Apolo Gomez
CV
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017-Present
Studio Assistant, Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman, Chicago Woodman LLC, Belen, NM
2016
Instructor, Cyanotype Workshop, STEM, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Teaching Assistant, Tintype Workshop, STEM, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2015-2016
Forensic Photographer/Autopsy Morphology Tech, Office of the Medical Investigator, Albuquerque, NM
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021
Cuerpo, Secret Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (Curator: Helen Atkins )
Don’t Think Twice, Harwood Art Center of Escuela del Sol, Albuquerque, NM (solo exhibition) (Curator: Helen Atkins) (catalogue)
2019
R U LOOKING, Sanitary Tortilla Factory, Albuquerque, NM (two person show with Max Woltman)
Through the Flower Pop-up on the occasion of Judy Chicago’s 80th Birthday Old Belen City Hall, Belen, NM (Invited by Judy Chicago)
300k Away, Gallery Fritz, Santa Fe NM
2018
Because it’s Time! Unraveling Race and Place in NM, National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM (Curator: Jadira Gurule )(catalogue)
Multi Caucus Exhibition, Society of Photographic Education National Conference,
University of Art, Hamilton & Arronson Galleries, Philadelphia, PA (Juror: Anthony Goicolea) (catalogue)
2017
Men I Know, Graft Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (solo exhibition)
Surface: Emerging Artists, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM (Juried)
Multi Caucus Exhibition, Society of Photographic Education National Conference, Orlando, FL (Juror: Renee Cox) (catalogue)
Good Bokeh International Juried Exhibition, Dab Art, H Gallery, Ventura, CA (Juror: Yessica Torres) (catalogue)
Yuma Art Symposium, Yuma Art Center, Yuma, AZ
UNM Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Masley Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (Juror: Arif Khan, Director, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM)
2016
Emerging Vision, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO (Juror: Samantha Johnston, Executive Director Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO)
Q & A, Freestyle Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Queering the Lens, Sanitary Tortilla Factory, Albuquerque, NM (curated by Jessamyn Lovell and Sheri Crider)
Bit's and Pieces, Graft Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
6 Moments, Albuquerque, NM
ABQ Pride Art Show, New Mexico State Fair Fine Arts Building, Albuquerque, NM
Yuma Art Symposium, Yuma Art Center, Yuma, AZ
2015
Fotka, 5G north Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Large Dirty Images, Art Unexpected, Kress Building, Albuquerque, NM
How to Have a Good Time, Small Engine Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
AWARDS
2017
Society of Photographic Education National Conference Southwest Regional Travel Award, Albuquerque, NM
First Place, UNM’s Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (Juror: Arif Khan, Director, UNM Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM)
2016
Dean's Travel Grant, College of Fine Art, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
New Mexico Resident Scholarship, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, NM
Ada Wester Fine Art Endowed Scholarship, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
37th Annual Yuma Symposium Scholarship, Yuma, AZ
Samfund Young Cancer Survivors Grant, Boston, MA
Marine Dependent Scholarship, Marine Corp. Foundation, Alexandria, VA
2015
PhotoSummer Workshop Scholarship, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
EDUCATION
2018
Master Portrait Workshop with Catherine Opie and Andrea Wallace, Anderson Ranch Art’s Center, Snowmass Village, CO August 6-10
2016
The Projects Workshop with Whitney Johnson, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, NM, June 24-July 1st
2015
Cyanotype Printing, Toning in the Digital Age” with Daniel Coburn, PhotoSummer, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, June 13-14
PUBLICATIONS
Southwest Contemporary, Vol. 3 Inhale Exhale, curated by Julio Cesar Morales, 2021
Fraction Magazine, Issue 137, 2020
Good Bokeh: An International Book of Photographers, 2017
COLLECTIONS
The Center for Art + Environment, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Balch Art Research Library, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Fine Art and Design Library, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM