CLAUDIO DICOCHEA
EDUCATION
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2009 MFA
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 1999 PBA
University of Arizona, College of Fine Arts, Tucson, AZ 1995 BFA
HONORS AND AWARDS
Artist Grant, Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2010
Graduate College Completion Fellowship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2009
Seymour Rosen Scholarship in Community Leadership, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2008
Special Talent Award, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2008
Graduate Fellowship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2008
Francis Building Mural, Half Moon Bay, CA 2003
Publication, Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art (Bilingual Press), Hispanic Research Center,
2002
California Arts Council Grant, A.I.R., 2001-2002
First Place, The Ford Foundation, Siqueiros-Pollock Binational Painting Award, Museum of Art
and History of the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA), Ciudad Juárez, México 2000
Catalogue, Entre Lineas, The Ford Foundation/Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes 2000
Self Help Graphics, Invited Artist, Los Angeles, CA 1999
SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Crush, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2010
Remastered, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ 2009
Tormento y Amor, Arizona State University, Galleria at the Mercado, Phoenix, AZ 2007
Monster Desire, HOPE VI Art and Culture Partnership, Tucson, AZ 2007
New Confessions, Nuestra Tierra, Half Moon Bay, CA 2004
Cancionero, Nuestra Tierra, Half Moon Bay, CA 2003
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Self-Referential: Art Looking at Art, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ 2011
Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2011
Re-Thinking the Faculty Exhibition, juried by Robert Atkins, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ 2011
The Beauty of Distance, 17th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia 2010
Locals Only, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2009
Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 2009
Everything is Illuminated: Revealing the Back Room, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2009
Conexiones, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ 2009
Otra Voz, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ 2009
Visiones, ALAC, Phoenix, AZ 2009
Chaos Theory X, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, AZ 2009
Deck III, Pravus, Phoenix, AZ 2009
Visions of a New America, Cuervo Studio and Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 2009
Code-Switchers, The Lab, San Francisco, CA 2008
Art and Politics, Institute for Humanities Research, Tempe, AZ 2008
Chaos Theory 9, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, AZ 2008
MFA Summer Juried Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ 2008
Nathan Cummings Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ 2008
MFA Summer Juried Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ 2007
Plastic Fantastic, Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ 2007
Quickening, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ 2005
Convergence, Rancho Linda Vista Gallery, Oracle, AZ 2005
Latino Art Symposia, Hispanic Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, 2003
Regional Artists Show, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 2001
Frontera: Ford, Siqueiros-Pollock, Museo de Arte e Historia (INBA), Ciudad Juárez, México 2000
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books
Elliot, David. The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age, Sydney,
17th Biennale of Sydney Ltd. with Thames & Hudson, Australia 2010
Sette, Lisa & Shikany, Peter. Desert Voices: Down Under, Phoenix, PS Studios 2010
Cochran, Sara. Local Only, Phoenix, PS Studios 2009
Alvarado, Joaquin. Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art, Tempe, Bilingual Press 2002
Cortazar, Enrique. Entre Lineas V Catálogo, Museo de Arte e Historia/INBA with Adair Margo
Gallery, Ciudad Juárez 2000
Articles
Mason, Ngahiraka. The 17th Biennale of Sydney, Art & Australia, September 2010
Te-chen, Chiou. Chronicle of the 17th Sydney Biennale, China Times, June 2010
Abrahamsen, John. Otra Voz, The Noise, January 2009
Andrews, Scott. Claudio Dicochea at Harry Wood Gallery, Java, May 2009
Andrews, Scott. Locals Only at Phoenix Art Museum, Java, August 2009
Bass, Penelope. Culture and Controversy’, Flagstaff Live, February 2009
Nilsen, Richard. Chicano Art: A New Vision, Arizona Republic, July 2009
Cully, Craig. Quickening Comes to MoCA, Downtown Tucsonan, October 2005
Pullen, Suzanne. Sunset Story: Neighborhood Mural, San Francisco Chronicle, September 2003
Online
Hahnefeld, Laura. Editorial Recommendations, Visual Art Source (2010) VisualArtsSource.com
Lisa Sette Gallery’s Striking Exhibition: Claudio Dicochea’s Crush, Arizona Critical Critter (2010)
AzCriticalCritter.wordpress.com
Farrelly, Elizabeth. More Sex and Death, Please: The Art Form of Arrogance, The Age (2010)
theage.com.au
