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CURRICULUM VITAE
EXHIBITIONS 2026
July 25- August 21, 2026
- Los Angeles Art Association is proud to present Apocrypha, an all media exploration of artist influences. Apocrypha will run online only July 25-August 21, 202
June 20- July 24, 2026
- Los Angeles Art Association proudly presents our next exhibit at Gallery 825: BEDROCK. Artists are often inward looking and reflective, BEDROCK is an all media opportunity for artists to express their strong beliefs.
- Juror: Teresa Eggers, David Kordansky Gallery
May 23 - September 6, 2026
Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles
- 400+Artists Paint Their Favorite Book
- Curated by Mat Gleason
February 27 - March 1, 2026
- Call and Response to the Start Up Art Fair (February 27 - March 1, 2026) https://www.startup-art.com/ at the Kinney Hotel in Venice Beach. This will be the first in-person iteration of the digital collaboration project that has connected 500+ artists across 20+ rounds since the pandemic. Two book Collaborations shown:
- Between Doubt and Rupture - Francisco Alvarado - Robert Sofian
- Nobody knows what they're doing - Francisco Alvarado/Erika Shiff
Selected Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
February 27 - March 1, 2026
- Call and Response to the Start Up Art Fair (February 27 - March 1, 2026) https://www.startup-art.com/ at the Kinney Hotel in Venice Beach. This will be the first in-person iteration of the digital collaboration project that has connected 500+ artists across 20+ rounds since the pandemic. Two book Collaborations shown:
- Between Doubt and Rupture - Francisco Alvarado - Robert Sofian
- Nobody knows what they're doing - Francisco Alvarado/Erika Shiff
July 30, 2022
- "Survival Mechanisms"
Francisco Alvarado and Kristine Schomaker in Conversation
Curated by Kristine Schomaker
May 13, 2019
- May 13, 2019 to June 30, 2019 - Solo show at the Vista Library in Vista CA -
Curated by Skye Amber Sweet
May 2019
- Underpinnings of a Digital Landscape - Solo Show Monica Film . Sales benefit the Laemmle Foundation and its support of humanitarian and environmental causes in Los Angeles.
Curated by Joshua Elias
May 15, 2018
- Coexistence - Opening show at Shoebox Projects May 2018
Francisco Alvarado and Robert Soffian
Curated by Francisco Alvarado
February - May , 2017
- Art in the Arthouse presents Francisco Alvarado -Solo Show - NoHo7 Theater
Curated by Joshua Elias
April - December , 2016
- Following Ed Moses installation, Francisco Alvarado Solo Show - Mori Sushi
Curator Minoru Ohira
April , 2016
- Conversation in Color - Neutra Institute Gallery & Museum
Francisco Alvarado and Sophia Tise
Hosted by Francisco Alvarado and Sophia Tise
August , 2015
- 2 in Color - EklectoMania
Francisco Alvarado and Jane Szabo
Hosted by Francisco Alvarado and Jane Szabo
July , 2014
- Zver, Liverman, Skiba, Alvarado Opening Reception - Kellogg University Art Gallery
Curated By Michele Cairella Fillmore
Selected Curatorial Projects
- Coagula Curatorial - The Magnificent Seven
- Shoebox Projects - Coexistence
- Artist-organized exhibitions -Conversation in Color, 2 in Color
Selected Collaborations
February 27 - March 1, 2026
- Call and Response to the Start Up Art Fair
- Between Doubt and Rupture - Francisco Alvarado - Robert Sofian
- Nobody knows what they're doing - Francisco Alvarado/Erika Shiff
Organizer - Kristine Schomaker
March, 2025
- DUETS, a special collaborative exhibition opening at Gallery 825
- Francisco Alvarado and Mark Indig
Juried by the Feminist Image Group (FIG) from San Diego
July 30, 2022
- "Survival Mechanisms" - Francisco Alvarado and Kristine Schomaker in Conversation
Curated by Kristine Schomaker
2022 -2026
- Call and Response: Collaboration at a Distance 2022 Program - 13 Rounds
Artists:
- Cynthia Cole
- Martin Cox
- Genie Davis
- Karen Hochman Brown
- Sergey Dobrynov
- Lidia Kaku
- Galina Kovshilovsky
- Kamelyta Noor
- Kristine Shomaker
- Ann Storc
- Brenda Oelbaum
- Lark Larisa Pilinsky
- Jody Zellen
Selected Curators and Jurors
- Anne Martens
- Bradford J. Salamon
- Cairella Fillmore
- Dan McCleary
- Feminist Image Group (FIG) from San Diego
- Gloria Plascencia
- Jane Chafin
- Jay Belloli
- Jim Zver
- Joan Takayama-Ogawa
- Joshua Elias
- Karin Skiva
- Kio Griffith
- Kyungshil Choi
- Lark Larisa Pilinsky
- Louis Jacinto
- Luis Serrano
- Mat Gleason
- Max Presneill
- Minoru Ohira
- Nancy Haselbacher
- Peter Frank
- Quinton Bemiller
- Quinton Bemiller
- Ray Beldner
- Sascha Hecks
- Shana Nys Dambrot
- Skye Amber Sweet
- Stephen Anderson
- Steven Acevedo
- Ted Meyer
- Teresa Eggers
Selected Group Exhibitions
- Los Angeles Mural Conservancy - Artists Paint heir favorite book Very Well Read 2026
400+Artists Paint Their Favorite Book
Curated by Mat Gleason
- Los Angeles Art Association (multiple juried exhibitions, 2020–2026)
- ChimMaya Gallery (multiple juried exhibitions, 2016 - 2025)
- Start Up Art Fair 2026
Call and Response to the Start Up Art Fair (February 27 - March 1, 2026)
https://www.startup- art.com/ at the Kinney Hotel in Venice Beach. This will be the first
in- person iteration of the digital collaboration project that has connected 500+ artists across
20+ rounds since the pandemic.
