XAVIER LOPEZ
Art Projects:
2025-present Vice President, Center
on Contemporary Art Seattle,
WA
Dec.-Feb. 2026 2025 CoCA Annual “We Don’t
Need this Fascist Groove Thang” Seattle,
WA
Liaison, Curator
October 2025 Just
Being Performance and Artist Talk Seattle, WA
Performance Art
October 2025 Just
Being: Secret Identities, Ghost Stories, and Pirate Dreams Seattle, WA
Solo Art Exhibition
May 2024 A
Dreadful Beauty: History & Art from Gothic Pride Seattle Seattle, WA
Curator, Artist
October 2023 The
Second International Latinx Performance Art Festival Seattle,
WA
Lead, Performer:
In 2016, Lauren Davis, La Sala/La Cocina and I put on the very first
International Latinx Performance Art Festival, which was covered in the
Routledge Textbook Performance: A Critical Introduction. Third Edition by
Marvin Carlson. We are already excitedly
working on the second Festival!
September 2023 The
Loneliest Ghost Seattle,
WA
Performance Art
September 2023 Jim Crow Must Go Book and
Exhibition Seattle, WA
Sculptor, writer
April 2020 Something
Hopeful, Please Richland, WA
Performance Art
Virtual Art Exhibition
put together by Drewboy Collective. I
exhibited the video “Ghost Walk” for the exhibition.
December 2019 Prayer at the Edge of
Apocalypse (Oracion al Borde
Apocalipsis) Seattle, WA
Artist. Painter
Three painters from my
“Personal Heroes,” series.
Performance Artist:
Night of performance art
at King Street Station in association with Brighter Future: Be heard.
Be seen. Be free.
November 2019 Group
Show. Brighter Future: Be heard. Be seen. Be free. Seattle, WA
June 2019 Tape
Mask: Performance Seattle,
WA
Performer, artist, director:
Performance, documented via video in which the artist wraps his head in
masking tape.
June 2019 “Home”:
Installation for Storefronts Seattle 2019 Seattle,
WA
Artist
Shunpike proudly presents eight new
installations in South Lake Union as part of its acclaimed Storefronts program, on display July-Sept
2019.
June 2019 “Redlines” and “Dynamic
Duo” Diptych at SPL Exhibition Madrona, WA
Artist:
Two pieces included in community art exhibition.
May 2019 Project
Grant 8,500. 4Culture Seattle,
WA
Project Lead
Received project grant for 8,500.00 for putting together the Second
International Latinx Performance Art Festival, to be held in 2020.
May 2019 “Heroes” Steve Gilbert
Photography Studio Seattle,
WA
Artist, Painter:
Xavier Lopez's Heroes depicts those he looks up to,
fictional or factual—Batman, artists Frida Kahlo and Marcel Duchamp, scientist
Stephen Hawking, and Wonder Woman actor Lynda Carter. Russell Smith shows
abstract mixed media works.
April 2019 Performance Art Release
"Just Being (Latino)#1 and #2 Seattle, WA
Performer, artist, director:
Latest performance series "Just Being (Latino) : Taking a Pill
(2019), released. Xavier Lopez. Just
Being #1: Reading A Book and Taking Notes. 2019. Performance Art.
March 2019 Artists
Up Invitational at Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center Seattle, WA
Artist, Sculptor:
Two sculptures at group exhibition for recipients of the Artists Up Award
in association with the Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center.
September – July 2019 Co-curator,
Co-planner of 2nd Annual Madrona Library Seattle,
WA
Co-curator, co-planner:
Co-lead in a four-member team responsible for every aspect of putting
together a community art exhibition.
January 2019 Ghost
Walk #1 Performance Seattle,
WA
Performer, artist, director:
Sheet ghost performance and video release. Including film “Sad, lonely ghost” short film.
December 2018 Update:
Marvin Carlson’s Performance: A Critical Introduction Seattle, WA
Publication:
"...there is a growing body of theatre artists who specifically
identify themselves as Latinx, headed by Xavier Lopez Jr. and Vicente Montanez.
Lopez created the first festival of Latinx performance, held at the Good Arts
center for experimental theatre in Seattle in 2016, in which Montanez
performed. Lopez is also co-creator, with performance artist Katherine Adamenko
of New York City, of Putoh performance, a melding of Chicano performance art
and contemporary art inspired by Butoh."
November 2018 Lily
Munn and Xavier Live Painting at the Mercury Seattle,
WA
Live Painting:
Night of Live Painting alongside artist Lily Munn to live music.
October 2018 Final
Echo Echo Gallery Exhibition Greenwood, WA
Artist, Co-curator:
Final exhibition for group gallery Echo Echo.
September 2018 Sprung
Exhibition: Echo Echo Gallery Greenwood, WA
Artist, Co-curator :
Group Exhibition at Echo Echo Gallery.
August 2018 Performance:
Photographed as a Ghost for Save the Showbox Seattle,
WA
Performer, artist:
In conjunction with #savetheshowbox photographed in character as the sheet
ghost, images used online and throughout the city to help save the important
Seattle institution.
June 2018 "What
Are Words For?" Seattle Center Poetry Garden Seattle, WA
Artist, Sculptural Installation:
Art installation commissioned by the City of Seattle Arts & Culture
Agency to build and install a sculptural installation in the Seattle Center
Poetry Garden.
February 2018 "An
American Horror Story." Ethnic
Heritage Art Gallery Seattle, WA
Artist, Sculptural Installation:
Solo show in the Municipal Tower at the Ethnic Heritage Art Gallery.
