{"id":13793,"date":"2023-06-28T13:17:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T17:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=13793"},"modified":"2023-06-28T13:17:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T17:17:17","slug":"rafa-esparza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/rafa-esparza\/","title":{"rendered":"rafa esparza"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3914\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13793-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/rafaesparza.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/rafaesparza.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/rafaesparza.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><div class=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_13807\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13807\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13807 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/rafa_esparza-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/rafa_esparza-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/rafa_esparza-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/rafa_esparza-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/rafa_esparza-696x1044.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/rafa_esparza.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">image credit: Star Montana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artistsspace.org\/exhibitions\/rafa-esparza-camino\">rafa esparza<\/a> (b. 1981, Los Angeles; lives and works in Los Angeles) received a BA from University of California, Los Angeles in 2011. Solo exhibitions have been held at Artists Space, New York (2023); Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles (2021); MASS MoCA, North Adams (2019); ArtPace, San Antonio (2018); and Ballroom Marfa (2017). Selected group exhibitions have been held at Commonwealth and Council, Mexico City (2022); Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson (2022); Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University, Houston (2020); San Diego Art Institute (2019); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2017); and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2016). esparza is a recipient of a P\u00e9rez Prize (2022), Latinx Artist Fellowship (2021), Lucas Artist Fellowship (2020), Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (2017), Art Matters Foundation Grant (2014), and California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists (2014). He has participated in residencies at Artpace San Antonio (2018) and Wanlass Artist in Residence, OXY ARTS, Los Angeles (2016).<\/div>\n<p><br class=\"\" \/>esparza\u2019s work is in the collections of Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Dallas Museum\u00a0of Art; San Jose Museum of Art; Minneapolis Institute of Art; Museum of Contemporary\u00a0Art, Los Angeles; Kadist Art Foundation; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York;\u00a0Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; and Vincent Price Art Museum, Los\u00a0Angeles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_13808\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13808\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13808\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/110-Northbound_YomahraGonzalez-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/110-Northbound_YomahraGonzalez-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/110-Northbound_YomahraGonzalez-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/110-Northbound_YomahraGonzalez-768x960.png 768w, 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aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13809\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13809\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Camino-Exhibition_YomahraGonzalez-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Camino-Exhibition_YomahraGonzalez-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Camino-Exhibition_YomahraGonzalez-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Camino-Exhibition_YomahraGonzalez-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Camino-Exhibition_YomahraGonzalez-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Camino-Exhibition_YomahraGonzalez-2048x1365.png 2048w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Camino-Exhibition_YomahraGonzalez-696x464.png 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Camino-Exhibition_YomahraGonzalez-1068x712.png 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Camino-Exhibition_YomahraGonzalez-1920x1280.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Camino Exhibition, photo by: Yomahra Gonzalez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13810\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13810\" style=\"width: 683px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13810\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hermila_YomahraGonzalez-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hermila_YomahraGonzalez-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hermila_YomahraGonzalez-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hermila_YomahraGonzalez-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hermila_YomahraGonzalez-1024x1536.png 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hermila_YomahraGonzalez-1365x2048.png 1365w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hermila_YomahraGonzalez-696x1044.png 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hermila_YomahraGonzalez-1068x1602.png 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Hermila_YomahraGonzalez.png 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hermila, photo by Yomahra Gonzalez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/rafaesparza.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing list rafa esparza (b. 1981, Los Angeles; lives and works in Los Angeles) received a BA from University of California, Los Angeles in 2011. 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