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PamelaDiazMartinez
EDUCATION
2004 Master of Fine Arts Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1997 Bachelor of Science, Art Education Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Personal and Design Art Work: Featured in art museums, art centers,
national and international fashion magazines and newspapers
Sponsored by: Golden Paints/Scholastic Artist Residency 2019, The National Endowment for the Arts 2015
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WORK EXPERIENCE
INDEPENDENT CONTRACT DESIGNER
2015 Florsheim x Esquivel Shoes Collaboration: Artist/Illustrator
California, USA
Artist chosen to draw the first women’s shoe collection
produced by Florsheim Shoes in 40 years.
2006-2015 Esquivel Shoes: Design Assistant
California and New York, USA
Color and Conceptual Design Assistant,
Presentation Designer, Exhibition Coordinator of luxury
shoe brand from concept to final product.
Shoe Designs were Featured in Selected Publications:
Vogue Magazine, GQ Magazine, Goop.com,
Esquire, Men’s Health, Vanity Fair, InStyle, W Magazine,
Wall Street Journal, LA Times, OC Register
2014 Idea USA: Aesthetic Design Consultant
Long Beach, California, USA
Color and Conceptual Aesthetic Direction for a children’s tablet.
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ART INSTRUCTOR
2015-Present Westminster Schools: Upper School A.P. Art Instructor/Advisor
Atlanta, GA, USA
9th -12th Grade Courses Taught:
Drawing and Painting I, II III, A.P. Art, Fashion
2006-2014 Tarbut V’Torah: Upper School A.P. Art Instructor
Irvine, CA, USA
9th -12th Grade Courses Taught:
Art I, II, III (Experimental Art), A.P. Art, Fashion
2005-2007 Saddleback College: Adjunct Faculty
Mission Viejo, CA, USA
Undergraduate Courses Taught:
Intermediate Painting, Advanced Painting, Color Theory, 2D Design
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ART COORDINATOR
2006-2014 Tarbut V’Torah: Visual Art Exhibition Coordinator
Irvine, California, USA
Responsibilities:
Organized/Designed/Budgeted Annual Art Show for 70 Middle and High School Students
Coordinated students to design and install quarterly displays in art spaces
Managed supplies and exhibition budgets
2005-2007 Saddleback College: Faculty Liaison, Area Coordinator
Mission Viejo, CA, USA
Responsibilities:
Coordinated Color Theory and 2D Design Instructors,
Liaison between the faculty and administration regarding
curriculum/design/installation quarterly displays in art spaces
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EXHIBITION RECORD SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 MANIFEST Gallery Transcendence, Cincinnati, OH
BRIGHTHOUSE BrightHouse Emerging Artist Exhibition, Atlanta, GA
Aore Pop Up Gallery Gresham Park Pop Up, Atlanta, GA
Boston Consulting Group, Acquisition Exhibition, Atlanta, GA
2018 Open Space ATL El Show, Atlanta, GA
Art in Orvieto Residency Show, Orvieto, Italy
Basement Projects Tres Veritates, Santa Ana, CA
Monster Drawing Rally The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
2017 Hannacc Art Gallery Group Residency Show, Barcelona, Spain
Museum of Contemporary Art, Georgia Gathered 3, Atlanta, GA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Georgia Paddle 8 Auction, Atlanta, GA
Broyles Art Gallery Westminster Faculty Show, Atlanta, GA
2016 Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion Orange Coast Review Exhibition, Costa Mesa, CA
Penland School of Crafts Gallery Group Show, Bakersville, NC
Broyles Art Gallery Faculty Show Atlanta, GA
2015 Beep Beep Art Gallery Careless Whiskers, Atlanta, Georgia
High Museum of Art Monster Drawing Rally, Atlanta, Georgia
Broyles Art Gallery Westminster High School Faculty Show, Atlanta, GA
Orange Coast College Orange Coast Review Art Show, Costa Mesa, CA
Bakersfield Museum of Art Lead by Line, Bakersfield, CA
2014 Mt. San Antonio College Way of the Flesh Part II, Walnut, CA
Sage Hill High School OC Teacher Exhibition, Newport, CA
Huntington Beach Art Center Centered on the Center, HB, CA
2013 Irvine Fine Arts Center $99 Show, Irvine, CA
