Tony Banuelos

Tony Banuelos

Born in 1984.
Lives and Works in Los Angeles, CA 

Statement 

Tony Banuelos is a multi-disciplined artist who lurks in the city of Los Angeles, CA. He is currently researching film with a specific interest in the space between entertainment and visual trauma. Like a campy horror flick, his work simulatneously satisfies and repulses the senses. He uses mutated props and sets to reverse the numbing of entertainment, scraping up filth found in its depths in an attempt to salvage knowledge and beauty.

He is awaiting the next hokey apocalypse.

Education
2006    
B.A. Studio Art, Cum Laude,University of California, Irvine

Solo Exhibitions
2006   

Never Expire, Room Gallery, Irvine, California

Group Exhibition
2006

Agent Once, Acuna-Hansen, Los Angeles, California

Never Odd or Even, University Gallery, Irvine, California

Catalyst2, Catalyst Gallery, Irvine, California

Fun.da.mental, University Gallery, Irvine, California

2005

curated by Deborah Oliver, Irrational Exhibits 4, Track 16, Santa Monica, California

Formally Yours, University Gallery, Irvine, California

2004

Callow: Volume One, University Gallery, Irvine, California

Frontieres et Territoires, Barant, Hungary

2003

Frontieres et Territoires, Le Dîwan, Kremlin Bicetre, France

Publications
2006

“Cryptobiosis” Agent Once: Prop(osition) Manual Vol. 1

Collections
2006

Agent Once: Prop(osition) Manual Vol. 1 MOMA Library, Artist’s Book Collection, New York, NY

Honors
2006

Dean’s Scholarship, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, University of California, Irvine