George Yepes: Resume
Name:
George Yepes
Education:
Our Lady of Soledad Grammar School, East Los Angeles, California
Bishop Mora Salesian College Preparatory, East Los Angeles, California
East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, California
California State University, Los Angeles, California
SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Mesoamerican Archive, Princeton University - Princeton, NJ
Mesoamerican Archive, Harvard University - Cambridge, MA
California State Archives Museum - Sacramento, CA
Laguna Art Museum - Laguna Beach, CA
Arizona State University - Tempe, Arizona
Los Angeles Latino Museum - Los Angeles, CA
University of Texas - San Antonio, Texas
The National Museum of Mexican Art - Chicago, IL
San Antonio Museum of Art - San Antonio, Texas
Smithsonian Institution - Washington D.C.
National Hispanic Cultural Center - Albuquerque, NM
El Paso Museum of Art - El Paso, Texas
Indiana State Museum - Indianapolis, IN
Museum of Contemporary Art of San Diego - San Diego, CA
Weisman Art Museum - Minneapolis, MN
The De Young Museum - San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED AWARDS
Mayor of Los Angeles: JPL/NASA 2008
The Best of San Antonio, San Antonio Current 2003
City Council of Los Angeles: Resolution 2001
Hispanic Heritage Month JPL/NASA 2001
City Council of Los Angeles: Resolution 1999
State of California: Mural Competition "The Promise" 1998
City of Los Angeles: "Treasure of Los Angeles" 1997
State of California Department of Education: Arts Task Force 1997
City of Los Angeles: Commendation 1997 State Assembly of California: Commendation 1997
City of Commerce/City of Montebello: Mural Competition 1996
City of Los Angeles: Commendation 1995
Mayor of Los Angeles: Commendation 1995
United States Congress: Commendation 1995
JPL/NASA: Commendation Award 1995
FAA U.S. Dept. of Transportation: Commendation 1994
St. John Bosco: Award of Excellence 1994
City of Los Angeles: Commendation 1993
County of Los Angeles: Commendation 1993
State Assembly of California: Commendation 1993
California State University, Los Angeles: Presidents Award 1993
Hispanic Support Network, Cal State Alumni: Commendation 1993
Los Angeles Unified School District Award 1993
United States Congress: Commendation 1993
Los Angeles City Council: Resolution 1993
City of Los Angeles: Commendation 1992
County of Los Angeles: Commendation 1992
First AME: Fame Award 1992
California Arts Council: Arts Fellowship 1992
Communication Arts: Award of Excellence 1991
SPARC Great Walls Unlimited: Mural Competition 1989
City of Los Angeles: Commendation 1984
Los Angeles Community College: Presidents Award 1981
National Endowment for the Arts: Visual Fellowship Grant 1981
National Endowment for the Arts: Visual Fellowship Grant 1980
Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale, CA 2011-2012
Autry National Center Museum, Los Angeles, CA 2008-2009
Museo Museum - Anaheim, CA 2008
Santa Barbara Museum, Santa Barbara, CA 2007
Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale - Fort Lauderdale, FL 2007
Milwaukee Public Museum - Milwaukee, WI 2007
Mexic-Arte Museum - Austin, TX 2006
Riverside Metropolitan Museum Art - Riverside, CA 2006
The De Young Museum - San Francisco, CA 2006
Weisman Art Museum - Minneapolis, MN 2005
The National Museum of Mexican Art - Chicago, IL 2005
The National Museum of Mexican Art - Chicago, IL 2004
Minnesota Museum of American Art - St Paul, MN 2004
San Diego Museum of Art - San Diego, CA 2004
Indiana State Museum - Indianapolis, IN 2004
National Hispanic Cultural Center Albuquerque - Albuquerque, NM 2003
El Paso Museum of Art - El Paso, TX 2003
Smithsonian Museum - Washington D.C. 2002
San Antonio Museum of Art - San Antonio, TX 2001
San Antonio Museum of Art - San Antonio, TX 2000
The National Museum of Mexican Art - Chicago, IL 2000