Craft, Wendy. Sydney Biennale Spotlights ASU Herberger Institute Scholars and Artists, Art
Daily, (2010) artdaily.org
Vanesian, Kathleen. Three Lisa Sette Gallery Artists Accepted to 17th Biennale of Sydney,
Phoenix New Times, (2010) blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com
Andrews, Scott. Claudio Dicochea’s Fotonovela, Hearsight Magazine (2009) Hearsight.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Faculty Associate, Drawing, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2010 -11
Teaching Assistant, Drawing, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2006 -09
Research Assistant, Painting & Drawing, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2006 -09
Digital Assets Management Coordinator, The Walt Disney Company, Burbank, CA 2005 -06
Art Instructor, Theatre of Hearts/Youth First, Los Angeles, CA 2000 -05
Resident Artist, California Arts Council Grant, Artist in Residence Program, 2001 -02
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Contemporary Forum Film Series: La Jetée, panelist, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2011
Arizona Mexico Commission Bi-national plenary, presentation, Phoenix, AZ 2011
Border Research Group, presentation, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 2011
What is Contemporary Art?, panelist, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2011
Contemporary Forum, artist talk, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2011
First People, Diaspora and Fourth Worlds, 17th Biennale of Sydney Opening Week Forum, Art
Gallery of New South Whales, Sydney, Australia 2010
17th Biennale of Sydney Opening Week Forum, artist talk, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Sydney, Australia 2010
Sydney Biennale Open Seminar, panelist, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ 2010
Art of the Border, panelist, Latino Art Now Conference, Los Angeles, CA 2010
Contemporary Forum, artist talk, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ 2010
Arte Gigante, panelist, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ 2010
Story Corps, interview, American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress 2010
Arizona Biennial, artist talk, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 2009
Mesa Contemporary Art Center, artist talk, Mesa, AZ 2009
Reflections: Locals Only, panelist, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2009
Locals Only, artist talk, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2009
The Edge of Contemporary and Traditional, panelist, National Association of Latino Arts and
Culture, Regional Conference, Tucson, AZ 2008
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2009 MFA
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 1999 PBA
University of Arizona, College of Fine Arts, Tucson, AZ 1995 BFA
HONORS AND AWARDS
Artist Grant, Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2010
Graduate College Completion Fellowship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2009
Seymour Rosen Scholarship in Community Leadership, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2008
Special Talent Award, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2008
Graduate Fellowship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2008
Francis Building Mural, Half Moon Bay, CA 2003
Publication, Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art (Bilingual Press), Hispanic Research Center,
2002
California Arts Council Grant, A.I.R., 2001-2002
First Place, The Ford Foundation, Siqueiros-Pollock Binational Painting Award, Museum of Art
and History of the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA), Ciudad Juárez, México 2000
Catalogue, Entre Lineas, The Ford Foundation/Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes 2000
Self Help Graphics, Invited Artist, Los Angeles, CA 1999
SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Crush, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2010
Remastered, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ 2009
Tormento y Amor, Arizona State University, Galleria at the Mercado, Phoenix, AZ 2007
Monster Desire, HOPE VI Art and Culture Partnership, Tucson, AZ 2007
New Confessions, Nuestra Tierra, Half Moon Bay, CA 2004
Cancionero, Nuestra Tierra, Half Moon Bay, CA 2003
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Self-Referential: Art Looking at Art, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ 2011
Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2011
Re-Thinking the Faculty Exhibition, juried by Robert Atkins, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ 2011
The Beauty of Distance, 17th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia 2010
Locals Only, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2009
Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 2009
Everything is Illuminated: Revealing the Back Room, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2009
Conexiones, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ 2009
Otra Voz, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ 2009
Visiones, ALAC, Phoenix, AZ 2009
Chaos Theory X, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, AZ 2009
Deck III, Pravus, Phoenix, AZ 2009
