Biography and CV

Jynx Prado (b. 1996) They/Them

Born and currently based in Los Angeles, Jynx Prado critiques and questions the subtle and drastic shifts and mixtures of internal and external motions and emotions within cultures and nature and the coexistence of them through an interdisciplinary practice. With mediums ranging from traditional drawing tools, fiber, found objects and themself, they create humorous and yet uncanny characters and iconography to embody the irony and absurdity of current events and personal and community conflicts. Prado creates sculptures, performances and visuals that intertwines queerness, their Latino/a/x/e community and historical and mythological texts.

Education

2020 MFA, Art+ Social Practice, OTIS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA.
2018 BFA, Art , California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA.

Affiliations
2016 - Present | Slanguage Studios
2023 - Present | Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles

Solo Exhibitions

2023
Snow White And The Seven Deadly Sins: A Queery Tale, Cerritos College Art Gallery, CA

2022
Intimidating Intimacy, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA

2020
The Nature of Human Law. The Law of Human Nature., OTIS College, Los Angeles, CA.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024
= Go Figure, Artbug Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
= Hometown Hero | Héroe Local, South Gate Art Gallery, South Gate, CA
= TSA 15th Year Anniversary, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles,

2023
= Coming Soon: NOMAD II & TRYST, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
= Despues de la Lluvia / After The Rain, ARTS at Blue Roof, Los Angeles, CA
= Process/Proceso, South Gate Art Gallery, South Gate, CA
= De Aqui, Y De Alla, Fifteen01 Studios, Long Beach, CA
= Sacred Spaces: Reflections Unseen, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Ventura, CA
= Irrational Exhibits #12: Body, Materiality and Systems, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, LA, Los Angeles, CA
= .seen., Office Hours Art Space, CSU Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
= Spectral Analysis, LAUNCH LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
= DEMASIADO, TLALOC Studios X SUPERCHEIF LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
= Snow White And The Seven Deadly Sins: A Queery Tale, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA

2022
= Cycles, Stay Gallery, Downey, CA
= We Run Things, Things Don’t Run We, Angels Gate Art Gallery, San Pedro, CA
= For Some Memory or Some Land, The Frank M. Doyel Arts Pavilion, Costa Mesa, CA
= Installation IV , Stay Gallery, Downey, CA
= NOW, Bendix Building, Los Angeles, CA
= Intimidating Intimacy, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
= Curidate, Take Care of Yourself,  South Gate Art Gallery, South Gate, CA

2021
= Broke With Expensive Taste, VAMA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
= Fissures Video Exhibition, Coaxial Arts, Online Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
= NOMAD, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

2020
= Clear Vision 20/20, FA4 Collective Online Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
= Gallery Platform Los Angeles, OTIS Online Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
= QiPO 02, Bucareli 80, Mexico City, Mexico.
= Greater Los Angeles MFA (GLAMFA), CSU Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA.
= The Nature of Human Law. The Law of Human Nature., OTIS College, Los Angeles, CA.

2019
= Black Friday, D2 Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
= Giant Contraband Robot, Winston Hewitt Studio, Los Angeles.
= Bondage and Freedom, OTIS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA.
= De generación a generación, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA.
= Opencase - Access, MiM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
= Catfish Blues, Winston Hewitt Studio, Los Angeles, CA.
= Graduate Mid-Residency Show, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College, Los Angeles, CA.
2018
= Now Trending, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.
= Content, University Art Gallery, CSU Dominguez Hills, CA.
2017
= FAR Bazaar 2017, Cerritos Community College, Los Angeles, CA.
= High Hopes and Low Times, Winston Hewitt Studio, Carson, CA.
= All My Flowers Are Dead, Winston Hewitt Studio, Carson, CA.
2016
= Pop Art, University Art Gallery, CSU Dominguez Hills, CA.
= "Untitled”, Winston Hewitt Studio, Carson, CA.
= L.A. x Kobe Exchange, Kobe Design University, Japan.
2015
= Today, Winston Hewitt Studio, Carson, CA.

Performances

2023

Pinocchio And The Puppet: A Queery Tale, Irrational Exhibits, Los Angeles, CA
Snow White And The Seven Deadly Sins: A Queery Tale, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA

2020
QiPO 02, Bucareli 80, Mexico City, Mexico.
2019
Monolith(ic), Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA.
Giant Contraband Robot, Winston Hewitt Studio, Los Angeles.
Bondage & Freedom, OTIS College, Los Angeles, CA.
EAT, El Segundo Museum of Art, Los Angeles.
Catfish Blues, Winston Hewitt Studio, Los Angeles.
Graduate Mid-Residency Show, Bolsky Gallery, OTIS College, Los Angeles.
2018
Carnegie International 57th edition, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.

Awards and Fellowships

2022
LACMA Teaching Artist Training Series (TATS) Fellowship

2019
Bill and Wren Chais Award.
Governors’ MFA Fellowship.
2018
Winston Hewitt Scholarship.
2017
CSU Dominguez Hills University Purchase Award.
2016
Praxis Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

Publications

2023
=Angels Gate Art Gallery, We Run Things, Things Don’t Run We Catalog, 2023
=Cerritos Gallery, Dwora Fried | Xavier Cazares Cortez | Jynx Prado Catalog, Blurb, June 15, 2023.
2022
=Frieze Magazine, The Venice Issue No.226 , April 2022 (pg.130)
2019
=Kristen Naeem, “The art of immigration: Long Beach’s MOLAA opens yearly Dia de los Muertos exhibit”, Signal Tribune, October 28, 2019.
=Halley Sutton, “Otis College MFA Open Studios Provides Community Connection and Artistic Showcase” OTIS College News, April 30, 2019.

Artist Talks/Visits

2023
=Angels Gate Cultural Art Center — Studio Soup Artist Talk with Jynx Prado and Ben Cuevas
=Cerritos College — Artist Talk
2020
Santa Monica College — Studio Artist Talk
University of Iowa — Studio Art Artist Talk
CSU, Dominguez Hills Queer Center, Virtual — Queer Center Artist Talk,
The Giant Contraband Robot, Virtual — Artist Talk Series
2018
CSU, Dominguez Hills —Content Exhibition: CSU Dominguez Hills Thesis Exhibition Artist Talk

Residencies

2020-2021    
Slanguage Studios, Wilmington, CA (Completed)

Curatorial Practice

2024
=April 27th - May 26th ??? , Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, CA
2023
=October 7th - Jan 14th Ordinary People: Slanguage Studio’s A.I.R , Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA // Co-Curated with Raven Sanchez in coordination with Slanguage Studio and Studio One Eleven
2022
= October 22nd - December 10th We Run Things, Things Don’t Run We, Angels Gate Cultural Center Gallery, San Pedro, CA // Co-Curated with Gloria Sanchez