SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004 Performance and Photo Series,Los Angeles and Hawaii, Hawaiian Homegirl

2003 Roark Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2001 Pomona College Art Gallery, Pomona, California

1997 The Contemporary Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii

1994 The New Gallery, Santa Monica, California Journey/Journals

1991 Ventura College Art Gallery, Ventura, California

1998 Channing, Dale and Throckmorton Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1985 Janus Gallery, Los Angeles, California

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004 Patricia Correia Gallery, Mujeres, Santa Monica, California

2001-4 L.A. Metropolitan Water District, Liquid Art, traveling throughout California

2003 Pomona College, Pomona, California

2002 The Contemporary Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii

2001 L.A. River Frogtown Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2000 Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, California, East
of the River

1999 The City of Hope Visitor Center Gallery, Duarte, California, Los Ocho

1998 Olas Gallery, Kauai, Hawaii

1997 Los Angeles Harbor College Art Gallery, Pressing Engagements

1996 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, Hold It
David Lawrence Gallery, Beverly Hills, California 1995 Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Los Angeles, California

1994 Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California, In Terms of Time, and at the
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara,California,

1993 The Works Gallery, Costa Mesa, California Chicano/Chicana; Visceral Images

1992 Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, California Breaking the Barriers

1991 The Contemporary Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, California, Images of Hope

1990 Lindel and Persons Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, Elsa Flores/Carlos Almaraz
Stones Gallery, Kauai, Hawaii, Elsa Flores/Carlos Almaraz Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, California Raging at the Visible: AIDS in the City of Angels Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, California, Artist/Artist Westside Arts Center, Los Angeles, California Monotype Atelier/Collector's Afternoon The Armory Center of the Arts, Pasadena, California AIDS Windows of Remembrance

1989-90 Volcano Arts Center, Hilo, Hawaii
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Stones Gallery, Kauai, Hawaii
Visions of the Volcano

1989 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, Hispanic
Works on Paper
TransAmerica Gallery, Los Angeles, California, L.A.
Spiritual
Security Pacific Gallery, Los Angeles, California
The Private Work of Public Artist
Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach,
California,
Paintings/Elsa Flores & Carlos Almaraz
Pico House, Los Angeles, California, L.A./L.A.
Stones Gallery, Kauai, Hawaii, Coast to Coast

1988 Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, California, Gallery Artists
TransAmerica Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1987 Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California,
Selections from the Permanent Collection
TransAmerica Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Patterns of Illumination
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, California, Paintings

1986 Bronx Museum of Art, New York City, New York
A Decade of En Foco, Photographs
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, California
Only L.A.: Contemporary Variations:
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Landscape/Elements
Pierce College, Woodland Hills, California, Paintings
TransAmerica Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Image Makers/Contemporary Photography in L.A.

1984 ARCO Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, California
L.A.: The Palm Tree

1983 University of Erlangen, Nurenberg, West Germany
Con Carino/Photos of Another America

1982 The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, California

1980 L.A.C.E./Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, California
Espinas, Performance and Installation with Louie Perez
California State University, Long Beach, New Work

1979 Museo Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
Salon of Invited Photographers

PUBLICATIONS

1998 Archives of American Art Journal, Vol. 37, Nos. 1&2,
West Coast, by Paul J. Karlstrom
Smithsonian Institute, Archives of American Art,
Washington, D.C.,
Oral History by Jeffrey J. Rangel

1998 Smithsonian Institute, Archives of American Art, Washington,
D.C.,
Collection of the Papers of Elsa Flores

1995 Chatter Magazine, Joan Quinn, Profile and Interview
L.A. Times Calendar, Gateway to the City of Dreams, by
Suzanne Muchnic, Review of Union Station Gateway Project
Troubling Angels, by Patti Lather, Greyden Press, Ph.D.,
Columbus, Ohio

1994 ArtWeek, Memories Are Mad of This, by Devorah Knaff,
Review of Journey/Journals, New Gallery, Santa Monica,
California
Joan Quinn Profiles, Television interview, Beverly Hills
Public Access

1993 L.A. Reader, Chicano Art in Unlikely Places, by Hope Urban
Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California
Cover Art for Anniversary Gala

1992 Los Angeles Times, Almaraz Tribute at LACMA, Interview by
William Wilson

1990 L.A. Style, In Memory of Carlos Almaraz, Interview by Max
Benavidez

1989 Los Angeles Times, Review by Cathy Curtis
ArtWeek, Review by Betty Ann Brown
ArtWeek, Review by Margarita Nieto
Glamour Magazine (French Edition), June
Carambart Chez Les Chicano
Le Demon Des Anges, May, Centre de Recherche Pour les
Development Cultural, Nantes, France

1988 California Artist Calendar, California international Arts
Foundation
ArtWeek, Review by Margarita Nieto
L.A. Times Magazine, Born in East L.A., by Alan Weisman

1987 City Magazine International, Vivre a L.A., by Claude Defloffre
Hispanic Art in the United States, by John Beardsley and
Jane Livingston

1986 Pasadena Symphony Orchestra, 60th Anniversary Poster

1985 Los Angeles Times, Review by William Wilson
24 Hours in the Life of L.A.: 100 International
Photographers,
Published by Alfred Van der Mark Editions, New York

1983 En Foco, Photo Publication, New York

1982 La Opinion, Illustrator/Photographer/Writer, Los Angeles
L.A. Weekly, Photo Credits

Nuestro Magazine, Photos, New York

1981 Artes Visuales, Museo de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
Performance and Photo Review, Louie Perez and Elsa Flores
Pro Fun, Art and Photography, Pasadena, California
Art in America, October, Photo Review, New York/Mexico City

1980 ArtWeek, Photo Review, September

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS

2002 Calabasas, California
Creekside Village, Westrust Corporation
Ceramic fountain, 10 x 17’ mural and bench.
When The Hills Meet The Sky

1997 City of San Jose, Cultural Affairs, San Jose, California
Ceramic fountain for the Biblioteca Latinoamericano, San
Jose,
Fountain of Knowledge

Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department
Ceramic mural for the El Sereno Recreation Center
indoor pool project

Metropolitan Transit Authority, Metro Blue Line, Del Mar
Station,
Pasadena, California, Fabricate art for the Metro Station

1993 Metropolitan Transit Authority, Architect/Artist Design
Collaboration
Metro Rail Blue Line, Del Mar Station, Pasadena, California

1993 Station Gateway Center, Vignes and Avenida Cesar Chavez, Los
Angeles
Design the park, fountains, benches; fabricate handpainted
ceramic tiles and
reliefs depicting the cultural iconography and diversity of
Los Angeles.
Art team: Elsa Flores, Roberto Gil de Montes and Peter Shire.
Urban Temple by Elsa Flores

1989 California Arts Commission and the State of California
Ronald Reagan State Office Building, Los Angeles, California
68-foot mural, California Dreamscape,
by Elsa Flores and Carlos Almaraz

Awards

2001 Metropolitan Water District, Los Angeles, California
Liquid Art, award for excellence in creating a
fine art water feature in the Los Angeles area.
Paseo Cesar Chavez, Urban Temple.