Robert Moya

I view my paintings as two-dimensional, topographical readings of three-dimensional surfaces rendered with a handmade aesthetic. I work within a limited system with specific rules. I consistently rely on one process, one orientation, and one modular shape. My painting materials are reduced to glue, pre-mixed craft paint, and food coloring, as well as dried and colored glue remnants taken from previously or simultaneously-made paintings. I choose to work within this specific economy in order to force innovation and a deeper investigation into certain nuanced relations in space, color, surface, and composition. It is the possibility of exploration and variance that exists within such a seemingly confining system of working that engages me.

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EDUCATION

2007 M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2005 MATESOL, California State University, Los Angeles, LA, CA
Teaching Credential, California State University, Los Angeles, LA, CA
1996 B.A., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2010 VERNISSAGE, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2009 HERE, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
FACT/SIMILE, Fuller Projects, Indian University, Bloomington, IA
2007 HUMPLE PI, Museum of Pocket Art, San Francisco, CA
2004 ROBERT MOYA/PAUL WILKENS, Sprout Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 CREAM, FROM THE TOP, Performing Arts Institute, San Francisco, CA
2010 THE UNSHOW, Solano College, Fairfield, CA.
LOS ANGELES JURIED EXHIBITION, LA Municipal Art Gallery, LA, CA
2009 MUSEUM OF POCKET ART/POSTCARD 13, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
2008 ALIVE AND KICKING, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
RELATIVE GEOMETRIES II, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
100 DOLLAR SHOW, 643 Project Space, Ventura, CA.
AUCTION, Center for Contemporary Art Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
FLOURESCENCES, 642 Project Space, Ventura, CA
LATINO VISIONS, McNish Gallery/Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
IMMEDIATE FUTURE, SF Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
A MIRROR IN WHICH TO DWELL, Ventura County Arts Council Gallery, Ventura, CA
ENCORE, Conrad/Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
THINGS COME TOGETHER, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
THE TEXTURE OF SPACE, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
PAWN SHOP, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2007 EVERYTHING BUT THE KITSCHEN SINK, La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA
THE BACK OF TONY’S TRUCK, a6gallery, Henderson, NV
SEMBLANCE TO WHAT I HAVE IN MIND, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
RITUALS, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
RELATIVE GEOMETRIES, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
SMALL WONDERS, Pharmaka, Los Angeles, CA

2006 BLIPS, DRIPS, AND STRIPS, Upfront Gallery, Ventura, CA
HOT SHOTS, McNish Gallery/Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
NO BOUNDARIES, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2005 LA LIVING, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
CARPOOL, 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, CA
NEXT DOOR, 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, CA
GROUP SHOW, Sprout, Los Angeles, CA

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2010 CAC, WOODSIDE RESIDENCY AWARD, Troy, NY
2008 MURPHY AND CADOGAN FELLOWSHIP, San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2007 PEF GRANT, Pasadena Educational Foundation, Pasadena, CA
2005 POWER OF ART AWARD, Robert Rauschenburg Foundation, Captive, FL
ARTIST GRANT, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