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Artist Statement:
words on Zepeda
Where does the responsibility
lie for the loss of youthful
innocence? We exist in a
society that corrupts through
in-your-face advertising and
commercials pushing sex in
subtle and often flagrant
ways. Our society is obsessed
with sex, but we dangerously
repress this, accepting
televised violence instead of
televised breasts. My works
are centered in the blurred
middle ground where precarious
innocence meets sinister
sexuality, gendered power
gives way to submission, and
forced perspective becomes a
vantage point.
How far is too far?
The girls I depict are older
than adolescent but their eyes
convey lingering immaturity.
Their childlike veneer is
juxtaposed with sexual
representations, pushing the
boundaries of traditional
interpretations of childish
innocence. Originally a
portrayal of women's feelings
about their sexuality and the
adjacent male exploitation, my
work has been shifting to a
bolder expression of power.
For the show If you use your
imagination, big things can
fit in small places , a series
of boxes chronicled the story
of a perverse older man taking
advantage of a young woman.
The more absurd his acts, the
more the viewer is disturbed
by the girl's inability to
control her situation. Midway
through the ...
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Education
2006 MFA Painting , University of Houston
1995 BFA , University of Texas at Austin
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007 Magnificent Obsession, Irvine Valley College , Irvine , California
2006 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, Houston , Texas
2006 Small Things in Large Spaces, Projex Gallery, Houston, Texas
2005 Encasement:ARTcrawl, Maripolski Lofts, Houston , Texas
2005 No Body Puts Baby in a Corner , Redbud Gallery, Houston , Texas
2004 Keep These Objects Safe , Mackey Gallery, Houston, Texas
2003 Artificial Artifacts , The Davenport, Houston, Texas
2002 Sub-Surfaces , Forbidden, Dallas , Texas
1998 Looking Glass , Past Perfect, Fort Worth , Texas
1997 Broken , Past Perfect, Fort Worth, Texas
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 Bookworks, Galveston Art Center , Galveston , Texas
The Book "ever after", curated by Janet Hassinger, College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas
2006 Unhinging the Distance, curated by Kathy Kelley Commerce Street Warehouse, Houston , Texas
Slide Lecture- Slide Show Happy Hour, BBAP Law Offices, Houston , Texas
Honorable Mention, The Figure Show, TAACCL, Nassau Bay , Texas
Caged fish and Gloryholes, Buffalo Bayou Art Park-Law Offices, Houston , Texas
2 nd Place , Erotica , KSpace Art Studios, Corpus Christi , Texas
2005 Pornophilia, Bootleg Studios, Houston , Texas
Erotica , Gallery Lombardi, Austin , Texas
Art on Loan Project, City Hall, Houston Texas
The Back Room, 101 Gallery, Houston , Texas
Hello Again, TAACCL, Nassau Bay, Texas
The Big Show, curated by Michael Olijnyk (The Mattress Factory), Lawndale Art
Center, Houston, Texas
Luck of the Draw, Diverse Works, Houston, Texas
Best in Show, Erotica , KSpace Art Studios, Corpus Christi, Texas
2004 Line Up: A Drawing Show, 101 Gallery, Houston , Texas
ARTCrawl, Commerce Street Warehouse, Houston , Texas
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Commerce Street Warehouse, Houston,
Texas
17 th Annual Day of the Dead, Retablos, Lawndale Art Center,
Houston, Texas
2003 Miniature , Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston Texas
50/50 , Commerce Street Warehouse, Houston, Texas
Erotica , Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas
Art Car Showcase, Local Arts Houston, Houston, Texas
2001 Faculty Show, College of the Mainland, Texas City , Texas
2000 Puppets and Rockets, Forbidden, Dallas, Texas
Selected Public and Private Collections
Museum of Fine Arts , Houston , Houston , Texas
Tom and Barbara Solis, Houston, Texas
Dixie Friend Gay, Houston, Texas
Wei Hong, Houston, Texas
Jeff and Apama Mackey, Houston , Texas
Gus and Sharon Kopriva, Houston, Texas
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