Le Demon des Anges Centre d’Art Santa Monica - Barcelona, Spain 1989
Le Demon des Anges Halle du Centre de Recherche pour Le Developpement Culturel - Nantes, France 1989
Le Demon des Anges – Brussels, Belguim 1989
Le Demon des Anges Espace Lyonnais d’ Art Contemporain - Lyon, France 1989
Le Demon des Anges - Kulterhuset Stockholm Museum - Stockholm, Sweden 1989
Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Los Angeles, CA 1989
SELECTED GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
New Works - Phoenix, AZ 2024
MECA"Dia de Los Muertos" - Houston, TX 2023
El Velorio "Dia de Los Muertos" - Los Angeles, CA 2023
Frida - Houston, TX 2023
Portrait - Houston, TX 2022
LunaSol Gallery - Whittier, CA 2012
Crewest Gallery - Los Angeles, CA 2012
ChimMaya Gallery - Los Angeles, CA 2012
LunaSol Gallery - Whittier, CA 2011
Ave 50 Gallery - Los Angeles, CA 2011
Crewest Gallery - Los Angeles, CA 2011
ChimMaya Gallery - Los Angeles, CA 8011
NALAC Gallery - Phoenix, Arizona 2011
Crewest Gallery - Los Angeles, CA 2010
La Galeria Gitana - Los Angeles, CA 2010
XICO - Chandler, Arizona 2010
ChimMaya Gallery - East Los Angeles, CA 2010
The Mexican Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, CA 2009
Bangalora, India 2009
ChimMaya Gallery - East Los Angeles, CA 2009
ChimMaya Gallery - East Los Angeles, CA 2008
Patricia Correia Gallery - Santa Monica, CA 2007
La Casa Encendida - Madrid, Spain 2007
Channing Peake Gallery – Santa Barbara, CA 2007
Patricia Correia Gallery - Santa Monica, CA 2006
Downtown Center for the Arts - Oxnard, CA 2006
Blue Star Contemporary Art Gallery - San Antonio, Texas 2006
Arte Americas - Frenso, CA 2006
California State University Northridge - Northridge, CA 2006
La Raza Galeria Posada - Sacramento, CA 2006
University of Houston - Houston, Texas 2006
O’Kane Gallery - Houston, Texas 2005
Plaza de la Raza Cultural Center for the Arts and Education - Los Angeles, CA 2005
Patricia Correia Gallery - Santa Monica, CA 2004
Robert Berman Gallery - Santa Monica, CA 2004
Arizona State University - Tempe, Arizona 2004
Bath House Cultural Center Gallery - Dallas, Texas 2004
Urban Earth Gallery - Corona del Mar, CA 2003
Lisa Ortiz Gallery - San Antonio, Texas 2003
Ice House Cultural Center Gallery - Dallas, Texas 2003
Robert Berman Gallery - Santa Monica, CA 2001
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Music Center - Los Angeles, CA 2001
Santa Monica Auctions - Santa Monica, CA 2000
Robert Berman Gallery - Santa Monica, CA 2000
Bunker Hill South Gallery - Los Angeles, CA 2000
Princeton University - Princeton, New Jersey 1997
Galeria Sin Fronteras - Austin, Texas 1996
Tamara Baine Gallery - Los Angeles, CA 1991
Artes de Mexico - Los Angeles, CA 1991
B-1 Gallery - Santa Monica, CA 1990
Mark Taper Forum - Los Angeles, CA 1990
University of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA 1989
Vincent Price Gallery - Los Angeles, CA 1989
B-1 Gallery - Santa Monica, CA 1989
B-1 Gallery - Santa Monica, CA 1988
Galleria Otra Vez - Los Angeles, CA 1988
Los Angeles Photography Center - Los Angeles, CA 1988
Self Help Graphics - Los Angeles, CA 1988
SELECTED MURALS
The Castle Vaulted Ceiling Mural, 20’ x 13’ - Austin, Texas 2007
The Promise: State Archives Museum Vaulted Ceiling, 70' x 20' - Sacramento, CA 1998
Sister Cities: Metrolink Station, 12' x 30' - Montebello/Commerce, CA 1997
Tikkun Olam: To Repair the World, 36' x 36' - Los Angeles, CA 1997
La Reina de Los Angeles, 12' x 20' - Los Angeles, CA 1996
The Resurrection, 20' x 20' - Bell Gardens, CA 1995
El Tepeyac de Los Angeles, 50' x 50' - Los Angeles, CA 1993
Harvest of the American Dream, 8' x 32' - Los Angeles, CA 1993
El Fuego de Los Angeles, 15' x 20' - Sitges, Barcelona, Spain 1992
The Phoenix of South Central, 20' x 30' - Los Angeles, CA 1992
