CALL FOR SUBMISSION: "MUXERES" 


El Comalito Collective is honored to welcome Crystal Galindo in curating an all muxer exhibit.
 
El Comalito Collective is looking to showcase the amazing works created by the womxn of our communities. In a world that can be so overtly and often times subtly dominated and engulfed by patriarchy, we would like to invite muxeres to help create a space where you can be celebrated in all of your grandeur. This is a general call for submission to those who self-identify as muxeres. After selected works have been confirmed, El Comalito Collective and  Crystal Galindo will write a curatorial statement that weaves all of the accepted works together for an exhibit running from April 8th - May 8th, with an opening reception on April 8th. 

This is open to all womxn. Transwomen and gender non conforming folks highly encouraged to submit.

DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MARCH 22, 2016! We will notify those whose work has been accepted by March 22nd via email.*

How to Submit: 

Email [email protected] the following, using "Muxeres" in the subject line:

  • Name, email, phone number and location
  • A Picture to be used along with your Bio
  • A Brief Bio of no more than 350 words
  • limit is up to 4 submissions with high resolution images of each, with titles, media, dimensions and prices 
  • We will accept all forms of media but we are a small humble gallery so we ask that the work submitted be no bigger than 3ft x 3ft in size.
  • All selected artists are responsible for getting their work to El Comalito Collective (Vallejo, CA) by Sat. April 2nd and for picking up their work no later than May 14th during our regular business hours.
  • All work needs to be ready to exhibit (framed and/or ready to hang with all hardware provided).

* El Comalito Collective collects a 20% commission for all sales during the exhibit and will email selected artists an Artist agreement with all of the terms for the work. 
About the curator:

Crystal Galindo is a Yaqui-Xicana artist living in the San Francisco Bay area. Born and raised in Tulare County, Crystal grew up with dreams of being a well known artist/figure painter. Her first drawings were in coloring books and the blank pages of bedtime stories shared among her three siblings. Determined to perfect her skill, she spent countless hours filling lined notebooks with her studies of figures, ranging from close-ups of faces to cholo style portraits. Crystal's main influence in the arts was her father, who gave up his own dreams of portraiture to support his family. 

Crystal was self-taught until 2004, when she enrolled in drawing fundamentals and beginning painting at College of the Sequoias. Coupling her innate understanding of the human figure and technical instruction, Crystal's skill quickly evolved, supplementing the conceptual projects that began to take shape in painting form. Moving to the San Francisco Bay area, her work began to reach a larger audience, with social media helping to propel her exposure. She quickly became recognized for her bright, “confrontational” self-portraits and celebration of her culture. While still in undergrad at Sonoma State University her portraits traveled the state in various group exhibitions and galleries.
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Crystal's popular portrait series Multifacetica spotlights womxn (friends, family and fellow artistas) in a way that focuses on the power and pride her subjects exude. Crystal's work has been shown in numerous venues across the state of California and currently continues to expand to galleries across the country and world. She is currently working on a new series, Xingonxs, to be debuted later this year.