¡Artist CV!
Education
B.A., Ethnic Studies, Film&Media, and Minor in Education - University of California, Berkeley, CA - 2021
A,A,, Arts & Humanities - Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA - 2016
Creative Teaching and Art Administrative Roles
The Tortilla Press, Independent Press, Founder and Co-Editor, 2022 - Present
The Foster Youth Museum, Art Teacher, 2023 - Present
Visual and Performing Arts Program, Journey House, Director, 2022 - 2025
Tú eres Tú/You are You: Foster Youth Art Intervention Project, Founder and Director, 2019 - 2022
Awards/Fellowships
Dr. Kerry English Heidi Duckler Fellow, Los Angeles, 2024
Arts for LA ACTIVATE Fellow, Los Angeles, 2023
Stronach Prize Fellowship, Tú eres Tú/You are You: Art Intervention Program, 2021
Pedro Papias, Official Selection Bay Area Student Shorts Film Festival, Moraga, CA, 2021
Lili Fabilli and Eric Hoffer Essay Prize, UC Berkeley, 2021
Peter E. Haas Fellow, Latina/x/o Zine Community Program, Berkeley, 2020
Altar Healing, BAMPFA SC Film Festival, Berkeley, CA 2020
First Place National Award: Mexican- American Abstraction: Family Through the Translation of the /Slash/;The Imprint: Youth and Family News; 2020
Exhibition History
Familia-r: The Vaquera/x/o Through A Mexican American Lens, Medicine for Nightmares Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2026
Familia-r: The Vaquera/x/o Through A Mexican American Lens, Cry Baby’s Rodeo, San Fernando, CA, 2025
Michael Papias Portfolio Showcase, Heidi Duckler Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA, 2025
Familia-r: The Vaquera/x/o Through A Mexican American Lens, Tia Chucha’s Bookstore, Sylmar, CA, 2025
We Are Healing, Ch. 2: Healing through Music, Berkeley, CA, 2023
Group Shows
Writing the Golden State Chapbook, Claremont Graduate University, 2026
Los Angeles Zine fest, Los Angeles, 2025
Mass Sanctuaries, Acción Latina, San Francisco, 2025
Contagious Culture Exhibition, SuperChief Gallery, Los Angeles, 2025
Grand Opening Gallery, East LA Film Shop, Los Angeles, 2025
Capturando Cultura, J&F Film Lab, Los Angeles, 2025
John Doe Gallery Zine Pop-Up Fest, Los Angeles, 2024
AHUA Belonging: [home, memory, and root] Exhibition, Irvine, CA 2024
ALT/EX, 818 Community Darkroom, Topanga, CA 2023
The Valle Group Exhibition, Los Angeles, 2023
Installation/Curation
Community Public Exhibition: Youth of HYPE Center, Preparator, San Francisco, CA 2026
Cozy: Dear God, Preparator, Los Angeles, CA 2025
Pop-Up Museum, West Coast Children’s Clinic, Oakland, CA 2025
Foster Youth Museum at the Redwood City Public Library, Preparator, Redwood City, CA 2025
Lost Childhoods Exhibition, Sacramento State Library Collections, Sacramento, CA 2025
Edward Castro: Point Zero, Preparator, Los Angeles, CA 2024
Artist Talks and Workshops
Foster Youth Photography Workshop, Humboldt County Transition Age Youth Center, Humboldt, CA 2026
Photography Workshop: Telling Your Story, San Francisco Women Against Rape (SF WAR), San Francisco, CA 2026
Plática: Michael Papias and María Esquinca, Medicine for Nightmares, San Francisco, CA 2026
Photography Workshop and Show, West Coast Children's Clinic, Oakland, CA, 2025
Creative Storytelling through a Lens Based Practice, HYPE Center, San Francisco, CA 2025
New Zealand Foster Youth Creative Workshop, VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai, Redwood City, CA 2025
Sacramento State University Photography Workshop, Foster Youth Education Fund, Sacramento, CA 2025
Foster Youth Photography Workshop, CASA of San Mateo, Redwood City, CA, 2024
Studio Visit: A Conversation with William Camargo, Moderator, Santa Ana, CA 2023
UC Berkeley Inclusive Excellence Hub hosts The Foster Youth Photo Crew, Moderator, Berkeley, CA 2024
Los Angeles Arts and Culture, Civic Arts Community Panel Member: La Puente Aquatic Park Civic Art Committee, Los Angeles 2023
This Ain’t No Riot, It’s a Revolution: CSU Dominguez Hills Toro Guardian Scholars Screen print Workshop, Carson, CA 2023
Tú Eres Tú/You Are You: Self-Determination,Blueprint for Success Conference, Los Angeles, CA 2023
Family Policing and Family Regulation, Community Panel Member, Columbia University New York City, NY 2022
Tú eres Tú x National Foster Youth Institute: Were/Are/Will, Art Workshop, La Puente, CA 2022
Tú eres Tú x CSU Fresno Renaissance Scholars: Frantz Fanon and The Foster Power Movement, Art Workshop, Fresno, CA 2022
Tú eres Tú x Antelope Valley College Guardian Scholars: The Foster Power Movement and the Antelope Valley, Art Workshop, Lancaster, CA 2022
Tú eres Tú x CSU Northridge Resilience Scholars (foster youth support program): The Foster Youth Power Movement, Art Workshop, Northridge, CA 2022
Press/Publications
Vaquera/x/o on display: Michael Papias’ new photo exhibit is a Mexican American love letter, Mission Local, San Francisco, CA 2025
The 405 (for my first Jefe), Varrio Voices Poetry Anthology: Volume 1, Varrio Voices, 2021
Sunflowers and Roses, Berkeley Arts + Design, Berkeley, CA 2020
Mexican-American Abstraction: Family Through the Translation of the /Slash/;The Imprint: Youth and Family News; 2020
Permanent Collections
Medicine for Nightmares Gallery, Bookstore Permanent Collection, San Francisco, 2026
UC Berkeley Graduate Inclusive Excellence Hub, Berkeley, CA 2024
CASA Zamora Community Library Archive, El Monte, CA 2024
Café Con Libros Press, Community Library Archive, Pomona, CA 2024
Los Angeles Public Library Zine Collection, Los Angeles 2023
Tú eres Tú/You are You, Journey House Collection, Pasadena, CA 2022
UC Berkeley Poetry Collections, Berkeley, CA 2021