Born: San Francisco, Ca. 1948

Education:
Masters of Arts, 1979 California State University Sacramento
Bachelors of Arts, 1975 Universidad de las Americas, Cholula, Puebla, Mexico
Associate of Arts , 1968 San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, Ca.

Teaching:
San Joaquin Delta College Art Department, Stockton, Ca. 1975-present
Escuela Nacional de Arte, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 1997
Alan Short Center, Stockton, Ca. 1984-1991
Deuel Vocational State Prison, Tracy, Ca.1981-84

One Man Shows:
2003 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis Ca.
1996 Galeria Posada, Sacramento, Ca.
         Dean Moniz Gallery, Sacramento, Ca.
1994 Pence Gallery, Davis, Ca.
         Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, Ca.
1993 Dean Moniz gallery, Sacramento, Ca.
1992 Dean Moniz Gallery, Sacramento, Ca.
1990 Jennifer Pauls gallery, Sacramento, Ca.
1987 De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, Ca.
1986 Jenifer Pauls Gallery, Sacramento, Ca.
1985 Jenifer Pauls Gallery, Sacramento, Ca.
1983 Jenifer Pauls Gallery, Sacramento, Ca.
         Alan Short Gallery, Stockton, Ca.
1981 Jenifer Pauls Gallery, Sacramento, Ca.
         Pacific gallery, Stockton, Ca.
1980 Candy store Gallery, Folsom, Ca.
1974 Universidad de las Americas, Cholula, Puebla, Mexico

Group Shows:
 2006 Taking Liberties SMUD Gallery, Sacramento,Ca.
            Poetic expressions Of Mortality Mobile Museum of Art,Mobile,AL
            30 Ceramic Sculptors,John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis,Ca.
            Skeleton¹s from our closet, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Ca.
2005  30 Ceramic Sculptors,John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis,Ca

2003 The Group: Diverse Artists and Photographers
         Odd Fellows Hall, San Francisco, Ca.
2003 Feats of Clay (Juror) Lincoln, Ca
         Generations Art and Industry Gallery, San Diego, Ca.
2002 The Pilot Hill Collection Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Ca.
2002 Dia del los Muertos Exhibition La Raza Galeria Posada, Sacramento, Ca.
2002 Ceramic Invitational, Merced College Art Gallery, Merced, Ca.
         30 Ceramics Sculptors Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, Ca.
         Tonantzin-Guadalupe, Memorial Union Gallery, UCD, Davis, Ca.
         Faculty Art Show, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, Ca.
2001 30 Ceramic Sculptors, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, Ca.
2000 Bow Wow! It's a Dog's Life, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, Ca.
         Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento, Ca.
         Hispanic Teacher and Student Art Show Encina Art Gallery, Encina High School, Sacramento, Ca.
1999 Ceramic Invitational, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, Ca.
         Navidad en El Valle, Mexican Cultural Art Center, Stockton, Ca.
1998 Dia de los Muertos, Mexican Cultural Art Center, Stockton, Ca.
1997 Dia de los Muertos Mexican Museum, San Francisco, Ca.
Visiones Culturales, Mexican Cultural Art Center, Stockton, Ca.
         San Joaquin Valley Ceramic Sculptors California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, Ca.
         Alumni Show 50th Anniversary CSUS California State University, Sacramento, Ca.
1996 The Bulldog Show, Encina Art Gallery, Encina High School, Sacramento, Ca.
1995 A Survey from the Dean Moniz Gallery, Art Gallery, Encina High School, Sacramento, Ca.
         Borderlines: Artistas del Valle, Alan Short Gallery, Stockton, Ca.
         Gallery Artists, Dean Moniz Gallery
14 Artists-Viet Nam Legacies, 20 Years later, Memorial Union Gallery, UCD, Davis, Ca.
         Chicano/Latino, Encina Art Gallery, Encina High School, Sacramento, Ca.
1994 30 Ceramic Sculptors, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, Ca.
         Constructions and Mixed Media Sculptures, Dean Moniz Gallery, Sacramento, Ca.
         The Figure Dean Moniz Gallery, Sacramento, Ca.
1993 Dia de los Muertos San Joaquin Arts Council Gallery, Stockton, Ca.
         Variations on the Figure, J. Maddux Gallery, Sacramento, Ca.
         Sculpture: 13 Views Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, Ca.
         From the Fire, Incendiary Spirits, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, Ca.
         Que Pasa?, Exhibition of Hispanic Artists from San Joaquin County, Calaveras County Art Gallery, San Andreas, Ca.
1992 Ceramics Bi -Annual, Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Pasadena, Ca.
1991 Figurative Clay, Georgia State University School of Design, Atlanta, Georgia
1990 Ceramic Narratives, Jennifer Pauls Gallery, Sacramento, Ca.
         Colores Del Valle, CSUF Art Gallery, Fresno, Ca.
         Pacific Grove Art Center, pacific Grove, Ca.
1989 American Ceramics Now, Touring exhibition originating at the Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY.
1988 University of the Pacific, Stockton, Ca.
1987 Clay Sculpture From the Source, CSUS Alumni Show, California State University Sacramento, Ca.
          Ceramic Survey Natsoulas-Novelozo Gallery, Davis, Ca.
         15 Viet Nam 15, University of the Pacific Art Gallery, Stockton, Ca.
         Animales del Sol - Animal imagery in Hispanic Art, Art Corridor Gallery, Menlo Park, Ca.
1986 Recent Ceramic Sculpture University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Albuquerque, NM.
1985 Day of the Dead Mexican Museum, San Francisco, Ca.
         Northern California Narrative, Downey Art Museum, Downey, Ca.
1984 Ceramics and Social Commentary, Laumier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Mo.
         Since Viet Nam: The War and It’s Aftermath, Chapman College, Orange, Ca.
         Spectrum: survey of Mexican American Art, Mexican Museum, San Francisco, Ca.
1983 Kansas City Art Institute Invitational, Kansas City, Mo.
         5 In Clay, Rara Avis gallery, Sacramento, Ca.
         Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, Oregon
1982 Animal Forms, Meyer Brier Weiss gallery, San Francisco, Ca.
         Sacramento Sculpture 82, Chan Elliot Gallery, Sacramento, Ca.
         It Figures:, Bay area figurative sculpture, TransAmerica Building, San Francisco, Ca.
         Northern California Ceramic Sculpture, Quay Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.
         Dog and Pony Show, Sebastian Moore Gallery, Denver, Co.
1981 Ceramic Invitational, Candy store Gallery, Folsom, Ca.
         Memorial Union Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Az
         Viewpoints: Ceramics 1981, Grossmont College, El Cajon, Ca.
1980 Currently California, Susan Whitney Gallery, Saskatchewan, Canada
1979 Barrios Gallery, Sacramento, Ca.

Awards:
1983-84 California Arts Council Grant
1982-83 California Arts Council Grant


Commissions:
1998 Sacramento Convention Center, Sacramento, Ca.
1995 Private Commission, Mill Valley, Ca.
1994 San Joaquin Delta College Goleman Library, Stockton, Ca.

Publications:
2006 Poetic Expressions Of Mortality Figurative Ceramics from the Porter-Price Collection,
          Museum of Art, Mobile, Al. Catalog published

1994 Joe Mariscal at Dean Moniz Gallery by David Roth,Artweek, April 1996
         5th Annual California Conference, by Marilyn Moyle,
         Ceramics monthly, November, p. 82.
1993 In the Tradition, the Next Generation, by Alan Gordon, Artweek, August 5,p. 19.
         The Ceramic Object, Susan Peterson
1989 Ceramics in the Post Modern Era, by Teri Cohn, Artweek,
         September 9,p.6.
1987 American Ceramics Now (Catalog), Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY.
         American Crafts Magazine, February
1986 Recent Ceramic Sculpture(Catalog), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
1985 Ceramics and Social Commentary, (Catalog), Laumier Sculpture Park, St Louis, Mo.
         Ceramics Monthly Magazine November
         American Crafts Magazine February
1984 Since Viet Nam(Catalog), Chapman College, Orange, Ca.
1982 Ceramics Monthly Magazine, September
1981 Ceramics Monthly Magazine, December
         Viewpoints: Ceramics 1981(Catalog) Text by Susan Peterson, Grossmont College, El Cajon, Ca.

Collections:
Porter-Price Collection,Columbia,SC
Crocker Art museum, Sacramento, Ca

Arizona State University, Tempe, Az
Rene di Rosa Preserve foundation, Napa Valley, Ca.
Maria Alquilar, Santa Cruz, Ca.
Convention Center Collection, City of Sacramento, Ca
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
de Saisset museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, Ca.
McDonalds Corporation, Sacramento, Ca.
Mexican Museum, San Francisco, Ca.
Adam Aronson, St Louis Mo.
William Rush, San Francisco, Ca.
Barbara Okun, Santa Fe, NM.
Ross Turk, Palo Alto, Ca.
Fernando Belain, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Rena Bransten, San Francisco, Ca.
Crecencio Villegas, Puebla, Mexico
Peter Marxen, Berlin, Germany
Dalcir Ramiro, Paraty Brazil

 Work Shops
 2006 Mendocino Arts Center, Mendocino,Ca.