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RAUL BALTAZAR raulpbaltazar@gmail.com 1972 BORN Los Angeles California
2013 MFA Otis College of Art and Design Fine Art/ Public Practice 2009 BFA Otis College of Art and Design Sculpture and New Genres
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 WELCOME TO THE BUNNYHOUSE Guggenheim Gallery Chapman University 2015 HOUSE DEER RABBIT COYOTE Selecto Planta Baja LA CA 2008 LOVE UNDER LUST G727 LA CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS *selected 2024 Seeing Chicanx Monterey Museum of Art, CA 2023 House of Seiko, San Francisco, CA 2023 VETA by Fer Frances, Dirty Realism: Otra Noche en L.A. Madrid, Spain 2022 Meshed Realism LAST gallery Los Angeles CA 2020 Manifesta 13 Les Parallèles du Sud HMHM movie 2019 A DECOLONIAL ATLAS STRATEGIES IN CONTEMPORARY ART OF THE AMERICAS Union College 2018 CALAFIA: Manifesting the Terrestrial Paradise at RAFFMA
2018 REGENERACIÓN, THREE GENERATIONS OF REVOLUTIONARY IDEOLOGY Vincent Price Art Museum LA CA 2018 Sisyphus, Ver.20.18 National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts - Digiark in Taichung, Taiwan 2018 A UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF INFAMY Getty’s Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA at LACMA; 2017 A DECOLONIAL ATLAS STRATEGIES IN CONTEMPORARY ART OF THE AMERICAS Off Biennale Cairo, Le Caire, Egypt, Oficina de Proyectos Culturales, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Vincent Price Art Museum, Los Angeles, Tufts University, Boston.
Raul Baltazar
Raul Baltazar, a Los Angeles-based artist, delves into the visceral intersections of mythology, history, and urban culture. With a provocative blend of installations, performances, and multimedia works, Baltazar's art confronts and disrupts established narratives. His practice, steeped in his Mexican heritage, explores themes of identity, spirituality, and resistance, creating a raw, immersive experience that challenges viewers to reconsider their perceptions and engage with the socio-political undercurrents of contemporary life. Baltazar's work is a defiant exploration of the sacred and the profane, an unflinching examination of power dynamics, and an invitation to revolutionary thought.