Selected Exhibitions and Prizes

2017
Pura Belpre Gold Medal in Illustration for Lowriders to the Center of the Earth from Chronicle Books
Political Discourse, University Hall Gallery, UMASS, Boston, MA
SpongeBob comics, issue #69, United Plankton Pictures
Guys Read: Heroes and Villains, Walden Pond Press, New York, NY

2016  
The Aesop Prize for Lowriders to the Center of the Earth from the American Folklore Society
“The Original Art”, Museum of Illustration at the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
“Forbidden Frontera”, Carroll and Sons, Boston, MA
“Nowhere/Everywhere”, Thompson Gallery, Cambridge School, Weston, MA
“Regalo”, Solo Exhibition, Special Projects Gallery, Boston Universoty, Boston, MA
Lowriders in Space volume 2 Lowriders to the Center of the Earth, Chronicle Books
“Meme”, Alden Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2015
“The El Paso Kid”, Solo Exhibiton, Hollister Gallery, Babson College, Babson Park, MA
“Raul Gonzalez and Elaine Bay: Books and Prints”, Gelb Gallery at Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
“Adventures in Drawing”, solo exhibition, ArtSpace, Raleigh, North Carolina
“Society in Upheaval”, Three Artists Respond, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Keynote Speaker, MATSOL conference, Framingham, MA
Publication: SpongeBob Squarepants  Swimtacular,  United Plankton Pictures, 2015
“Square”, Alden Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2014
“Hero’s Welcome or El Museo de los Perdidos”, La Galeria at Villa Victoria, Boston, MA
“One Language is Never Enough”, Fitchburg Museum of Art, Fitchburg, MA
Publication: Lowriders in Space, Chronicle Books, wherever books are sold Nov, 2014
“Seven”, Alden Gallery, Provincetown, MA
“Two Artists and Their Books: Karl Stevens and Raul Gonzalez III”, Suffolk University, Boston, MA

2013
“Wake up Call” (solo show), New Hampshire Museum of Art, Durham , NH
“Grand Exitos y la Obra de Sobrevivir” (solo show), Beland Gallery, Lawrence, MA
“Los Nuevos Guerreros,” Alden Gallery, Provincetown, MA
“Los Nuevos Guerreros,” (solo show) Carroll and Sons Gallery, Boston, MA

2012
“The Calendar’s Tales,” 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
“Tranqilandia,” Nancy Lincoln Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA
“Mojados y Polvosos,” Black Book Gallery, Denver, CO
“Tranquilandia” solo exhibition, Beaver Country Day, Boston, MA
“Merrily”, Tufts University Aidekman Arts Center, Medford, MA
“Mextasy!”, Ohio State University, Cleveland, Ohio

2011
“Cannot be Described in Words,” Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
“Future Perfect, Beautiful/Decay,” Los Angeles, CA
“75 Artist 75 Years,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
“The question of Drawing,” Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME
“East meets West,” San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
“Brutal Doodle,” Lufthansa Studios, Boston, MA
“Close Distance,” Mills Art Gallery, Boston, MA
“and their Families,” Linde Family Wing, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

2010
“Artadia Award Show,” Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
“Ed Emberley and Friends,” Scion Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
“Artist Encounter, Artist Residency,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
“Boston Related, Fourth Wall Project,” Boston, MA
“El Frijol, El Negrito, and the Angel,” 301Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
“Conmocion Mural,” Boston Art Commission, East Boston, MA
“Sixface,” permanent collection, Los Angeles Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles., CA
“SugiPOP!,” Portsmouth Museum of Art, Portsmouth, NH
“Small Gift,” Scope Art Fair, Art Basel, Miami, FL
“I’d Rather Die Standing,” Slanguage and Self-help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA

2009
“Look’um Here (it might could’a been),” Carroll and Sons, Boston, MA
“Bare-Knuckle Brawlers,” L.A.B., Allston, MA
“Sixth Annual Juried Exhibition,” Tufts Aidekman Gallery, Medford, MA
“Holy GJYDhad,” Space 242, Boston, MA
“Drawing exhibition,” Sacramento Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA

2008
“Night of a thousand drawings,” The Drawing Center, Soho, NY
“I Politic,” Gallery IV, Boston, MA
“On the Street,” Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
“Inappropriate Touching,” Washington St. Arts Center, Somerville, MA
“Chingasos,” Solo Exhibition, NEGLAA Gallery, E. Boston, MA

2007
“Proof of Purchase,” RHYS Gallery, Boston, MA
“Leave the Light On,” Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
“4th Juried Summer Show,” Aidekman Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA
“COLLECT THEM ALL!,” ESSEX Art Center, Lawrence, MA
“theMiracle5 ¡attack!,” RHYS Gallery, Boston, MA

Grants and Awards

2016 
Mass Cultural Council Fellowship for Painting

2015
Brother Thomas Fellowship Award

2012  
Mass Cultural Council Award for Drawing

2011 
Wet Paint Grant, Canson art supplies and Beautiful/Decay

2010
Best Visual Artist, the Boston Phoenix

2009  
Artadia Award Winner

 

Teaching Artist Experience

2014-present  
Graphic Novel course, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

2004-2014  
Drawing and Graphic Novel instructor, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

2008-present 
Drawing and Comicbook illustration, Maude Morgan Visual Arts Center, Cambridge MA

2009-present 
Visiting Artist, Young Audiences of Massachusetts, Boston, MA

 

Publications

2006   
Illustrator, Philisophical Tales by Martin Cohen, Blackwell and Wiley, Boston, MA

2014  
Illustrator, Dream another Dream by Various, Locust Moon Press, Philedelphia, PA

2014  
Illustrator/co-creator, Lowriders in Space by Cathy Camper, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA

2014-present 
Contributor to SpongeBob Squarepants, United Plankton Publications, Chris Duffy editor

2016  
Illustrator/co-creator, Lowriders to the Center of the Earth by C.Camper, Chronicle Books, CA

2017  
Illustrator/co-creator El Cucuy and the BoogeyMan by C.Camper, Walden Media, NY,New York