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Antonio Mendoza Antonio Mendoza, the son of Cuban exiles, was born in Miami, Florida and raised in Madrid, Spain. After receiving a degree in Semiotics from Brown University, he moved to Los Angeles where he hoped to land a job in the film industry. Instead, he landed on a friend's couch and decided that a career as an artist was more his calling. Eighteen years later, he still lives in L.A. with his wife, two children and five working computers. His art work ranges from classically inspired oil paintings to collages, lenticular images, digital projections and interactive web pages. He has exhibited in galleries and museums in Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, Houston, Zurich, Frankfurt, Karlsruhe, Sao Paolo, Seville and Madrid. His work has been reviewed by Artforum, New York Post, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, El Pais, Glue Magazine, Axcess, Wired, and other cyber magazines. His two web sites, www.subculture.com and www.mayhem.net, combine his dual interest in art and crime. Together they log over 40,000 page impressions a day. In the year 2000 he completed a true-crime book, "Killers on the Loose," that has been published by Virgin Books. On his days off he plays music with the digital collective, Mr. Tamale. | ||
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BORN | ||
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1960 |
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Miami, Florida |
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EDUCATION | ||
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1983 |
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B.A. Semiotics, Brown University, Providence, RI |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS | ||
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2000 |
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"Innocence and Loss: Analog and Digital", NEWSPACE, Los Angeles, CA |
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1998 |
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"Beyond.Human", NEWSPACE, Los Angeles, CA |
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1996 |
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"Beast for a Day", NEWSPACE, Los Angeles, CA |
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1995 |
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"Silicon Desires", Rita Dean Gallery, San Diego, CA |
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1994 |
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"The Shy Pornographer", Rita Dean Gallery, San Diego, CA |
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1993 |
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"The Kinder, Gentler Christ", Rita Dean Gallery, San Diego, CA |
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1990 |
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"Carmona Siglo 13", Estudio Jose Perez de Lama, Sevilla, Spain |
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1989 |
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"Inaugural Gala", Saloon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS | ||
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2002 |
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"Savage Signs in the Digital Realm", Kings Road Schindler House / MAK Center, West Hollywood, CA |
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2001 |
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"Medi@terra 01, International Art and Technology Festival", Travelling microMuseum with stops in Lavrion-Athens, Greece; Sofia-Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Maribor, Slovenia; Frankfurt, Germany |
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"FILE-2001- Electronic Language International Festival", Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo, Brazil |
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"CYNETart, International Festival of Computer-Based Art", Dresden, Germany |
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"LA, CA", Newspace, Los Angeles, CA |
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"Art Frankfurt, Webcast Lounge", curated by Mario Hergueta in collaboration with Station Rose, Frankfurt/Main, Germany |
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"Paintaholics", curated by Marcea Goldberg, New Image Art, West Hollywood, CA |
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"Irrational Exhibits", curated by Deborah Oliver, Track 16, Santa Monica, CA |
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"Entre Blade Runner y Mickey Mouse", Sala de Exposiciones de los Nuevos Ministerios, Madrid, Spain |
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"Project Mayhem", 5iftybucks Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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1999 |
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Art Frankfurt, "New Attitudes, " Frankfurt, Germany |
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"Grid Locked", Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Gary Szymanski |
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"Americans in Cuba, Cubans in America", Organized by Michael Childs & Mat Gleason, Eye-Five Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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1998 |
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Art Zuerich 98, Zurich, Switzerland |
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Art Frankfurt, "New Attitudes," Frankfurt, Germany |
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1997 |
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Gramercy International Contemporary Art Fair at the Chateau Marmont , Hollywood, CA |
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"Newspace in Las Vegas", Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV |
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"Art Dogs", George's Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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"Los Barbaros de Los Angeles", LATC, Los Angeles, CA |
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1996 |
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Third Annual International Contemporary Art Fair at the Chateau Marmont with Newspace, Hollywood, CA |
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THE EROTIC AND THE SUBLIME, Gail Michael Collection & Gallery, Studio City, curated by Michell Depuy |
