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*1963 & 1960, Guadalajara, México

Personal History and Education Collaborating artists-brothers Einar and Jamex de la Torre were born in Guadalajara, México (1963 & 1960), where they grew up until a sudden family move to California in 1972. Presently living and working in both Ensenada, México and San Diego, California. Jamex started lampworking glass in 1977, attended California State University at Long Beach under scholarship; received a BFA in Sculpture in 1983. Einar started work with glass in 1980; also attended California State University Long Beach. Both owned and operated a flame-worked glass figure business from 1981 to 1997.

Collections

The National Hispanic Center Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Arkansas Arts Center Museum, Little Rock, Ark.
Arizona State University Museum, Tempe, AZ
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara CA.
The San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art
The Kanazu Museum in Kanazu, Japan
The Fisher Gallery Museum at USC, Los Angeles, CA
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
The Mexican Fine Art Center Museum in Chicago, IL
The Ernsting Stiftung Alter Hof Herding Museum, Coesfeld, Germany
Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA
The Henry Art Gallery Museum of the Washington University, Seattle, WA
The American Glass Museum, Millville, NJ
The Frauenau Museum of Glass, Frauenau, Germany
In the collections of the following glass schools: Northlands, Scotland; The Glass Furnace, Istanbul: The Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia.
Also in the private collections of Cheech Marin, Elton John, Terry McMillan, Sandra Cisneros and Quincy Troupe.

Awards

Tijuana Cultural Center “Estandartes Biennal”, second place prize award. 2010
The San Diego Art Prize 2010
The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant Award 2007
The Joan Mitchell Grant Award 2006.
Fellowship at the Creative Glass Center of America at Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ., 2004.
Production grant at “Grant Arts” Kansas City, Missouri, 2001

Teaching

Course at Xaquixe Glass Studio, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2011, 2010, 2009
Course at The Pittsburg Glass Center 2010.
Course at Penland School of Crafts, NC May 2009
Course at Pilchuck Glass School, WA Summer 2008
Master Class at Northlands, Creative Glass,, Caithness, Scotland, 2007
Workshop at the Ezra Glass Studios, Kanazu, Japan 2007
“Bildwerk Worky-Work” course at Bild-Werk School, Fraeunau, Germany August 2005
“The Dirty South Glass Sculpting Approach” at The Pittsburg Glass Center May 2005
Instructors at Pilchuck Glass School June 2004
Instructors at The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey June 2003
”The New World Antipurist” course at Bild-Werk School, Frauenau, Germany August 2002
Instructors at the Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada February 2002
”Son of the Antipurist Glassblower” course at Penland School of Crafts, NC June 2002
”The Anti-Purist Approach” course at More Fire Studios, Rochester, NY April 2002
Instructor at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Maine July 2001
”The Juliani Effect” course at Urbanglass, Brooklyn, NY. 1998 and 2001
Instructors at Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA Summer 1999
”Return of the Antipurist Glassblower” course at Pilchuck Glass School Summer 2000
”The Antipurist Glassblower” course at Pilchuck Glass School, WA Summer 1999
Instructors at Public Glass, San Francisco, CA 1999
Instructors at Urbanglass, Brooklyn, NY 1998
Artists in residency at the Hilltop AIR program, Tacoma, WA 1996
Instructors at Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC Summer Program 1995 and 1998

Guest Artists and Residencies

Residencies
Artist in residency at S12 Studio/Gallery, Bergen, Norway, May 2011
Artist in residency for the city of Toulouse, France, May 2011
Artist in residency at CASA , San Agustin, Oaxaca, México, July 2010
Artist in residency at Pottery Northwest of Seattle Washington, May 2010
Artist in residency at Fort Worten, Port Townsend, WA, June 2009
Artist in residency at Mass Art, Boston, Mass. February 2008
Artist in residency at The Bannana Factory, Betlehem, PA. October 2007
Artist in residency at The Glass Museum, Tacoma WA January 2005, and July 2008
Fellows at the Creative Glass Center of America at Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ Fall of 2004
Artist in residency at the Rhode Island School of Design, February 2000.
Artist in residency at Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 1998
Invited Artist at Ezra Glass Studios, Kanazu, Japan 1998
Guest artists
Guest artists at Ohio State University, at Bowling Green, OH, March 2011
Guest artists at Rochester Institute of Technology, Nueva York, April 2010.
Guest artists at Kentuky State University in Louiville KY, March 2009
Guest artists at Tyler School of art of Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, March 2009
Guest artists at the Canadian Glass Art Conference, Red Deer, Canada May 2006
Guest artists at the Jam Factory, Adelaide Australia February 2006
Guest artists at Australian National University, Camberra, Australia February 2006
Guest artists at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH April 2003
Guest artists at the Appalachian Center for Arts and Crafts, TN April 2003
Guest artists at The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey August 2002
Guest artists at Alfred University, Alfred, NY April 2002
Guest artists at Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA April 2002
Guest artists at University of Miami, FL February 2002
Guest artists at Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 2001
California Center for Arts and Crafts, Glass program , Oakland, CA 1994, 1996, 1999, 2009.
Artist in residency for The Intersections Program of the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 1998
Invited Artist at Pilchuck School of Glass, Pilchuck, WA 1997
California State University Fullerton, Glass program, Fullerton, CA 1997, 2004
University of Illinois at Champaign, Glass program, Champaign, IL 1995
California State University San José, Glass program, San José, CA 1994,1995, 1996, 1998, 2009
California State University San Francisco, CA 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001
University of California Los Angeles, Glass program, LA, CA. 1984, 1985
California State University Long Beach, Glass program, Long Beach, CA 1983, 1984
Conference Demonstrations
Artist demonstration at the Glass Art Society Conference in Seattle, WA June 2011
Artist demonstration at the Glass Art Society Conference in Portland, OR, June 2008
Artist demonstration at the Glass Art Society Conference in New Orleans, LA June 2004
Artist demonstration at the Glass Art Society Conference in Brooklyn, NY June 2000
Lecture and Demonstration artist at the Glass Art Society Conference, Tucson, AZ 1997