- Gallery of Hermosa DISCOVERY 2025 work that encapsulates the thrill, curiosity, and revelation that come with the process of finding something new.
Curator Sascha Hecks
- Evoking the Spirit of Omoide Yokocho (Memory Lane)2025, commemorating the Gallery of Hermosa’s one-year anniversary
- Art Division The Human Head exhibition 2024
Curators Luis Serrano and Dan McCleary's
- Torrance Art Museum NOMAD Presented by the Torrance Art Museum, City of Torrance, Cultural Arts Commission, in partnership with Discover Torrance, Torrance Art Museum Advocates (TAMA), ARTRA Curatorial, CA 90503
Curated by Max Presneill
- Coastline Community College Kitsch-In-Sync : Art and Its Opposite 2019
Curated by Bradford J. Salamon
- Artist & Researcher 2 at the Hoyt Gallery USC Keck School of Medicine 2018
Curated by Ted Meyer
- The Neutra Presents One Hundred Vibrant Artists Nertra Gallery and Museum 2018
Curated By Geoffrey Levitt
- Benefit Show Lyme Away 3: The Tag Gallery 2018
Curated by Genie Davis
- Francisco Alvarado and Robert Soffian artists-in-residence at Shoebox Projects 2018
- ECHO One at FM Fine Art Gallery 2018
Curated by Karrie Ross
- Lamperouge Fine Art 2017
Curated by Shana Nys Dambrot
- The Gift of Art Exhibition and Sale FM Fine Art Gallery 2017
Curated by Louis Jacinto
- Honoring Expression: Work by United States Artist-Veterans · Norco College Art Gallery 2017
Curated by Quinton Bemiller
- INK & CLAY 43 · Kellogg University Art Gallery 2017
Juried by Joan Takayama-Ogawa, Nancy Haselbacher and Anne Martens
- Artists for Olivia - Fundraiser and Art Exhibition · Hawthorne Arts Complex 2017
Curated by Gloria Plascencia
- Neo Japonism: Shunga - 2016
Curated by Kio Griffin
- Following Ed Moses installation, Francisco Alvarado installation on display at Mori Sushi 2016
Curated by Minoru Ohira Uchida
- The Pasadena Art Show 2016
Hosted by Lynn Chang Enterprises
- MAS 12: San Diego 2016
Curated by Kio Griffith
- Balconi Coffee Company (multiple juried FAUX Sho exhibitions 2015-2017)
Curated by Kio Griffin
- Orange County Center for Contemporary Art Chaos Theory 560 pieces of art by 173 artists 2015
Hosted by Stephen Anderson
- MASQUE ATTACK at Temporary Space 2015
Hosted by Max Presneil
- SILVER LAKE ART COLLECTIVE 2015 Exhibition
Curated by Jim Zver
- MAS 7 : Santa Monica Art Studios 2014
Hosted by Kio Griffith
- South Bay Contemporary Fresh 2014
Curated by at Gleason
- M.D. Art Gallery "Yes" art exhibition 2013 2013
Curated By Peter Frank
- Norco College Art Gallery ANEKANTAVADA Diverse Perspectives in Art - 2013 Honoring Expression: Work by United States Artist-Veterans 2013
Curated By Quinton Bemiller, Karin Skiva
- Shoebox Projects 2014 2026 2013
- Kellogg University Art Gallery INK & CLAY 38 2012 Zver, Liverman, Skiba, Alvarado
- Curated by Michelle Careira Fillmore
- Armory Center for the Arts International Mail Art Exhibition 2010
Curated by Jay Belloli
- Red Post Gallery Coagula 2009
Curated by Mat Gleason