November 2017 "Passing
Notes" Book launch Event Seattle,
WA
Author:
Book launch party in conjunction with performance art event and Art
exhibition fulfilling my contract for the 2016 Artist Up Grant. Funded in part by the kind folks at 4
Culture, Artist Trust and the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.
November 2017 When
the Body Speaks: A Night of Performance Art Seattle, WA
Performance Artist, Director:
A night of performance art fulfilling my contract for the 2016 Artist Up
Grant. Funded in part by the kind folks
at 4 Culture, Artist Trust and the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.
November 2017 "I
Am Not ___" Art Exhibition at InArtsNW Seattle,
WA
Curator, artist:
Group Art Exhibition with artists Sonya Shannel Stockton, SPECSWIZARD,
Ferdous Ahmed and others in conjunction with performance art event and Art
exhibition fulfilling my contract for the 2016 Artist Up Grant. Funded in part by the kind folks at 4
Culture, Artist Trust and the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.
October 2017 Performance: A Critical
Introduction. Third Edition. By Marvin Carlson
Publication:
Put together, implemented and publicized this night of performance art
with Lauren Davis of ArtXchange Gallery. This evening of experimental
performance art by contemporary Latino/a/x artists, featuring Xavier Lopez, Jr.
and Vicente Montanez, coinciding with the Seattle Art Fair and part of the
programming for the exhibit La Sala presents La Cocina was the very first
All-Latinx performance Art event and is recorded in the chapter on Latinx Art.
April, 2017 Panelist:
4Culture 2017 Art Grant Panel Seattle,
WA
Panelist:
One of ten panelists chosen to recommend and represent our field for
artist grant panel. Fine Art Representative.
April, 2017 Processing:
Artists Face Administration Change Seattle, WA
Artist, group exhibition:
One of 12 Artists Selected to create artwork for the Ethnic Heritage Art
Gallery.
April, 2017 2017 Seattle
Presents Series: Dialogue in Art: Homelessness: Hope/Home Seattle, WA
Artist, sculptural installation:
One of 4 artists selected to create a project on homelessness in the
Seattle Presents Gallery.
July 3, 2017 Nelson
Cleaners Show at Echo Echo Gallery Greenwood, WA
Artist, co-curator:
Group show at Echo Echo Gallery.
February 6, 2017 Poetry
Garden: Message in A Bottle Seattle Center, WA
Artist, Sculptural installation:
Commissioned by the City of Seattle Arts & Culture Agency to build
and install a sculptural installation in the Seattle Center Poetry Garden.
January 2017 Recipient of the 2017 Artists Up
Grant Lab Award Seattle, WA
Awardee:
One of eighteen artists from Washington State awarded funds from Grant
LAB, an experimental Arts program, put together by Artist Trust, 4 Culture and
City of Seattle Arts & Culture Agency.
The grant amount was 3,000.00.
November 19, 2016 John
Cage: MUSICCIRCUS Town Hall
Seattle
Performance Artist:
Performance art performance: "Ghost: From Cage to Bowie."
Performed alongside over 40 musical performers, artists and performance artist.
August 6, 2016 Dream
of the Soft Cyborg (Performance Art) Pioneer Square,
Seattle, WA
Performance Artist, director:
Two performances, "Explaining the world to a Hare," and
"Super, Sugar Bear," made up this mixed media night of
performances. I was one of three
performers presenting this night.
August 6, 2016 On
the Edge: Latinx Performance Art Pioneer Square,
Seattle, WA
Put together, implemented and publicized this night of performance art
with Lauren Davis of ArtXchange Gallery. This evening of experimental
performance art by contemporary Latino/a/x artists, featuring Xavier Lopez, Jr.
and Vicente Montanez, will coincide with the Seattle Art Fair and is part of
the programming for the exhibit La Sala presents La Cocina.
August 4-7, 2016 La Cocina: Latina/o/x Art Pop-up S. Art Fair Satellite Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA
Administration:
For this series of events I served as publicity person. Worked very closely with Lauren Davis of
ArtXchange Gallery and took the lead in co-curating the Art Exhibition.
December 19, 2015 Libros
Y Mas auxiliary with Henry Art Gallery South Park Library, Seattle,
WA
Artist:
Worked as part of organizing team for the Libros Y Mas event, alongside
Seattle's Civic Poet Claudia Castro Luna, C. Davida Ingram and Orlando
Lugo. I also created and edited a short video
documentary used during the exhibition.
November
5th, 2015 Impressionism: Live Painting and Teaching Event at
SAM, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA
Live Painting:
"Live
Painting" event at the Seattle Art Museum with Xavier Lopez Jr. and local
muralist Ryan "Henry" Ward. We
taught a lesson to High School Students in conjunction with the Miro Exhibition
at the Seattle Art Museum at their annual "Parking Day" event.
October 30th, 2015 Dia
de los Muertos: Community Night Out Seattle
Art Museum, Seattle WA
Live Painting:
"Live
Painting" event at the Seattle Art Museum with Xavier Lopez Jr. and local
muralist Ryan "Henry" Ward. We
taught a lesson to High School Students in conjunction with the Miro Exhibition
at the Seattle Art Museum at their annual "Parking Day" event. .
July
30th, 2015 SAM Summer Institute for Educators 2015 Seattle Asian Art
Museum, Seattle WA
Teaching:
Live
Painting and Teaching Event at SAM. Event at the Seattle Asian Art Museum with
Xavier Lopez Jr. and local muralist Ryan "Henry" Ward. We taught a
lesson to High School and Elementary School educators in conjunction with the
Chiho Aoshima Exhibition at the Seattle Asian Art Museum.