Special Projects

“Somos Jugetes de los Dioses (y los Presidentes)” new installation commissioned by the city of Toulouse, France, for the “Rio Loco” festival, May 2011
“La Reconquista” new installation funded with an NEA grant at MACLA, San José, CA, Sep, 2010
“Phozole”, Installation for the California Biennal at the Orange County Museum of Art, Oct. 2008
“Quinto Sol” Installation for the “5th Bienal do Mercosul” Bienal. Felipe Ehrenberg curator for México, Porto Allegre, Brasil September 30 – December 4, 2005
“El Niño” installation for inSITE97, a binational installation art project in publicspaces, El Niño was located at el Centro Cultural de Tijuana, México

Solo Museum Exhibitions

“Borderlandia ” Exhibition at the Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ, Feb 11, 2011
“Borderlandia” Exhibition at the Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum, Sep 25., 2010
“MesoAmerichanics” National Hispanic Center Museum, Albuquerque, NM. Sep. 2008
“Reaching Critical Mass” Exhibition at the Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard CA June 12, 2005.
“Intersecting Time and Space” Exhibition at the Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA January 22, 2005.
Exhibition at the American Museum of Glass, Millville, NJ September, 2004.
Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art at Fort Collins, CO May 3, 2003.
“Neoreliquias” Exhibition at the Museo de las Artes of the University Guadalajara, Guadalajara, México, January 31, 2003. Curated by Ricardo Duarte
“Anacronistas” Exhibition of work and installation at Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin TX January 12, 2001.
“Ojito Tapatio” Exhibition at the Mexican Fine ArtsCenter Museum, Chicago, IL. Curated by Linda McAllister, 1998.
“Borderline Glass” Exhibition at Arizona State University Museum. Curated by Heather Sealy Lineberry Tempe, AZ. 1997.

Solo Gallery Exhibitions

“Fallen Angels” Exhibition at S12 Gallery, Bergen, Norway, May, 2011
“Animexican” Exhibition at Koplin del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA, Sep 11, 2010
“Pimp my Glass” Exhibition at William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, May, 2010
“Inter-Continental Divide” Exhibition at Kimball Art Center, Park City Utah, Feb. 2010
“New Colonies in the New World” Exhibition at Koplin del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA 2008
“Vitrolic Compliments” Exhibition at William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, 2008
“Figurate Esto” Exhibition at Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, October 4, 2007
“Desperados” Exhibition at the Price-Dewey Gallery, Santa Fe, NM November 4, 2005
“Folkloric Acid” Exhibition at the Koplin-del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“End of Empire” Exhibition at the California State University Fullerton Main Art Gallery Fullerton, CA April 12, 2005.
Exhibition at the Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA February 26, 2005.
“Infection Confection” Exhibition at Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, October7, 2004.
“Super Grotesque Beauty” Exhibition at Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA April 2004
“Eurovirus” Exhibition at Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA January, 2003.
“Neorelics: The Spanglish Period” Exhibition at The Salina Art Center, Salina KS Oct. 2003.
“Angry Gods” Exhibition at Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA January 12, 2002
“Neorelics” Exhibition at the Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA October 18, 2001.
“Neorelics” Exhibition at the Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA July 6, 2001.
“Anacronistas” New installations fabricated and exhibited at Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO. Curated by Sean Kelly. May 4, 2001
“The Mexican Problem” Exhibition at Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco. CA. Curated by Kevin Chen, September 6, 2000.
“Ácido Folclórico: en Retrosperspectiva” Exhibition at the Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, México, July 27, 2000. Curated by Olga Margarita Dávila, 1999
“Nouveau Riche” Exhibition at the Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ October, 1999
“La Conquista” Exhibition at Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA October, 1999
“Mesomodern” Exhibition at the William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA August, 1999.
“Oxymodern” Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA Juy, 1999.
“El Niño’s Wake” Installation at San José Center for Latino Arts, San José, CA, January, 1999.
“Arte Frontera” Exhibition at the Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA January, 1999
“11:58 (PMAD)” Exhibition and installation at the Robert Gallery, Urbanglass, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Olga T. Valle, 1998
Exhibition for the Intersections Program of the University of Hawaii, Pegge Hopper Gellery, Honolulu, Hawaii. 1998.
“The Marlboro Man & the Virgin” Exhibition at the Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 1997.
“God’s Country” Exhibition at the William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA. 1997.
“The Glass Frontera” Exhibition at Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
“Folkloric Acid : The Resurrection” Exhibition at MACLA, San José, CA, 1996
Exhibition at the Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1996
“El Chamuco” SOFA Miami, FL. Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1996
“Folkloric Acid”- Exhibition at the San José Center for Latino Art, MACLA, San José, CA, 1996
This exhibition was vandalized and all the works in the exhibit destroyed.
“Sacrilege in Vitro” Exhibition at Julie Rico Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 1994
“Figuras y Alegoria” Exhibition at Galleria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA Curated by Liz Lerma

