Resume
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AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
Veteran's Award, KALA Veteran's Residency Program, KALA Institute for the Arts, Berkeley, CA 2023-2024
Nominee, 2023 Heinz Award, Heinz Family Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA 2023
Artist Fellowship, KALA Institute for the Arts, Berkeley, CA 2023-2024
Resident Artist, Twin Rivers Unified School District and Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA 2023
Artist Residency, Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, LA 2019
Artist Residency, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE 2018
Visual Artist of the Year, Nominee, Sacramento Regional Arts & Business Council 2018
Nominee, Alliance of Artists Communities, Vision from the New California Project 2006, 2007
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant 2004
Visual Artist Fellowship, California Arts Council 2003
Commissioner’s Award, Artist Fellowship, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission 2002
New Works Award, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission 2001
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Artist in Residence, Still I Rise Gallery, MLK, Jr. Tech Academy, Sacramento, CA
2020 Small Works Gallery, Reno Art Museum, Reno, NV
Gallery Fritz, What Tribe You From?, Santa Fe, NM (online due to pandemic)
2019 Jen Tough Gallery, Kit Pa Ca Filé Bayou!, Benicia, CA
2018 Forth Wall Gallery, Orphans Reunion, Oakland, CA
2016 Sanchez Art Center, Hell to Pay and Other Works, Pacifica, CA
Artspace1616, Mind Field Oasis, Sacramento, CA
2015 Zone Gallery, Round Trip, Osaka, Japan
2010 Jack Fischer Gallery, Parallel Boondocks, San Francisco, CA
2009 SFMOMA Caffé Museo, San Francisco, CA
Corridor 2122, Fresno, CA
2008 Grayspace, Reno, NV
2006 KTSF 26, San Francisco, CA
Pamela Skinner Gallery, New Work, Sacramento, CA
2004 Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Walking Against Traffic, Merced, CA
2003 University Art Gallery, Transition/Hidden Passage, California State Univ. Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
Sheppard Fine Art Gallery, Reclamation/ReCognition, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV
2002 Triton Museum of Art, Awakening the Sleeping Monkey, Santa Clara, CA
2000 Art Foundry Gallery, SMAC 2001 New Works Award Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
Washington Square Gallery, San Francisco, CA
President’s Gallery, Deep Memory, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017 Jay Jay Contemporary Art, John Yoyogi Fortes-Feral Re•Cognition and Julia Couzens-#idigress, Sacramento, CA
2016 University Art Gallery, Cries and Whispers, California State University, Sonoma, Rohnert Park, CA
2010 SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Skinner Howard Art, John Yoyogi Fortes/Linda Raynsford, Sacramento, CA
Skinner Howard Contemporary Art, Off the Grid, Sacramento, CA
1999 East Sac Art Garage, John Yoyogi Fortes and E. Neri Abillar, Sacramento, CA
Encantada Gallery, John Yoyogi Fortes and Craig Schindler, San Francisco, CA
1998 Galleri S•E, Gladys Nilsson and John Yoyogi Fortes, Bergen, Norway
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Axis Gallery, UP-CYCLE, Sacramento, CA
KALA Art Institute Gallery, 2023-24 FELLOWSHIP Exhibition, Berkeley, CA
Talyer 15, Scatalytic Conveyers, Pasay City, Philippines
Art Fair Philippines 2024, Incubator, Metro Manila, Philippines
2023 Twisted Track Gallery, AI: Authentic Intelligence, Sacramento, CA
Tambayan Collective, You are Welcome, Los Angeles, CA
Jen Tough Gallery, FABLE, Santa Fe, NM
2022 The Barn, Group Exhibition, Woodland, CA
Manifest Gallery, DIPTYCH/TRIPTYCH, Cincinnati, OH
2021 GF Contemporary, Group Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
Jay Jay Contemporary Art, Group Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
2020 Jay Jay Contemporary Art, Covid Blues, Sacramento, CA