October 30th, 2014 Dia
de los Muertos: Live Painting SAM Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA
Live Painting:
"Live
Painting" event at the Seattle Art Museum with Xavier Lopez Jr. and local
muralist Ryan "Henry" Ward. We
taught a lesson to High School Students in conjunction with the Miro Exhibition
at the Seattle Art Museum at their annual "Parking Day" event.
March
7th, 2014 Miro: Live Painting and Teaching Event at SAM Seattle
Art Museum, Seattle WA
Live Painting:
"Live
Painting" event at the Seattle Art Museum with Xavier Lopez Jr. and local
muralist Ryan "Henry" Ward. We
taught a lesson to High School Students in conjunction with the Miro Exhibition
at the Seattle Art Museum at their annual "Parking Day" event.
September
20th, 2013 Live
Painting at the Seattle Art Museum. Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA
Live Painting:
"Live
Painting" event at the Seattle Art Museum with Xavier Lopez Jr. and local
muralist Ryan "Henry" Ward. We
painted before a live audience at the Seattle Art Museum at their annual
"Parking Day" event.
PARK(ing)
Day, 1st Avenue and University St.
Friday,
September 20th
10
am-3 pm
FREE
and open to the public.
August
3rd, 2013 Live
Painting: Seattle Art Museum. Olympic Sculpture Park SAM,
Seattle WA
Live Painting:
"Live
Painting" event at the Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Garden, with
Xavier Lopez Jr. and local muralist Ryan "Henry" Ward. "Summer at SAM continues at the Olympic
Sculpture Park! Enjoy live painting and
instruction from muralists Xavier Lopez Jr. and Ryan “Henry” Ward on the grassy
lawn near Alexander Calder’s The Eagle."
Very proud to be one of the first artists to work in this way with the
folks at Seattle Art Museum!
May
17, 2013 Mural for White Center Chamber
of Commerce. White Center, Seattle WA.
Muralist:
Large,
outdoor, one block mural for White Center Chamber of Commerce, based on my own
characters. No longer extant. Acrylic and house paint on concrete.
February
2nd, 2013 Rock the Terminal - Twisted Love Exhibition. Art/Not Terminal, Seattle WA
Exhibition
Co-curator:
Group
exhibition put together in less than a month to benefit the Art/Not Terminal
Gallery. This exhibition was put
together to highlight local plastic artists, sculptors and mixed-media artists
of the Seattle area. Co-produced with Zachary Sofia, Yvette Endrijautzki and
Braden Duncan.
Nov
5th, 2012 Monster Apocalypse- Halloween Art Show: Hive Gallery
and Studios Meets the Seattle Alternative Art Scene Piranha Shop.
Seattle, WA
Exhibition
Co-curator:
Group
exhibition put together with California Art Gallery the Hive. This exhibition was put together to highlight
both California and Seattle Alternative Artists. Located at the Piranha Shop in Seattle. Many artists began to show in Los Angeles
because of this exhibition, including Ego, Weirdo, Christopher Olson and
others. Curated by Zachary Sofia, Xavier
Lopez Jr. and Nathan Cartwright, with help from Yvette Endrijautzki and Duffy
DeArmas.
July 13th,
2012 Between
Heaven and Hellboy Urban Light Studios,
Seattle, WA
Exhibition
Co-curator:
Group
exhibition highlighting local artists, sculptors and mixed-media artists in the
Seattle area, California and Europe. Co-produced with Zachary Sofia.
Mural
project (2012) Mural for West Seattle Lion's Club International
West Seattle WA.
Muralist:
Completed
project entitled "Pride." large mural on building wall in West
Seattle/White Center for West Seattle Lion's Club. Acrylic and house paint on concrete.
September
11th, 2011 Art Farm 6 Greenwood/PhinneyWood,
Seattle WA
Exhibition
Co-curator:
Co-curated
with Sean O’feery, Ryan Henry Ward, Andrew Miller, David Bloomfield, and
Brandon Baker. Art Farms are shows that
are put together in a very short time in the private homes of friends.
September 9th,
2011 It's
a Mad, Mad, Mad Show! Urban Light Studios,
Seattle, WA
Exhibition
Co-curator:
Group
Exhibition Co-curated by Xavier Lopez Jr. and Ryan Henry Ward. Exhibition put together to highlight the work
of local Seattle Artists. The show was
such a success that it was highlighted in an issue of Mad Magazine.
July
8th, 2011 Two Minute Warning: Group Art Show - July
Art Walk Urban Light Studios,
Seattle, WA
Exhibition
Co-curator:
If you only had a week to put together an art
show--what would you do? Kevin Law, Xavier Lopez Jr. and Urban Light Studios
invite you to find out the answer!
Mural
project (2011) Mural on Rainier Ave. South Seattle
WA.
Muralist:
Completed
project painted on Rainier Ave. with a group of Seattle artists including Ryan
"Henry" Ward, Andrew Miller, Maggie Harbaugh and Dave
"Starheadboy" Bloomfield.
Painted for local Battered women's hospice. Acrylic and house paint on concrete.
Mural
project (2011) Mural at Pull-Apart Bike Shop in
Belltown. South Seattle WA.
Muralist:
Completed
project painted on Rainier Ave. with a group of Seattle artists including Ryan
"Henry" Ward, Narboo and Maggie Harbaugh. Acrylic and house paint on concrete. No longer extant.
