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2024

-Voynovskaya, Nastia. “Remembering Adela Vazquez, Beloved Trans Activist and Performer.” KQED, October 26

-“Southern Exposure’s 50th Anniversary Celebration and Exhibition.” Patch, September 14

-Harshaw, Pendarvis & Medina-Cadena, Marisol. “All the Nights We Got to Dance Is a Tribute to Queer Nightlife in SF.” KQED, June 29

- “SF Pride Honors Community Leaders.” Bay Area Reporter, March 6

 

2023

-Voynovskaya, Nastia. “500 Capp Street Becomes a Trans Sanctuary in Marcel Pardo Ariza’s Orquídeas”, KQED, Oct 16

-”Marcel Pardo Ariza: Orquídeas”, Mission Local. Oct 19

-Bravo, Tony, “5 SECA artists at SFMOMA show the vivid present and promising future of Bay Area art” SF Chronicle, March 8

-Wilson, Emily. “Photography’s Power To Dismantle Orthodoxies”, Hyperallergic, March 13

-GayCities. “SFMOMA exhibit celebrates the ‘magnificent beauty’ of 33 Bay Area trans activists” Gay Cities, Mar. 4

-Quick, Genevieve. “Dismantling Monoliths’ poetically highlights the right to turn yourself away” 48 Hills, Feb 27

-Venegas, Jovanna. “SECA 2022 Art Award: Marcel Pardo Ariza” p.24

-Pérez, Laura E. & Pérez Strohmeier, Maya Elisa. “Have You Seen Me? And the Multiplicitous Self” p.17, 2023

-Hewitt, Vita. “Meet Marcel Pardo Ariza: Curator, Educator & Trans Visual Artist You Should Know”, Broke-Ass Stuart, Feb. 23

-Blue, Max. “SFMOMA SECA Awards reveal what Bay Area art is today” SF Examiner, Feb. 2

-Hotchkiss, Sarah. “SECA Brings the Refreshing Art of ‘Here’ and ‘Now’ to SFMOMA” KQED, Jan 18

 

2022

-”New SFMOMA Exhibit To Honor Bay Area Trans Leaders”, SF Bay Times, Dec 15.

-Bravo, Tony. “S.F. drag icon Juanita More celebrates 30 years of queendom in exhibition” SF Chronicle, Oct 29.

-”Juanita: 30 Years of MORE! Celebrates the Iconic San Francisco Drag Queen’s 30th Anniversary,” SF Bay Times, Oct 6.

-García-Alvarez, César. “Marcel Pardo Ariza Captures Love in Constructed Photographs” CULTURED Magazine, Oct 4

-Underhill, Steven, Juanita: 30 Years of MORE!' @ SF Arts Commission Gallery” Bay Area Reporter, Oct 1.

-Voynovskaya, Nastia “A New SFAC Exhibit Celebrates Juanita MORE!’s Dazzling 30 Years in Drag”, KQED, Sep 30th.

-Barmann, Jay, “New Exhibit Shows Off the Three-Decade Living Legacy of SF Drag Star Juanita MORE! — and Her Collection of Hats” SFIST, Sep 29

-Nahmod, David-Elijah, “Juanita: 30 Years of MORE!' - art exhibit celebrates the drag icon

BAR, Sep 25.

-Charnock, Matt, “San Francisco’s Prettiest Drag Queen Is Getting an Exhibit Dedicated to Their Life’s Work” Underscore SF, Sep. 15. 

-Voon, Claire. “San Francisco artists will receive $1,000 per month as part of a guaranteed income pilot programme” The Art Newspaper, July 19

-Vaziri, Aidin. “5 Bay Area artists named 2022 winners for prestigious SECA Award” Datebook, SF Chronicle. May 3

Trouillot, Terence, “Five Emerging Photographers To Watch”, Frieze Magazine, April 28

 

2021 

-Lindeman, Scarlett. “Reexamining the Hidden Figures of Design: A Class on Belonging by Hansy Better Barraza,” Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Aug. 20 

-Emery, Millicent Martin. “Local professor, former student team for ‘Double Exposure’ show,” Western Wayne News, Feb. 17 

-Emery, Mike. “2 photographers exhibit in Richmond Art Museum,” Richmond PalladiumItem, Feb. 15 

 

2020 

-Seikaly, Roula. “At Bus Stops Around San Francisco, Radiant Photos of the City’s LGBTQ Communities,” Hyperallergic, Dec. 4

