Interviews:

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My First Interview: Sagebrush Newspaper  - The Fear of Falling (1992)

 

Internal Link: The Fear of Falling 

 

 

 

"The Low Down" - Interview with Sharon Wilfong (2010)

 

http://xavierlopezjr.blogspot.com/2015/02/reconstructing-my-first-first-interview.html

 

 

 

 

 

Dark Beauty Magazine  (September 2010)

 

http://www.darkbeautymag.com/2010/09/xavier-lopez-jr/

 

 

 

 

 

Vex Digest - Issue 11 - Cute Is The New Creepy: The Gleefully Disturbing World of Xavier Lopez (Fall 2010)

 

Internal Link: Cute Is The New Creepy: The Gleefully Disturbing World of Xavier Lopez

 

 

 

 

 

ART FARM 7 - (Video) - GropeCola - Published on Dec 30, 2010

(December 30, 2010)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cob4NiT7QM4​

 

 

 

 

Raw Arts Entry (June 2011)

 

http://www.rawartists.org/news/item/651-art-xavier-lopez

 

 

 

 

 

Xavier Lopez at Raw (Video): Seattle ILLUMINARE 07.07.2011 (July 2011)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6tPDBe4wz0

 

 

 

 

 

Mad Magazine: ULS in Mad Magazine (February 22, 2011)

 

http://urbanlightstudios.com/uls-in-mad-magazine/

 

 

 

 

 

Union Art Cooperative ART 1100 Artist Preview #5 – Proust Interview with Xavier Lopez Jr. – Exhibition October 7th – Union Art Cooperative, 1100 East Union Street (October 2012) 

 

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlearts/2012/10/01/union-art-cooperative-art-1100-artist-preview-5-%E2%80%93-xavier-lopez-jr-%E2%80%93-exhibition-october-7th-%E2%80%93-union-art-cooperative-1100-east-union-street/

 

 

 

 

 

Art Sene Seattle-Local Artist Feature: Xavier Lopez Jr (April 2013)

 

http://art-scene-seattle.blogspot.com/2013/04/local-artist-feature-xavier-lopez-jr.html

 

 

 

 

 

An ally in the art world - Meet Xavier Lopez Jr., muralist and community builder (August 2013)

 

http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews41_31/page22.cfm

 

 

 

 

 

Xavier & henry Art Lab - GropeCola - Published on Mar 19, 2014

(March 6, 2014)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZN3bwcaYxc

 

 

 

 

 

TEENS TAKE OVER! ART LAB AND TEEN NIGHT OUT ARE BACK!

(APRIL 29, 2014)

 

http://samblog.seattleartmuseum.org/2014/04/teens-take-art-lab-teen-night-back/

 

 

 

 

 

Into the Creepy-Cute World of Xavier Lopez (May 2014)

 

http://www.capitolhilltimes.com/2014/05/creepy-cute-world-xavier-lopez/

 

 

 

 

 

SASQUATCH! 2014 Arts Fest Trailer - GropeCola (Jun 7, 2014)

"Ryan "henry" Ward led an impressive attack on the 2014 SASQUATCH! Music Festival, leading top Seattle Artists to The Gorge ampitheater near George, Washington."

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhLmBvdQ8gY

 

 

 

 

 

ARTSQUATCH! (Video): GropeCola - Published on Nov 20, 2014

(November 20, 2014)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-hrDt4ngMc

 

 

 

 

Interview with an artist : Xavier Lopez

January 30, 2015 Section 8 Squad ART, Interview, Non-Fiction

 

https://www.section8magazine.com/interview-with-an-artist-3/

 

 

 

 

Section 8 Magazine-Interview with an artist (February 2015)

 

Internal Link: Section 8 Magazine Interview with an Artist

 

 

 

 

 

The 2015 Seattle Erotic Art Festival -  Live Painting – Mural by Xavier Lopez, Jr. (April 23rd-25th, 2015)

 

https://www.seattleerotic.org/the-festival/artists/installation/

 

 

 

 

 