December 10th, 2010 Art
Farm 5 West
Seattle, WA
Exhibition
Co-curator:
Co-curated with Sean O’feery, Ryan
Henry Ward, Andrew Miller, David Bloomfield, and Brandon Baker. Art Farms are shows that are put together in
a very short time in private homes.
October 22nd 2010 Art Farm 4 West Seattle, WA
Exhibition
Co-curator:
Co-curated with Sean O’feery, Ryan
Henry Ward, Andrew Miller, David Bloomfield, and Brandon Baker. Art Farms are shows that are put together in
a very short time in private homes.
2010-present Echo Echo Artist Co-Operative Seattle, WA
Gallery Co-director:
I am responsible for working as part
of a team with four other curators installing exhibitions, keeping up and
expanding our portfolio of artwork and artists, putting together special
events, public relations, sales, advertising our shows in various media, and upkeep
and renovation of the gallery space.
August 30th, 2010 Art Farm 3 West
Seattle, WA
Exhibition
Co-curator:
Co-curated with Sean O’feery, Ryan
Henry Ward, Andrew Miller, David Bloomfield, and Brandon Baker. Art Farms are shows that are put together in
a very short time in private homes.
March 22nd 2010 Art Farm 2 West
Seattle, WA
Exhibition
Co-curator:
Co-curated with Sean O’feery, Ryan
Henry Ward, Andrew Miller, David Bloomfield, and Brandon Baker. Art Farms are shows that are put together in
a very short time in private homes.
January 24th 2010 Art Farm 1 West
Seattle, WA
Exhibition
Co-curator:
1 Co-curated with Sean O’feery, Ryan
Henry Ward, Andrew Miller, David Bloomfield, and Brandon Baker. Art Farms are shows that are put together in
a very short time in the homes of friends.
Mural
project (2010) Mural at Fremont Orange Splot
Building. Fremont,
Seattle WA.
Muralist:
My
first mural. Painted outside of Orange
Splot Gallery in Fremont. No longer
extant. Acrylic and house paint on concrete.
2008-2011 Quorum
Review IRB Seattle,
WA
Administrative
Assistant:
I started out as a
temporary employee in their file library, shelving and reshelving files, but
was soon hired full-time as a clerk in the document review department. Responsible
for checking scanned and physical documents for quality and accuracy, maintaining
records and files, compiling company statistics and generating and developing
reports. Worked extensively with the file library, often dealing with
sensitive, personal and corporate information. Dealt directly with doctors and
scientists at the various labs we reviewed, providing professional, courteous
and responsive service and support. Used Spanish and French skills to check documents in those
languages for accuracy. Often required to work evenings and weekends on special
projects.
2003-2004 Johannes Gutenberg
University
Mainz,
Germany
English Instructor:
Taught 30+ students,
designed/implemented English courses and seminars, managed two student aides.
2001-2003
Lycée Elie Faure Bordeaux, France
English High School
Assistant, Business English Instructor:
Led discussions,
creating and implementing lessons. Taught Business English to French students.
2001 Upkeep: Museum of the Built
Environment
London, England
Exhibition
Director:
Designed and prepared
flyers and winter course catalogue, updated website. Designed and built
large-scale and miniature exhibitions. Assisted in training courses for
businesses and the public. Reorganized the museum’s library of materials, which
had been collected over several decades.
2000 California Trade and Commerce Agency Sacramento, CA
Administrative Assistant
(summer position):
Scanned the web for all science
stories and organized them for the Trade Commissioner. Restructured the filing
system. I was offered a permanent position but was unable to accept due to the
distance from my university.
1997-2001
Davis Enterprise
Newspaper Davis, CA
Writer/Art Critic:
Art critic and variety
writer, covering all art taking place on the UC Davis campus.
1997-2001 UCD Graduate Student Association/Art Gallery Davis, CA
Public Relations
Officer:
Created and curated the Graduate
Student Art Gallery. Created all flyers, posters and pamphlets for the organization,
wrote for the GSA Newsletter, wrote and illustrated comic strips and editorial
cartoons for the paper. In charge of printed, online, radio and television
advertising for all events. Co-designed and maintained the gallery website.
1997-2001 UC
Davis Art Department/Art History Department Davis, CA
Graduate Student
Assistant Instructor:
Taught and team-taught
courses in Art and Art History, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Welding, Humanities,
Computer Graphics and Directing/Filmmaking to university students. This included
Director Pro, Adobe Photoshop and CorelDraw. Worked extensively in the Art
Department slide and book libraries, sorting and locating slides for
professors.
1998-1999 UC
Davis Art Department/Loft Gallery
Davis, CA
Gallery curator:
Taught and team-taught
courses in Art and Art History, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Welding, Humanities,
Computer Graphics and Directing/Filmmaking to university students. This included
Director Pro, Adobe Photoshop and CorelDraw. Worked extensively in the Art
Department slide and book libraries, sorting and locating slides for
professors.
1997 UC Davis
Art Department/DUM DUM Gallery Davis, CA
Gallery curator:
Taught and team-taught
courses in Art and Art History, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Welding, Humanities,
Computer Graphics and Directing/Filmmaking to university students. This included
Director Pro, Adobe Photoshop and CorelDraw. Worked extensively in the Art
Department slide and book libraries, sorting and locating slides for
professors.
1994-1997 University of
Nevada, Reno
Slide Library Reno, NV
Student Slide Library Assistant:
Responsible for the flow of slides throughout the art
department library system: sorting, shelving, retrieving, and checking the
accuracy of slides, labels and location. Other duties included: opening and
sorting mail, photocopying art materials, wrapping and packaging slide library
materials, forwarding and mailing all interlibrary loan requests, and filing
and shredding records. Extensive experience repairing damaged slides,
relabeling, typing new information and replacing lost and damaged library
items.
1990-1994 University
of Nevada, Reno Government Publications Library Reno,
NV
Student
Library Assistant:
Key position in the general flow and organization of
GPD library materials. Primary duties included shelving and reshelving the wide
array of materials issued and published by government departments, using the
Dewey Decimal system and the various governmental numbering systems. Worked regularly
with magazines, microfiche and microfilm. Checked library materials in and out.
Ordered materials from other university libraries for students and professors. Located
and retrieved materials using automated and manual systems. Responsible for providing
customer service on
the phone and in person: library card registration, directing students to
materials and problem-solving questions from students and staff.
Writing
Positions:
2015-present Enzyme Magazine Seattle, WA
Writer: Critical Theory in a populist vein.
2013-present Vex Magazine Seattle, WA
Writer: Critical Theory and comics
2010-2014 Comics Bulletin Online Magazine Seattle, WA
Writer:
Comic book and variety writer, covering
all issues that deal with art and comic books.
2009-present Seattle
Post Intelligencer: Arts and Culture Blogs
Seattle WA
Writer:
All
duties associated with publishing the Seattle Alternative Art Blog. Writing,
choosing and interviewing artists for publication. Interacting with the
community and gathering and disseminating information.
2008-2011 Comic Bloc Online Magazine Seattle, WA
Bloc Writer:
Wrote bi-monthly critical articles.
1997-1998 Davis
Enterprise Davis, CA
Writer/Art Critic
Wrote weekly Art criticism.
1990-1996
Sagebrush University
Newspaper
Reno, NV
Writer/Art Critic/Comic
Strip Illustrator
Art critic and variety
writer. Illustrated comic books.
Exhibition List
Selected Art Exhibitions
Public Art Installations(After 2013 included
with Projects):
01/21/13 “Pride:
Mural for White Center and West Seattle Lions Club”
08/18/12 “Mural
for City of Seattle.” Lowman Beach Park. West Seattle, WA.
Single
panel in group of mural panels.
06/13/12 “Group Mural
in White Center.” White Center, WA.
Group
mural.
04/05/11 “P.O.W. Mural on Rainier
Avenue.” Rainier Avenue. Painted with
Ryan Henry Ward,
Andrew Miller, Maggie Harbaugh, Starheadboy and Narboo.
07/2010 “P.O.W.
Mural at Georgetown Art Attack.” Rainier
Avenue. Painted with
Ryan Henry Ward,
Andrew Miller, Maggie Harbaugh, Starheadboy and Narboo.
06/2010 “P.O.W.
Mural at Golden Gardens.” Rainier
Avenue. Painted with
Ryan Henry Ward,
Andrew Miller, Maggie Harbaugh, Starheadboy and Narboo.
05/2010 “Mural at
Belltown Pull-Apart.” Belltown, Seattle, WA. Painted with
Ryan Henry Ward, Andrew Miller, Maggie
Harbaugh and Narboo.
03/2010 “Small Mural of the Muse Outside Orange Splot.” Orange Splot, Fremont, Seattle, WA.
Curated(After 2016 included with Projects):
08/6/16 On the Edge: Latinx Performance
Art Good Arts Bldg. Seattle,
WA
08/16
- 09/16 "La Cocina: Latina/o/x
Art Exhibition." Good Arts Bldg.
Seattle, WA.
02/13-03/13 “Rock the Terminal/Twisted Love.” Art/Not Terminal Art
Gallery. Seattle, WA.
07/13-09/07/12 “Between Heaven and Hellboy: Alternative Artists Take
on Comics, Superheroes,
Super-villains and Super-heroines.” Urban Light Studios. Greenwood Collective.
Seattle, WA.
02/10/11 “Untitled.” Faire Gallery Café. Faire Gallery and
Café. Seattle, WA.
09/09/11 “Mad
Magazine Show.” Urban Light
Studios. Greenwood. Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition curated by Ryan Henry Ward and I.
07/08/11 "2
Minute Warning." Urban Light
Studios. Greenwood. Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition curated by me.
10/14/10 “Groovy
Ghoulies Exhibition.” Dick Blick Art
Store. Capitol Hill. Seattle, WA.
I curated this group exhibition.
Group Exhibitions(After 2016 included with
Projects):
05/12/16 CoCA Pop-Up (AR)t Exhibition. Rubix Gallery.
Seattle, WA
Group
Exhibition curated by Ray C. Freeman.
04/14/16 35Live: Coca Members
Exhibition. Rubix Gallery. Seattle, WA
Group
Exhibition.
03/13/2013 “Urban Avant Garde.”
Urban Light Studios. Greenwood.
Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition curated by Andrew Miller.
03/13/2013 “Isolation.”
Echo Echo Gallery.
Greenwood. Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition.
03/13/2013 “The Wrestling Show.”
Paper Diamonds. Greenwood.
Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition.
03/12/2013 “Spooky.”
Spooked in Seattle.
Pioneer Square. Seattle, WA.
Solo exhibition.
02/09/2013 “Dystopia Reception.”
True Love Gallery.
Capitol Hill. Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition.
01/09/2013 “Dystopia Reception.”
True Love Gallery.
