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Artist Shizu Saldamando talks with Cuauhtemoc Hernandez about her art  and inspirations, her recent exhibition "L.A. Intersections" at  Occidental College, her personal and educational background, collaborations with other artists and much more.

Artist Shizu Saldamando talks with Cuauhtemoc Hernandez about her art  and inspirations, her recent exhibition "L.A. Intersections" at  Occidental College, her personal and educational background, collaborations with other artists and much more.

Shizu Saldamando Interview - The Libros Schmibros Podcast

Shizu Saldamando was born and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts.    Shizu's solo show 'LA Intersections' at Oxy Arts -  VIRTUAL TOUR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qyEqFGRl88    Exposé  Exposed to love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23MGB8QtLgI     The Peechees  Pepper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE0bVCZxDmw   The Brat Attitude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTZtdRR4gp8   Girl in a Coma Their Cell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWex1mxJfyU   Joe Bataan Ordinary Guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvrSDFegTpQ   Limp Wrist I love hardcore boys/i love boys hardcore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIUbL2QZUyYYou can find Shizu's work and the work of all the other artists involved in this podcast on www.whatartistslistento.com and @whatartistslistentopodcast on Instagram.    The podcast is hosted by the artist Pia Pack www.piapack.com / @piapack

Shizu Saldamando was born and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. She received her B.A. from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts.    Shizu's solo show 'LA Intersections' at Oxy Arts -  VIRTUAL TOUR <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qyEqFGRl88" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qyEqFGRl88</a>   Exposé  Exposed to love <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23MGB8QtLgI" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23MGB8QtLgI</a>   The Peechees  Pepper <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE0bVCZxDmw" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE0bVCZxDmw</a>   The Brat Attitude <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTZtdRR4gp8" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTZtdRR4gp8</a>   Girl in a Coma Their Cell <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWex1mxJfyU" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWex1mxJfyU</a>   Joe Bataan Ordinary Guy <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvrSDFegTpQ" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvrSDFegTpQ</a>   Limp Wrist I love hardcore boys/i love boys hardcore <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIUbL2QZUyY" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIUbL2QZUyY</a>You can find Shizu's work and the work of all the other artists involved in this podcast on <a href="http://www.whatartistslistento.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.whatartistslistento.com</a> and @whatartistslistentopodcast on Instagram.  The podcast is hosted by the artist Pia Pack <a href="http://www.piapack.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.piapack.com</a> / @piapack

Shizu Saldamando discusses her work in "Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter." Shizu Saldamando (born 1978) depicts how American social spaces are the laboratories for new ways of being. Her portraits playfully suggest that race, gender, and ethnicity act as white noise to the scene at hand; audible, yet not identifiable. Saldamando's visual biographies, which use friends as her subjects, capture the energy of youthful experimentation and the freedom of malleable categories for identity. Born to parents of Japanese and Mexican descent, Saldamando resides in Los Angeles but grew up in San Francisco. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles, for her undergraduate work and received an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. About arriving in Los Angeles, she says: "Growing up in the Mission district in San Francisco, it was predominately a hip-hop culture. Here in Los Angeles, I'd go to shows or house parties, and it would be all Latino kids listening to the Cure and the Smiths. In L.A., I felt normal for the first time." Saldamando's meticulous collaged paintings offer the viewer a subtlety of influences to ponder. Recorded at NPG, September 16, 2011. Interview by Jasmine Fernandez, intern, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program.

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