-Wong, Harley. “Amid COVID-19, These Artists Are Making Sure Local Businesses Aren’t Forgotten,” Artsy, Jun. 25

-Batey, Eve. “Mission Artists Adorn Shuttered Restaurants’ Plywood With Messages of Hope,” Eater San Francisco, Apr. 28

-Seikaly, Roula. “Artists Reflect on the Sudden Closing of San Francisco Art Institute,” Humble Arts Foundation, Apr. 6

-Farr, Kristin. “Marcel Pardo Ariza: Try a Little Tenderness,” Juxtapoz Magazine, Mar. 1

 

2019

-Hellu, Jamil. “Q&A: Marcel Pardo Ariza,” Strange Fire, Sep. 12 

-Rhoades, Kate + Maysoun Wazwaz. “Bluets (with Marcel

 Pardo Ariza),” Congratulations Pine Tree, Ep. 203, Apr. 6

-Adams, Amanda + Nicole Mueller. “Marcel Pardo Ariza,” Beyond the Studio, Sea. 2 Ep. 15, Mar. 31 

 

2018

-Vargas, Louis. “Marcel Pardo Ariza & The Tallest Part of the Arch,” The (art)Scene Podcast, Mar. 29 

-Hotchkiss, Sarah. “Womxn Art Handlers Carefully Deinstall Glass Ceiling of the Preparator World,” KQED, Oct. 25

-suarez porras, tamara. “Fold, Staple, Embrace: The Body Alive in the Archive,” Art Practical, Oct. 16 

-Hotchkiss, Sarah. “Expansive, Exciting ‘Bay Area Now 8’ Lives Up to Its Name at YBCA,” KQED, Sep. 7 

-Hotchkiss, Sarah. “Photographers Reveal Through Concealment in SFAC’s ‘Conversation 7,’” KQED, Jul. 16 

-“SF’s Newest Art Space SWIM Gallery Opens Their Doors With An Exhibition Called ‘MONstars,’” Juxtapoz Magazine, Mar. 14

-Hotchkiss, Sarah. “At Santa Clara’s tmoro projects, Still Lifes Enter Other Dimensions,” KQED Mar. 5


 

2017 

-Vargas, Louis. “Episode 22: Marcel Pardo Ariza,” The (art)Scene Podcast, Oct. 6 

-Seikaly, Roula. “Marcel Pardo Ariza: Slow Clap at R/SF,” Photograph Magazine, Oct. 1

-Enos, Joey. “KunstCapades Episode 67,” KunstCapades, Nov. 20

-Demarais, Charles. “Fall Season brings rich gallery openings,” San Francisco Chronicle, Sep. 13

-“Marcel Pardo Ariza’s ‘Slow Clap,’” Juxtapoz Magazine, Aug. 22

-Bamberger, Alan. “Marcel Pardo Ariza – Slow Clap,” ArtBusiness.com, Sep. 8

-Desmarais, Charles. “An art exhibition composed only of color and light,” SF Gate, Mar. 1

-Seikaly, Roula. “Bestiario/Menagerie,” Venison Magazine, Jan. 16

 

2016 

-Szydlowski, Clare. “Marcel Pardo Ariza,” Venison Magazine, Autumn 

-Vargas, Louis. “Episode 12: Mariel Bayona,” The (art)Scene Podcast, Dec. 1

-Bamberger, Alan. “El Hábito – Marcel Pardo Ariza & Lorena Zertuche Díaz,” ArtBusiness.com, Nov. 4 

-Weidman, Michelle. “Secret Letters,” Congratulations Pine Tree, Ep. 91, Jun. 22

-Seikaly, Roula. “West Coast MFA Dispatch: Highlights from the Recent Graduates of Mills College, California College of the Arts and San Francisco Art Institute,” Humble Arts Foundation, Jun. 8 

-Bamberger, Alan. “MFA Exhibition – Fort Mason,” ArtBusiness.com

-“In Focus: MFA 2016 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Francis Calimlim, Marcel Pardo Ariza,” San Francisco Art Institute, May 10

-Harbour, Aaron. “Mistaken Impressions at Root Division,” Curiously Direct 2015

-Wang, Xiao. “Thoughtful Musings on ‘This is Not a Painting’ Exhibition,” Embark Gallery, Sep. 29 

-Leber, Izidora. “So.lil.o.quy Review,” Swell Gallery, Dec. 23 

-Valle, Jackie. “Milhojas Review,” Swell Gallery, Mar. 23

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