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Who We Are |
El Comalito Collective is an art gallery and community space that supports and builds community by showcasing underrepresented voices through a collective of works that spark consciousness. This is a space by and for community
El Comalito Collective was born out of the necessity to create a platform for underprivileged artists to be able to connect and build a network of support. El Comal (The griddle) serves as the metaphor for the platform for which the space was created as el comal is the platform that serves as one of the catalysts for heating up tortillas and bringing family together. In the past el comal was centrally located and its heat weaved the family together, much like present day kitchens do. Tortillas are made from corn which is indigenous to our land and churned, ground, and transformed into maza for tortillas which then get heated on a platform, the comal, to act as sustenance and food. El Comalito Collective hopes to serve as the platform that will create sustenance for the Vallejo community through art. |
Our History |
Established in 2015.
Abel and Edgar-Arturo who are coupled and have experiences navigating the art world both as individual gay brown men as well as a gay couple of color decided to open up the space to honor underrepresented voices and together build opportunities for communities to network and create support. El Comalito Collective was born from the belief that art should be both for and by community. |
ABEL RODRIGUEZ
Abel Rodriguez is a Queer Xicano artist who was born in Fairfield, CA in 1979. He received a MFA degree in Painting from Yale School of Art in 2010, and a BFA in Drawing and Painting and Graphic Design from California State University, Long Beach in 2007. He was selected to participate in the Artist in Residence Program at Recology, S.F. in 2011. He has exhibited nationwide and currently works and resides in Vallejo, CA. |
EDGAR-ARTURO CAMACHO-GONZALEZ
Edgar-Arturo Camacho-González is a queer Xicano community activist, artist, and poet living on occupied Ohlone land. He has exhibited his work nationwide and has facilitated workshops for colleges and universities like UC Berkeley, University of Nevada, Napa Valley College, and Cal Maritime as well as for organizations like Somos Familia, STRUT SF and the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach. He is committed to making the communities he is part of safe, vibrant and welcoming for all by networking with people who seek to change the world through a decolonial lens. Edgar-Arturo is a co-founder of El Comalito Collective Cultural Arts Center in Vallejo, CA where he currently resides. |
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