See Xavier Lopez Jr.'s new mural paintings at Marvista Park | Normandy Park Blog

(May 23, 2015)

 

http://normandyparkblog.com/2015/05/23/new-mural-paintings-at-marvista-park/

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Handrail" Advertisement - SECTION 8 Magazine (Jun 21, 2015)

"The Issue #29 Xavier Lopez edition busting out some handrails in #Seattle. www.SECTION8MAGAZINE.com send submissions of art and literature to section8empire@gmail.com"

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGZuQ2p5_v8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normandy Park City Scene (July 2015)

 

https://normandyparkwa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2015-Summer-NormandyPark.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

PHOTOS: 17 Fantastical Murals Rise Up From Greenwood Explosion

​(APR 03, 2016)

 

https://kuow.org/stories/photos-17-fantastical-murals-rise-greenwood-explosion/

 

 

 

 

 

Press Release: La Sala is Cooking Up ‘La Cocina’ (July 22, 2016)

 

http://www.lasalapresentslacocina.com/single-post/2016/07/22/Press-Release-La-Sala-is-Cooking-Up-%E2%80%98La-Cocina%E2%80%99

 

 

 

 

 

 

THINGS TO DO - AUG 3, 2016 - What You Should See At (And Around) Seattle Art Fair This Weekend - Our Visual Art Editor Jen Graves's Picks For The City's Most Exciting Weekend of Art (August 3, 2016)

 

https://www.thestranger.com/things-to-do/2016/08/03/24426155/what-you-should-see-at-and-around-seattle-art-fair-this-weekend

 

 

 

 

 

A Seattle Art Fair Satellite Exhibition and Month Long Latino/a/x Artist Salon

(August 4, 2016)

 

http://www.lasalapresentslacocina.com/

 

 

 

 

Xavier Lopez Performance: Teaching A Hare to Tell Time. (Seattle Art Fair Satellite, La Cocina, 2016.)  (August 5, 2016) 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzmOaj7XSfw&feature=youtu.be

 

 

 

 

 

 

Xavier Lopez Performance: Soft Cyborg - Polymorfy (2016) - Seattle Art Fair Satellite - La Cocina (August 5, 2016)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH48RYloXHc&feature=youtu.be

 

 

 

 

 

La Cocina: Schedule of Events - Friday August 5, 7-9pm: On the Edge: Latinx Performance Art (August 2016)

 

"Experimental performance art by contemporary Latino/a/x artists, featuring Xavier Lopez, Jr., Vicente Montanez, and Santiago. "

 

http://www.lasalapresentslacocina.com/schedule

 

 

 

 

 

Good Arts Buiding - Seattle Arts Fair 2016 - La Sala/La Cocina (August 2016)

 

https://goodartsoncherry.com/art-fair/

 

 

 

 

 

On the Edge: Latinx Performance Art (Facebook Event) - Public - Hosted by La Sala presents La Cocina (August 5, 2016)

 

https://www.facebook.com/events/1017859864950368/

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the Edge: Latinx Performance Art - Recommended - Good Arts Building Pioneer Square - Fri., Aug. 5, 7-9 p.m. 2016 - Free (August 5, 2016)

 

https://www.thestranger.com/events/24391494/on-the-edge-latinx-performance-art

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching a Hare to Tell Time - Good Arts Buiding - Seattle Arts Fair 2016 - La Sala/La Cocina (August 2016)

 

https://vimeo.com/227870991

 

 

 

 

 

The True Meaning of the Seattle Art Fair and what it is to Seattle Artists–and it is Not Just About Sales! Well, Maybe a little! - (August 8, 2016) 

 

https://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlearts/2016/08/08/13195/

 

 

 

 

 

Grant LAB  ARTISTS UP Grant LAB awards support vision and inspiration for 18 Washington artists - Recipient (September 2016)

 

https://artistsup.org/what-we-do-2/grant-lab/

 

 

 

 

 

ARTISTS UP - Grant LAB  ARTISTS UP Grant LAB awards - To better serve ALL artists in Seattle, King County and Washington State (September 2016)

