Cronología

1970 — 2026

Murales, colectivos, revistas, premios y exposiciones — el recorrido reconstruido a partir del CV del artista y del material del archivo.

  1. 1970

    Quinto Sol, and the Méchicano years begin

    Paints Quinto Sol, 8 × 16 ft, in the Old Student Union at CSU Northridge — since destroyed. Begins working out of the Méchicano Art Center in East Los Angeles and El Jardín de Flor y Canto in Pacoima.

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  2. 1972

    Medical Science, East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital

    Wins an open competition run through the Méchicano Art Center to paint a forty-foot interior mural, Micro / Macro Medical Science.

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  3. 1973

    La Raza Cósmica, CSUN

    A ninety-foot mural for the Chicano Studies Department at Sierra North, CSU Northridge.

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  4. 1975

    Two degrees, and muralism in Mexico City

    Graduates from CSU Northridge with a BA in Fine Arts (painting) and a BA in Chicano Studies, after a special electives term studying muralism in Mexico City. Returns an advocate for public art in Los Angeles.

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  5. 1976

    Tree of Life, El Monte

    A 15 × 20 ft mural at the El Monte Community Center, funded by the Los Angeles County CETA project.

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  6. 1977

    Centro de Arte Público, Highland Park

    Centro de Arte Público opens at 5605½ N. Figueroa Street. Bejarano is part of the collective alongside Carlos Almaraz, Barbara Carrasco, Richard Duardo, Dolores Guerrero-Cruz, Judithe Hernández, Leo Limón, John Valadez, Frank Romero, Roberto Gil de Montes, George Yepes and Victor Manuel Valle. He co-publishes and art-directs ChismeArte.

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  7. 1977

    The Nixon Interviews

    A photocopy series pairing television stills from the Nixon interviews with Spanish-language comic panels, circulated as mail art. One postcard in the set is addressed to ChismeArte at 5317 N. Figueroa.

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  8. 1979

    Los Angeles Latino Writers Workshop

    Founding member. Centro de Arte Público closes the same year; its building would be declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 2021.

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  9. 1980

    City Scape, with Carlos Almaraz

    Assistant artist to Carlos D. Almaraz on a 14 × 50 ft mural at the Argil Building Material Co., 4754 Floral Drive, East Los Angeles.

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  10. 1986–1995

    Image Bureau

    Runs a graphic arts and pre-press studio for nearly a decade.

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  11. 1995

    Sol de Verano, and a biennial mention

    Group show at Galería Las Américas, Linda Vallejo’s gallery in Los Angeles. Receives a Special Mention at the I Bienal de Pintura Mexicana y Chicana, sponsored by the Mexican Consulate of Los Angeles. Makes the Spheres digital prints the same year.

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  12. 1998

    Network Aztlán

    Builds an early online social network for Latino artists on Yahoo! Groups. Awarded a Mención Honorífica in the Premio Comunidades Transnacionales by CNCA in Mexico City, and a Special Mention at the San José Tech Museum.

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  13. 1999

    Spider Woman and Mayan Time

    Two mural commissions: Spider Woman for the Downtown Pomona Mural Program at Third and Thomas Street, and Mayan Time, 4 × 20 ft, at the Fairplex for the Los Angeles County Fair.

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  14. 2000

    Artist-in-Residence, California Museum of Photography

    Residency at the California Museum of Photography, UC Riverside, working with the CMP Students at Risk Program.

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  15. 2005

    Just Another Poster?

    The travelling Chicano poster survey reaches the UCLA Fowler Museum, the Oakland Museum, the Merced Multicultural Arts Center, the Jersey City Museum, the Crocker Art Museum and La Raza Galería Posada.

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  16. 2014

    Smithsonian American Art Museum

    Work enters the Méchicano Arts collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.

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  17. 2018

    Transformation

    Solo exhibition at the Latino Art Museum, Pomona, which also holds Journey to Aztlán in its collection.

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  18. 2024

    Calavera Frida takes First Place

    First Place, Print / Altered Reality, from the Camera Club of Laguna Woods. Work also appears at the Claremont Lewis Museum of Art in the Frank Garcia collection show.

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  19. 2025

    Still painting

    Birds in Flight, Fire & Fury (In Los Angeles) and Lucy are painted between Laguna Woods and Ajijic.

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