Selected Group Exhibitions

Museo de las Americas, Denver, CO. June 2011. Curated by Maruca Salazar.
“Obra Negra” visual history of Tijuana exhibition at the Centro Cultural Tijuana, Mexico, March 2011
Curated by Carlos Ashida and OlgaMargarita Dávila.
“Obsidian Mirrors-Refracting Ancient Mexican Art and Archeology” at the Getti Research Institute Gallery, Los Angeles, Nov. 2010
Bienal de Estandartes Tijuana ’10 Centro Cultural Tijuana , México.,Nov 2010, Curated by Marta Palau
“Slag (the Anti Art Glass)”, at the Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho in Moscow. Feb. 2010
“A Declaration of Immigration" at the Mexican Fine Art Center Museum 2008
Jutapox Exhibition, Group exhibition at the Laguna Beach Museum of Art 2008
“No Distance is More Awsome” Instalation at Galería de la Raza, San Francisco, 2007
“Sister Cities- Tesying Boundaries” El Paso Museum of Art, Mayo 20, 2007.
“TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art”-at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Sep. 17, 2006, it also traveled to: memorial Art Gallery, University Rochester High Oct. 6 2007, Museum of Art Feb 9, 2008; Weatherpoon Art Museum University of North Carolina June 22, 2008
“Strange New World-Extraño Nuevo Mundo” Group exhibition of Tijuana artists at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Curated by Rachel Teagle, May 2006; Cultural Institute of Mexico, Washington DC, February 2006; Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA, January 2007
“Holly Land- Diaspora and the Desert” International group exhibition at the Heard Museum, curated Joe Baker and Lara Taubman, Phoenix, AZ, April 2006
“Material Matters” Group exhibition of artists using glass at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Curated by Howard N. Fox and Shara Nichols. April 2006
“November” at the Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, NY, November 2006.
“Espejos-Mirrors: Artistas Contemporáneos de México en los Estados Unidos” Group exhibition at the Instituto Cultural de Mexico, Washington DC September 14, 2005;
To travel to San Antonio, TX., San Francisco, CA Austin, TX. and Universidad Autonoma de México, DF, México
“Curious” Group exhibition at the Deschler Galerie, Berlin, Germany, November, 2004
“Narcochic Narcochoc” Group exhibition at the Musée International des Modestes , Séte, France April 2004. Curated by Marco Granados
“Art from the Americas” Group exhibition at the Santa Barbara Art Museum , Santa Barbara, CA March 2004
“LARVA” Group exhibition at the Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, México January 2004
Curated by Marco Granados. Also traveled to Monterrey and Guanajuato, México
“Mexico Illuminated” Largest exhibition of contemporary Mexican Art to date Albright College and Reading Museum, Reading, PA September – November 2003
“Diagnósticos Urbanos” Group exhibition at the Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, México August 24, 2002. Curated by Magali Arreola
“III Salon del Vidrio” Group exhibition at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela October 2002
“VII Salón de Arte BBVA Bancomer” Group exhibition at the Museo de Arte Moderno, México City, México October, 2001 and at the Museo de Arte de la Ciudad de Querétaro, Querétaro, México April 2002
“Made in California- Art Image and Identity, 1900-2000” Group exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA November 8, 2000- 2001
“Ultra Baroque - Aspects of Post Latin American Art” Traveling group exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA September 23, 2000; Museum of Fort Worth, TX February, 2001 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA ; The Miami Art Museum, FL and The Walker Art Center; Minneapolis, MN to January 2003
“Mixed Feelings”- Group exhibition at the Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Curated byGustavo Leclerc and Michael J. Dear Sept. 2002
“Millennium Glass-an International Survey of Studio Glass” at the Kentucky Art & Craft Gallery, Louisville, KY April 28, 2000- 2001
“ES 2000” International Biennial of Standards at Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Baja California, México, March 24, 2000
“7th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition” at the University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI March 2000
“Off Broadway” Group exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA February 2000
“Crossing Boundaries: Jamex and Einar de la Torre, Steve La Ponsie, and Ronald Gonzales” at the Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA., November 1999 Curated by Max Schultz
“Reflections of Time and Place: Latin American Still Life in the 20th Century” Group Exhibition at The Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY October Museo del Barrio, New York, NY 2000
“Glass Art Document” International group exhibition of work produced at the Ezra Glass Studio, Japan. Kanazu Forest of Creation Museum, October-December
“The Labyrinth of Multitude” group exhibition of Latin American artists in Los Angeles at the Luckman Fine Arts Center Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA September 1999
“Cuarta Bienal Monterrey” The Monterrey Biannual. Participation with installation “Clásico de Clásicos”, Special Honorable Mention, Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, México April 1999
Exhibition for the Intersections Program of the University of Hawaii at the Pegge Hopper Gallery, Honolulu, HI 199
“Frágil: Arte en Vidrio” Group exhibition of Mexican glass artists in the Monterrey Glass Museum, Monterrey, México 1998
“Reconstructing Ritual” Four person exhibition at San Diego State University Art Gallery, San Diego, CA 1997
“Monique Knowlton Returns” Inaugural group show at Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY “Glass of the Pacific Rim” International exhibition at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 1994
Commissions Current Projects San Diego New Main Public Library. Artwork in-between elevator entranceson 2 floors. Budget $170,000