ALAC 3rd Annual Latina Art Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ
2010 Milk Studios Fashion Week-Esquivel Presentation, NYC, NY
Esquivel House Handmade, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art By the Running Foot, Santa Ana, CA
Saddleback College Faculty Show, Mission Viejo, CA
2008 B.Spoke Showroom Fashion Week, Los Angeles, CA
ISM Sk8ology: Now That You Know, Long Beach, San Diego and Florida
B. Spoke Showroom Featured Painter, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Plas-Ties Warehouse The Human Skin Is Uterine Kin, Tustin, CA
Montage Gallery School Power Art Auction, Laguna Beach
Saddleback College Fine Arts Gallery Faculty Show, Mission Viejo, CA
2006 Diana Ferrone Gallery Next, Laguna Beach, CA
Here Gallery Guest Artist, Tempe, AZ
Montage Gallery School Power Art Auction, Laguna Beach, CA
2005 UpSpace Speakeasy, Los Angeles, CA
PCDM Gallery Space Cinco De Mayo Exhibition, Pasadena, CA
ASU Kerr Cultural Center AZ International Latino/a Festival, Scottsdale, AZ
Virginia G. Piper Creative Learning Center Gallery Artist/Poet Collab, Tempe, AZ
Harry Wood Gallery Virginia G. Piper Artist/Poet Collaboration, Tempe, AZ
Stark Gallery Respite, Phoenix, AZ
2004 Mesa Gallery International Latino/Chicano Art Festival/Auction, Mesa, AZ
Chandler Center For The Arts Arte Caliente Mexican Art Show, Chandler, AZ
Phoenix Center For The Arts Draw the Line XI Show Phoenix, AZ
Grace Gallery Building Sustainable Communities, Graduate Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ
2003 Heinrich Boll Institute Exhibition International Workshop Rostock, Germany
Frank Lloyd Wright Gammage Auditorium Hispanic Art Exhibition, Tempe, AZ
Arizona State University Gallery 100 Graduate Exhibition, Tempe, AZ
2002 Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego Intern Exhibition, San Diego, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Poem88.net An idiosyncratic path toward…, Atlanta, GA
2012 Latino Arts Inc. Gallery Following Palindrome: Conversion, Milwaukee, WI
2011 Concordia University New Work, Irvine, CA
2010 Latino Art Museum Purveyors of Truth, Pomona, CA
2009 Concordia University Following Palindrome, Irvine, CA
2009 Laguna Art Source 10 Year Archive Show, Laguna Beach, CA
2008 BC Space Gallery Following Palindrome, Laguna Beach, CA
2007 Plas-Ties Pop Up Space Milagro or Prosthetic? Exhibition, Irvine, CA
2006 Plas-Ties Pop UP Space Queen Make-Believe Installation, Irvine, CA
2004 Harry Wood Gallery Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Tempe, AZ
2003 Here Gallery Art Exhibition, Tempe, AZ
2002 South Mountain Community College Thesis Exhibition, Guadalupe, AZ
2001 San Diego Junior League Fine Art Exhibition, San Diego, CA
RESIDENCIES
2018 Art in Orvieto Institute for Christian Studies, Orvieto, Italy
2017 Hannacc Residence for Art and Creativity, Barcelona, Spain
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
2017 Northern Kentucky University School of the Arts Guest Lecturer: Creative Careers
2016 SEEKATL Studio Tour Guest Artist/Lecturer: Studio Work
2015 Bakersfield Museum of Art Guest Artist/Lecturer/Panel Participant: Studio Work
2015 Bakersfield Museum of Art Guest Artist/Lecturer: Studio Work
2014 Concordia University Keynote Speaker: Missions and Art
2014 Mt. San Antonio College Guest Panelist: Experimental Studio Work
2011 Concordia University Guest Lecturer: Palindromes
2009 Concordia University Guest Lecturer: Following Palindromes
2009 Tarbut V’Torah Guest Lecturer: Art and God
2004 Arizona State University Guest Lecturer: Presentation of Thesis Exhibition
2004 Arizona State University Guest Lecturer: Presentation of Cooperative Learning
2004 Arizona State University Fine Art Core Curriculum Speakers Bureau
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ART PRESS/DIGITAL
Trinity Magazine A Publication of the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh, “The Holy Spirit”, Vol. 40, No. 2 © 2019 Instagram Posting, Pitanglican.org
ARTSATL December 20, 2018
Review: “Cullum’s Notebook: At year’s end, Atlanta shows tackle weighty issues.”
