PAMELA
YBANEZ
Education
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2005
University at Buffalo: Master in Fine Arts, Buffalo NY
2003
University of Hawaii at Hilo: Bachelor of Arts, Hilo HI
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Curatorial Work
2018
Blind Love, Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco CA
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2017
Burnt Rice, Wailoa Art Center, Hilo HI
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2016
Resistance, Asian Pacific Island Cultural Center at SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco CA
2014
underDOG: Work by Mel Vera Cruz, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland CA
APAture Visual Arts Showcase 2014, Curatorial Committee, San Francisco CA
2013
Shifting the Body, Asian American Women Artist’s Assoc. at Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA
In Transit, I-Hotel Manilatown Heritage Center, San Francisco CA
2012
Crossing Borders, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland CA
2011
All of the Above, The Hologram (pop up gallery), Oakland CA
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Solo Exhibitions
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2017
Take My Spirit, Give Me Spirit, Jack London Square Realty, Oakland
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2012
States of the Flag, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco CA
2011
Recent Works, Era Art Bar & Lounge, Oakland CA
2010
Life in the Abstract, Metro Bay Realty, Oakland CA
2006
Recent Works by Pamela Ybañez, El Museo Art Gallery, Buffalo NY
2005
The Half-fit, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Kitchen Distribution Gallery, Buffalo NY
2004
Mayor’s Show, Hawaii County Building, Sponsored by East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo HI
2002
College of Arts and Science Dean’s Exhibition, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo HI
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Group Exhibitions
2024
HUQ: I Seek No Favor, Root Division, San Francisco CA
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Body Freedom for Everybody, Project for Empty Space, Brooklyn, CA
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Voices of Freedom, Inner Eye Arts, San Ramon, CA
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No Squares, Helvella, Oakland, CA
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Looking Forward: 20th Anniversary Show, Rock Paper Scissors Collective, Oakland, CA
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2022
Contemporary Filipino American Art, LH Hortan Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
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2021
Hey, give me a Call, Rock Paper Scissors Collective, Oakland, CA
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2020
WANDER WOMAN 2, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
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2019
Deconstructed Pidgin Hole, Warehouse 416, Oakland, CA
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2018
50 Shades of Kayumanggi, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA
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Samasama Art Show, Shopkeepers, Washington DC
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Small Works, Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA
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Rock Paper Scissors Collective Art Show, Caffe on Piedmont, Oakland CA
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2017
Forging American, Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo NY
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Mygration, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
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(De)Centered, WAS Gallery with Filipino American Artist's Directory, Bethesda, MD
Creative Night Market, San Francisco Mint, San Francisco, CA
Representing SOMA Pilipinas, Bindlestiff, San Francisco, CA
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2016
Road Trip, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn NY
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Burnt Rice, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland CA
United Artists for SOMA, Bindlestiff, San Francisco CA
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2015
Now Is It, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland CA
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Intersections: Asian American Narratives, Lindsay Dirkx Brown Art Gallery, San Ramon CA
2014
Ulti-fatum, Blackball Universe Gallery, Oakland CA
2013
APAture, Kearny Street Workshop at Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA
Home Grown...the Filipino Experience, Paolo Mejia Art Gallery and Design Studio, San Francisco CA
In Transit, I-Hotel Manilatown Heritage Center, San Francisco CA
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2012
Order/Discorder, Pro Arts Gallery Annual Juried Exhibition, Oakland CA
So Close / So Far, Classic Cars West, Oakland CA
Crossing Borders, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland CA
Hungry Ghost: Yearning for Fulfillment, Asian American Women Artists Association, San Francisco CA
Ladies of Hip Hop, Art, & Activism, Public Works, San Francisco CA
Femme Cartel, A Verb for Keeping Warm, Oakland CA
Delicious, Studio Gallery, San Francisco CA
2011
All Of The Above, Pop up gallery: Hologram Space, Oakland CA
On The Edge, Art House and Cultural Center, Berkeley CA
2010
Culture?, Lost Coast Culture Machine, Fort Bragg CA
Abstract, Abstract, Abstract! 57th St. Gallery, Oakland CA
2008
Plural Pronunciation, Berkeley Public Access Channel, Berkeley CA
2007
Five Nutshells in a Dream, Wailoa Arts Center, Hilo HI
31st Annual Big Island Spring Arts Festival, East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo HI
2006
Resolutions 06, Hallwalls, Buffalo NY
2005
Infringement Festival, Ten-day series of performance based works, Buffalo NY
Glass House Refractions, Botanical Gardens, Buffalo NY
2004
Pork Barrel, State University of New York at Brockport, Brockport NY
Wax, Brew House, Pittsburgh PA
Open Ratio, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY
Member’s Group Show, Carnegie Art Center, Tonawonda NY
MFA Group Exhibition, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo NY
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2003
Alumni in Exhibition: A Selection of Work, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo HI
18 +, Formula Gallery, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY
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Student Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo HI
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Press
2016
Artists Take Path of Most ‘Resistance’ in Fight Against Displacement, by Creo Noveno with KQED
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2007
Eclectic is the name of the game this month at Wailoa, Hawaii Tribune Herald, Hilo HI
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Five Nutshells in a Dream, review by Kristine Kubat, Big Island Weekly
