Scholarship in Sculpture
2019 Isabel Kraft Sculpture Scholarship
2018 Windgate Scholarship
Selected Exhibitions
2022
Small Acts: The Craft of Subversion, City College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
Seismic State: California Ceramics, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2021
Ways of knowing (Solo Exhibition), Linda Formo Brandes Reception Gallery, ICA North, Encinitas, CA
Descifrando Terrenos, The New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Ink & Clay 45: The Art of Type (Virtual), The Kellogg Art Gallery, Pomona, CA
SoCal MFA Virtual Exhibition 2021, SoCal MFA, Los Angeles, CA
Hot Clay, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild, CA
Tierra, Vento, Y Fuego (Virtual), ProjectArt LA, Los Angeles-San Francisco, CA
Es Probete, No Llenete (MFA Thesis Exhibition), San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2021 Student Award Exhibition, SDSD, San Diego, CA
2021 NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, DAAP Reed Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Small Favors 2021, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2020
Intervals of Process, Art Produce, San Diego, CA
[A]part: MFA Selections from SDSU School of Art + Design (Virtual), San Diego, CA
2020 NCECA Student Juried Exhibition (Virtual), ArtSpace, Richmond, VA
2020 Student Award Exhibition, SDSU, San Diego, CA
2019
Concerning of Two, The Front Gallery, San Ysidro, CA
Surface Tension 2019 Graduate Exhibition, SDSU University Gallery, San Diego
Hot Clay Week 2, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild, CA
Futures Past & Present, SDSU Downtown Gallery, San Diego, CA
2019 Student Award Exhibition, SDSU, San Diego, CA
2018
Heavy Weight, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Drought Tolerant 2018 Graduate Exhibition, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
New Voices: The 2018 Student Art Exhibition, Vincent Price Art Museum, Monterey park, CA
Flora and Fauna, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
4 Square, Art on 30th, San Diego, CA
29th Annual California Clay Competition Exhibit, The Artery, Davis, CA
Miniature Art Show w/Beyond the Lines Gallery, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2017
Ink & Clay 43, The Kellogg Art Gallery, Pomona, CA
2011
Centered on the Center, HB Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
2010
Day of the Dead, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
Arcade and the Noun, The Armory, Montebello, CA
Artcade, The Armory, Montebello, CA
Amor es Cabron, La Tia, Los Angeles CA
2008
BFA Thesis Exhibition, NYSCC at Alfred University, NY