Cristina Velázquez
PAL Instructor since 2020
Cristina Velázquez is an interdisciplinary visual artist who reuses and transforms everyday obsolete objects into works of art, addressing feminist and ecological issues through the term Ecofeminism.
About
Cristina Velázquez is an interdisciplinary visual artist who reuses and transforms everyday obsolete objects into works of art, addressing feminist and ecological issues through the term Ecofeminism. She was born in Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacán, Mexico and immigrated to the U.S. in 1987. Velazquez earned a Dual Degree MA/MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco and a BFA from San Jose State University.
Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions at venues including; The Foundry Art Center, Missouri, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, Gallery nine5, New York, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, Euphrat Museum at De Anza College, Cupertino, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, and MACLA, San Jose.
Residencies:
New York Mills Art Retreat and Residency, New York Mills, MN, 2018
AIR at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA, 2017
Student Artist In Residence at Recology, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alo, CA,2014-2015
Testimonials
“I am loving your Abstract Drawing class. Your assignments are great, and you have very thoughtful comments on student work. Thank you for conveying your enthusiasm and knowledge so well online, that’s not always easy.”