Completed Projects

“Dyslectic Memories” San Diego International Airport. Series of aluminium panels with painted scenes and cast resin elements. Budget $175,000.00. 2010
Phoenix Civic Center Plaza. Two 14’ high sculptures in steel and glass. Budget $165,000. 2008.
City of Phoenix Valley Metro Rail, artwork for Encanto-Central Station. Cantera stone walls with cast glass inclusions; turning Bronze glyphs; and a freestanding bronze sculpture. Budget $144,000. 200
Caltrans District 11 New Campus Facility, San Diego, CA Set of 5 Cantera stone and Sand-cast glass mandalas facing Tyler Street in Old Town, San Diego. Budget $50,000. 2005
Plaza San Jose in San Jose, California. Center City redevelopment in conjun. Theme artwork for new shopping centers. Five monumental Cantera stone sculptures and three 9-foot diameter cast glass and mosaic mandalas. Budget $165,000. 2005
“Aztec Suicide” Fountain - private commission at the Iris and Matthew Straussresidence in Rancho Santa Fe, CA 42 foot carved Cantera stonewall with blown and cast glass inclusions. 2001
“Journey to Aztlan” 1,200 foot public art piece for the City of San Diego. Colored cement painting with 300 cast glass masks on the retaining walls. Budget $100,000. 2000.

Catalog Publications of Solo Exhibitions

“MesoAmerichanics” Catalog for exhibition at the National Hispanic Center Museum, Albuquerque, NM. Sep 2008. Essay by curator Tey Nun and Tomas Ybarra-Frausto.
Einar – Jamex de la Torre, La obra and Making it Book set for exhibition at the California State University Fullerton Main Art Gallery, April 16 2005
Intersecting Time and Place Einar and Jamex de la Torre catalog of exhibition at the Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma WA January 2005. Essay by Tina Oldknow www.museumofglass.org
Neoreliquias-Einar y Jamex de la Torre catalog of exhibition at the Museo de las Artes of the University of Guadalajara, México January 2002. Essay by Felipe Ehrenberg. Published by the University of Guadalajara www.museodelasartes.udg.mx

Book Publications

Triumph of Our Communities Art book published by the Bilingual Press Hispanic Research Center of Arizona State University
Chicano Art for Our Millennium Art book published by the Bilingual Press Hispanic Research Center of Arizona State University. 2004. Pages 149 &154
Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art Art book published by the Bilingual Press, Hispanic Research Center of Arizona State University. Volume 1, pages 156-159, 2002
Contemporary Glass; Color Light & Form Art book Los Angeles, California 2001. Work published: Sinner’s Lounge, page 107
Contemporary Art from Urbanglass Art book curated by John Perreault, Brooklyn, NY June 2000. Work published: “El Cien”
The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience Book to celebrate Penland School’s 75th
Anniversary. Work published: “Christian Devil” page 147

