FRANCISCO LOZA
Artist – Educator – Collaborator with Huichol Artisans
LOZA conducts demonstrations and workshops on Arte en Estambre, or Pressed Yarn Technique. LOZA creates his original art by working on wood surfaces covered in two types of wax onto which he presses threads one-by-one into intricate designs to create original and 3-D mixed-media artwork.
LOZA artwork reflects a range of themes, including his interpretations of Huichol spirituality, abstract mixed-media pieces with beads, Mexican cultural traditions, and contemporary themes focused on immigration and nature.
LOZA has over two decades of experience collaborating with Huichol artisans in Nayarit and Jalisco, Mexico, and he has conducted workshops at venues in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
During his tenure at Creative Alliance as Artist-in-Residence, LOZA directed special events with Huichol Shamans and artisans in Washington, DC, Baltimore, MD, and Ohio: (2009-2015).
LOZA has also conducted workshops for students and teachers at Walter’s Art Museum, American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM), and public schools in Baltimore and Winston-Salem, NC. He led workshops for art students from UMBC at Creative Alliance, and workshops with students of all ages at Baltimore Public Schools and Enoch Pratt Libraries (2010-2016).
As Artist-in-Residence at Creative Alliance, LOZA created the “Songs on the Wind” exhibit to showcase cultural traditions of Huichol artists. Joint-Show with Gale Jamieson, BMORE, MD April-May 2010
2015 to present:
LOZA continues to conduct workshops to demonstrate the intricate pressed yarn technique—Arte en Estambre. and share his visions of contemporary, abstract, and traditional themes in his original artwork. LOZA shares his work at events and upon request at his new gallery/studio space in Baltimore, MD.
Permanent showings, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of western Hemisphere Washington DC
Loan to Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Washington DC 2018-2019
EXHIBITS:
American Visionary Art Museum, Collective: Oct 2018- sept 2019
Center Gallery, Arlington, VA Solo Exhibit: October-November 2018
International Festival, Consulate of Mexico, Raleigh, NC, October 2017
Arlington Arts Center (ACC), Arlington, VA, November 2016
Delta Arts Center and Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC, March -May 2016
“MexHibit”, City of Raleigh Museum, North Carolina, June 2016
Collective Exhibit, Torpedo Factory, Arlington, VA, August 2016
Gallery of Art, Fells Point, MD, February 2016
Hollywood Forever, Main Gallery, Collective Exhibit, Los Angeles, CA, November 2015
“Unusual Mediums” Collective Exhibit: B&G Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, August 2015
Enoch Pratt Library, Exhibits and Workshops, 2013—2015
Featured Artist in Spotlight Series, University of Maryland, Baltimore, October 2014
National Aquarium, Baltimore, MD October 2014-2011
Underground Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas, August 2014
Still Life Gallery, Ellicott City, MD, October 2013
The Walter’s Art Museum, Baltimore, March 2012
American Visionary Arts Museum (AVAM), MD, January 2012 (collective)
National Museum of American Indians, Smithsonian, Washington, DC, June 2011
University of Toledo Center for Visual Arts, Toledo, Ohio, (2004; 2010)
Institute of Traditional Medicine, Toronto, Canada, September 2007
Mexican Consulate, Toronto, Canada, September 2007
Alliant University, Mexico City, Mexico, 2006 and 2007
Other U.S. Exhibitions:
2013 Galaxy Cream, Amalie Rothschild Gallery, Baltimore
2012 Carroll Arts Center, Westminster, MD,
2011 Glen House ART, Yellow Spring, OH,
(Joint show with Huichol artisans)
2010 Conservatory and Botanic Gardens of Baltimore, MD
2009 Gallery Spectra, Group Show, Baltimore, MD
2004 The Toledo Botanical Gardens, Toledo, OH
2004 Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, OH
2004 Sophia Quintero Art and Cultural Center, Toledo, OH
2003 Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem State University, NC
2003 Alvear Studio, Washington, DC
2003 Sassafras Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2002-3 Fiesta del Pueblo Fair, Raleigh, NC
1995 Waterman Gallery, Ocean Side, CA
1995 Pine Street Gallery, Nevada City, CA
1991 Las Fiestas de Cinco de Mayo, San Jose, CA
MEXICO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Art Gallery Millan, Puerto Vallarta, MX
2006-7 Alliant University, Mexico City
2006 U.S. Embassy Fair, Mexico City
2006 Café Dalí, Mexico City (joint shows with Huichol artisans)
2005 American School Foundation Art Fair, Mexico City
2005 Casa Tomada, México City
2004-3 El Cafecito Galería, Sayulita, Nayarit
2002-3 U.S. Consulate, Guadalajara, Mexico
2002 Expo Latino Americana, Guadalajara
2001-2003: Workshops at The Lake Chapala Society, Guadalajara
2001 Galería del Tercer Mundo, San Francisco, Nayarit
2000 Paradise Plaza, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit
1999 Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Tepic, Nayarit
1997 Galería La Colección, Puerto Vallarta
1997 Festival Cervantino, Guanajuato, Mexico
1994 Primer Feria de la Mexicanidad, Tepic, Nayarit
1994 Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara
1990-93 Hotel Costa Azul, San Francisco, Nayarit
CANADA EXHIBIITIONS
2007 Institute of Traditional Medicine, Toronto, Ontario
2007 Consulate of Mexico, Fiesta Patrias Fair, Toronto, Ontario
MEDIA
2011 National Public Radio, WYPR-FM, Baltimore, MD
2004 Canal de la Cultura, Canal Once, Mexico City
2003 TV Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco
2002 Radio Universidad, Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco
AWARD: Recipient of The Key to the City for Outstanding Contribution in the Arts, Toledo, Ohio (2004)
Artist – Educator – Collaborator with Huichol Artisans
LOZA conducts demonstrations and workshops on Arte en Estambre, or Pressed Yarn Technique. LOZA creates his original art by working on wood surfaces covered in two types of wax onto which he presses threads one-by-one into intricate designs to create original and 3-D mixed-media artwork.