 

https://artistsup.org/what-we-do-2/

 

 

 

 

 

Coming to Town Hall: The John Cage Musicircus in all its weird glory

(November 15, 2016)

 

https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/coming-to-town-hall-the-john-cage-musicircus-in-all-its-weird-glory/

 

 

 

 

 

COCA (Center on Contemporary Art) - COCA POP-UP (AR)T (2016)

 

https://cocaseattle.org/past-events/2016/5/4/coca-pop-up-art

 

 

 

 

Encore Stages-January/February 2017: Dialogue-Encore Stages in Conversation

(February, 2017)

 

Internal Link: Encore Stages-January/February 2017: Dialogue-Encore Stages in Conversation(February, 2017)

 

 

 

 

 

Performance: A Critical Introduction - By Marvin Carlson Third Edition (2017)

 

https://books.google.com/booksd=Szg7DwAAQBAJ&dq=XAVIER+LOPEZ+PERFORMANCE+ART+LATINX&source=gbs_navlinks_s

 

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=Szg7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT461&lpg=PT461&dq=xavier+lopez+performance+a+critical+introduction&source=bl&ots=vP3Yf1N7Re&sig=DzFskwpNDwrx7_IihENA6DEbksY&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwitxqeT9pHeAhXqyVQKHUZhB80Q6AEwAXoECGIQAQ#v=onepage&q=xavier%20lopez%20performance%20a%20critical%20introduction&f=false

 

 

Jan 23, 2017 - Tag: xavier lopez. Seattle Center welcomes five new artists for the 2017-18 Poetry Garden Art Series. February 2017 through May 2018.

 

https://zzjb.wpengine.com/blog/tag/xavier-lopez/

 

 

Seattle Center with Office of Arts & Culture Seattle (Facebook)  (January 31, 2017)

 

"Conceptual artist Xavier Lopez Jr. created an installation called Message in a Bottle that invites people visiting the garden to write a message/thought/wish down on a small piece of paper and place it in one of 40 bottles hanging in the garden."

 

https://www.facebook.com/94073381941/posts/office-of-arts-culture-seattle-and-seattle-center-have-commissioned-five-artists/10155027325321942/

 

 

 

 

 

Dialogues in Art: Exhibitions on Homelessness - Arts | seattle.gov​ (April 2017)

 

http://www.seattle.gov/arts/dialogues-in-art-exhibitions-on-homelessness

 

 

 

 

 

Notes Left At 'Message In A Bottle' Exhibit Will Remain A Mystery (May 16, 2017)

 

http://www.knkx.org/post/notes-left-message-bottle-exhibit-will-remain-mystery

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist Xavier Lopez Jr. shares his personal experience with homelessness in city gallery | Real Change (May 24th, 2017)

 

https://www.realchangenews.org/2017/05/24/artist-xavier-lopez-jr-shares-his-personal-experience-homelessness-city-gallery

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art installation ‘Hope/Home’ explores homelessness and invisibility - Curbed Seattle

( Apr 26, 2017)

 

‘Originally it was about hope, but it became clear it was also about home’

 

https://seattle.curbed.com/2017/4/26/15430320/homelessness-invisibility-art-xavier-lopez

 

 

 

 

 

Artist's Ghosts Portray Invisible Homeless-KNKX NPR Radio

(MAY 30, 2017)

 

http://www.knkx.org/post/artists-ghosts-portray-invisible-homeless

 

 

 

 

 

King 5 News (Television) - Artists are leaving their work around the city... for free

Local artists are giving away their work away for free. The goal is to help people feel a little more connected and create random bonds between strangers through the act of creating and giving. (September 20, 2017)

 

https://www.king5.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/evening/artists-are-leaving-their-work-around-the-city-for-free/281-322170446

 

 

 

 

 

Ethnic Heritage Gallery Presents Xavier Lopez: An American Horror Story

January 17, 2018 - April 17, 2018

 

http://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/EthnicArtGallery/LopezFlyer.pdf

 

 

 

 

When The Body Speaks - Sadhana Pictures  (Mar 25, 2018)

 

"A Night of Performance Art by Xavier Lopez."