Capitol Hill. Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition.
02/08/2013 “Landscape Exhibition.”
Echo Echo Gallery.
Greenwood. Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition.
08/18/12 “AMDEF/Artifakt Marvel vs. Capcom
Live paint.” Neumos. Seattle, WA.
Group.
08/18/12 “Mural
for City of Seattle.” Lowman Beach Park. West Seattle, WA.
Group.
07/13-09/07/12 “Between Heaven and Hellboy: Villain Show.” Echo Echo Gallery. Greenwood
Collective. Seattle, WA.
Curated and showed work.
07/12/12 “Transmission.” The Mercury. Seattle, WA. Solo exhibition.
07/12/12 “Grave
Consequences.” The Richardson Studio. Seattle, WA. Solo exhibition
within group show.
06/13/12 “Group Mural
in White Center.” White Center, WA.
Group
mural.
05/12/12 “Xavier
Lopez at Monster Art & Clothing.” Monster Art & Clothing. Ballard,
Seattle,
WA. Solo exhibition.
05/04/12 “The Altered Barbie Art
Show.” Happy Delusions. Renton, WA.
Group
exhibition.
04/12/12 Boxes of Death – 3D.
Los Angeles, CA.
Group
exhibition.
04/06/12 Boxes of
Death – 3D. PDX Gallery. Portland, OR.
Group exhibition.
03/03/12 Boxes
of Death – 3D. Piranha Shop Gallery.
Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition.
12/15/11 “Rock
the Terminal 2011: Art Market & Show” Art/Not Terminal Gallery. Seattle,
WA.
Group
exhibition.
10/14/11 “Over
the Moon: Re-envisioning the Fairy Tale.”
Echo Echo Gallery. Seattle, WA.
Group
exhibition.
10/14/11 “Xavier
Lopez, Jr.: A Very Strange and Enchanted Boy.”
Strut Shoes. Seattle, WA.
Solo
exhibition.
10/13/11 “Spiders
and Superheroes: Featuring Art by Xavier.” Throwbacks Northwest. Seattle,
WA. Solo exhibition.
09/23/11 Artifakt 5 Year Anniversary. Electric Tea Garden. Seattle, WA. Group exhibition.
09/23/11 “The Piranha Shop Parlor Show.” Piranha Shop. Seattle, WA. Group exhibition.
09/09/11 “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Show: Inspirations from Mad
Magazine.” Urban Light
Studios.
Greenwood Collective. Seattle, WA. Group
exhibition curated with Ryan Henry
Ward.
08/24/11 “Cancer
is Total Bullsh*t!” Radar Gallery. Seattle WA.
Group
exhibition.
08/23-25/11 “2011 West Coast Eisteddfod: Welsh Festival of Arts.” Los
Angeles, CA.
Book
Illustration for Welsh Alphabet and Group Exhibition.
08/18/11 “Columbia
City Artwalk.” Columbia City. Seattle, WA.
Live Painting exhibition.
08/
13/11 “Collaboration.”
Nightingale Gallery. Ballard. Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition, w/ Starheadboy (Dave Bloomfield), Narboo
(Brandon Baker) and
Andrew Miller
(Mantis Art).
08/12/11 “PhinneyWood
Summer Streets Block Party and Art Walk.” Greenwood. Seattle, WA.
Outdoor Live Painting w/ Chris Olson and Charley Newton.
08/12/11 “Spiders.”
Echo Echo Gallery. Greenwood Collective.
Greenwood. Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition, w/ Dear Earthling, Chris Olson, 13 Fingers
and Andrew Kline.
08/11 New
work and prints. Twilight Artist
Collective. Alaska Junction. Seattle,
WA.
07/23/11 “Art Beat: Silent Art
Auction” Faire Gallery. Seattle, WA.
Group art auction.
07/16/11 “Live
Painting.” White Center.
07/15/11 “Untitled.” Boom Noodle Gallery. Capitol Hill.
Seattle, WA.
Two-man exhibition, w/Starheadboy (Dave Bloomfield).
07/08/11 "2
Minute Warning." Urban Light
Studios. Greenwood. Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition curated by me.
07/08/11 “Untitled.”
Echo Echo Gallery. Greenwood Collective.
Greenwood. Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition, w/ Dear Earthling, Chris Olson, and Andrew
Kline.
06/10/11 “Untitled.”
Echo Echo Gallery. Greenwood Collective.
Greenwood. Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition, w/ Dear Earthling, Chris Olson, and Andrew
Kline.
05/13/11 “Wierdsville.”
Tasty Collectibles. Greenwood. Seattle,
WA.
Group exhibition.
04/14/11 “You
Can Help Japan Through Art.” Boom
Noodle. Capitol Hill. Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition and Art Auction.
04/08/11 “A
Parody Show.” Tasty Collectibles. Greenwood. Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition.
03/11/11 “Bots
Vs. Beasts Exhibition.” Urban light
Studios. Greenwood. Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition.
03/11/11 “Book
Club: Good Omens-- The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch.
Bherd Studios.
Greenwood. Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition.
03/10/11 “Artifakt:
Blitz! Capitol Hill Art Walk Afterparty” Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA.
Live Painting and Group Art Show.
03/03/11 “Deli
and Manik present: Blank Canvas.” Deli
Gallery. Pioneer Square. Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition.
03/03/11 “Electric
Coffin presents: Boxes of Death 2.”
Electric Coffin. Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition.
02/24/11 “Predators
in the Wild II.” Naked City Bar. Greenlake, WA.
