Luciano Pimienta

 

Education

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2021  MFA      San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

2008  BFA       Alfred University, Alfred, NY

2004  AA         East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, CA

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Teaching Experience

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2022-2023       Adjunct Professor (instructor of record), Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA

2022-2023       Adjunct Professor (instructor of record), Ventura College, Ventura, CA

2021-2022       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​

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​Professional Experience

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2023                Studio Assistantship, Ruth Easterbrook (Hot Clay/Mapping Glaze), Idyllwild, CA

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 McConnell, Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA

 

Lecture/Presentation

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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

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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

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2023

Pallet, Estación Libertad, Tijuana, Mexico

Crossing the Line, SDSU University Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

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2022

Alien Race: Envisioning Sites of Future Ancestors, LA Artcore, Lincoln Heights, CA

Ink & Clay 45: The Art of Type, The Kellogg Art Gallery, Pomona, CA

Small Acts: The Craft of Subversion, City College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA

Seismic State: California Ceramics, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA

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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

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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

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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

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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

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2017

Ink & Clay 43, The Kellogg Art Gallery, Pomona, CA

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2011

Centered on the Center, HB Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA

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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

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2008

BFA Thesis Exhibition, NYSCC at Alfred University, NY

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