Catalogs of Group Exhibitions

“TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art”-published by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Sep. 17, 2006
Strange New World-Extraño Nuevo Mundo Catalogue for group exhibition of Tijuana artists at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Curated by Rachel Teagle, May 2006 mcasd.org “Holy Land Diaspora and the Desert” Catalog for group exhibition the Herd Museum
Essays by curators Joe Baker and Lara Taubman, published by the Herd Museum Phoenix, AZ April 2006
Material Matters Catalogue for group exhibition of artists using glass at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Curated by Howard N. Fox and Sara Nichols. April 2006
“Espejos-Mirrors: Artistas Contemporáneos de México en los Estados Unidos” Catalogue for group exhibition at the Instituto Cultural de México curated by Santiago Espinosa de los Monteros. Published by the Cultural Institute of México, Washington DC September 14, 2005
Insatiable Desires Catalog for group exhibition at the Fisher Gallery at the University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA March 2, 2005
100 Artists See Satan Book published by CSUF Grand Central Press, grandcentralartcenter.com
Narcochic Narcochoc Catalog for group exhibition at the Musée International des Arts Modestes
Séte, France April 29, 2004. Curated by Marco Granados. Work published “Tula Norte” and “Tula Sur”
Dos Fuerzas / Two Energies Catalog for group exhibition at The Keller Estate Winery Petaluma, CA July 2004 Curated by Olga Margarita Dávila. Work published: ¿A Donde vas Corazón?
Hot for Glass Catalog for group exhibition at The Main Art Gallery at California State University
Fullerton April 12 - May 14, 2003
Home/Land Catalog for group exhibition at the Pittsburg Society for Contemporary Craft and The Huston Center for Contemporary Craft, July 2003 to March 2004
Mixed Feelings Catalog for group exhibition at the Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Curated by Gustavo Leclerc and Michael Dear, work published: “Colonial Atmosphere” Lateral Thinking: Art of the 1990’s Catalog for group exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA work published: “El Fix” September 2001
Glass Art 2002 Catalog of artists using glass published by Georgina Fentoni, London UK 2002
Tendencies Catalog for group exhibition VII Salon de Arte Bancomer, México, DF 2001
Poetic Paradox- 10 Years of Innovation in Latino Art Catalog of artists that have exhibited at MACLA, San José, CA 2001
Made in California: Art Image and Identity, 1900-2000 Catalog for group exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA October 22, 2000. Work published: ” Marte y Venus” Ultrabaroque, Aspects of Post Latin American Art Catalog for group exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA. September 23, 2000. Curated by Elizabeth Armstrong and Victor Zamundio-Taylor. Works published: “Serpientes y Escaleras”, “El Fix”, “Silver Arm” and “Virgins and Crosses” Installation.
Millennium Glass, An International Survey of Studio Glass Catalog for group exhibition at the Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY. April 28, 2000, Curated by Brion Clinkingbeard, Adeke Leight and Stephen Rolfe Powel. Works published: “Chuy y el Cien” and “8:04 AM”
The 7th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition Catalog for group exhibition at the University of Hawaii
Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI. March 5, 2000, works Published: “It’s a Bottle Not a Choice”, and “Viva Hawaii Libre”
Crossing Boundaries: Jamex and Einar de la Torre, Steven La Ponsie, Ronald Gonzales Catalog for exhibition at the Fisher Gallery, Univesity of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Curated by Max F. Schultz, November 18, 1999. Works Published “Serpientes y Escaleras”, “Oxymoden”, “Texcoco”, “Huichi II”, and “Strange Fruit”
Latin American Still Life: Reflections of Time and Place Catalog for group exhibition at the Katonah Museum of Art, curated by Clayton C. Kirking and Edward Sullivan, October 17, 1999 Katonah, NY
Works published: “Molcajete” and “Corn Baby”
Labyrinth of Multitude Catalog for group exhibition of Latino Artists working in a varity of media at The Luckman Fine Arts Center Gallery, California State University Los Angeles, CA Curated by Susana Bautista September 1999. Works published: “El Country “ and “Milagritos of the Flesh”
California Blend- catalog for exhibition at the Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, CA. September 1999. Work published: “San Diego Gun and Rod Club”
Glass Art Documents ‘98 in Kanazu- Catalog for exhibition of works created by an international group of glass artists at the Ezra Glass Studios, Kanazu, Japan. Exhibition at the Kanazu Museum. Curatorial Statement by Tomoko Aoki, October 1999. Works published “Mata Ne Ne” and “Ai No Muchi”
Cuarta Bienal de Monterrey -Catalog for the Monterrey Museum Biennial, Monterrey, México, April 1999. Work published: installation“Clasico de Clasicos”
Private Time in Public Space / Tiempo Privado en Espacio Publico- Catalog for inSITE97, a binational biennial of installations in San Diego and Tijuana, Spring 1999. Curators: Sally Yard, Ivo Mesquita,
Oliver Debroise, and Jessica Bradley. Work published: installation “El Niño”
Frágil Arte- Catalog for exhibition of Mexican artists working with glass at the Monterrey Glass Museum (Museo del Vidrio), Monterrey, México. Summer 1998. Works published: “Esperma en Exilio” and “por la Familia”

Essays & Curatorial Statements

For Conferences: Work reviewed by Tomas Ybarra-Frauso at the L’expérince Métisse Conference that took place at the Louvre Musum, Paris, France April 2004
For Solo Exhibitions: Anacronistas Brochure for solo exhibition at Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO May 4, 2001 Curated by Sean Kelly. Essay by Leah Ollman
Anacronistas Catalog for solo exhibition at Mexic Arte Museum, Austin TX. January 12, 2001 Essay
“Anacronistas” by Marilyn Zeitlin, Essays also by Sylvia Orozco, Aldo Valdés, and Herlinda Zamora
Brochure for exhibition “El Niño’s Wake” at MACLA, San José, CA. with essay “Jamex y Einar de la Torre Revivan el Vidrio Milenario” by Raquel Tibol, México City, México 1998
Brochure for exhibition “Borderrline Glass” with curatorial statement by Heather Sealy Lineberry. Arizona State University Museum, Tempe, AZ February 1997
Poster with Interview For “Folkloric Acid: the Resurrection”, MACLA, San José, CA Interview by Maribel L. Alvarez
“Ácido Folclórico, en Retrosperspectiva” Essays by Felipe Ehrenberg and Olga Margarita Davila for solo exhibition at the Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, México, August 2000
“Folkloric Acid: the Resurrection” by Curator Maribel L. Alvarez, solo exhibition at MACLA San José, CA. October 5, 1996
“The Sculpture of Jamex and Einar de la Torre” Essay by Erin Goodwin Guerrero for solo exhibition “Folkloric Acid” at MACLA, San José, CA April 1, 1995
“Figuras y Alegoría” by Curator Liz Lerma for solo exhibition at Galería de la Raza, San Fransisco, CA March 19, 1994

