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CAROLINA HICKS
B.1991 Los Angeles
Education
2016 - 2018 MFA Art, California Institute of the Arts
2009 - 2013 BA Anthropology, San Francisco State University
2011 - 2012 Academic year abroad, Uppsala University – Sweden
Group Exhibitions
2019 These Creatures – Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art. Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2019 Nothing Personal – nationalmuseum. Berlin, Germany
2019 WeRise – Molino Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2019 CO/LAB IV – Torrance Art Museum. Torrance, CA
2019 Workspace Only/No Overnights – Art in the Park. Los Angeles, CA
2018 An Arm’s Length – La Tierra de la Culebra Park. Los Angeles, CA
2018 Incognito – Institute of Contemporary Art. Los Angeles, CA
2018 Extraña Posesión – Lugar a Dudas. Cali, Colombia
2018 Rattlesnake Bells in the Desert – The Box Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2017 I. Am. Erica – New Wight Gallery UCLA. Los Angeles, CA
2017 Empathy – A402 Gallery. CalArts
2017 Don’t Put Me in Direct Sunlight: Animation Show – C113 Gallery. CalArts
2017 Here. There. Everywhere: Queer LA Latinx Exhibition – Los Angeles LGBT Center
2017 The Body as Site of – CSREA Gallery, Brown University. Providence, RI
2014 Líneas Vulnerables – Boys Club Gallerie. Berlin, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2018 [I Love You So Much] Thesis Show – L-Shape. CalArts
2016 Good Mourning: Mid-Residency – Main Gallery. CalArts
2015 el Dolor de Ser – Blood Orange Gallery. Riverside, CA
2014 Clean Your Room – Nudie Jeans Factory. Gothenburg, Sweden
2013 Clumsy – 638 Hawks. Vancouver B.C., Canada
Residencies
2019 Research Assistant + AiR at the Institute of Urban Research/K3, Malmö University – Sweden
2019 Summer Session AiR at Otis College of Art and Design – Los Angeles, CA
2019 California Institute of the Arts / Experimental Residency SPRING’19 – Los Angeles, CA
2018 2727 California St. – Collaboration with November 2018’s A.i.R, Practical Records:
Queer/POC collective + record label, directed by Peter Hernandez. Berkeley, CA
2018 Escuela Incierta at Lugar a Dudas – Cali, Colombia
2014 Närvaro – Studio residency hosted by Berlin Zine Fest. Berlin, Germany
Lectures + Workshops
2020 CalArts Winter Practicum, “Psychic Hygiene: Praxis is the Doing” [Intensive Workshop]
2019 Praxis is the Doing: Visiting Artist Lecture at K3, Malmö University – Sweden
2019 Panel guest at "Right to Defiance", Navel. Los Angeles, CA
2019 Artist talk at Otis College of Art and Design. Los Angeles, CA
2019 MAPPING: Psychic-cartographies - workshop with Gloria Galvez and the LA Municipal Art
Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2018 Semiotic Reflection(s): A DIY praxis and parallels to STEM research.
Guest lecturer at UCSD, November 2018 – San Diego, CA
2018 Intuitive Tools: Self-archiving and artists journals, the works of Paul Thek and Annie Pootoogook.
Lecture and workshop at 2727 California St – Berkeley, CA
2018 Intro to Self-Publishing: Artist talk and interactive workshop for 7th grade students. Miraleste
Intermediate School – Palos Verdes, CA (repeated annually 2015-2019)
2017 Unpack It: Zine-making and healing. Artist talk and interactive workshop focused on
the mental health benefits of self-publishing. In collaboration with Chicago Zine Fest, hosted by
Brainstorm Comics – Chicago, IL
2016 Zines and Healing. Artist talk and interactive workshop on self-publishing and the mental health
benefits of self-publishing. Museum of Latin American Art – Long Beach, CA
2014 Mini-Zines, Big Feelings: DIY approaches to coping with mental health issues and self-harm
reduction through zine-making, Berlin Zine Fest – Berlin, Germany
Festival Exhibiting
2019 SF Zine Fest – USA
2019 LA Zine Fest – USA
2017 Zine Fronteras –Tijuana, MX
2017 CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo) – USA
2017 SFV Art Book Fair – USA
2016 LB Zine Fest – USA
2014 Berlin Zine Fest – Germany
2014 Copenhagen Zine Fest – Denmark
2014 Helsinki Comics Fest – Finland
2013 Think and Die Thinking Fest – USA
Published Works
2019 Antologia Zúngale Z3 – Zúngale Press, DF, MX
2018 Year of the Dog – Tiny Splendor Press, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Stay Mad v.1-3. Thick Thigh Collective Press – Los Angeles, CA
2016 Scream Queens Magazine #1. S.R. Press – Oakland, CA
2016 FIX MY HEAD: Conflict, Family, Ritual. Issue 8. Anna Vo – Portland, OR
2016 Gut Flora: A Chapess Zine Anthology. Synchronise Witches Press – Manchester, U.K.
2015 Signs and Science. C’EST Bon Publishing – Malmö, SE
Grants and Awards
2019 Malmö University’s Institute of Urban Research project grant, Fall 2019
2017 Chiquita Canyon Landfill Scholarship, 1st place recipient – CalArts
2017 Tom Lawson’s Dean Grant – CalArts
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