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The Mini Mall Show, Los Angeles, CA |
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GREEN, Factory Place Gallery, Los Angeles, Curator: Mat Gleason |
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1995 |
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Second Annual International Contemporary Art Fair at the Chateau Marmont, Hollwood, CA |
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"In the Pocket", Random Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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1994 |
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BALLS, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA |
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DOWNTOWN LIVES, DADA, Los Angeles, CA |
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LUST: 4TH ANNUAL EROTIC ART SHOW, Rita Dean Gallery, San Diego, CA |
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THE ART OF DREAMING, Dogtown, Los Angeles, CA |
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1993 |
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DOWNTOWN LIVES, DADA, Los Angeles, CA |
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1992 |
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FEAR OF HUMAN SURVIVAL: 2ND ANNUAL EROTIC ART SHOW, Rita Dean Gallery, San Diego, CA |
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1991 |
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The Bladerunning Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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50 Bucks, Los Angeles, CA |
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CAUGHT LOOKING: 1ST ANNUAL EROTIC ART SHOW, Rita Dean Gallery, San Diego, CA |
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1990 |
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LOS ANGELES NEW ORLEANS, Fiona Whitney Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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1987 |
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Fiona Whitney Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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WEB SITES | ||
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Mayhem Net: http://www.mayhem.net |
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Internet Crime Archives: http://www.mayhem.net/Crime/archives.html |
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Subculture: http://www.subculture.com |
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AWARDS | ||
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Nominated for the "\\international media\art award" by ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie), Karlsruhe and SWR (Südwestrundfunk Fernsehen Aktuelle Kultur), Baden-Baden, Germany |
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3rd Prize, "FILE-2001- Electronic Language International Festival", Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo, Brazil |
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BOOKS | ||
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2002 |
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"Teen Rampage: Schoolyard Killers, Family Annihilators & Teenage Psychopaths", Virgin Books |
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2000 |
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"Killers on the Loose, Unsolved Cases of Serial Murder", Virgin Books; ISBN: 0753504421 |
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REVIEWS | ||
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2002 |
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Roberta Bosco & Stefano Caldana, "Arte.Red 2001", LA OPINION DIGITAL, February 15, 2002 |
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2001 |
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Nicolas Ritoux, "La terreur informatique, une forme d'art?", La Presse, October 24 |
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Raechel Davidson, "NET PRACTICE", Histories of Internet Art: Factions and Fictions |
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Bonnie Cha, "La Vida Loquacious", GLUE MAGAZINE, July-August |
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Holly Willis, "Signal Noise", LA WEEKLY, June 29-July 5 |
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2000 |
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Jose Perez de Lama, "Hacktivistas", Pasajes, Issue # 22 (reproductions), December |
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Jose Perez de Lama, "Babilonia Global", Boletin Fidas, Issue # 18 (cover), May |
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1999 |
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Laurie Pike, "Killer Obsession", LOS ANGELES TIMES, August 4 |
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Deborah Picker, "Tony Mendoza's Passion for Paint and Carnage", Glue Magazine, March-April |
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1998 |
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Andrew Hultkrans, "hot.list", ARTFORUM, (reproduction) April |
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1997 |
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Greta, "Internet Crime Archives", THE FINGER, (reproduction) Dec 15 |
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"What's Lurking on the Web", NEWSWEEK, (reproduction) April 7 |
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Susan Kandel, "Pig' Mania", LOS ANGELES TIMES, January 9 |
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1996 |
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Joseph Woodard, LOS ANGELES TIMES, VALLEY EDITION, August 29 |
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"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner..." AXCESS MAGAZINE, October-November |
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"Internet Crime Archives", INTERNET UNDERGROUND |
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1995 |
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"Not Just Any Afterthought", WIRED MAGAZINE, June |
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Steev Hise, "Image Pirate", SYNERGY, Winter |
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Kyle Shannon, Interview with Antonio Mendoza, URBAN DESIRES, Issue 1.1 |
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1994 |
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Mat Gleason, Top 21, COAGULA |