Artist's Biography

Javier Carrillo is a young Southern California artist based in Los Angeles.  Born in 1986 in Michoàcan, Mexico, Javier came to LA at the age of seven. Starting in 1996, and for six years thereafter, Javier attended cartooning and oil painting classes at Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA). HOLA is a center that offers inner city kids from the Rampart community after-school programs in academics, the arts and athletics. Javier’s artwork has been shown in group exhibitions in Los Angeles at El Corazon Gallery and LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) Gallery, and in two solo shows Prints and Drawings at the Grand opening of El Corazon Gallery, Los Angeles and Javier Carrillo: Mi Vida en Los Angeles Paintings, Prints and Drawings at the Blackridge Hall Art Gallery, at The Georgia College & State University.  He will be featured in two upcoming group shows La Banda de Los Siete at the Stanford Faculty Club in Stanford, California and the Lucha Libre show at El Corazon Gallery, LA.

Read an article on Javier Carrillo's work here.

Curator's Biography

Lucas Reiner is an artist who lives and work in Los Angeles.  His work has been seen locally over the years at Thomas Solomon's Garage, Domestic Setting, Bennett Roberts Fine Art, Carl Berg, and LA Louver.  He most recently exhibited his work in New York at Dinter Fine Art, and in Germany and Italy at Galerie Biedermann and Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea respectively.  Los Angeles Trees, 2001-2008, Paintings, Drawings, Filmstills was recently published By Prestel and is available at Art Catalogues at Moca, Pacific Design Center.