CLAUDIO DICOCHEA
EDUCATION
Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, 2009 MFA
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 1999  PBA
Self Help Graphics Atelier, Los Angeles, CA, 1999
University of Arizona, College of Fine Arts, Tucson, AZ, 1995  BFA

HONORS AND AWARDS
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
Mural, Francis Building Mural, Half Moon Bay, CA, sponsored by Nuestra Tierra in conjunction
with Spanishtown Historical Society and I.D.E.S. Society, 2003
Publication, Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art (Bilingual Press), Hispanic Research Center,
2002
California Arts Council Grant, Artist in Residence Program, 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), Juárez, México, 2000
Catalogue, Entre Lineas, The Ford Foundation/Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 2000

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
The Beauty of Distance, 17th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2010
Visiones, ALAC, Phoenix, AZ, 2009
Chaos Theory X, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, AZ, 2009
Conexiones, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ, 2009
Deck III, Pravus, Phoenix, AZ, 2009
Locals Only, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, 2009
Everything is Illuminated: Revealing the Back Room, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, 2009
Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, 2009       
Otra Voz, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ, 2009
Visions of a New America, Cuervo Studio and Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, 2009
Art and Politics, Institute for Humanities Research, Tempe, AZ, 2008  
Chaos Theory 9, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, AZ, 2008   
Code-Switchers, The Lab, San Francisco, CA, 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
First Annual 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), Juárez, México, 2000

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Scott Andrews.  "Locals Only at Phoenix Art Museum", article, Java, August 2009
Richard Nilsen.  "Chicano Art: a new vision", article, The Arizona Republic, July 2009
Scott Andrews.  "Claudio Dicochea at Harry Wood Gallery", article, Java, May 2009
Penelope Bass.  "Culture and Controversy", article, Flagstaff Live, February 2009
John Abrahamsen.  "Otra Voz", article, The Noise, January 2009
Craig Cully.  “Quickening comes to Moca”, article, Downtown Tucsonan, October 2005
Suzanne Pullen.  "Sunset Story: Neighborhood Mural...," article, San Francisco Chronicle,
September 2003
Joaquin Alvarado. “Contemporary Chicana & Chicano Art”, essay, Hispanic Research Center, 2002
Enrique Cortazar.  “Entre Lineas V Catálogo”, catalog essay, Museo del Arte INBA, Ciudad Juarez
& Adair Margo Gallery, 2000

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant/Drawing, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2006 –2009
Research Assistant/Painting & Drawing, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2006 -2009
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