Antonio Tovar

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

1999 PIEZAS SUELTAS, Photography, Café Bohéme, San Francisco, California

1997 IMAGENES DE MEXICO, Collage Gallery, Esslingen, Germany

1997 SANTOS Y PECADORES, Taller de Arte, Granada, Spain

1997 LA MIRADA INTERIOR, Photography, Centro Cultural Casa Porras, Granada, Spain

1997 LOS DOMINGOS EN SODOMA, Photography, Galeria El Pecado, Madrid, Spain

1996 ALEGORIAS, Painting, Galeria El Sur, Granada, Spain

1996 SANTOS Y SANTOS, Photography, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, California

1994 GUARDIANES DEL PARAISO, Mixed Media, Café Fanari, San Francisco, Califiornia

1994 KID BOLILLO Y OTRAS HISTORIAS, Mixed Media, Milano Joe’s Gallery, San Francisco, California

 

 

JURIED SHOWS:

2000     PAPER IN PARTICULAR, National Exhibition, Columbia College Gallery, Columbia, MO

1998 WORKS ON PAPER (Award), Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, California

1998 TEMPORARY QUARTERS, International Mail Art Show, Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley, California

1998 VISION LATINA, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, California

1997 6^th ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION, Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, California

1997 NEW PHOTOGRAPHY ’97 (International Competition, Award), Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Los Angeles, California

1996 MAIL ART, Cesar Chavez Student Center Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California

1996 THE PROMISED DREAM, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, California

1995 LAGRIMAS Y SONRISAS, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, California

1995 CREATIVE WORK FUND, Recipient for grant for collaborative, photographic project

from the Elise and Walter Haas Fund, San Francisco, California

1995 FOTOGRAFIAS DE LA RAZA, Santa Rosa Junior College Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, California

1994 CORAZON DEL BARRIO, Mixed Media, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, California

1993 CORAZON DEL BARRIO, Mixed Media, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, California

1989 THE AUSTIN ANNUAL, Mixed Media, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas

 

 

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:

2000 DIFFERENT WORLDS, COMMON GROUND: DIVERSITY IN LATIN AMERICAN ART, Paintings, Sun Microsystems, 4 Bay Area locations, California

1999 SAN FRANCISCO OPEN STUDIOS, Photographs, San Francisco, California

1999    FALL INTO ART, Paintings, Jam Associates Art Gallery, San Francisco, California

1999     WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA, THE LAND OF ILLEGAL ALIENS, Installation,

Mission Badlands Gallery, San Francisco, California

1999 THE ARTIST CALENDAR 2000, Collage on paper, Galería de la Raza,

San Francisco, California

1999 FAREWELL TO THE 20^TH CENTURY, Paintings, Central Michigan University, Pleasant, Michigan

1999 INTERNATIONAL CHICANA CHICANO ART EXHIBITION, Paintings, Metro Gallery, San Diego, California

1999 DIFFERENT WORLDS, COMMON GROUND, Paintings, SUN Microsystems, San Francisco, California

1999 12 ARTISTAS DE LATINOAMERICA, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, California

1999 VIVAMOS MEJOR, Paintings, Somart Gallery, San Francisco, California

1999 PATTERNS OF ART, Paintings,  JAM Associates Art Gallery, San Francisco, California

1999 NO LOVE, Paintings, Mission Badlands, San Francisco, California

1999 BADLANDS GARAGE SALE, Paintings, Mission Badlands, San Francisco, California

1999 ART FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, Paintings, City Art Gallery, San Francisco, California

1998 THE GLASS EYE, Photography, Mission Badlands, San Francisco, California

1998 DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, Paintings, Mission Badlands, San Francisco, California

1998 OPEN WINDOWS, Photography, City Art Gallery, San Francisco, California

1997 POST-POSTCARD II, Photography, Four Walls Gallery, San Francisco, California

1997 BENEFIT AUCTION, Photography, San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, California

1997 POCHO!, Photography, Mission Badlands, San Francisco, California

1997 ARTE +SUR, Photography and Paintings, Feria Internacional de Arte España, Granada, Spain

1996 THE HEART OF THE MISSION, Paintings, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, California

1995 DE REGRESO AL CIELO, Paintings, Los Santos Inocentes Art Gallery, San Francisco, California

1995 PAINTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, Paintings and found Objects, La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, California

1995 CUATRO PUNTOS DE VISTA, Hand-tinted Photographs, Polanco Gallery, San Francisco, California

1995 ART AT THE VOX, Hand-tinted Photographs, Café Vox Populi, Berkeley, California

1995 CONTEMPORARY MEXICAN ARTISTS, Hand-tinted Photographs, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, California

1995 POESIA URBANA, Hand-tinted Photographs, James & James Gallery, Madrid, Spain

1994 DE OVALITO Y CON RETOQUE, Photography, Los Santos Inocentes Art Gallery, San Francisco, California

1994 NO A LA LEY 187, Mixed Media, La peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, California

1994 ARTE CONTEMPORANEO DE MEXICO, Mixed media Exhibit, Los Santos Inocentes

Art Gallery, San Francisco, California

1994 PRIMITIVOS, Paintings, Café Bohéme, San Francisco, California

1994 ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE MISSION, Urban Photography Project, Mission District, San Francisco, California

1994 IMAGENES DE MEXICO, Photography, Polanco Gallery, San Francisco, California

1994 AMOR – O – RAMA, Mixed Media, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, California

1994 A SHOW WITHOUT A NAME, Photography, Rayko Gallery, San Francisco, California

1993 TRES PINTORES Y UN FOTOGRAFO, Paintings and Photography, La Casa Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico

1993 ANONIMUS, Photograpy, Rayko Gallery, San Francisco, California

 

 

PUBLICATIONS:

2000 PHOTO CALENDAR 2000, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

1999 ARTIST CALENDAR 2000, Photography, San Francisco, California, USA

1998 NITRO, Photography, Mexico City, Mexico

1998 LA CAMARA OSCURA, Photography, Granada, Spain

1998 BOHEMIAN NEWS, Photography Front Cover, San Francisco, California

1997 EXPRESO, Cover-Painting, Granada, Spain

1996 A SANGRE FRIA, Photography, Mexico City, Mexico

1994 THE GOETHE INSTITUTE MAGAZINE, Photography, San Francisco, California

1994 SAN FRANCISCO LIFE MAGAZINE, Photography, San Francisco, California

1992 EL DOMINICAL, Photography Front Cover, Mexico City, Mexico

1992 GENERACION MAGAZINE, Photography, Mexico City, Mexico

 

 

COLLECTIONS:

THE MEXICAN MUSEUM, San Francisco, California

LOS CABOS CENTRO CULTURAL, Los Cabos, Baja California

MUSEUM LUDWIG, Cologne, Germany

 

PRIVATE COLLECTORS:

USA, Mexico, Spain, Germany, France

 

 

PROFESSIONAL WORK:

Temporary Assistant Curator at The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, California

Temporary Assistant Curator at Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, California

Temporary Assistant Curator at The Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, California

Temporary Assistant Curator at The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California

Temporary Assistant Curator at The Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas

Artistic Director and Curator, Los Santos Inocentes Art Gallery, San Francisco, California

Curator at  GOEZ Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California

Co-Director and Curator at Mission Badlands, San Francisco, California

Curator at La Galeria El Sur, Granada, Spain