Visions of a New America, Cuervo Studio and Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 2009
Code-Switchers, The Lab, San Francisco, CA 2008
Art and Politics, Institute for Humanities Research, Tempe, AZ 2008
Chaos Theory 9, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, AZ 2008
MFA Summer Juried Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ 2008
Nathan Cummings Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ 2008
MFA Summer Juried Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ 2007
Plastic Fantastic, Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ 2007
Quickening, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ 2005
Convergence, Rancho Linda Vista Gallery, Oracle, AZ 2005
Latino Art Symposia, Hispanic Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, 2003
Regional Artists Show, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 2001
Frontera: Ford, Siqueiros-Pollock, Museo de Arte e Historia (INBA), Ciudad Juárez, México 2000
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books
Elliot, David. The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age, Sydney,
17th Biennale of Sydney Ltd. with Thames & Hudson, Australia 2010
Sette, Lisa & Shikany, Peter. Desert Voices: Down Under, Phoenix, PS Studios 2010
Cochran, Sara. Local Only, Phoenix, PS Studios 2009
Alvarado, Joaquin. Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art, Tempe, Bilingual Press 2002
Cortazar, Enrique. Entre Lineas V Catálogo, Museo de Arte e Historia/INBA with Adair Margo
Gallery, Ciudad Juárez 2000
Articles
Mason, Ngahiraka. The 17th Biennale of Sydney, Art & Australia, September 2010
Te-chen, Chiou. Chronicle of the 17th Sydney Biennale, China Times, June 2010
Abrahamsen, John. Otra Voz, The Noise, January 2009
Andrews, Scott. Claudio Dicochea at Harry Wood Gallery, Java, May 2009
Andrews, Scott. Locals Only at Phoenix Art Museum, Java, August 2009
Bass, Penelope. Culture and Controversy’, Flagstaff Live, February 2009
Nilsen, Richard. Chicano Art: A New Vision, Arizona Republic, July 2009
Cully, Craig. Quickening Comes to MoCA, Downtown Tucsonan, October 2005
Pullen, Suzanne. Sunset Story: Neighborhood Mural, San Francisco Chronicle, September 2003
Online
Hahnefeld, Laura. Editorial Recommendations, Visual Art Source (2010) VisualArtsSource.com
Lisa Sette Gallery’s Striking Exhibition: Claudio Dicochea’s Crush, Arizona Critical Critter (2010)
AzCriticalCritter.wordpress.com
Farrelly, Elizabeth. More Sex and Death, Please: The Art Form of Arrogance, The Age (2010)
theage.com.au
Craft, Wendy. Sydney Biennale Spotlights ASU Herberger Institute Scholars and Artists, Art
Daily, (2010) artdaily.org
Vanesian, Kathleen. Three Lisa Sette Gallery Artists Accepted to 17th Biennale of Sydney,
Phoenix New Times, (2010) blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com
Andrews, Scott. Claudio Dicochea’s Fotonovela, Hearsight Magazine (2009) Hearsight.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Faculty Associate, Drawing, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2010 -11
Teaching Assistant, Drawing, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2006 -09
Research Assistant, Painting & Drawing, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2006 -09
Digital Assets Management Coordinator, The Walt Disney Company, Burbank, CA 2005 -06
Art Instructor, Theatre of Hearts/Youth First, Los Angeles, CA 2000 -05
Resident Artist, California Arts Council Grant, Artist in Residence Program, 2001 -02
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Contemporary Forum Film Series: La Jetée, panelist, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2011
Arizona Mexico Commission Bi-national plenary, presentation, Phoenix, AZ 2011
Border Research Group, presentation, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 2011
What is Contemporary Art?, panelist, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2011
Contemporary Forum, artist talk, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2011
First People, Diaspora and Fourth Worlds, 17th Biennale of Sydney Opening Week Forum, Art
Gallery of New South Whales, Sydney, Australia 2010
17th Biennale of Sydney Opening Week Forum, artist talk, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Sydney, Australia 2010
Sydney Biennale Open Seminar, panelist, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ 2010
Art of the Border, panelist, Latino Art Now Conference, Los Angeles, CA 2010
Contemporary Forum, artist talk, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale AZ 2010
Arte Gigante, panelist, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ 2010
Story Corps, interview, American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress 2010
Arizona Biennial, artist talk, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 2009
Mesa Contemporary Art Center, artist talk, Mesa, AZ 2009
Reflections: Locals Only, panelist, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2009
Locals Only, artist talk, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 2009
The Edge of Contemporary and Traditional, panelist, National Association of Latino Arts and
Culture, Regional Conference, Tucson, AZ 2008
