Esteban Bojorquez

Born in Santa Monica, California, 1949 .

Lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Upcoming and Ongoing

Greg Moon Art . Taos . New Mexico

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2016 . SlideShow: Custom Guitars by Esteban Bojorquez . Greg Moon Art . Taos, NM.

2012 . Artcade . Eggman & Walrus . Santa Fe, NM.

2011 . Practical Nonsense . Changing Gallery . Santa Fe, NM.

2008 . Sacred Ride . Shelter . Long Beach, Ca.

2008 . Bojo 58 . Mollusk . Venice, Ca.

1986-1992 . The Chicken Shack . 1 Acre Environmental Installation . Reseda, Ca.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022 - 2023 . Fronteras Del Futuro . National Hispanic Cultural Center . Albuquerque . NM

2019 . Toy Show . Exhibit 208 . Albuquerque . NM

2019 . Lowbrow Lexicon . Greg Moon Art . Taos . NM

2019 . When Worlds Collide . Keep Contemporay . Santa Fe, NM

2019 . Free Range . South Broadway Cultural Center . Albuquerque, NM

2018 . The New Dadaists . Greg Moon Art . Taos, NM.

2016 . New-Mexi-Low-Down . Greg Moon Art . Taos, NM.

2015 . Legends de Lowbrow . Greg Moon Art . Taos, NM.

2015 . Faculty Invites . Adams State University . Alamosa, Co.

2014 . ¡Orale! - Kings And Queens Of Cool . Harwood Museum Of Art . Taos, NM.

2014 . New Mexi-Low . Greg Moon Art . Taos, NM.

2014 . Valley Vista - Curated by Damon Willick . California State University Northridge, Main Gallery

2013 . Recycle Santa Fe - Featured Artist: Esteban Bojorquez . Santa Fe Convention Center

2013 . Kustom Kulture ll . Huntington Beach Art Center . Huntington Beach, Ca.

2013 . High Art / Low Brow . Greg Moon Art . Taos, NM.

2013 . Peoples Art Show . 5G . Albuquerque, NM.

2012 . Cirque de Cooley . No Borders . Santa Fe, NM.

2012 . AHA Festival . The Railyard . Santa Fe, NM.

2012 . New Mexico Showcase: Juried by Peter Frank . 516 ARTS . Albuquerque, NM.

2011 . Superheroes: Icons of Good, Evil & Everything in Between . 516 ARTS . Albuquerque, NM.

2011 . One Year Anniversary Show . Mirador Gallery . Santa Fe, NM

2011 . A Jazzy Way To End A Day . Curated by Jair Bortoleto . Tag and Juice . Sao Paulo, Brazil

2010 . Outside: Esteban Bojorquez and Kai Bob Cheng . Main Gallery . California State University Northridge

2010 . Art Shack - Curated by Greg Escalante . Laguna Art Museum . Laguna Beach, Ca.

2010 . Swell . Nyehaus, Metro Pictures . New York, NY.

2010 . One Night Stand . SITE . Santa Fe, NM.

2010 . The Surf Story Project . Surfing Heritage Museum . San Clemente, Ca.

2009 . Salon Mar Graff . Santa Fe, NM.

2008 . Displacement . The Luggage Store . San Francisco, Ca.

2008 . Opening Show . Mollusk . Venice, Ca.

2007 . The Happening . Milk Gallery . New York, NY.

2006 . Two Kooks and the King of Creedle . The Surf Gallery . Laguna Beach, Ca.

2004 . Surf Culture - The Art History of Surfing . Milk Gallery . New York, NY.

2004 . Surf Culture - The Art History of Surfing . The Art Gallery of Western Australia . Perth, Australia

2003 . Surf Culture - The Art History of Surfing . San Jose Museum Of Art . San Jose, Ca.

2003 . Surf Culture - The Art History of Surfing . Contemporary Art Center Of Virginia . Va.

2003 . Surf Culture - The Art History of Surfing . The Contemporary Museum . Honolulu, Hi.

2002 . Surf Culture,- The Art History of Surfing . Laguna Art Museum . Laguna Beach, Ca.

1999 . Eve-o-lution . Rico Gallery . Santa Monica, Ca.

1999 . Point Conception . Santa Barbara Contemporary Art Forum . Santa Barbara, Ca.

Public Arts Commissions

Mural for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles . Figueroa Hotel . Los Angeles, Ca.

Books - Catalogs - Film

¡ORALE! Kings And Queens Of Cool - Harwood Museum Of Art
exhibit catalogue design by Esteban & Karen Bojorquez . 2014

Valley Vista - Art In The San Fernando Valley, by Damon Willick . exhibit catalog . 2014

New Mexico Showcase, Juried by Peter Frank . exhibit catalog . 2012

Superheroes - Icons of Good, Evil & Everything in Between . exhibit catalog . 2011

Satan's Handiwork, film produced and directed by David Wharton . 2010

The Surf Story Project, by Robb Havessy . 2009

The Happening . exhibit catalog . 2008

Lap Steel Guitar, by Andrew Volk . 2003

Super X Media Combine, First Point Productions . 2003

Surf Culture: The Art History Of Surfing . Laguna Art Museum . 2002

Selected Publications

Santa Fe New Mexican . Orale: Kings and Queens of Cool by Michael Abatemarco . October 3, 1014

The Taos News . Orale: Excites and Inspires at Harwood Museum in Taos . by Yvonne Pesquera . September 19, 2014

Los Angeles Times . Valley Vista: Art in the San Fernando Valley, ca. 1979 - 1990 . September 6, 2014

KCET.org . Vallet Vista: The Artists of the San Fernando Valley, by Even Senn . August 28, 2014

Albuquerque Journal . "Gas can makes a mighty sound" by T.S. Last . November 17, 2013

Juxtapoz . "Esteban Bojorquez" by M. Revelli . April 2012

Albuquerque Journal . "An overload of superb creation" by Wesley Pulkka . February 19, 2012

516 ARTS blogspot . "Studio Visit - Esteban Bojorquez" by Claude Smith and Rhiannon Mercer . February 14, 2012

Albuquerque Journal . "Show saves the world, one Superhero at a time" review by Wesley Pulkka . December 11, 2011

THE magazine . "Superheroes" review by Jon Carver . November 2011

Santa Fe Reporter . cover art . August 3-9, 2011

Santa Fe Downtown.com . "The Art of Upcycling" by Malissa Kullberg . March 2, 2011

Huffington Post . "Outside" review by Peter Frank . December 2010

C Magazine . "New Wave Surf Shacks" by Sally Schultheiss . May 2008

YBR Magazine . "The Motion Issue" . Summer 2008

The Surfers Journal . "Fear of a Bland Planet: at home with Esteban Bojorquez" by Scott Huet . Vol.17 no.1, 2008

Rebel Rods . "Gas Can Boogie" by Steve Werner . February 2008

The Surfers Journal . "The Good, The Bad and The Stubby" . Vol.15 no.2 , 2006

O.C. Weekly . "Taste the Sand, Two Kooks and the King of Creedle" . August 2006

Super X Media . "Bojorquez" by C. R. Stecyk . Vol.2 no.1 Summer 2002

Los Angeles Times . "A Dream Destroyed, A Fragile Vision" by David Wharton . July 3, 1992

Beach Culture . "Journey to the Chicken Shack" by Steve Barllotti . April/May 1990

Los Angeles Times . "Chicken Shack, That's Where It's At" by David Wharton . June 4, 1989