rafa esparza
image credit: Star Montana\n\nrafa esparza (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\xe9rez 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).\nesparza\u2019s work is in the collections of Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Dallas Museum\xa0of Art; San Jose Museum of Art; Minneapolis Institute of Art; Museum of Contemporary\xa0Art, Los Angeles; Kadist Art Foundation; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York;\xa0Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; and Vincent Price Art Museum, Los\xa0Angeles.\n\n\n110 Northbound, photo by Yomahra Gonzalez\n\nCamino Exhibition, photo by: Yomahra Gonzalez\n\nHermila, photo by Yomahra Gonzalez