Education
2013 MFA, San José State University, San José, CA
2005 BFA, 3D Design Metal Arts, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Exhibitions
2017 Spatial Arts Faculty Exhibition, Natalie and James Thompson Gallery, San José, CA
2016 Solo Exhibition, A Multi-Pronged Approach, City College Art Gallery, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2015 Rituals +Remembrance, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
2015 Endangered, Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
2015 Dorothy Saxe Invitational, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
2014 Anne and Mark’s Art Party, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, Santa Clara, CA
2014 Metal Extinction: Using Metal to Honor and Make Permanent our Vanishing World, Saddleback College Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA (juried by Metal Arts Society of Southern California)
2014 Repetitive Stress, Art Ark Gallery, San José, CA
2013 Lend Me Your Ears, Art Object Gallery, San José, CA (San Jose Museum of Art Around the Table partner exhibition)
2013 Maize Y Más: From Mother to Monster? MACLA, San José, CA (Catalogue)
2013 Introductions 2013, Root Division, San Francisco, CA (Catalogue)
2013 Powerful Images + Alluring Objects, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 SJSU Master of Fine Arts Lift-Off Exhibition, Art Ark Gallery, San José, CA (Catalogue)
2013 Everyday Worlds: Interiors and Exteriors, 17th Annual New Generations Student Showcase, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (Award)
2013 Keeping Time, MFA Thesis Exhibition, San José State University, San José, CA
2013 Bay Area Glass Institute Emerging Artist Exhibition, Bay Area Glass Institute, San José, CA
2012 A Kernel of Truth, San José State University, San José, CA
2012 Not So Heavy Metal, Vargas Gallery, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA
2012 Social Commentary, Art Ark Gallery, San José, CA
2012 Loose Ends, San José State University, San José, CA
2011 Working Girl, San José State University, San José, CA
2011 Anne and Mark’s Art Party, A fundraiser for Arts Council Silicon Valley, San José, CA (Invitational)
2011 Jiffy Pop, San José State University, San José, CA
2011 Small and High Quality, Art Ark Gallery, San José, CA
2011 Control, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY (Juried by Guerrilla Girls, Catalogue)
2011 Bracelets, Baxter Moerman Design Studio, San Luis Obispo, CA
2009 Control, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA (Juried by Guerrilla Girls West, (Catalogue)
2005 Self Portrait, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2004 The Annual BFA Student Exhibition, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2004 Insights ‘04, University Art Museum, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2004 Riveted, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Awards, Scholarships, and Honorariums
2017 SVLaureate Emerging Artist Grant, SVCreates, San José, CA
2016 Honorarium: Artist talk, CCSF, San Francisco, CA
2013 2nd Place Award, Everyday Worlds: Interiors and Exteriors, 17th Annual New Generation Student Showcase, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2013 Honorarium: artist studio talk, MACLA, San José, CA
2012 St. Saffold Leadership Scholarship Award
2012 Elizabeth Heil Scholarship Award
Publications
Kristi Myllenbeck, “South Bay Arts: Extinct and dying languages the focus of a new Euphrat Museum of Art exhibit,” San José Mercury News, October 28, 2015. http://www.mercurynews.com/cupertino/ci_29038565/south-bay-arts-extinct-and-dying- languages-focus
Nguyen, Stacey, “’Rituals + Remembrance’ colorfully honors tradition, family,” The Californian, October 26, 2016. http://www.dailycal.org/2015/10/26/rituals-remembrance-colorfully-honors-tradition-family/
Rachel Howard, “Dorothy Saxe Invitational: Thinking outside the Tzedakah box,” SFGate, April 22, 2015. http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/Dorothy-Saxe-Invitational-Thinking-outside-the-6218010.php
“The 2015 Dorothy Saxe Invitational: Tzedakah Box at the Contemporary Jewish Museum,” SF Art Enthusiast, April 22, 2015. http://sfartenthusiast.com/2015/04/dorothy-saxe-invitational-2015/
Nicole Rupersburg, “Of corn and men: Yvonne Escalante explores themes of social and environmental justice through corn,” Creative Exchange, Springboard for the Arts, July 8, 2014. http://www.springboardexchange.org/people/yvonneescalante.aspx
“A contemporary art exhibition explores the unique heritage of corn in the Americas,” ArtDaily, November 3, 2013.http://artdaily.com/news/65996/A-contemporary-art-exhibition-explores-the-unique- heritage-of-corn-in-the-Americas#.UnsDxCiD6RI
Allison McCarthy, “Portfolio: Yvonne Escalante,” 7 x 7 Magazine, October, 2013. 113.
Christy Junkerman and Sieglinde Van Damme, “Masters of Fine Arts,” Content Magazine, Spring 2013. 25-27.
Georgia Platts, “Spoon Fed Barbie,” BroadBlogs. February 9, 2011. http://broadblogs.com/2011/02/09/spoon-fed-barbie/
Mary Eisenhart, “96 Hours: Don’t Miss,” San Francisco Chronicle, August 6, 2009. 10. Image used
“Activism Through Art: The Control Show,” Talk Art, Host Susan Kraft, MCMediaCenter, California. June 11, 2009.
Professional Organizations
Society of North American Goldsmiths