For Group Exhibitions:

“The Global Migrant on the Sacred Highway” essay by Max Benavidez for brochure printed for “Going Global” group exhibition at the Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA. April 2004
“Reconstructing Ritual” by Tina Yapelly for group exhibition at University Art Gallery, California State University San Diego, CA September 1997
Selected Reviews & Publications Article “Alien Being: The de la Torre Brothers” by John Drury for the Nues Glass New Glass Magazine, 26-33,Fall 2011
“Best Wild Art Show” by the Tucson weekly Staff for the Tucson Weekly, Tucson, AZ, Oct. ‘11
Pamplet for research exhibition “Obsidian Mirror-Travels” by the Getty Research Institute Exhibition Gallery, 11/’11
Review “Playfully Serious” by Margaret Reagan for the Tucson Weekly February 17, 2010 tuccsonweekly.com
Article and review “Access and Excess: the Hybrid Work of jamex and Einar de la Torre”, in the magazine Art Ltd. By Jody Zellen. Pg 54, November/December 2010.
Review “Einar and Jamex de la Torre” by James Scarborough for Artillery Review, Los Angeles, CA 2010.
Review “Art Review: Einar and Jamex de la Torre at Koplin del Rio Gallery” By David Pagel in the Los Angeles Times, September 23, 2010
Review “Protesta en Arte En Animexican, Einar and Jamex de la Torre revelan más que belleza” By Lucero Amador-Miranda, For newspaper La Opinion September 9, 2010.
Article and review “de la Torre Brother’s and Border Baroque” in the magazine Craft in America, by Gussie Fauntleroy, Sep 2009
Article “Manouvering Meztisaje” by Janelle Conaway for Americas magazine, February 2009
Article and review “The De la Torres are tempting fate” by Leah Ollman, Special to The Times, February 8, 2008
Front-Cover publication of work in exhition “Tijuana’s Strange New World” in the San Diego Museum o Contemporary Art publication View, july, 2006
Review of group exhibition “Tijuana’s Strange New World” for The Washington Times by Joanna Shaw-Eagle April 8, 2006
Review “Glass Exhibit is a Clear Delight” by Daniella Walsh for the Orange County Register Arts and Entertainment section April 24, 2005
Front-Cover publication of work in exhition “Intersecting time and space, the work of Jamex and Einar de la Torre” in the Tacoma Museum of Glass publication Fuse Winter 2005
Article published “Fermez la Bush! by Jamex and Einar de la Torre for The Glass Art Society 2004 Journal, New Orleans, LA Page 91
Review of group exhibition “Larva” at the Museum of Mexican History “Report from Monterrey” by David Ebony for Art in America March 2005, pages 75-76
Review “A Sacrifice to Art Gods, ” by Jen Graves for The News Tribune Soundlife section, Tacoma, WA January 22, 2005
Front-Cover Article & Interview “Qualified Irreverence: Einar and Jamex de la Torre” by Shawn Waggoner for Glass Art Magazine, May June 2004. Pages 6-12
Magazine article “Jamex & Einar de la Torre” by Leah Ollman for Origina magazine, México City. January 2004. Pages 16-21, 71 & 74
Review “Import/Export the Borderless Baroque” of group exhibition “Ultrabaroque” in Art in America” by Edward J. Sullivan. Our participation reviewed on page 39, work published on page 30 July 2002
Work Published in “Juror’s Choice” section of The Corning Review 23 2002
Review “Neoreliquias” by Armando Ramírez for newspaper El Occidente section Cultura en Occidente, Front page, also published is ¿Disolución Estética?, essay by Felipe Ehrenberg. Guadalajara, México. February 24, 2002
Review “Los Frutos del Artificio” by Víctor Pazarín for the newspaper Ocho Columnas, section “Los Artistas” front page, February 2, 2002, Guadalajara, México
Review “El Lado Opuesto al Minimalismo” by Victor Ortiz Partida for the newspaper Público, January 31, 2002 page 2, Guadalajara, México
Review “Rompen” las Reliquias con Vidrio” by Jorge Zul de la Cueva for the newspaper Mural. page 7D, February 31, 2002 Guadalajara, México
Review “Neoreliquias, el Barroco Chicano en Vidrio Soplado” front page, section D, El Informador January 31, 2002, Guadalajara, México
Review “Agitation in Glass and Acrylic” by Robert L. Pincus for the San Diego Union Tribune, Night and Day section, November 22, 2001
Work reviewed in interview “Apollo 13 Pop Art” with Miki Garcia by Perry Vasquez for www.apollo13art.com July 2001
Review in “First Friday Focus” section of the Philadelphia Enquirer by Lori Hill of exhibition at the Snyderman Gallery July, 2001
Review “Cultural Chaos Erupts in Brothers’ Art” by Alison Thorson for The Kansas City Star Front page of Arts section June 3, 2001
Review “Telling Stories on Both Sides of the Border” by Rebekah Merrill for Review monthly, Pages 38 & 39, June 2001, Kansas City, MO
Review by Berin Golonu for Art Nexxus of “The Mexican Problem” installation May 2001
Review “Kitsch Crosses Cultural Borders” by Jeanne Claire van Ryzin for Austin America- Statesman Life & Arts section. January 20, 2001
Review “Exhibitionism” by Rob Curran for The Austin Chronicle, page 42, February 2, 2001
Review by Anjee Helstrup for Zero Magazine of “The Mexican Problem” installation, October 10, 2000
Review by Lindsey Westbrook for Express, weekly for the East Bay of “The Mexican Problem” Installation October 6, 2000
Review Mention “Attitude Adjustment” by Robert I. Pincus for San Diego Union Tribune Weekly guide pages 4 & 5, September 28, 2000
Review “Critics Choice: Art, The Mexican Problem” by Megan Wilson for The San Francisco Guardian September 20, 2000
Review “The Mexican Problem, An Installation by Jamex and Einar de la Torre” by Rodrigo Diaz for SFSTATION.COM San Francisco, CA September 20, 2000
Review by Felipe Ehrenberg for the newspaper La Frontera cultural section “Minarete” Tijuana, Baja California, México September 7, 2000
Review by Joanne Sturr, curator of the Tucson Museum of Art for Glass Magazine Spring 2000
Review “Exploring the Boundaries” by Lorenza Muños for Los Angeles Times Calendar section, January 12, 2000
Review “Tijuana Brash” by Kathleen Vanesian for New Times Phoenix, AZ December 2, 1999
Review “Glass Darkly” by Robert L. Pincus for the San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego, CA July 8, 1999
Review “When Worlds Collide: Christianity, Beer and Bad Weather” by Jack Fisher for the “San José Mercury News” February 28, 1999
Review “El Niño Behind Glass” by Ann Eliott Sherman for the San José Metro newspaper February 11, 1999
Interview “Artists Explore Border” Sculpture Magazine Interview pages 36 & 37. Review page 70. February 1998
Front-Cover Article & Interview “On the Border” for Glass Magazine by John Perrault pages 20- 28. Interview by Maribel L. Alvarez pages 12-13. Spring 1997
Review “Arts Month: Brothers find inspiration on both sides of the border” By James Chute for The San Diego UnionTribune , August 28, 2097.
Review “Stones in a Glass House” by Michael S. Gant for weekly newspaper Metro, pg 55, San Jose, CA, October 7, 2096.
Article and review “THE DE LA TORRES RETURN TO SAN JOSE” in online magazine Artshift San Jose by Erin Goodwin-Guerrero, September 16, 2096.
Review “Mayhem at Macla” by Ann Eliott Sherman for the San José Metro newspaper April 10, 1995