Group Show with Ryan Henry Ward, Andrew Miller, Starheadboy
and Narboo.
02/24/11 “Snowboarding
Art Auction.” The Ballroom. Fremont.
Seattle, WA.
Live Painting Event and Art Auction w/ Ryan Henry Ward,
Starheadboy, Narboo and
John Tingley.
11/11/10 “West
Seattle Artwalk @ The Barton Street Lofts” West Seattle, WA.
Solo Loft in a group exhibition.
10/16/10 “Mechanismus
Presents: Warfront” Rebar. Seattle, WA
Live Painting.
10/08/10 "Ghosts
and Other Transparencies." Capitol
Hill Art Walk. Snow Monkey's House of
Monsters Art Gallery.
Seattle, WA.
Group Show.
10/08/10 “Artifakt's
Totally 80's 4 Year Anniversary Party!!!!” Lo-Fi. Seattle, WA.
Group Exhibition, w/ Solace Wonder and others.
10/07/10 “Deli
Presents: Legion of Doom.” Pioneer
Square. Seattle, WA.
Three-man exhibition w/ Nick Beery and Jesse Link
10/07/10 “17
Past Midnight.” X17 Gallery, 619 Western. Pioneer Square. Seattle WA.
Group exhibition, w/ Ego and others.
10/14/10 “Groovie
Ghoulies Exhibition.” Dick Blick Art
Store. Capitol Hill. Seattle, WA.
I curated this group exhibition.
06/29/10
– “Paint By Music: Outdoor
Concert Series.” Ballard Community
Center. Ballard.
08/31/10 Seattle,
WA. Live Painting to Music. Ryan Henry Ward, Starheadboy, Narboo and
Andrew Miller.
08/21/10 “Still
Smokin’2.” Artifakt Art. Tully Building. Seattle, WA.
Live
Painting and music.
08/20/10 “Gargoyles
Statuary Presents: Xavier Lopez + Sara Lanzillotta” University District.
Seattle, WA.
Exhibition w/ Sara Lanzillotta.
07/09/10 “Malice
in Wonderland.” Urban Light
Studios. Greenwood. Seattle, WA.
Group exhibition, curated by Nick Beery.
2010 “Predators
in the Wild II.” Belltown, Seattle, WA
Ten Paintings. Acrylic on Canvas.
Group Show with Ryan Henry Ward, Andrew Miller, Starheadboy
and Narboo.
06/25/10 ArtFarm IV. West Seattle, WA.
Live
Painting and Installation. Ten
Paintings. Mixed media.
05/29/10 “Artifakt:
Logics + Fatal Lucciauno + State of the Artists.” Jazzbones. Tacoma, WA.
Group exhibition.
Multimedia Show. Eight Paintings. Acrylic on Canvas.
One Painting with Ryan Henry Ward. Group show with Julie Luke, Tyler Haney and
Jeremy
Gregory.
2010 ArtFarm V. West Seattle,
WA.
Live
Painting and Installation. Ten
Paintings. Mixed media.
2010 “Predators
in the Wild.” Balmar Bar. Ballard,
Seattle, WA.
Group Show with Ryan Henry Ward, Andrew Miller, Starheadboy
and Narboo.
12/10/09 ArtFarm III. West Seattle, WA.
Live
Painting and Installation. Ten
Paintings. Mixed media.
11/20/09 ArtFarm II. West Seattle, WA.
Live
Painting and Installation. Ten
Paintings. Mixed media.
10/24/09 ArtFarm I. West Seattle, WA.
Live
Painting and Installation. Ten
Paintings. Mixed media.
2009-10 Snow
Monkey Gallery. Seattle, WA.
Ten-twelve Paintings. Acrylic on
Canvas.
2009-10 Sterling
Images Gallery. West Seattle, WA
Twenty Paintings.
Acrylic on Canvas.
08/08 “Between
Heaven and Hell: New Works by Xavier Lopez Jr.”
Orange Splot Gallery,
Fremont,
WA.
05/02/08 -
“Into the Deep End II:
Passage of Time.” Orange Splot Gallery,
Fremont, WA.
06/01/08 Twenty
paintings and Sculpture.
04/04/08 - “Into the Deep End.” Orange Splot Gallery, Fremont, WA.
Twenty paintings
and Sculpture.
2008-2009 Orange
Splot Gallery, Fremont, WA
01/12/08 Faire Gallery and Café. Seattle, WA.
“Secret Identities/Hidden
Fortresses.” Mixed media
installation. Paintings,
tape, balsa wood.
06/10/08 Art/Not
Terminal. Seattle, WA
"Falling." Acrylic on
canvas.
04/12/08 Tales of the Soft Cyborg: The
Spaniard. The Anne Bonney, Seattle, WA
Performance Art.
02/17/07 “Bloodtelling.” Faire
Gallery and Café. Seattle, WA
Performance Art.
01/12/07 Faire
Gallery and Café. Seattle, WA
“Secret Identities/Hidden
Fortresses.” Mixed media
installation. Paintings,
tape, balsa wood.
06/05/06
Kunsthalle. Mainz,
Germany.
“Soft Cyborg: Book II.” Large
paintings on wallpaper.
Mixed media sculpture.
05/17/04 Kunsthalle. Mainz,
Germany.
“Soft Cyborg: Book I.” Large paintings on
wallpaper,
held together with tape and
pins.
01/15/03 Le
Blueberry. Rue Camille Sauvageau, Bordeaux, France.
