BACKGROUND

Birth name: William Aurelio Bejarano
A.K.A: Guillermo Bejarano
Birth place: San Diego, California

EDUCATION

California State University, Northridge. Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts (painting media), and Chicano Studies (1975)*.

ORGANIZATIONS

2000: Artist-In-Residence. California Museum of Photography

1998: Webmaster "An Internet (Yahoo Groups/social network. Awarded: "Mención Honorifica Premio Comunidades Transnacionales", "CNCA. Mexico City, Mexico"

1986–1995: Owner: "Image Bureau" that provided graphic arts and pre-press services.

1979-80. Founding Member: Los Angeles Latino Writers Workshop,

1976–80: The Public Arts Center "Centro de Arte Publico"–LA/Highland Park, and "El Concilio de Arte Popular" (a state-wide coalition of artists and community art centers). Project: Art and literary publication "Chismearte" magazine.

1970–1975: Mechicano Art Center, ELA and El Jardin de Flor y Canto, Pacoima, CA

AWARDS:

1998, Special Mention, San Jose Tech Museum  Submitted by the California Museum of Photography UCR--Riverside, CA. Artist-in-Residency: CMP Students at Risk Program.

1995: "Special Mention–I Bienal de Pintura Mexicana y Chicana" Biennial de Mexicano and Chicano Pintores”, Sponsor by El Instituto Mexicano–Consulate of Los Angeles.

EXHIBITS:

2018: Latino Art Museum, Pomona CA. Solo Exhibit. Title: "Transformation"

2014: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Méchicano Arts collection. Washington DC.

2012: La Galeria Gitana. Group Show: From Equinox to Solstice: Reflections on a Mayan Calendar, San Fernando, CA.

2006 Gallery 33. Long Beach, CA. Two-Person Art show.

2005: “Just Another Poster”. UCLA Fowler Museum, Oakland Museum, Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Jersey City Museum, Crocker Art Museum, and La Raza Galería Posada.

2005: Returning to Aztlan, The dA Center for Arts, Pomona, CA

2000: Gallery 57, Pomona, CA. Group Show—The Millennium Exhibition.

1999: Miller Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA. California Blends: Tradition and Change. Mural commission: Youth Project.

1995: Galeria Las Americas, (Linda Vallejo Gallery) Los Angeles, CA. Group Show, —"Sol de Verano”.

MURALS:

1999: Downtown Pomona Mural Program: Third and Thomas Street, Pomona CA, "Spider Woman," 4' x 8'. Acrylic on Plywood.

1999: Fairplex@Miller Sheets Gallery. Los Angeles County Fair. “Mayan Time', 4' x 20'.

1980: Argil Building Material Co., 4754 Floral Drive, East Los Angeles. City Scape 14' x 50'. Assistant Artist to Carlos D. Almaraz.

1976: El Monte Community Center, El Monte, CA. Tree of Life, 15' x 20'. Funded by Los Angeles County CETA Project,

1973: California State University, Northridge, Chicano Studies Department, Sierra North, La Raza Cosmica, 9' x 90',

1972: East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital, Interior: Medical Science, 4' x 40'. Open competition: Mechicano Art Center, ELA.

1970: CSU-Northridge, Old' Student Union., Quinto Sol, 8' x 16', (Destroyed).

PUBLICATIONS:

1977-80. Co-Publisher and Art Direction for "ChismeArte revista", and "201" publication for the Los Angeles Bicentennial Celebration.

The Chicano Art Movement.

*The Chicano art began in the mid-late 1960s, alongside the growth of the Chicano Civil-Rights Movement, and was created and defined by Mexican people, or people of Mexican descent living in the United States.

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