2019 Artspace 1616, Five Years in 51 Voices, Sacramento, CA
Jen Tough Gallery, Wild Things PopUp, San Francisco, CA
Gallery Fritz, Group Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
Jen Tough Gallery, Pulp, Benicia, CA
Art Market San Francisco, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
Permanent Collection, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2018 University Art Gallery, 40 by 40: The 40th Anniversary Exhibition, California State Univ., Sonoma, Rohnert Park, CA
Gallery Fritz, Group Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
Skyline College Art Gallery, Tropeycalia Club, San Bruno, CA
Jen Tough Gallery, New Lands, San Francisco, CA
Jen Tough Gallery, Extra Crispy, Benicia, CA
Jen Tough Gallery, Summer Show, Benicia, CA
Arts Benicia, After Dark, Benicia, CA
Art Santa Fe 2018, Santa Fe Community Convention Center, Santa Fe, NM
Gallery Fritz, The Audacity of Art, Santa Fe, NM
San Marco Gallery, 50 Shades of Kayumanggi, Dominican University of California, San Rafael, CA
Artery Art Space, Artfair PH 2018, Makati, Philippines
Artery Art Space, Second Sight, Quezon City, Philippines
Permanent Collection, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2017 Artery Art Space, Aliens vs. Robots, Quezon City, Philippines
2016 Verge Center for the Arts, 2016 Art Auction, Sacramento, CA
Jay Jay Contemporary Art, REBOOT, Sacramento, CA
NIAD, Overload: Contemporary Art, Folk Art and Unusual Objects, Richmond, CA
2015 Jay Jay Contemporary Art, Plate Show, Sacramento, CA
Crocker Art Museum, BNSA Art Auction, Sacramento, CA
Axis Gallery, Art in Motion, Sacramento, CA
Posit 6, Online Journal, positjournal.com
Rhizome Gallery, Seeds of SAMO, Las Vegas, NV
Nelson Gallery, Group Exhibition, Davis, CA
San Joaquin Delta College, Alumni Exhibition, Stockton, CA
2014 Center for Art and Thought, Hidden (Online Exhibition), Los Angeles, CA
Kearney Street Workshop, One Size Fits All, San Francisco, CA
Temporary Contemporary, Skinner Howard Revisited, Sacramento, CA
Zone Gallery, Prism 2014, Osaka, Japan
The Richard Peeler Art Center, Infinite Mirror; Images of American Identity, DePauw Univ., Greencastle, IN
Foosaner Art Museum, Infinite Mirror; Images of American Identity, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
2013 Washakie Museum & Cultural Center, Infinite Mirror; Images of American Identity, Worland, WY
Permanent Collection, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Juniata College Museum of Art, Infinite Mirror; Images of American Identity, Huntingdon, PA
Lowe Art Museum, Infinite Mirror; Images of American Identity, Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
2012 Newcomb Art Gallery, Infinite Mirror; Images of American Identity, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
The Art Galleries, Florida Gulf Coast University, Infinite Mirror; Images of American Identity, Fort Myers, FL
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Infinite Mirror; Images of American Identity, Fort Wayne, IN
University of Maryland Art Gallery, Infinite Mirror; Images of American Identity, Univ. of Maryland, Adelphi, MD
Museo Dimitrius Demus, Exposición de Arte Pop, Anzoátegui, Venezuela
2011 University Art Gallery, Halo-Halo: Bay Area Artists of the Filipino Diaspora, University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hilo,HI
Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Infinite Mirror; Images of American Identity, Keene State College, NH
Illiterate Gallery, Jolly B 13, Denver, CO
One Eye Pig, Ultimate Exquiste Corpse, Clarksburg, CA
Skinner Howard Art, X-RATED VALENTINE SHOW, Sacramento, CA
Syracuse University Gallery, Infinite Mirror; Images of American Identity, Syracuse, NY
2010 Art@the Oakbook Gallery, Transformative Experience, Oakland, CA
Headlands Center for the Arts Benefit Auction, Herbst International Exhibition Hall, San Francisco, CA
SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Group Exhibition - SF Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
