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A timeline of our key murals, installations, and community projects from 2015 to today, showcasing our ongoing commitment to art, culture, and social justice in The Bay Area

Los Pobres Artistas

Oakland, California

lospobresartistas@gmail.com

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2025


  • A panel talk with Los Pobres Artistas hosted by Roberto Martinez of East Side Arts Alliance

  • "The Glitch Research Center" group residency at RCCD, Emeryville (May)

  • Interactive sculpture, storytelling and art activation commemorating 5 years since COVID with El Tímpano and East Side Arts Alliance, Josie de la Cruz Park in Fruitvale Oakland (Mar)

  • La Sandia fundraiser circus event at The Glitch Research Center (May)

  • Two murals in Fresno with Caleb Duarte and Fresno Arts Council on themes of migration and belonging (July)



2024


  • Ceasefire street art intervention with Art Forces (January)

  • “Dignity Love Nature Family” mural at A Better Way, Fruitvale Oakland (February)

  • "Sumud Mural" collaboration with Susan Greene and Emory Douglas, Downtown Oakland (May)

  • La Concordia Wellness Center Mural, Concord (July)

  • "Home is Where the Heart Is" Los Pobres Artistas art exhibition at Medicine for Nightmares, SF (Dec)



2023


  • Mural at San Pablo and 34th Street, Oakland (Dec)

  • Indoor mural at La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley (May)

  • “The Stories of Califa” Fruitvale Village, Mosaic tile and acrylic paint (Dec)



2022


  • "Free Palestine" mural at Starry Plough, Berkeley (February)

  • "Día de los Muertos" installation at SOMArts, SF (Nov 3)

  • International Space Station activation: live community painting and senior engagement at Fruitvale BART and Laney College (Nov)

  • Dream Roots, Tus Recetas exhibit at Laney College (Sept)


2021


  • LPA murals on Seminary Ave (April)

  • Untitled mural at EZ Taqueria, 40th and Telegraph, Oakland (April)

  • Tiny Village murals, Hegenburger Oakland (April)

  • Peralta Hacienda mural (October)

  • “Jardineros de la Cultura” indoor mural at La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley (November)



2020


  • “Universal Reflection” cafeteria mural at Verde Elementary School, Richmond (June)

  • Migration mural in Fresno with Caleb Duarte and EDELO Migrante (Jun)

  • "Article 2, Part 2" mural at Adeline & Lowell Street, Oakland (Aug)

  • "Free Them All" mural in Downtown Oakland (Aug)

  • Tip Top Bike Shop murals, Telegraph and 45th, Oakland (Sept)

  • Front façade mural of Verde Elementary School, Richmond CA (Sept)



2019


  • “Above and Beyond” mural at Kaiser Permanente, Oakland (Mar)

  • "Future Relations" art show and mural at SOMArts, SF (Oct)

  • "Future Relations: State of Education" game night at SOMArts (Oct)



2018


  • Future Relations 2 grant by Southern Exposure (Jan)

  • Future Relations 2 book release at Naming Gallery, Downtown Oakland (Feb)

  • "Can’t Stop Won’t Stop" group art show at Ale Industries, Oakland (Apr 10)

  • Organizers of Oakland Mural Festival presented by BAMFest, sponsored by Visit Oakland Jack London Square (May)

  • La Pobre Galería, Gallery Pop-Up, Jack London Sq. (May)

  • "Earth Sanctuary" mural, Chinatown, Oakland (Sept)

  • "Future Relations" protest sign workshop at Incline Gallery, SF (Sept 11)

  • Mural at Harvest Fest, City Slickers Farms West Oakland (Oct)

  • "Article 2" mural at Adeline and Lowell Street, Oakland (Jul)



2017


  • "Future Relations" fanzine at "Exist and Resist" group art show, SF (Jan)

  • Live painting at MAPP Mission Arts Performance Project (March)

  • Mural collaboration with RMA in the Tenderloin (June)

  • Second mural at Lowell Street & Grace Street, Oakland (June)

  • Live painting at Berkeley World Music Festival (June)

  • BAMFest Fundraiser Blacklight Party, Oakland (July 20)

  • Live painting at Wormhole, The New Parish, Oakland (Aug)

  • Mural at Harrison Street & Pearl Street, Oakland (Sept)

  • "Homenaje a Violeta Parra" mural installation at La Peña Cultural Center (Sept)

  • Organized 2nd annual Bay Area Mural Festival week long painting event, Richmond (Oct)

  • BAMFest host mural at 23rd and McDonnel, Richmond (Oct)

  • Mural with Richmond High apprentices for BAMFest Richmond (Nov)

  • "Doing What We Can with What We Have" – LPA exhibit at Last Minute Gear, SF (Nov 24)



2016


  • "The Resistance" mural at Starry Plough, Berkeley (May)

  • Mural at Lowell Street & Grace Street, Oakland (June)

  • Organized 1st annual Bay Area Mural Festival, week long painting event Berkeley/Oakland, (Oct)

  • "The Time Is Now" – Group art show at Café Trieste, Oakland (Nov)



2015


  • “El Otro Once de Septiembre” Indoor mural installation at La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley (Sept)