Other Publications

Work published in the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art publication “View” July 2004 “Critical Mass” page 2
Work published in curatorial pamphlet “Diagnosticos Urbanos” for Centro Cultural Tijuana, Oct. 2002
Review “Blowin’ in the Find” by David Clouston for The Salina Journal, October, 2002
Article “The Art of Change” San Diego Union Tribune, Currents section, Monday, August 19 2002
Work published in Glass Magazine, Summer 2002, pages 28 & 48.
Interview and work posted by Susana Bautista for Latin Art.com May 2001
Full page ad in Art in America for “Anacronistas” exhibition in Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO May 2001
Back cover ad in New Art Examiner for “Anacronistas” exhibition in Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO May 2001
Back cover ad in Review KC arts monthly, for “Anacronistas” exhibition in Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO April 2001
Article and Work Published in Dos Mundos newspaper, front page, Kansas City, MO May 3, 2001
Work Published in newspaper La Frontera, cultural section “Minarete” front page & pages 6- 7 Tijuana Baja California, México September 3, 2000
Review “De la Torre brothers get nod for Harbor Drive artwork” by Welton Jones for he San Diego Union Tribune San Diego, CA page E-3, February 4, 2000
Review Mention “Contemporary Quirkiness” by Robert L. Pincus for the San Diego Union Tribune San Diego, CA page 26 of the Night and Day section, February 24, 2000
Review Mention “Fisher Fun House” by Inga Kiderran for the Chronicle, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA November 29, 1999
Review by Thomas Whayne “Art Scene” for The Publication San Diego, CA July, 1999
Review by Sheila Farr “Old, new and underground” for The Seattle Times Seattle, WA August 19, 1999
Review by Edward J. Sozanski “Hybrid art in glass, with cultural skepticism” for The Philadelphia Enquirer January 22, 1999
Work Published in Art and Antiques Magazine, February, 1999. Pg. 43.
Front-Cover Article & Artist Statement in This Side Up! Magazine from the Netherlands, pages 29-30. Winter 1998
Article and Work Published in Glass Magazine pages 60-61 fall 1998
Work Published in the New Glass Review of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY Einar 1987, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2001. Jamex 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002
Review Mention “inSITE97 Abierto y Organico” by Raquel Tibol for Proceso magazine México City, November 1997
Artist Presentation & Work Published in The Glass Art Society Journal Presentation pages 53-54 Demonstration description page 73, 1997
Review Mention “From Formidable to Forgettable” by Robert L. Pincus for the San Diego Union Tribune December 7, 1997
Review Mention “inSITE Covers New Grown; Does Not Break It” by Welton Jones for the San Diego Union Tribune October 5, 1997
Review Mention “Arte in Situ” by José Manuel Valenzuela Arce for La Jornada Semanal November 9, 1997
Review “Blown Coverage” by Ann Eliott Sherman for the San José Metro newspaper November 7, 1996
Work Published in Juxtapoz magazine, page 71 Summer 1995
Review “Art Attack” by Kim Boatman “Things were About to Happen for artists” by Chiori Santiago, page 26A San Jose Mercury News, March 31,1995