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2004
Conceptual Thinking, review by Kurt Shaw on Wax exhibit at SPACE 101, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Pittsburgh PA
Pamela Ybanez’s works on display in the Mayor’s Foyer Gallery in Hilo, Hawaii Tribune Herald, Hilo HI
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Awards & Scholarships ​
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2021
Quick Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation, Oakland CA
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2005
Special Opportunity Stipend (S.O.S), New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), Buffalo NY
2004
Morrison Scholarship: State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo NY
2003
All Hawaii Juried Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention, East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo HI, Juror: Jay Jenson- Associate Director/Chief Curator of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu HI
Morrison Scholarship: State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo NY
2002
Kanilehua Arts and Literary Magazine, Second Place, Hilo HI
All Hawaii Juried Art Exhibition, Juror’s Award, East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo HI
Big Island Filipino Community Council Scholarship, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo HI
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Student Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo HI
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Awards & Scholarships
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2022
Kala Artist in Residency, Berkeley CA
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Publications
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2016
Artist Feature: Interview with Pamela Ybañez, Filipino American Artist Directory
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2010
Berkeley Daily Planet, Making the New Year Our Own, Berkeley CA
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Panel Review/Talks/Presentations
2024
Filipino Cultural Presentation, Fairview Elementary, Hayward CA
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2023
Neighborhood Voices Individual Artist Projects, Panel Reviewer with the City of Oakland, Oakland CA
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2018
Still We Rise: Pinays in the Arts, February 23, 2018, San Francisco State University with Kappa Psi Epsilon, Beta Chapter
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2017
Curatorial Process with Pamela Ybañez, Asian American Women Artists Association, San Francisco, CA
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Epekto Art Projects Presentation, Sponsored by UH Hilo Art Department, Filipino Studies, & Minority Access & Achievement Program, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo HI
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Ekphrasis, WORD + IMAGE: Filipino American Art as Inspiration, presented as part of the 4th Filipino American International Book Festival. Organized by Filipino American Artists Directory.
Mygration, Joyce Gordon Gallery panel talk
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2016
Manila’s Contemporary Art Scene, Organized by Pamela Ybañez, ARC Gallery in conjunction with Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco CA
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Resistance with Artists, moderated by Pamela Ybañez, Asian Pacific Island Cultural Center in conjunction with SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco CA
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2013
Art, Money, Politics: Artists Talk Art with Favianna Rodriguez, Camille Utterback and Eduardo Pineda, Organized and moderated by Pamela Ybanez, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland CA
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Workshops
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2017
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Days of Action T-shirt with the New Hall, Kala, Berkeley CA
Listen to the Silence Conference Mural, Stanford University, Stanford CA
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2014
DIY Style Screen Printing with the New Hall, Rock Paper Scissors Collective, Oakland CA
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2013
Community Mural Making with the New Hall, Woody’s Café, Oakland CA
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2012
The Town Spectacle, Multiple interactive workshops put on by The New Hall and RAMA, at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland CA
DIY Screen Printing by the New Hall, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland CA
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2011
Screen Printing DIY Style by the New Hall, Rock Paper Scissors Collective, Oakland CA
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The New Hall DIY Screen Printing, Temescal Street Fair, Oakland, CA
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2009
The New Hall’s First Multi-interactive Event, taught painting, collage, make your own mini-speakers, Temescal Art Center, Oakland CA
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Employment
2019
Artist Facilitator, NIAD, Richmond CA
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2014 - 2015
Learning and Development Associate, Waypoint Oakland CA
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2012
Administrative Assistant, Oakland Fund for the Arts, Oakland CA
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2010
Membership Services, Berkeley Community Media, Berkeley CA
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2007
Production Intern, Berkeley Community Media, Berkeley CA
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2006
Adjunct Art Faculty, Villa Maria College, Introduction to Design and Beginning Drawing, Buffalo NY
2005
Adjunct Art Faculty, SUNY at Brockport, 3 levels of Painting and Intro to Visual Arts courses, Brockport NY
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Bodies of Work
2011 - Present
Epekto Art Projects: A Filipinx art collective that I started in 2011. We’ve shown throughout San Francisco and Oakland and more recently in Hawaii. We strive to cultivate a community for Filipinx artists, supporting each other’s development through exhibiting, resources, and forming connections. We’ve also hosted panel talks and live mural projects as a way to connect with our community.
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2009 - Present
The New Hall: a volunteer run organization I founded that offers free interactive art related workshops that encourages community building and inclusivity. We’ve partnered with multiple local businesses and organizations throughout the East Bay.
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2001-Present
Flag Project: These images are a visual exploration of one of the most sacred iconic images in the United States, our flag. It discusses the various ways the American Flag is presented throughout American Culture. It is an investigation into the idea of patriotism, whom it includes and excludes.