Argueza, Leigh Anne (Wk. 5- Wikipedia Article Draft)

Amy Díaz-Infante (1982-present) is an active Mexican visual artist and educator currently based in San Fransisco, California with a focus on printmaking, drawing, and design.  

 

Biography (or Early Life and Education)-

Amy Díaz-Infante was born (year TBD) in Salinas, CA. In 2003, Díaz earned a Bachelor of Art degree from Yale University with a concentration in printmaking. In 2009, she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Rhode Island School of Design with a concentration in printmaking and graduated with honors. During the same year, she received a Collegiate Teaching Certificate from Brown University’s Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching & Learning. From 2015-present, she became a contributing art editor for the Kweli Journal, an online literary journal for writers of color founded in New York, New York. In 2017-present, she became a full-time faculty member in Printmaking, Drawing, and Design at the City College of San Fransisco. 

Art (or Notable Works or Selected Works, Exhibitions, Projects, Collections)- 

• Recent exhibition- La Frontera Nos Cruzó a Nosotros (415) Public Gallery, [x]Space San Fransisco, CA 2019. 
• Exhibition- Unidad Académia de Estudios Regionales, Jiquilan, Michoacán, Mexico 2019. 
• Catalog- UNAM Centro Cultural Morelia, Morelia, Michoacán, México 2018. 
• Exhibition- Who Gets to Call it Chicano Art?, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2018. 
• Exhibition- Hablamos Juntos, Pajaro Valley Arts & Museo Eduardo Carrillo, Watsonville, CA 2018. 
• Exhibition- Process in Progress, Monterey Musem of Art, Monterey, CA 2018. 
• Exhibition- Undergraduate Thesis Show, Yale University, New Haven, CT 2003. 
• Exhibition- Sudler Fund Exhibit, Timothy Dwight College at Yale University, New Haven, CT 2003. 
• (TBD- Díaz-Infante has more exhibitions, projects, collections, collaborations etc. since her years as an undergraduate student) 
  

 

References-

• Díaz-Infante, Amy. “CV-Amy Díaz-Infante.” Amy Díaz-Infante, (TBC). https://www.amydiaz-infante.com/pagecv.  
• “The Printed World: the Personal and the Political.” Women’s Studio Workshop, Women’s Studio Workshop, 30 April 2019, https://wsworkshop.org/event/the-printed-world-the-personal-and-the-political-amy-diaz-infante/. 
• Ryce, Walter. “Angelica Muro talks equity, ethnicity, career and culture.” California State University Monterey Bay News, 13 April 2021, https://csumb.edu/news/news-listing/angelica-muro-talks-equity-ethnicity-career-and-culture/. 
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Further reading-

Publications- 

• “Interview with Johnny Adimando,” We Have a Lot to Say, John Pyper, ed. (Cambridge, MA: Paige at Harvard Book Store, 2016) 
• “On Silk and Ink,” Julian Lim, Xpress Magazine, Spring 2014. San Fransisco, CA 
• “100 Ańos, 100 Artistas,” Grafilia, No. 74 November. Guadalajara, Jalisco. 
• “Hablamos Jiuntos” middle school and high school curriculum guide, 2019. Santa Cruz, CA. (TBD) 
  

External links-

• Artist’s personal website- http://www.amydiaz-infante.com/ 
• Artist’s LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/amydiazinfante 
• Kweli Journal LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/kweli-journal
• “Sesnon Speak Up: ‘Chicanx’ Visual Aesthetics.” Art Department, University of Santa Cruz, 2021 http://art.ucsc.edu/senson/sesnon-speak-feminism-chicanx-and-latinx-art/. 
• “Two Journeys: A Conversation with Amy Díaz-Infante and Angelica Muro: Monterey Museum of Art.” Monterey Museum of Art, 16 March 2021, http://montereyart.org/event/two-journeys-a-conversation-with-amy-diaz-infante-and-angelica-muro/.