Other Group Exhibitions

Group exhibition at the Oceanside Art Museum, Ocenaside, CA, July 2004
Group exhibition at the Keller Estate Winery, Petaluma, CA July 2004. Curated by Olga Margarita Davila
Group exhibition in New Orleans, LA June 2004
Group exhibition at the District Arts Gallery Birmingham MI April 2004
“Going Global” Group exhibition at the Carnegie Museum Oxnard CA March 2004
Group exhibition at the District Arts Gallery Birmingham, MI April 2004
“Home/Land”- Group exhibition at the Pittsburg Society for Contemporary Craft and The Huston Center for Contemporary Craft July 2003 to March 2004
“2001: a Glass Odyssey- Art on the Cutting Edge”-Group exhibition at the A.N. Bush Gallery The Salem Art Association, Salem, Oregon July 10, 2001
“Fast, Five Years At Grand Arts”-Group exhibition at Grand Arts, Kansas City Missouri June 23, 2000
“Can’t Match Your Swatch” group exhibition at the Lisa Sette Gallery Scottsdale, Arizona, July 6, 2000
“Assemblage”-Group Exhibition at the William Traver Gallery Seattle, Washington April 4,2002
“Spring 2000 Group Exhibition” Exhibition at the Porter Troupe Gallery San Diego, California March 30, 2000
“California Blend: Tradition and Change” group exhibition at the Millaed Sheets Gallery Los Angeles County Fair, Los Angeles, CA September 1999
“ Reflejo: El Cuerpo Eróico y Místico” group exhibition at La Casa de la Cultura deTijuana México, September, 1999
“Formerly Known as Something Else” group exhibition at the Lisa Sette Gallery Scottsdale, Arizona Summer, 1999
“Cultural Influences In Craft” group exhibition at the Penland Gallery, Penland North Carolina July 1999
“La Guadalupana” Exhibition at the Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Exhibition of 6 installations in collaboration with Therman Statom at Galería la Esquina Ensenada, México 1996
“Dia de los Muertos Exhibition” group show at the Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego, CA 1996
“Día de los Muertos” group show at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL 1996
“All Americans” an exhibition of Artists from the Americas at Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA 1995
“Return of the Dead”-Exhibition by invitation at South Bay Museum, Long Beach, CA 1994
“La Curva” group show at the City Gallery, Ensenada, México 1995
“Contemporary Visions of the Virgin of Guadalupe”- competitive exhibition at the Downey Museum of Art Downey, CA 1991 “Latino Art Exhibit 1990”
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art Santa Ana, CA 1990
“Escape from Tradition” sculpture invitational at Alonso-Sullivan Gallery, Seattle, WA 1988
“Masks” - competitive exhibition at Oregon School of Arts and Crafts Portland, OR 1987
“The Human Form” Competitive exhibition at Galleria Mesa AZ
“Eroticism” sculpture invitational at Alonso - Sullivan Gallery, Seattle, WA 1987
“The Nude National” - competitive exhibition at the Wedge Gallery Rochester, NY 1987
“Arriba Artistas” Competitive exhibition in Fort Worth, TX 1986
“Dimensional Design” Designs Recycled Gallery, Fullerton, CA
“Open Juried Exhibition” - Long Beach Art Assoc., Long Beach, CA 1985
“Shrines and Altars” Exhibition by invitation at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI 1985
Selected Glass Artist Redding Museum of Art, Redding, CA 1985
Juried Sculpture Exhibition Long Beach Art Assoc., Long Beach CA 1984
“Flameworks” group exhibition at Designs Recycled Gallery, Fullerton, CA 1984

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