User:Mdmizrahi/Paz de la Calzada

About Paz De La Calzada is a Spanish artist who explores site-specific murals, installations, and public art. Based in San Francisco, she focuses on public work to incorporate her art into the urban environment. She uses different lines and patterns based on the public settings and elements to contrast her art with the surroundings. Her art is inspired by ancient myths, meditation, botanical remedies, and magical thinking. She aims to use these inspirations to show the significance of nature to human life and highlight the ability of art to repair concerns of society. It is common for her to use recoverable items in her art in order to give them a new meaning and use.

Early life, Education, and Career

Paz de la Calzada was born in Spain amid a political change. Her work was influenced through the experiences she had during that transition from oppression and limitation to the birth of a democratic Spain.

1992   Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts. University of Salamanca, Spain.

1998   Master’s Program in Fine Arts, Painting. San Carlos Academy, UNAM. México City.

Individual Exhibitions

1996   7-1 Is Six. León Trotsky Museum. México City. México

1999   Como es arriba es abajo. Installation. Vilanova de Cerveira, Portugal Colegio de Arquitectos, La Coruña, Spain Desencuentros en el Laberinto. Oleiros City Hall, La Coruña, Spain

2000   Entrometidos. Sargadelos Gallery. Santiago de Compostela, Spain. (Catalog)

2001   D-Mencia. Doña Mencía City Hall. Córdoba, Spain

2002   Entretejidos. Javier Marin Gallery, Málaga, Spain. Des-Nudos. Pardo Bazán Gallery. La Coruña, Spain

2004   Fabricated. 66Balmy Gallery. San Francisco, CA

2006   Hairy Tales. ATA Window. San Francisco, CA

2007   Drawings. The Palm Room. Seattle, WA Y yo con estos pelos. Casa del Libro. San Francisco, CA

2008   Chandelier. Window Installation. Artists’ Television Access. San Francisco, CA

2009   99 Cents Beauty. 31 Rausch Gallery. San Francisco, CA

2010   Flora & Fauxna. Enso Gallery. Half Moon Bay. CA

2011   Central Market Dreamscape. Art in Storefronts. San Francisco Arts Commission. San Francisco, CA

2013   The Nomadic Labyrinth. Manresa Gallery. University of San Francisco, CA

2014   The Nomadic Labyrinth. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History. Santa Cruz, CA

2016   Carpet Diem. Sala AlterArte. University of Vigo. Orense, Spain

2017   Alhambra S.R.O. Ramon's Tailor Gallery. San Francisco, CA Inhabitable Drawing, A Carpet Landscape. aMuse Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2018   Portale. Kalmanovitz Hall Atrium and Rooftop Sculpture Terrace. University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

2019   Bucolica (bucolica californica). Monterey Museum of Art. Monterey, CA

Group Exhibitions

1997

Traveling Shoes: Reflexions on Cultural Comparisons. ARC Gallery. Chicago

III Biennial of Fine Arts of Lima, Peru. (Catalog)

Legio in Trotsky. León Trotsky Museum. Mexico City, Mexico

VII Biennial of Miniprint and Ex-Libris. Ostow Wielkopolkski, Poland. (Catalog)

End of Century, End of Millennium. XIII Historic Center Festival. Mexico City. Mexico

And me...with these hairs. Eight Spaniards in Mexico. Tress Gallery. Mexico City. (Catalog)

1998

IV Creative Extremadura Award "Francisco Zurbarán". Badajoz, Spain

VI Painting Juried Show. "Caja Sur." Córdoba, Spain

Valdearte. Barco de Valdeorras, Orense, Spain. (Catalog)

Minimum Secrets. Tallería Gallery, Cultural Space. México City, México.(Catalog)

1999

IV Biennial of Lalín. Pontevedra, Spain. (Catalog)

X Biennial of Vilanova de Cerveira, Portugal. (Catalog)

VI "Isaac Díaz Pardo" Competition of Fine Arts. La Coruña, Spain. (Catalog)

Atlantic Forum of Contemporary Art. Pontevedra, Spain. (Catalog)

Estampa 99. Stand CIEC. Madrid, Spain

2000   ye

Mirror, Little Mirror. Fossil Arte Gallery. San Juan, Puerto Rico

Biennial Araguaney. Santiago de Compostela, Spain. (Catalog)

XVII National Painting Competition. Cambre, La Coruña, Spain. (Catalog)

Artists from the International Print Center. Betanzos, La Coruña, Spain

2001

V Biennial of Lalín. Pontevedra, Spain. (Catalog)

Event 4.0 Sentidos Gratis. Oporto. Portugal. (Catalog)

2002

IV Painting Juried Show. Royal Academy of Fine Arts. La Coruña. Spain (Catalog)

Paper Show. Javier Marín Gallery. Málaga, Spain

Event 5.0 Sentidos Gratis. Oporto, Portugal. (Catalog)

Art and Hotel. Javier Marín Gallery. Sevilla. Spain

2003

III Juried Show “Auditorio de Galicia”. Santiago de Compostela. Spain. (Catalog)

Estampa 03. Stand Multiplicidad. Madrid. Spain

Mirror, Little Mirror. Faculty of Fine Arts, Valencia. Spain

VI Biennial Laxeiro. Lalín, Pontevedra. Spain (catalog)

VIII Competition of Arts “Unicaja”. Málaga. Spain (Catalog)

2004

Emerge 04. Gen Art. The Old Mint. San Francisco, CA

I Latin Video Festival. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. San Francisco, CA

X Monotype Marathon. Institute of Contemporary Art. San Jose.CA

Union FENOSA Juried Show. La Coruna, Spain. (Catalog)

San Francisco Show. New Image Gallery. LA, CA.

March of Women. Casa das Artes. Vigo, Spain.

2005

Buy Nothing Day. ATA. Artists’ Television Access. San Francisco, CA

Second Mission Art Walk. Balazo Gallery. San Francisco, CA

Mapp. Mission Arts Performance Project. San Francisco, CA

You are Beautiful. The Treehouse Gallery. LA, CA

New Acquisitions. Caixa Galicia Foundation. Ferrol, Spain. (Catalog)

Fresh Work. Kala Art Institute. Berkeley. CA

2006

“Salon de Otoño” Painting Award. Academy of Fine Arts, La Coruña, Spain. (Catalog)

111 @111 Minna Gallery. San Francisco, CA

Tactica y Estrategia. Solo Mujeres Show. Mission Cultural Center. San Francisco. CA (Catalog)

Cronyism. Mission 17 Gallery. San Francisco. CA

Artists’ Annual Show. Kala Art Institute. Berkeley. CA

2007

ON/OFF, Art in the Digital Era. Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA

27th Annual Fall Auction. San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art. San Jose, CA

Works on paper. 24th Annual Juried Exhibition. Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA

“Identity” One Night Stand. San Jose Museum of Art. San Jose, CA

Monotype Marathon. ICA. San Jose, CA

Intimate Bodies, Public Spaces. Mina Dresden Gallery. San Francisco, CA

2007 Bay Area Juried Exhibition. Falkirk Art Center. San Rafael, CA

2008

Traces. Untitled Gallery. Sausalito, CA (Catalog)

Experimental Drawing and Cartoon. Mission Cultural Center. San Francisco, CA

Exonome. Mexican Consulate. San Francisco, CA (Catalog)

The EnviroMental Paradigm. Mina Dresden Gallery. San Francisco, CA (Catalog)

First Annual National Juried Exhibition. Sylvia White Gallery. Ventura, CA

International Drawing Annual. Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center. Cincinnati, OH. (Catalog)

Out of the Window. ATA, Artist’s Television Access. San Francisco, CA.