Reporter: Jerry Cullum
ARTSATL June 27, 2017
Review: “Gathered III” makes for a rich experience, conservative in tone
Reporter: Rebecca Brantley
Interviews and Insights, Youtube.com 2017
Marc Leone, Northern Kentucky University
OCARTBLOG.COM October 24, 2014
Pamela Diaz Martinez: A Different Kind of Haunting
Reporter: Suzanne Walsh
Concordia University News November 11, 2014
Missions Art Night, The Intersection of Faith and Art
Reporter: Kendra
Orange County Register May 11, 2010
Magic Realism Artist Exhibits in Pomona
Art Writer: Roberta Carasso
BOOK/CATALOG PUBLICATIONS
Trinity Magazine A Publication of the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh, “The Holy Spirit”, Vol. 40, No. 2 © 2019
Zine Para Ti, Self Published © 2019
Zine The end, I mean, The Beginning. Westminster Lower School Publication © 2019
Orange Coast Review Orange Coast College
Observed and Recorded Permutation of The Holy Spirit XI © 2016
Florsheim x Esquivel Holiday Capsule Collection: Shoe Catalog Winter © 2015
Orange Coast Review Orange Coast College
Cover Art, Wavering and Quivering Self 05 © 2015
Triumph Of Our Communities: Four Decades of Latin American Art, Bilingual Press, © 2005
Visual Text, Laura Cruser and Kris Sanford
Arizona State University Typeshop, © 2005
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SELECTED PRINT
Joseph Espiritu, Lariat News, “Saddleback Faculty Show”, (March 10, 2009).
Roberta Carasso, Coast Magazine, “Following Palindrome”, (August 2008 Issue).
Laguna Beach Independent, “Following Palindrome”, (August 2008 Issue).
Orange County Register, “The Human Skin Is Uterine Kin”, (June 2007 Issue).
Laguna Beach Independent, “The Human Skin Is Uterine Kin”, (June 2007 Issue).
Jun, Catherine J., “Latin Artists” Bold Statement”, Arizona Republic (July15, 2004).
Albarran, Marco,“Grace and Gravity: The Story of Queen Make-Believe
and Her Broken Winged Donkey”.
Zopilote Cultural Literary Newsletter (Vol. 04 No.12, December 2004).
Koeppel, Geri “Latino Art Drawing Crowds”, Arizona Republic (July 27, 2004).
Altstadt, Osltliche “Sechs Kunstler vier Wochen unter sich”, Ostsee Zeitu Rostocker Zeitung
(August 29, 2003).
Pile, Randy “Visitations and Explorations” Musical Reproduction RP2003001-2, Copyright 2003
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PHILANTHROPIC PROJECTS
2019 St. Ignatius Encounter, Atlanta, GA
MOCA GA LIVE Auction, Atlanta, GA
2016 Empty Bowls: A Grass Roots Movement To Help End Hunger Co-Chair for High School Initiative
Active Minds Inc. Received $1000 Grant from The Glenn Institute Design Director for High School Initiative
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CONTACT
cell: 858.663.8481
email: pameladiazmartinez@mac.com