Exhibitions

Celebrating Dream of Family

by Yolanda Gonzalez
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Thank You Vincent Price Art Museum (VPAM), curator Pilar Tompkins Rivas, Cástulo de La Rocha, and Zoila D. Escobar, Alta Med, Natasha Marin, Mark Murphy, Julian Bermudez, Alfred Fraijo, Art Becerra, Mark Gutierrez, the museum-lenders, and to everyone — more than 300 people — who all attended! My family and friends had a blast!!!

Yolanda Gonzalez VPAM Dream of Family on exhibit through March 14, 2020
Castulo de La Rocha, (featured on left), delivered an exceptional opening speech celebrating Yolanda González and the importance of family in the Mexican community Yolanda, Lauren, Pilar, and Yola.
Mark Murphy catalog design for Yolanda Gonzalez: Dream of Family
Yola, Yolanda Gonzalez Dream of Family

Yolanda González: Sueño de Familia, Dream of Family is on exhibit through March 14, 2020. The exhibition features my art-making family featuring: great-grandfather Juan Nepomuceno López (Mexico, b. 1860 – d. 1940), grandmother Margarita “Mague” López Ibarra (Mexico, b. 1906 – d. 1999), mother Yolanda “Yola” López González (Mexico, b. 1930), and niece Lauren Stacia González (USA, b. 1988).

Yolanda Gonzalez and Natasha Marin at opening of Dream of Family

We are all there in spirit, and can’t wait to share this historic art collection with all of you. Please check VPAM for hours of operation.

Yolanda Gonzalez Dream of Family opens at VPAM
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Yolanda Gonzalez was born into an artistic family whose Mexican heritage dates back multiple generations to present-day Los Angeles. Yolanda’s storied past will be soon be celebrated in a new exhibition celebrating her family and opening this November at the Vincent Price Art Museum in East Los Angeles, “Sueño de la Familia, The Dream of Family.” — Her paintings and sculptures are emboldened by storytelling and the individuals who have made her life extraordinary. Yolanda’s visual narrative is bold, culturally inspired and regularly exhibited in private and public institutions around the world...United States, Africa, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Scotland, Spain… — Yolanda Gonzalez is a vital part of the Los Angeles arts community and actively teaches at Ma Art Space located in East Los Angeles.

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