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DEANNA BARAHONA
b. 1997, Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in San Diego, CA
Education
2024 MFA Visual Arts Candidate, University of California, San Diego
2020 BA, Studio Art, California State University, Bakersfield
Solo Exhibitions
2025 (upcoming) San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, California
2024 (upcoming) California Center for the Arts, Escondido, California
2024 ALL I CAN LEAVE YOU IS THIS GLITTER, UCSD Main Gallery, La Jolla, California
2023 glitz and satin roses, Residencia 797, Guadalajara, Mexico
2023 santa only visits big cities, UCSD SME GALLERY, La Jolla, California
2020 A Love Letter to Guatemala, White Room Gallery, CSU Bakersfield, Bakersfield, California
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 (upcoming) Latin American Women Artists, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
2024 NI TODAS LAS FORMAS, NI TODO EL LENGUAJE, Museo Raul Anguiano (MURA), Guadalajara, Mexico
2024 ICA San Diego 2024 NextGen, San Diego, California
2024 a handful of fog, Elliott Hundley Studio, Los Angeles, California
2024 GENERACIONES, Munzon Gallery, Long Beach, California
2024 GENERACIONES, John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana, California
2024 Inlet, Outlet, UCSD Main Gallery, La Jolla, California
2024 GLAMFA 2024, CSULB Galleries, Long Beach, California
2024 NOT NOW BUT NOW, Mandeville Gallery, La Jolla, California
2023 Ahorita!, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2023 White Lodge, Island 83 Gallery, New York City, New York
2023 MONTAGE, TBN Projects Los Angeles, California
2023 GLAMFA 2023, CSULB Galleries, Long Beach, California
2023 Stone Soup, Two Rooms Gallery, San Diego, California
2022 The Sun Doesn’t Mean To Be So Hot, CSUN West Gallery, Northridge, California
2022 Identity Through Americana, Barbara Freeman Studio, La Jolla, California
2022 Quadruple, Phase Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2022 Blue Lagoon, SME UC San Diego, San Diego, California
2022 Pink Slip, Bread + Salt, San Diego, CA
2022 UC San Diego Open Studios, Main Gallery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California
2022 TRACING, Old Kitchen Galley, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
2021 Descifrando Terrenos, New Wight Gallery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Graduating Senior Exhibition, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2020 Playhouse, White Room Gallery, CSU Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA
2019 Color Model, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2019 Nosotros | Tehuantin, White Room Gallery, CSU Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA
2018 Spring Break Forever, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2017 Open Letter. Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
Speaking Engagements
2023 Deanna Barahona en conversacion con Ruben Ortiz Torres, Residencia 797. Guadalajara, Mexico
2023 Guest Speaker, Artes CUAAD, Guadalajara, Mexico
Curitorial Work
2023 Find Me in The White Room, UCSD Main Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Collections
AltaMed Art Collection
Publications
San Diego Union Tribune. NextGen artist explores childhood, heritage through pop culture by Seth Combs. 2024
San Diego, Magazine. Meet ICA San Diego’s 2024 NextGen Artists. 2024
Issue 4, Art and Type Magazine. 2021
Converge Magazine, Issue 2. The Power of Women’s Work by Haydee Barahona. 2021
Awards and Fellowships
2023 California Arts Council, Individual Artist Fellowship, Emerging Artist
2023 Visual Arts Russell Grant
2022 University of California San Diego, VisArts EDI Fellowship
2020 Dean’s Award for Outstanding Visual Art’s Project, California State
University Bakersfield
Residencies
2024 California Center for the Arts, Escondido, California