Lives and Works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
2006
California Institute of the Arts, Master of Fine Arts
California Institute of the Arts, Master of Fine Arts Specialization: Installation Art, Sound and Video2002University of Dallas, Bachelor of Art
University of Dallas, Bachelor of Art Specialization: Painting and SculptureAWARDS
2006 CalArts Graduating Representative, MFA International Exhibition, Tel Aviv, Israel
Casa Vecina Artist-in-Residence, Mexico City, Mexico CalArts Alumni Fund-Travel Grant CalArts Dean’s Reserve Award CalArts Diversity Grant 2005CalArts Dean’s Reserve Award
CalArts Dean’s Reserve Award2003Elizabeth Heil Scholarship, San Jose, CA
Elizabeth Heil Scholarship, San Jose, CALECTURE & MUSIC INVITATIONS
2010DJ Santos, Ben Maltz Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
DJ Santos, Ben Maltz Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Guest Lecturer, Wildwood High School, Los Angeles, CA2009Visiting Artist, Chaffey College, San Bernardino, CA
Visiting Artist, Chaffey College, San Bernardino, CA Guest Lecturer, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA DJ Santos, Getting Our Shit Together, Los Angeles, CA DJ Santos , Mexicali Biennial Fundraiser, Los Angeles, CA2008Panelist, Common Ground, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Panelist, Common Ground, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA Panelist, East LA DJs,KCRW archive, Gallery 727, Los Angeles, CA2007DJ Santos, Mexicali Biennial ’06 Opening, Mexicali, BC, Mexico
DJ Santos, Mexicali Biennial ’06 Opening, Mexicali, BC, Mexico2006Guest Lecturer, Arts in the Airport, American Assoc. of Airport Executives, Austin, TX
Guest Lecturer, Arts in the Airport, American Assoc. of Airport Executives, Austin, TX DJ Santos, MFA International Closing Reception, Tel Aviv, Israel2005Guest Lecturer, Self-Help Graphics’ Digital Media Class, East Los Angeles, CA
Guest Lecturer, Self-Help Graphics’ Digital Media Class, East Los Angeles, CA Workshop Collaborator, with Enrique Castrejon, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CAGROUP EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS
2010SurfaceTensions_What Remains of a Building, G727, Los Angeles, CA
SurfaceTensions_What Remains of a Building, G727, Los Angeles, CA The Highs and Lows Vol II: a video performance, G727, Los Angeles, CA2009A Day in LA: Washington Blvd Art Concert, Los Angeles, CA
A Day in LA: Washington Blvd Art Concert, Los Angeles, CA2008Conventions and Attitudes (a projected exhibition), Los Angeles, New York
Conventions and Attitudes (a projected exhibition), Los Angeles, New York Common Ground, California African American Museum, Los Angeles2007Latitiude, LA ArtCore & Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
Latitiude, LA ArtCore & Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA Link, Gallery of Contemporary Art, I-Scope Gallery, Phoenix, AR Ah-peh-Jee-doh, Eagle Rock Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA Monster Rally Drawing, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA2006MexiCali Biennial, La Casa de la Tia Tina, Mexicali, B.C., Mexico
MexiCali Biennial, La Casa de la Tia Tina, Mexicali, B.C., Mexico Ejercicio del Diálogo #1, Uruguay 38-Casa Vecina, Mexico City, Mexico Goods to Declare-MFA International, Ben Gurion Airport, Bezalel Art Tel Aviv, Israel Poesía y Combate, Casa Vecina, Mexico City, Mexico Supersonic, Barnsdall Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California Collisions & Pile-ups, Armory Northwest/965, Pasadena, California Rebelución, Gallery D301, California Institute of the Arts2005SAP (second auditory perception), Main Gallery, CalArts, Valencia, CA
SAP (second auditory perception), Main Gallery, CalArts, Valencia, CA2003Dallas/Fort Worth Latino Artists, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Dallas/Fort Worth Latino Artists, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX2002subsist & persist, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
subsist & persist, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX (hi’brid)n., Irving Art Center, Irving, TX, (hi’brid)n., Thesis Exhibition, University of Dallas, Irving, TX2001 Restricted Release, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
VIDEO & COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2010The Highs and Lows Vol II, audio version by MAETAR and VALLEYS & EMPIRES
The Highs and Lows Vol II, audio version by MAETAR and VALLEYS & EMPIRES2008Sampling Design and Destruction, Single channel, youtube footage remix of jazz
Sampling Design and Destruction, Single channel, youtube footage remix of jazz 2007Exit Calexico Soundtrack, MexiCali Biennial Catalogue DVD feature, in collaboration
Exit Calexico Soundtrack, MexiCali Biennial Catalogue DVD feature, in collaboration with Ed Gomez I’m going to LA ZONA, audio soundtrack, in collaboration with Enrique Castrejon2006 Marching to El Centro, 2 channel projection, looped protests overlapping from a
horizontal and vertical perspective, in collaboration with Casa Vecina Residents Dialogue Exercises, audio mixes, in collaboration with punk band Venereas Edecanes 2005 Virtual Connection, single channel video, MSN messenger conversation with the
deceased grandmother2004 SAP(Second Auditory Perception), 4 single channel projections running adjacent to
each other, a video based on the writings of Sor Juana Iñez de la CruzBIBLIOGRAPHY
Younger than Jesus, New Museum, New York, 2008Moises Reyes, California State University-Northridge, Graduate Interview, 2008Latitude, Exhibition Catalogue, 2007MexiCali Biennial 06, Exhibition Catalogue, 2007“Ten x Ten: Aram Moshayedi on Cindy Santos Bravo”, Uber.com, 2007Goods to Declare-MFA International, Exhibition Catalogue, 2006SuperSonic, Exhibition Catalogue, 2006Inaugural Juried Exhibition of Dallas/ Fort Worth Latino Artist, Exhibition Catalogue, 2003