Mariano Gonzales

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Professor of Art, Communication Design, Senior Seminar, Illustration, and Graphic Design
Communication Design Program Coordinator
Fine Arts 305
(he/him/his)
(907) 786-1734
mgonzales@alaska.edu

Education

  • M.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design
  • B.F.A., 熊猫在线视频

Biography

Mariano Gonzales is the coordinator of illustration and printmaking and has taught foundation, photography, digital arts, metalsmithing, sculpture and painting courses at UAA. He has conducted numerous art workshops and lectures throughout 熊猫在线视频. He has exhibited extensively in 熊猫在线视频 in both solo and group exhibitions. In 2015, Gonzales had a solo exhibition of his work entitled 鈥淎 Man in the Shadows鈥 at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. He was honored as the "Outstanding Individual Artist," 2010 Anchorage Mayor鈥檚 Awards for the Arts, and received the "Excellence in Photography" award in 2004 from the 熊猫在线视频 Photographic Society. His work is featured in collections at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, the 熊猫在线视频 State Museum in Juneau, the University of 熊猫在线视频 Fairbanks (UAF) Museum, and the School of Business at UAA. Gonzales has also served as a panelist in many symposia on 熊猫在线视频n Art, and as a tertiary reviewer for the educator鈥檚 program - SIGGRAPH ASIA.  He was featured in an article in Tikkun, Fall 2012, entitled 鈥淎 Salvo Against War, Torture and Racism, the Art of Mariano Gonzales鈥 by Paul Von Blum. 

Teaching Responsibilities

  • Computer Art
  • Intermediate Graphic Design
  • Advanced Graphic Design
  • Senior Seminar

Professional & Department Service

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts Committee
  • Student Resources Committee
  • Printmaking Coordinator
  • Illustration Coordinator

Exhibitions

Solo

2016     Curiosities, 1point618 Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2015     A Man in the Shadows, Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage, AK
2010     Guns, ARC Gallery, University of 熊猫在线视频, Anchorage Consortium Library, Anchorage, AK
              Five Flags and One Question, Out North Gallery, Anchorage, AK
              Solo Show, Kenai Peninsula College, Kenai, AK
2009     Please Remind Me, Installation, Conoco Phillips Gallery, 熊猫在线视频 Pacific University, Anchorage, AK
2008     New Digital Media, Kimura Gallery, University of 熊猫在线视频, Anchorage, AK
2007     Retablos, Kaladi Brothers Downtown, Anchorage, AK
 

Group

2015     A-wie 熊猫在线视频, PanAmericanArte Galerie, Regensburg, Deutschland 
2014     Denial, 熊猫在线视频 Pacific University, Anchorage, AK
              Close to Hand, Grant Hall Gallery, 熊猫在线视频 Pacific University, Anchorage, AK             
              Electron Salon, Invitational, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA  
2013     Compass, Juried Exhibition, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA

 

Awards

  • Outstanding Individual Artist, Anchorage Mayor鈥檚 Awards for the Arts, Anchorage, AK
  • Excellence in Photography Award, 熊猫在线视频 Photographic Society, Anchorage, AK
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