2009 1AM Gallery, Tabi Tabi Po, San Francisco, CA
Asian American Arts Centre, Out of the Archives: Process and Progress, New York, NY
Jack Fischer Gallery, Opening Salvo, San Francisco, CA
Museum of the African Diaspora, Decoding Identity: I Do It For My People, San Francisco, CA
2008 SFMOMA Artists Gallery, U.S. War & Politics, San Francisco, CA
21 Grand Gallery, Kwatro Kantos and John Yoyogi Fortes, Oakland, CA
Root Division, Insider/Outsider, San Francisco, CA
Micaela Gallery, Bag’o/Neo: 21st Century Modernism, San Francisco, CA
Kaneko Gallery, American River College, Group Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Everything But the Kitschen Sync, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Thacher Gallery, Univ. of San Francisco, To Hedonopolis From Melancolony, San Francisco, CA
Toyroom Gallery, Pie in the Sky, Sacramento, CA
2006 Exploding Head Gallery, John Yoyogi Fortes, Deborah Barr and Robert Jean Ray, Sacramento, CA
Pamela Skinner Gallery, Group Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
Fetterly Art Gallery, 100 Years; The Filipino Experience, Vallejo, CA
Sanchez Art Center, Art of the Bicycle II, Pacifica, CA
Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, Flatlanders, Davis, CA
2005 Exploding Head Gallery, Art of the Bicycle, Sacramento, CA
2004 Robert Z. Hawkins Gallery, Nevada Museum of Art, Selections From the Collection, Reno, NV
Balazo Gallery, Doppleganger, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco City College Art Gallery, Art Exchange: Philippines & US-Based Artists, San Francisco, CA
SOMArts, REMIX-2004, San Francisco, CA
2003 Asian American Arts Centre, Provocations: 13th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
2002 Center for Contemporary Art, Big Art, Big Paintings, Sacramento, CA
Crocker Art Museum, 73rd Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
Triton Museum of Art, Who We Are, Santa Clara, CA
Center for Contemporary Art, A Portrait of My Father, Sacramento, CA
2001 Sheppard Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, Local Humor From the Flatlands, Reno, NV
Center for Contemporary Art, Local Humor From the Flatlands, Sacramento, CA
L.H. Horton Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Alumni Invitational, Stockton, CA
2000 Triton Museum of Art, Truth and Lies, Santa Clara, CA
Crocker Art Museum, 72nd Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
Center for Contemporary Art, Family, Sacramento, CA
California Arts Council, Drawing on Diversity, Sacramento, CA
Washington Square Gallery, Global Me, San Francisco, CA
Southern Exposure Gallery, Hospitality House Art Auction, San Francisco, CA
LECTURES, INTERVIEWS, PANELIST
American River College, West Sacramento, CA 2023
Panelist, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 2022
Crocker-Kingsley Club, Artist Interview Series, Sacramento, CA 2022
Juror, Imaginary Travel, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2021
Verge Center for Contemporary Art, ConVerge Interview, Sacramento, CA 2020
Panelist, Ali Youssefi Project Artist Residency, Verge Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA 2019
Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2018
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE 2018
Sacramento Community College, Sacramento, CA 2018
Native Province, Telling Stories of Obscure Worlds and Inner Conflicts, Online Blog, 2018
University of Nebraska, Omaha, KVNO Interview, Omaha, NE 2018
University of Nebraska, Omaha, Weber Fine Arts, Omaha, NE 2018
Jay Jay Arts, Sacramento, CA 2017
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 2016
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA 2016
Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2015
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 2014
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 2013, 2014
Crocker Art Studio Program, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA 2011