LOZA artwork reflects a range of themes, including his interpretations of Huichol spirituality, abstract mixed-media pieces with beads, Mexican cultural traditions, and contemporary themes focused on immigration and nature.
LOZA has over two decades of experience collaborating with Huichol artisans in Nayarit and Jalisco, Mexico, and he has conducted workshops at venues in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
During his tenure at Creative Alliance as Artist-in-Residence, LOZA directed special events with Huichol Shamans and artisans in Washington, DC, Baltimore, MD, and Ohio: (2009-2015).
LOZA has also conducted workshops for students and teachers at Walter’s Art Museum, American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM), and public schools in Baltimore and Winston-Salem, NC. He led workshops for art students from UMBC at Creative Alliance, and workshops with students of all ages at Baltimore Public Schools and Enoch Pratt Libraries (2010-2016).
As Artist-in-Residence at Creative Alliance, LOZA created the “Songs on the Wind” exhibit to showcase cultural traditions of Huichol artists. Joint-Show with Gale Jamieson, BMORE, MD April-May 2010
2015 to present:
LOZA continues to conduct workshops to demonstrate the intricate pressed yarn technique—Arte en Estambre. and share his visions of contemporary, abstract, and traditional themes in his original artwork. LOZA shares his work at events and upon request at his new gallery/studio space in Baltimore, MD.
Permanent showings, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of western Hemisphere Washington DC
Loan to Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Washington DC 2018-2019
EXHIBITS:
American Visionary Art Museum, Collective: Oct 2018- sept 2019
Center Gallery, Arlington, VA Solo Exhibit: October-November 2018
International Festival, Consulate of Mexico, Raleigh, NC, October 2017
Arlington Arts Center (ACC), Arlington, VA, November 2016
Delta Arts Center and Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC, March -May 2016
“MexHibit”, City of Raleigh Museum, North Carolina, June 2016
Collective Exhibit, Torpedo Factory, Arlington, VA, August 2016
Gallery of Art, Fells Point, MD, February 2016
Hollywood Forever, Main Gallery, Collective Exhibit, Los Angeles, CA, November 2015
“Unusual Mediums” Collective Exhibit: B&G Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, August 2015
Enoch Pratt Library, Exhibits and Workshops, 2013—2015
Featured Artist in Spotlight Series, University of Maryland, Baltimore, October 2014
National Aquarium, Baltimore, MD October 2014-2011
Underground Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas, August 2014
Still Life Gallery, Ellicott City, MD, October 2013
The Walter’s Art Museum, Baltimore, March 2012
American Visionary Arts Museum (AVAM), MD, January 2012 (collective)
National Museum of American Indians, Smithsonian, Washington, DC, June 2011
University of Toledo Center for Visual Arts, Toledo, Ohio, (2004; 2010)
Institute of Traditional Medicine, Toronto, Canada, September 2007
Mexican Consulate, Toronto, Canada, September 2007
Alliant University, Mexico City, Mexico, 2006 and 2007
Other U.S. Exhibitions:
2013 Galaxy Cream, Amalie Rothschild Gallery, Baltimore
2012 Carroll Arts Center, Westminster, MD,
2011 Glen House ART, Yellow Spring, OH,
(Joint show with Huichol artisans)
2010 Conservatory and Botanic Gardens of Baltimore, MD
2009 Gallery Spectra, Group Show, Baltimore, MD
2004 The Toledo Botanical Gardens, Toledo, OH
2004 Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Toledo, OH
2004 Sophia Quintero Art and Cultural Center, Toledo, OH
2003 Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem State University, NC
2003 Alvear Studio, Washington, DC
2003 Sassafras Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2002-3 Fiesta del Pueblo Fair, Raleigh, NC
1995 Waterman Gallery, Ocean Side, CA
1995 Pine Street Gallery, Nevada City, CA
1991 Las Fiestas de Cinco de Mayo, San Jose, CA
MEXICO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Art Gallery Millan, Puerto Vallarta, MX
2006-7 Alliant University, Mexico City
2006 U.S. Embassy Fair, Mexico City
2006 Café Dalí, Mexico City (joint shows with Huichol artisans)
2005 American School Foundation Art Fair, Mexico City
2005 Casa Tomada, México City
2004-3 El Cafecito Galería, Sayulita, Nayarit
2002-3 U.S. Consulate, Guadalajara, Mexico
2002 Expo Latino Americana, Guadalajara
2001-2003: Workshops at The Lake Chapala Society, Guadalajara
2001 Galería del Tercer Mundo, San Francisco, Nayarit
2000 Paradise Plaza, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit
1999 Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Tepic, Nayarit
1997 Galería La Colección, Puerto Vallarta
1997 Festival Cervantino, Guanajuato, Mexico
1994 Primer Feria de la Mexicanidad, Tepic, Nayarit
1994 Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara
1990-93 Hotel Costa Azul, San Francisco, Nayarit
CANADA EXHIBIITIONS
2007 Institute of Traditional Medicine, Toronto, Ontario
2007 Consulate of Mexico, Fiesta Patrias Fair, Toronto, Ontario
MEDIA
2011 National Public Radio, WYPR-FM, Baltimore, MD
2004 Canal de la Cultura, Canal Once, Mexico City
2003 TV Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco
2002 Radio Universidad, Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco
AWARD: Recipient of The Key to the City for Outstanding Contribution in the Arts, Toledo, Ohio (2004)