What do women want? Curated by Cecilia Foote. Proyecto X. San Francisco, CA

2010

Projection Series. The Luggage Store. San Francisco, CA

Stop & Go Rides Again. Itinerary, Intersection for the Arts, the Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA

XXI Printmaking Award “Maximo Ramos”. Centro Torrente Ballester. Ferrol, Spain (Catalog)

Malmo Art Festival. Malmo, Sweden

On View: New Works from Kala. Kala Art Institute. Berkeley, CA

2011

Numina Femenina: Latin Women in the Arts. Mexican  Consulate in San Francisco, CA

Z Space. Theater Artaud. San Francisco, CA

Mills Building Show. San Francisco, CA

Art on First. Napa Arts Council. Napa, CA

2012

LOOP. Helena Producciones and SFMOMA. Galeria de la Raza. San Francisco, CA

Community Creates. Opening Show at Palo Alto Art Center. Palo Alto, CA

Kala-Fornia. Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

Mobile Projection Project. The Luggage Store. San Francisco, CA

2013

Unbuilt. California Historical Society. San Francisco, CA

Untitled. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. San Francisco, CA

Kalassal. Kala Art Institute. Berkeley, CA

Urban Imprints: Scratching the Surface. Kearny St. Workshop. Asian Resources Gallery. Oakland, CA

2014

What tethers us? Friday Nights at the De Young. San Francisco, CA

ConVerge. The Nomadic Labyrinth. YBCA. San Francisco, CA

Latino Art Now!: 16th Annual Art Exhibition & Auction. MACLA. San Jose, CA

2015

Time Regained. Fo Kia Nou 24/7. Athens, Greece

2016

Pulling Threads. Root Division Gallery. San Francisco, CA

Bioneers Conference. Marin Civic Center. San Rafael, CA

5 Hour Sculpture. Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA

Ashapalli Arts Festival. Habitat Conclave. Ahmedabad, India

2017

Illegal. The Luggage Store. San Francisco, CA

Remembrance and Resistance. Day of the Dead Exhibition. SOMArts, San Francisco, CA

Collect! Berkeley Art Center. Berkeley, CA

2018

Culturgal 2018. Women artists from the Diputacion de A Coruña Collection. Pontevedra, Spain

A Mirror to Reflect Myself Upon. TAF Foundation. Athens, Greece

Start Up Art Fair. Special Projects. Hotel del Sol, San Francisco, CA

2019

Site-specific drawing. 836M Gallery. San Francisco. CA

39 Annual Connect and Collect Auction and Exhibition. SJICA, San Jose, CA

Estado Crítico 3. Vicente Risco Foundation. Allariz, Ourense, Spain

2020

Paint The Void. Site-specific mural at Salumeria, San Francisco, CA

2021

Life is Hard but it's better with Art. 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Mirar de Nuevo. La mujer contra el tiempo. Sala Abanca. Santiago de Compostela, Spain

2022

Creative Attention: Art and Community Restoration. Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA

Piecing. 836M Gallery. San Francisco, CA

Awards and nominations

1995   Acquisition Award. III "Isaac Díaz Pardo" Competition of Fine Arts. La Coruña, Spain Valuable Youth Scholarship. Pontevedra Biennial. Spain

1996   Grant for Art Studies in UNAM, México City. County of La Coruña, Spain

1997   Special Mention. III Biennial of Fine Arts of Lima, Peru

1998   Acquisition Award. VI Creative Extremadura Award "Francisco Zurbarán". Badajoz, Spain Honorable Award. VI Painting Competition "Caja Sur". Córdoba. Spain Painting Award "Valdearte". Barco de Valdeorras. Orense, Spain

1999   Painting Award, IV Biennial of Lalín. Pontevedra, Spain Acquisition Award, VI " Isaac Díaz Pardo" Competition of Fine Arts. La Coruña, Spain

2002   Second Award. IV Painting Competition. Academy of Fine Arts, La Coruña, Spain

2004   I Latino Video Festival. Best Experimental. Mission Cultural Center. San Francisco, CA

2010   Honorable Mention. XXI Printmaking Award “Maximo Ramos”. Ferrol, Spain

2013   Cultural Equity Grant. San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA

2019   Hidden Gems Award. Wildflowers Institute. San Francisco, CA