Last updated February 1, 2024

noé olivas
b. 1987, San Diego, California—occupied Kumeyaay land
studio@noeolivas.com

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Last updated February 1, 2024

Education: 

2019: Master of Fine Arts in Art - University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
2013: Bachelor of Arts in Visual Art (minor in Art History and Architecture) - University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)

Solo Exhibitions: 

2024: Gilded Dreams at Crenshaw Dairy Mart, (Inglewood, CA)
2022: Hammer Projects: Let’s Pray , Hammer Museum (Los Angeles, CA) 
2021: domingo, with Crenshaw Dairy Mart at The Mistake Room (Los Angeles, CA)
2021:Abolitionist Pod Prototype, with Crenshaw Dairy Mart at MOCA (Los Angeles, CA)
2019: Alumni Exhibition: noé olivas, Sacred Heart Gallery at University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)
2019: Que sueñes con los angelitos, Ed and Gayle Roski Master of Fine Arts Gallery at University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
2015: Low&Slow, Untitled Space at The New Children’s Museum (San Diego, CA)
2013: Poetics of Labor, Untitled Space at University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)

Group Exhibitions: 

2024: The Idea of Feeling at Scripps College, Brown Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery (Claremont, CA)
2023: How We Gather at UCSD, Mandeville Art Gallery (La Jolla, CA)
2023: Freedom Portal at Charlie James Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
2022: Cuidate Mucho at Long Beach Community College (Long Beach, CA)
2022: Alumni Works at University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)
2022: Candlewood Festival 2022,  (Borrego Springs, CA)
2020: Voz Alta: Time and Space, with Voz Alta at Best Practice (San Diego, CA)
2020: Magnetic Currents: Representations charged by the U.S. and Mexico Border at The Front Arte & Cultura (San Ysidro, CA)
2020: Magnetic Currents: Representations charged by the U.S. and Mexico Border at California State University Channel Islands (Ventura County, CA)
2019: Open Space at Back Space Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
2019: Calafia: Manifesting the Terrestrial Paradise at Armory Center of the Arts (Pasadena, CA)
2019: With a Little Help From My Friends at Charlie James Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
2019: Shifting aesthetics: A Selection of Works by 11 L.A. Artists at Millard Sheets Art Center (Pomona, CA)
2019: TELL ME A STORY AND I’LL SING YOU A SONG at Charlie James Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
2019: HOMEBASE at Residency Art Gallery (Inglewood, CA)
2019: DEEP WATERS at Residency Art Gallery (Inglewood, CA)
2018: CALAFIA: Manifesting the Terrestrial Paradise, MexiCali Biennial at The Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (San Bernardino, CA)
2018: In Plain Sight at La Jolla Historical Society (La Jolla, CA)
2017: Whiskers at Ed and Gayle Roski Master of Fine Arts Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
2017: AnthroMorphoCene at Bread and Salt (San Diego, CA)
2016: Spring Fest Festival at Untitled Space at Bread and Salt (San Diego, CA)
2014: I Scream for Ice-Cream with Untitled Space at The New Children's Museum (San Diego, CA)
2014: TRANSANNUAL with Untitled Space at Adams Ave. (San Diego, CA)
2013: The Gift Shop with Untitled Space at Helmuth Project (San Diego, CA)
2013: The Gift Shop II with Untitled Space at San Diego Art Museum (San Diego, CA)
2013: Athenaeum Annual Juried Show at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (La Jolla, CA)
2013: SD Annual Student Exhibition at University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)
2013: pas·sion at Sol Collective (Sacramento, CA)
2013: Beyond the Book at Hoehn Family Galleries, University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)
2012: Mole and Hot Sauce at Voz Alta Project Gallery (San Diego, CA)
2012: Goyaʼs Disasters of War: A Legacy in Print at Hoehn Family Galleries at University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)

Performances:

2019: Open Space at Back Space Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
2019: Vibe Check, Ed and Gayle Roski Master of Fine Arts Gallery at University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
2019: Returning to the definition of the Sun on Edgewood St.  (Los Angeles, CA)
2019: Reunidos on Edgewood St. (Los Angeles, CA)
2019: Rain Dance on Edgewood St. (Los Angeles, CA)
2018: It’s dangerous times. We have to be connected with Patrisse Cullors at Eastside Café  (Los Angeles, CA)
2018:  It’s dangerous times. We have to be connected with Patrisse Cullors & Black Lives Matters at NADA (Miami, FL)
2018:  It’s dangerous times. We have to be connected with Patrisse Cullors & Black Lives Matters at Prizm Art Fair (Miami, FL)
2018: In response to Zoe Leonard’s ‘I want a President’, Hauser & Wirth (Los Angeles, CA)
2018: Training Camp, USC Ed and Gayle Roski MFA Parking Lot (Los Angeles, CA)
2018: De La Calle, Institution of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, CA)
2017: Performance Series: Mid-City Angels, Shoot The Lobster (Los Angeles, CA)

Prizes and Awards:

2019: Roski Outstanding MFA Student, University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
2018: Macomber Travel Grant, University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
2018: Dean’s Merit Award, University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
2013: Departmental Honors: Exceptional Performance in Visual Art, University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)
2013: Associated Student Research Grant, University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)
2012: Associated Student Research Grant University of San Diego, (San Diego, CA)
2012: Keck Faculty Research Grant University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)

Residencies and Fellowships:

2023: The Denniston Hill Residency, Denniston Hill (Southern Catskills, NY)
2019: Post-MFA Teaching Fellowship, University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
2017: Matthew J. Mahoney Artist-in-Residence program at San Diego Art Institute (San Diego, CA)
2015: San Diego Foundation: Creative Catalyst Fellowship (San Diego, CA)