updated 4.06.2014
Norberto Gomez, Jr.
Baltimore, MD
previously, Richmond, VA & Houston, TX
b. 1983, Alice, TX
contact
Mailto: info@norbertogomezjr.com
URL: http://www.norbertogomezjr.com
education
PhD, 2013 Media Art & Text Virginia Commonwealth University
MFA, 2009 Painting & Drawing University of Houston
BFA, 2006 Fine Arts Texas A&M University –Kingsville
solo
2013, (e)merge art fair, Capitol Skyline Hotel, Washington, DC
2013, THE OCCULT NATURE OF STYLE, Gallery A, Richmond, VA
2013, FORTY-FIVE NEW DRAWINGS + ONE MOVING PICTURE: Regarding Influence + Cannibalism + Friendship, Mobile Art Bus, Virginia Center for Latin American Art (VACLAA), Richmond, VA
2009, Dog's Bark, Small Projects Gallery, University of Houston
2006, The Two-headed Boy and other Amazing Characters, BFA Thesis Show, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
two-person
2011, timesteps, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, With Debra Barrera
2009, Out of Our Hands, K-Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX, With Melissa Marks Garner
2007, New Works, Conner Museum, Kingsville, TX, With JB Cantu, essay by Dr. George Vargas
group
2014, Young Masters, Texas A&M University -Kingsville, TX
2013, RVA Street Art Festival, Richmond, VA
2013, Transgressions, Capital One, Richmond, VA, In Association with Virginia Center for Latin American Art
2012, Winter Group Show, Gallery A, Richmond, VA
2010, Fireworks Night, Godspeeed Gallery, Richmond, VA
2010, Times 20 Plus, Mighty Fine Arts Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009, Monster Show 4, Domy Books, Houston & Austin, TX
2009, The AMG Visual Stimulus Package, Apama Mackey Gallery, Houston, TX
2009, Sound Forms, Aurora Theater, Houston, TX, CuratorsMary & Stephan Hillerbrand
2009, MFA Thesis Show, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston
2008, Dis, Dat, Deez, Doz, The Joanna, Houston, TX
2008, Beyond the Wasteland, Domy Books, Houston, TX
2007, Drawing Show, The Joanna, Houston, TX
2007, Collective Playground, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, In association with Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts
2006, Children of the Third Coast, Progreso Art Gallery, Nuevo Progreso, MEXICO
2005, Group Show, Taller de Rufino Tamayo, Oaxaca, MEXICO
curating
2013, BYOB-RVA II, Hardywood Park Craft Brewery / 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2012, BYOB-RVA/InLight Richmond , juror Melissa Ho, Richmond, VA
2012, BYOB-SATX,w/Lullwood Group, 107 Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2010, Fireworks Night,Godspeeeed Gallery, Richmond, VA, Featuring: Paul Slocum, Jon Rafman, Parker Ito, Rhys Coren, Vanessa VanAlstyne, Jesica Garcia, Adam Dean, Vaughn W. Garland
residencies
2012-13, Bathroom paintings, Strange Matter, Dec-Jan, Richmond, VA
2011, Many Mini Residency, Skydive, Houston, TX
conferences, other
2014, CAA, FATE, Chicago, Paper: "New Theories of the Dérive: Applying Situationist Urban Mapping Tactics to Digital Visual Communication"
2012, SECAC, Durham, NC, Paper: “Dead Man’s Bell: Virilio’s Tele-vision & the Cybernetic Eternity”
2011, SECAC, Savannah, GA, Paper: “The Return of the Executable –Critique of Code Art”
2008, The Artist Saloon, Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX
bibliography
2013-present Digital America, Regular Contributor, University of Richmond
"In Memory of a Cannibal: Riz Ortolani (1926-2014)," no. 2 vol 1, Winter 2014
"Section II: The Magical Mystery Revival," no. 2 vol. 1, Winter 2014
"A Stranger-web: The Death & Rebirth of the Chatroom," no. 1 vol. 2, Fall 2013
“Dead Man’s Bell: Virilio’s Tele-vision & the Cybernetic Eternity,” no. 1 vol. 1, Fall 2013
2013-present Fangoria, Freelance Contributor, digital and print
Review: "CHIMÈRES" (online)
“Nightmare on the Bayou –True Spirit,” Fangoria: American Haunts Edition
publications
2014, "I Will Not Make Art in Brooklyn," C.A.N. Magazine, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Korea.
2013,"Local Galleries are Making a Splash at (e)merge --Part 2 of 2," Eric Hope, East City Art, online, Oct. 1st 2013
2013,Open Source RVA with host, Don Harrison, WRIR Radio, Richmond, VA, Feb. 1, 2013.
2013,BYOB-SATX2, Texas Public Radio, NPR, KSTX Radio, San Antonio, TX, Jan. 31, 2013
2013,"Going Mobile," Christine Stoddard, Style Weekly, Richmond, VA. Jan. 30, 2013.
2013,The Soundtrack of My Life with host Adam Dean, Barry University Radio, January 2013
2013,Interview: The Strange Matter of Norberto Gomez, Jr., Spencer L. Turner -Ex. Director Virginia Center for Latin American ArtVACLAAESQUE BLOG
2008,Nanofiction, Volume 2, Issue 1, Houston, TX, Featured artist –cover and inside spread
music
2012-present, Night Chills
Discography:
2013, Zenn-La EP
2012, Shalla-Bal EP
2009-present, Solo -CANNIBAL BOOM
Discography:
2013, FRIENDS TWO
2009, SHITTALKINGMONSTER
2003-2009, Communal Death Duck
Discography:
2009, Pink Pony
2008, Fly Exodus, Fly
2006, We Got Sunshine
2004, Hot Cocoa 4 the Masses
2004, Recordings: 2003-04
Radio Airplay:
KTRU 91.7 FM Houston, TX
KRTU 91.7 FM San Antonio, TX
KSYM 90.1 FM San Antonio, TX
KTAI 91.1 FM Kingsville, TX
KDVS 90.3 FM Davis, CA
KXLU 88.9 FM Los Angeles, CA
WBNY 91.3 FM Buffalo, NY