“La Premiere Soiree Grands
Artistes.” This
was a one-day
event, with poets and
musicians in which I had a one-man
show.
01/07/03 “Grand Soiree Contre le Sida.” Bordeaux, France.
Donated two collage constructions.
07/12/02 UC Davis Graduate Student Art
Gallery. Davis, CA.
“Battle #3” Costumed superhero action
figures, string,
cup-holders. Second Version
of
Teen-age Bedroom.
06/10/02
Chow /Ciao Salon. Katherine’s Apartment.
Davis, CA.
“The First Performance for the Soft
Cyborg.” Filmed
event in which I
performed some of the stories of the origin
of the Soft
Cyborg.
03/20/02 “A
Boy’s Life.” Gregory Condos
Gallery. Fischbacher Arts Building. Sacramento
City College.
Installation, Sculpture
and first Bedroom install. Bedroom recreated in 2013 and 2015.
02/11/02 Strip Salon. Katherine’s Apartment.
Davis, CA.
Sculptural
installation and performance.
01/26/02
University of California,
Davis. Basement Gallery
“Teen Dream.” Installation. Action
Figures. Vinyl album
covers. January 16-29.
2001 Interdisciplinary Graduate
Symposium Art Exhibit.
“Battle #2” Costumed
superhero action figures, string,
cup-holders. “Suspended.”
Hourman action figure, string,
cup-holders, Depeche Mode
45’s.
2001
Graduate Student Art Exhibition.
“Battle #1.”
Costumed superhero action
figures, string, and cup-
holders. “Their backs to us.” Plaster
casts.
2000 8th Annual Artist’s Valentines
Invitational.
Richard L. Nelson Gallery, Davis, CA.
Group Show. “I was enchanted.”
Plastic, Sculpey,
acrylics.
1999 7th Annual Artist’s
Valentines Invitational.
Richard L. Nelson Gallery, Davis, CA.
Group Show. Collaboration with
Scott Hilton:
“Sincerely Yours…” Photographs.
1998 6th Annual Artist’s
Valentines Invitational.
Richard L. Nelson Gallery, Davis CA.
Group Show.
“The Shape of My Heart” Plaster, string,
glitter, aspirin,
soil.
1998 HAUNT. Basement Gallery.
UCDavis Art Building. Davis,
CA.
Alt.christnet.childhoodmemories.furries.sex.binaries.
Oil paintings on canvas with plastic
cross.
1998 Creative Arts Workshop. New Haven,
Connecticut,
RHYTHM GESTURE METAPHOR.
“Untitled: Plaster
Cartoon Casts.” April
13-May 22.
1998 Galeria De La Raza. San Francisco, Ca.
EL NINO: CHAOS AND DESTRUCTION.
Group show.
"Untitled, Mouse” Steel,
plastic. April 1-May 17, 1998.
1998 5th Annual Artist’s Valentines
Invitational.
Richard L. Nelson Gallery, Davis CA.
Group Show. “Disco Lemonade” Plaster,
steel.
1997 TB-9, University of California,
Davis.
"Seven at 9" Graduate Art
Exhibit. Group installation,
Included ten mixed-media pieces.
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Selected Publications
4/3/12 Catapult Magazine. 1111. V3. Images of my work.
04/12 Mad
Magazine, Issue #514, April 2012. Review of Mad Magazine Show.
Plus,
image of my painting from the exhibition.
2012 Seattle
Street Art. A. Tarantino. Images of my wheatpaste work.
10/11 “Dark
Beauty Magazine.” Halloween Issue. Issue
#2. Interview and article
about my work
09/11 “A
Welsh Alphabet.” Lorin Morgan-Richards. Painted image for the letter “T”
for the alphabet.
07/11 – Present Into the Deep End. Comic
Strip based on my artwork.
06/11 Juxtapose Magazine. June Issue.
Promo for www.cr8space.com.
2010-Present PI
Online Art Blog.
Fall
2010 Vex Digest. Issue 11, Fall 2010. Autumn Art Spectaculum.
Cover, Logo and
interior art.
Spring,
2010 Vex
Magazine, Issue 3, Spring 2010. Fiction
Special & Best of Archives.
Feature Article and Interior Art.
June 2003 Louis
Liard Literary and Art Journal
January 2003 Louis Liard Literary and Art Journal
1993-1998
Graduate Student Newspaper
1993-1994
Davis, Enterprise, Davis California
Newspaper.
1989-1992 Sagebrush, University of Nevada,
Reno University Newspaper.
Conference Presentations
5/4/2001 “The Queerest
of the Queer: Growing up male in the Post-
Masculinist Eighties.” Millennial Transgressions. Rocky
Mountain/California ASA Joint Conference.
University of Nevada, Reno.
4/13/2001 “Toward a More Dada
Dialectic and the Soft Cyborg.” 4th Annual
Interdisciplinary Graduate Symposium. Also responsible for
Conference.
5/17/2000 “Uncertain Histories:
Longing for Reconciliation in the DC
Comics Multi-verse.” 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate
Symposium.
2/6/1997 "Uncertain
Histories: Longing for Reconciliation in the DC
Comics Multi-verse." LSU Graduate Conference on
Languages and Literature.
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Education:
1996-2002 University of California, Davis Davis, CA
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M.F.A. Fine Art/Studio
Art
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M.A. Art History/Critical Theory ABD
1987-1992 University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV
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B.A. English Literature
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B.A. Studio Art/Philosophy
Extra courses:
2003 Seattle
Central Community College Seattle, WA
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Website Courses
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Graphic design courses
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