Panelist, Out of the Archives: Process and Progress, Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY 2009
Panelist, Decoding Identity: I Do It For My People, Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA 2009
Panelist, Identity in Art, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA 2005
Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA 2004
Stanislaus State University, Turlock, CA 2003
University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 2003
Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2002
Panelist, Local Humor from the Flatlands, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 2001
Studio visit and lecture, Crocker Art Museum, Youth and Family Program, Sacramento, CA 2001
Washington Square Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000
Fresno State University, Fresno, CA 2000
SELECTED ARTICLES, CATALOGUES AND REVIEWS
Asian Journal SoCal, You are Welcome, 2023
Manifest Gallery, Diptych/Triptych, 2022 (catalogue)
Filipino American Artist Directory, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 (catalogue)
Take Out with Lisa Ling, HBO Max, Animated sequence in Filipino NOLA Episode, 2022
Michael Abatemarco, Pasatiempo, John Yoyogi Fortes at Gallery Fritz, 2020
Co-juror: California State University, Sonoma, Student Exhibition, 2020
John Yoyogi Fortes: An Eyeful of Nothing A Brain Full of Everything, Small Gallery, Nevada Art Museum, Reno 2020
California State University, Sonoma, 40 by 40: The 40th Anniversary Exhibition, November 2018 (exhibition catalogue)
FilAm Artists Directory, 50-shades-of-kayumanggi, August 25, 2018
Vicki Larson, Taking on Filipino Archtypes in Domincan Art Exhibit, Marin Independent Journal, August 22, 2018
kvnonews.com/2018/03/open-house-open-studios-bemis, March 9, 2018
Julia Couzens, Sacramento Bee, October 2016
DeWitt Chang, 2016 Top Ten List, Art Ltd., January 2016
https://thedepauw.com/infinite-mirrors-exhibit-reflects-american-identity-at-peeler/, September 25, 2014
DeWitt Chang, Art Ltd., January 2011
David Roth, SquareCylinder.com, January 2010
artasiamerica.org 2010
Asian American Arts Centre, Out of the Archives: Process and Progress, New York, NY 2009 (exhibition catalogue)
Melissa Wyss, ARTslant, June 2009
David Roth, Art Ltd., January 2009
Filipinos Flaunt Talents at Art Gallery, 2009
Root Division, Insider/Outsider, San Francisco, CA (exhibition catalogue)
Kirk Robertson, John Yoyogi Fortes at Grayspace, ARTWEEK, June 2008
Micaela Gallery, "Bag’o/Neo: 21st Century Modernism," San Francisco, CA (exhibition catalogue)
DeWitt Cheng, “To Hedonopolis From Melancolony,” ARTWEEK, December 2007
Rich Freedman, “Fetterly Contributor Shares Visual Voice,” Times Herald, October 20, 2006
UC Davis, Nelson Gallery, Flatlanders, Davis, CA (exhibition catalogue)
Stephanie Jucar, “Identity & Culture,” Daily Republic, October 13, 2006
Brandy Tison, “Fortes Forte,” Filipinas Magazine, June 2005 p.58
Joan Mitchell Foundation, Artists Grant, 2004
Lisa Millegan, “Artist’s Passage”, Modesto Bee, December 12, 2003
Transition - Hidden Passage, California State University, Stanislaus, 2003
Nils Schirrmacher, ARTWEEK, October 2002
Digitalcity.com, San Jose, 2002
Stateside, Evangeline Fabia, ABS-CBN International, August 3, 2002
Philippine News, “Visual Feast”, February 20, 2002
Bob Silva, Scene, Sacramento Bee, February 7, 2002
Anh Lan Hoang, “Layers of Identity”, AsianWeek.com, June 2000
Philippine News, “Artistic Expressions of the Past”, Metro, May 31, 2000
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY
Babilonia Wilner Foundation, Berkeley, CA
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Eric Kent Wine Cellars, Santa Rosa, CA
Imagery Estate Winery, Glen Ellen, CA
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Outlooke Pointe Foundation, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
Raley’s Corporation, West Sacramento, CA
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA