ANGELA FAZ
born: Ancestral Homeland of the Hasani (dallas, tx )
BACKGROUND
A native of Dallas, TX, Angela Faz is an interdisciplinary artist focusing on issues of social justice. She creates commentary using old hand methods such as relief printmaking in the tradition of José Guadalupe Posada to give voice to current events. In 2018 she completed a six-week printmaking residency in Puebla, Mexico where she spent time researching ancestral roots, colonization, and the mythologies accompanying them. Faz also partners with social movement groups in Dallas to create art that’s visionary and inspirational to facilitate dialogue and transformation. In 2019, she founded an LGBTQI+ person of color printmakers collective focusing on relief and screen printing to create a skill-share consortium resulting in public installations in the Dallas-Ft.Worth area.
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
The Contemporary Print, Big Medium, Austin, TX (curated by Claudia Zapata)
2019
Monuments of the Future, The MAC, Dallas, TX (curated by Giovanni Valderas)
Yo Soy, 9th Street Studios, Wichita Falls, TX (curated by Amber Day-Scott)
Diez Mujeres: One Common Thread, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX (curated by Viola Delgado)
Redux Summer Selection, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, TX (curated by Giovanni Valderas)
Gender Unbound, Blue Genie, Austin, TX
I You and We , Plush Art, Dallas, TX (curated by Randall Garrett)
2018
The Doors of Make Room, Public art display, Washington, D.C.
Sixth Rising Star Exhibition, Turner House, Dallas, TX (curated by Giovanni Valderas)
Orgullx, DeColores, Collective Dallas, TX (curated by DeColores Collective)
Transmission Reentry, SP/N Gallery, Richardson, TX (curated by Giovanni Valderas)
2017
Dallas Piranha Printmakers, Mighty Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
Mask Off, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Decolonize Dallas, West Dallas Multipurpose Center, Dallas, TX
PrintAustin, The Canopy, Austin, TX
MASTER WORKS, Kenneth Johnson Gallery , Dallas, TX
Art y Pan Dulce, The Meet Shop, Dallas, TX
2016
Noche de Caleveras, Juried Exhibition, LCC, Dallas, TX
Hecho En Dallas, Juried Exhibition, LCC, Dallas, TX
4th National Monotype Juried Exhibition, Attleboro, MA
For the Love of Kettle, Kettle Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
2015
Savage Impressions, Mighty, Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
1000 Woodcuts, Las Vegas, NV
ImPRESS, Juried Show, Frisco, TX
2014
Day of the Dead presented by Tonantzin Society, Juried Show, Topeka, KS
Wrecked, Art Conspiracy, Dallas, TX
2013
Small Works, Kettle Art, Dallas, TX
Mounted, Life in Deep Ellum, Dallas, TX
UV8, Club Dada, Dallas, TX
2012 Sight Unseen: New Works by Women, Portland, OR
2011 Paper Girl Portland, Tracey Gallery, Portland, OR
2010 Over The Rainbow, Hooker-Dunham Gallery, Brattleboro, VT
Visions Exhibit, Women’s Film Festival, Brattleboro, VT
2009 Art for Darfur, Meadows School of the Arts, Dallas, TX
2008 View, The Belmont Gallery, Dallas, TX
Nancy George and Bess, DEEP Association, Dallas, TX
2007 Scarcity and Abundance, City Gallery, Dallas, TX
Artvocacy, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2006 6 x 6, Kettle Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
Rara Figura, Nine Eyes, Dallas, TX
SOLO EXHIBITION
2009 Denomination, Magnolia Gallery, Dallas, TX
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2010 Visions Exhibit. Women’s Film Festival, Brattleboro, VT
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2018 Creative - Mother’s Against Police Brutality - Dallas, TX
2017 Keynote Speaker - Dallas Cultural Equity Workshop - Dallas, TX
2017 Creative - Texas Organizing Project - Dallas, TX
2009 Beneficiary Committee Juror, Art Conspiracy - Dallas, TX
2006-16 Web Designer - Art Conspiracy - Dallas, TX
RESIDENCIES
2018 Arquetopia Foundation and International Artist Residency, Puebla, Mexico
2017 Artpace resident candidate, International Artist-in-Residence, San Antonio, TX
PRESS
2020
Lauren Drewes Daniels. Community Beer Co. Celebrates Dallas Art Month With Cans Designed by Local Artis. Dallas Observer
2019
Ana Astri-O’Reilly. New Hecho a Mano Exhibition Is ‘a Journey About Colonization. Dallas Observer
Rachel Stone. They’re here. They’re queer. They’re people of color making radical art. Oak Cliff Advocate
Darryl Ratcliff. Latina artists in Dallas showcase ‘were told ‘no, and they triumphed anyway. Dallas Morning
2018
News Jennifer Smart. Transmission Reentry Reveals the Material of Soft Power. D Magazine
2017
Lyndsay Knecht. Fifty Artists Go ‘Mask Off’ At South Dallas Cultural Center. D Magazine
Lyndsay Knecht. Why Did the City of Dallas Censor (and then Reinstate) a Public Art Project It Helped Fund? Texas Observer
Lyndsay Knecht. Exploring Art, Censorship, and Decolonization Through the Lens of Dallas. D Magazine
Hady Mawajdeh. A West Dallas Arts Kerfuffle. KERA Art&Seek.
Hady Mawajdeh. Artists ‘Decolonize Dallas’ With a ‘Super Fantasy Mercado’. KERA Art&Seek.
WRITING/PUBLICATION
2018
Angela Faz. Art & Life with Angela Faz. Voyage Dallas.
2017
Angela Faz. Decolonize Dallas: Angela Faz On Her West Dallas Installation.KERA Art&Seek
EDUCATION
2017 Kazuko Goto. Japanese Woodblock course, Crow Collection, Dallas, TX
2016 Dr. Scott Trent. Art Welding, DCCD, Dallas, TX
2014 Sabrina Hofstetter, Darwing course, DCCD, Dallas, TX
2012 Jerry Sumpter. Painting course. PNCA, Portland, OR
2005 Bachelor of Art, Visual Communication, Collins College, Phoenix, AZ
Artist Statement
Raised in the Ledbetter neighborhood in West Dallas, I found the inspiration of the industrial landscape and its inhabitants to be the catalyst for my work. Reflecting my interest in the peoples and the mythologies accompanying them, I create commentary using old hand methods such as woodcuts in the tradition of José Guadalupe Posada to give voice to current events and highlight the intersections of race, class, and gender. My works are best described as deceptively calm but interlaced with coraje.