 

"finds the Diabetic Luchador confronting the ghosts of his past. Starring: Xavier Lopez, Grace LaRenard, Basil Mahan and Lily C. Munn as "The Guardian Angel." Live Music Editing by Kaz. Directed by Loren Herrera, originally edited by Loren Herrera,  Re-edited for this project by Xavier Lopez, Filmed on location at INARTSNW, November 9th 2017."

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ooTRh5pqQI&t=10s

 

 

 

When the Body Speaks: A Night of Performance Art by Xavier Lopez and friends

November 9, 2017 @ 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm

 Free

 

https://www.seattleartists.com/event/when-the-body-speaks-a-night-of-performance-art-by-xavier-lopez-and-friends/

 

 

 

 

 

"Room with a View

Magnuson Park Gallery RavennaJune 22–July 27, Thursdays–Fridays

Free."

 

https://www.thestranger.com/events/26135921/room-with-a-view

 

 

 

Office of Arts & Culture Report on Public Art (2017, published in 2018)

 

http://www.seattlearts.report/2017/PublicArt

 

 

When the Body Speaks Act 2: Sheet Ghost/The Diabetic Luchador (Nothing but a Nothing) (November 9, 2018)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuy7j55j3ow&feature=youtu.be

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seattle Center Poetry Garden Art Series - Xavier Lopez- Message in a bottle - Part 2 - Poetry Garden (July-September 2018)

 

http://173.240.52.155/events/default.aspx?s=7/16/2018&viewby=month

 

 

 

Dada Death 2.0 - Xavier Lopez -Published on Sep 5, 2018 (2017 Original Performance)

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Mdqe2mWes&feature=youtu.be

 

 

Xavier Lopez and Russell Smith, Steve Gilbert Studio Capitol Hill
Thurs May 9, 5–9 pm & Sun June 2, 3–6 pm

 

https://www.thestranger.com/events/40124996/xavier-lopez-and-russell-smith

 

 

Madrona Artists' Showcase

Seattle Public Libraries, Madrona-Sally Goldmark Branch Madrona
June 9–July 7

https://www.thestranger.com/events/40265565/madrona-artists-showcase

 

 

Eight New Storefronts in South Lake Union

Posted on June 25, 2019 by storefrontsseattle

 

https://storefrontsseattle.com/2019/06/25/eight-new-storefronts-in-south-lake-union/

 

 

 

Art Pages/Rosters/Group Shows:

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4Culture: Generous Gift Increases Reach of 4Culture’s Grants for Artists

(Panel Judge)

 

https://www.4culture.org/generous-gift-increases-reach/

 

 

 

Art Portal: A Room With a View

 

http://www.workshop3d.com/artportal/targets/

 

 

 

 

 

Echo Echo Gallery - Artist Roster 

 

http://www.echoechogallery.net/xavier-lopez-jr.html

 

 

 

 

 

Seattle Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture - Ethnic Artist Roster

 

https://www.seattle.gov/arts/ethnic-artist-roster

 

 

 

 

 

Profile on Hatchfund

 

https://www.hatchfund.org/user/xavierlopezjr

 

 

 

 

 

IMDB Profile - Xavier Lopez Junior (Actor)

 

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7030948/?ref_=nv_sr_1

 

 

 

 

 

La Cocina: Artist Biographies

 

http://www.lasalapresentslacocina.com/visual-artists

 

 

 

 

 

La Cocina: Performace Artists

 

http://www.lasalapresentslacocina.com/performance-artists

 

 

 

 

 

Xavier Lopez Jr. | Member Profile at SeattleArtists.com

 

https://www.seattleartists.com/user/xavier_lopez_jr/?profiletab=main

 

 

 

 

 

 

UCDAVIS Master of Fine Arts Alumni (1998)

 

http://arts.ucdavis.edu/art-studio-graduates-earlier-years?page=1