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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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