Book of Dreams, 25' x 150' - Los Angeles, CA 1992
Pieta, 7' x 10' - Los Angeles, CA 1992
Corrido de Los Angeles, 8' x 30' - Los Angeles, CA 1992
The Resurrection, 18' x 24' - Los Angeles, CA 1992
Lady of the Eastside, 20' x 20' - Los Angeles, CA 1990
Rapture of the Sublime, 7' x 25', B-1 Gallery - Santa Monica, CA 1990
East Los Angeles Y.M.C.A., 6' x 15 ‘ - Los Angeles, CA 1990
El Nuevo Fuego, 80' x 85' - Los Angeles, CA 1985
Knowledge and the Spirit, 10' x 25' - Los Angeles, CA 1985
Corrido de Boyle Heights, 17' x 80' - Los Angeles, CA 1983
Manifest Destiny, 10' x 16' - St. Louis, MO 1982
The Education Suite, 24' x 61', East Los Angeles Community College - Los Angeles, CA 1981
Bicentennial Blues, 15' x 16', Craft & Folk Art Museum - Los Angeles, CA 1981
Ancient Energies, 6' x 195' - Los Angeles, CA 1980
Birth of a Warrior, 6' x 100' - Los Angeles, CA 1980
United Farm Workers Mural, 40' x 60' - Fresno, CA 1977
SELECTED TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS
Grindhouse Cast Portraits, Troublemaker Studios - Austin, Texas 2007
Many Hands, One Heart, 24' x 70' Farragut Career Academy - Chicago, IL 2001
Guatemala Cultura, 10' x 25' Latino Museum Collection - Los Angeles, CA 1999
Tango Argentino, 10' x 25' Latino Museum Collection - Los Angeles, CA 1999
Patria Portatil, 10' x 25' Latino Museum Collection - Los Angeles, CA 1999
Machu Pichu, 10' x 25' Latino Museum Collection - Los Angeles, CA 1999
American Film Institute Mural 10' x 16' - Los Angeles, CA 1999
Europa-Jupiter/Galleleo Mural 10' x 25' JPL/NASA - Pasadena, CA 1998
Solar System-Space Flight Operations Facility Mural 10' x 25' JPL/NASA - Pasadena, CA 1998
Mars Global Surveyor 12' x 25' John F. Kennedy Space Center NASA - Cape Canaveral, FL 1998
Mars Path Finder 12' x 25' Mars Community Outreach Program JPL/NASA - Pasadena, CA 1997
Mars Mural 12' x 25' Planetary Society JPL/NASA - Pasadena, CA 1997
Cassini Spacecraft at Saturn 12' x 25' JPL/NASA European/Italian Space Agency 1996
Cassini at Saturn Prototype Mural 8' x 20' JPL/NASA - Pasadena, CA 1996
White Memorial Medical Center Lobby 10' x 20' - Los Angeles, CA 1996
Mariachi Plaza Mural 20' x 45' - Los Angeles, CA 1995
Second Street Elementary School Mural 10' x 20' - Los Angeles, CA 1995
Pepperdine University Mural 12' x 20' - Los Angeles, CA 1994
City Terrace Elementary School Mural 12' x 20' - Los Angeles, CA 1994
California State University of Los Angeles Mural 23' x 12' - Los Angeles, CA 1993
Boyle Heights Senior Center Mural 10' x 20' - Los Angeles, CA 1993
Harvest of the American Dream Mural 8' x 32' - Los Angeles, CA 1993
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department - Arts Consultant/Set Designer 1992
Festival de Mariachis De Los Angeles Performing Arts Division - Set Designer 1992
Fox 11 Television Network - Set Designer/Art Director - Hollywood, CA 1991
Crossing Gang Lines National Television Special - Set Designer - Hollywood, CA 1991
SELECTED FILM AND MEDIA
FX Network Mayans M.C. - Los Angeles, CA 2019
Sin City 2 "A Dame to Kill For" - Austin, Texas 2013
Machete II: Rodriguez Movie Set Design - Austin, Texas 2013
Machete: Rodriguez Movie Set Design - Austin, Texas 2010
Scene in San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 2010
Grindhouse: Rodriguez/Tarantino Movie Artwork – Austin, Texas 2007
Telemundo Channel 52: Buenos Dias, Segment Tu Eres - Los Angeles, CA 2006
KNBC Channel 4: Your LA, George Yepes LA Mural Tours - Los Angeles, CA 2006
Telemundo Channel 60 - San Antonio, Texas 2006
SA Living Channel 4: Solamenta Salma - San Antonio, Texas 2006
Las Vegas Now Eyewitness News : Solamente Salma - Las Vegas, NV 2006
WIVB TV Channel 4: Solamente Salma - Buffalo, Niagara Falls, NY 2006
Los Four, Murals of Aztlan: The Street Painters of East Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA 2006
KLRU : George Yepes - Austin, Texas 2005
Arizona State University - Tempe, Arizona 2005
Robert Rodriguez “Once Upon A Time In Mexico” Movie Art - Guanajuato, Mexico 2003
WFAA La Vida - Dallas, Texas 2003
Channel 4 - San Antonio, Texas 2003
Channel 9 - San Antonio, Texas 2003
Vista L.A. - Los Angeles, CA 2000
Land of the Free, U.S. Navy PSA - Los Angeles, CA 2001
Training Day Warner Bros. Set Design - Hollywood, CA 2001
Key Speaker Hispanic Heritage Month JPL/NASA - Live Internet Feed - Pasadena, CA 2001
Hispanic Heritage Month Adelphia Cable - Los Angeles, CA 2001
HBO Latino: Feature Segment - George Yepes - New York, NY 2001
Sacramento Cable Network, State Archives Museum Mural - Sacramento, CA 1999
Telemundo Channel 52: Primere Impacto - Los Angeles, CA 1999
KCAL Channel 9: Prime Time Segment, Bunker Hill South Gallery Opening - Los Angeles, CA 1989
KTLA Channel 5: Rose Parade Float Design - Los Angeles, CA 1997
KTLA Channel 5: Sacramento State Archives Museum Mural - Los Angeles, CA 1997
PBS: Life and Times: Feature Segment - Los Angeles, CA 1997
KCAL 9: "Primiero Latino", Prime Time News Segment - Los Angeles, CA 1996
Telemundo Channel 52: Profile Story - Los Angeles, CA 1996
NBC National Cable Network: "Have a Heart/America's Talking" - New York, NY 1995
NBC Channel 4: Profile Story - Los Angeles, CA 1995
NBC Network: The Phoenix of South Central" - Los Angeles, CA 1992
Telemundo Channel 52: Los Angeles Mural Story - Los Angeles, CA 1992
Fox 11 Network: "Crossing Gang Lines" - Hollywood, CA 1991
KTTV Channel 11 Profile : Public Service Announcement - Los Angeles, CA 1991
KMEX Channel 34: "Fama y Fortuna" - Los Angeles, CA 1991
Telemundo Channel 52: "Lo Que Pasa en el Mundo" - Los Angeles, CA 1991
Chanitclear Films: 15th Phase of the Moon Movie - Hollywood, CA 1991
Vidmark Productions: Black Magic Woman Movie - Hollywood, CA 1990
KTTV Channel 11: Profile, Public Service Announcement - Los Angeles, CA 1990
SELECTED EDITORIALS AND PUBLICATIONS
Caja Madrid "Notas de Prensa" - Madrid, Spain 2007
Perceval Press "El Arte Chicano Se Instala en la Casa Encendida" - Madrid, Spain 2007
La Coctelera "La Que voy Leyendo" - Madrid, Spain 2007
Extec "Arte Chicano" - Madrid, Spain 2007
Artwolf "Chicanos en La Casa" - Madrid, Spain 2007
San Antonio Current "Lofty Aspirations"- San Antonio, Texas 2007
Dirty Gypsy "Y is for Yepes" 2007
Save Garfield Murals "George Yepes" - Los Angeles, CA 2007
Webwire "Salma" 2007
NY Arts Magazine "Salma Hayek, Sin City, Fire Bellies and Angels"- New York, NY 2006
Texas Public Radio News "Terra Nostra: Solamente Salma" - San Antonio, Texas 2006
San Antonio Express News "Yepes Talks Salma His Current state of Mind" 2006
San Antonio Express News " Artists Reluctantly Part With Salma" - San Antonio, Texas 2006
Hispanic News "Solamente Salma" - Phoenix, Arizona 2006
Hispanic Business "Solamente Salma" - Santa Barbara, CA 2006
San Antonio Business Journal "Solamente Salma" - San Antonio, Texas 2006
PR Newswire United Business Media - New York, NY 2006
Media Ford "Solamente Salma" - Dearborn, MI 2006
Jive News Magazine "Solamente Salma" - Lilburn, GA 2006
Latinos On Wheel Magazine "Solamente Salma" - Detroit, MI 2006
El Diario "Solamente Salma" - La Paz, Bolivia 2006
California State University Northridge - Northridge, CA 2006
Cam San Antonio - San Antonio, Texas 2006
Modern Guitar Magazine "Gibson Austin Guitartown Project" 2006
Internet Herald 2006
Vanguardia - Santa Catarina Nuevo Leon, Mexico 2006
San Antonio Current "George Yepes shines in Blue Star 21" - San Antonio, Texas 2006
Dirty Children US "Artist Fax" 2006
TFAOI "Chicano" - San Clemente, CA 2006
Centre Daily News - State College, PA 2006
Lowrider Arte - Anaheim, CA 2006
CNet Network "La Pistola Y El Corazon" - San Francisco, CA 2006
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek, CA 2006
Juarol 2006
Entertainment Guide 2006
India Car "Solamente Salma" - Worli, Mumbai 2006
Texas Monthly "Solamente Salma" - Austin, Texas 2006
Hispanic Tips "Exhibition Of Salma Hayek Paintings In San Antonio" - Los Angeles, CA 2006
Star Media "Solamente Salma" - Mexico 2006
The Eureka Reporter "Living In Two Cultures" - Eureka, CA 2006
Target "American Painters On The Verge" 2006
Hispanic Magazine "Yepes’ Madonna" - Miami, FL 2006
Auto Spectator "Mercury Presents Solamente Salma Exhibition" 2006
Flick R "Salma Paintings" 2006
Auto Channel "Solamente Salma" - Surry, England 2006
Texas Non Profits - San Antonio, Texas 2006
Art Knowledge News "Chicano Art" 2006
Cinema Strikes Back "Salma Paintings" 2006
La Weekly - Los Angeles, CA 2006
UH Downtown - Houston, Texas 2005
ArtScene Magazine - Los Angeles, CA 2005
Tesoros Art Auction - Brooklyn Park, MN 2005
Manoa Jungle Planet - Honolulu, HI 2004
UMN News University Of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN 2004
Art Business News "Braveheart" - Seven Hills, OH 2004
Shade Magazine "Chicano Art For Our Millennium" 2004
The Daily Aztec "The Color Chicano" - San Diego, CA 2004
Once Upon A Time In Mexico DVD 2004
Mexico and Mariachis - The Trilogy CD/DVD 2004
El Corazon, Dallas Arts Revue - Dallas, Texas 2004
Latino L.A. - Arts & Entertainment - Los Angeles, CA 2003
Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles, CA 2003
SA Music Scene - San Antonio, Texas 2003
Latin Style Magazine - Glendale, CA 2003
Sister Cities Magazine - Los Angeles, CA 2003
NASA - Cassini-Huygens to Saturn and Titan - Washington D.C. 2003
San Antonio Express News - San Antonio, Texas 2003
Sizzling Summer Art in Dallas, Dallas Arts Revue - Dallas, Texas 2003
Getty Museum Education Arts, The J. Paul Getty Trust - New York, NY 2003
Best of San Antonio, San Antonio Current - San Antonio, Texas 2003
Texas Monthly "L.A. hotshots George Yepes" - Austin, Texas 2001
OYE Magazine, Cover Art - Chicago, IL 2001
La Opinion Vida y Estilo - Los Angeles, CA 2001
Art of the Dragon East Los Angeles College - Los Angeles, CA 2001
Los Angeles New Times - Los Angeles, CA 2000
State of California, The Capitol - Sacramento, CA 2000
Los Angeles Downtown News - Los Angeles, CA 2000
Lowrider Magazine - Anaheim, CA 2000
Arizona State Department of Education - Tempe, Arizona 1999
Getty Museum Education Division, Web Page Feature - New York, NY 1999
Vida Nueva, Archdiocese of Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA 1999
Eastern Group Publications, Latino Museum Mural - Los Angeles, CA 1999
Los Angeles Times, Sacramento State Archives Museum Mural - Los Angeles, CA 1998
Sacramento Bee Newspaper, Encore, "Halls of History" - Sacramento, CA 1998
Princeton University Meso American Archive Publication - Princeton, NJ 1997
Eastern Group Publications, Metrolink Station Mural - Los Angeles, CA 1997
Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles, CA 1993/1994La Opinion Spectaculos - Los Angeles, CA 1993
Guia del Ocio Inventario Olympico - Barcelona, Spain 1992
Contedio "Latinos en Los Angeles" - Mexico City, D.F., Mexico 1992
Los Angeles Times Academia de Arte Yepes - Los Angeles, CA 1992
La Opinion Academia de Arte Yepes - Los Angeles, CA 1992
American Film Magazine Front Cover 1991
Los Angeles Times Nuestro Tiempo - Los Angeles, CA 1991
La Opinion - Los Angeles, CA 1991
Los Angeles Times Calendar - Los Angeles, CA 1990
Mark Taper Forum, Season Brochure - Los Angeles, CA 1990-91
Los Angeles Times Nuestro Tiempo - Los Angeles, CA 1990
Los Angeles Times Nuestro Tiempo - Los Angeles, CA 1989
Herald Examiner Mitchell Fink Column 1989
Communications Arts Illustration Annual - Menlo Park, CA 1989
People's Daily World San Francisco - San Francisco, CA 1989
Los Lobos Album Cover, "La Pistola y El Corazon" - Hollywood, CA 1988