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Kayla Escobedo was raised in DeSoto, TX and attended Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas. She is currently an undergraduate at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. There, she is an editor for the Harvard Lampoon and a designer for The Harvard Advocate. She has been granted an Artist Development Fellowship through Harvard University and is currently painting and making comic books. Her comix and other limited edition merchandise may be purchased through the 'Store' link on this site.
Born 1989
Education:
Harvard College; Cambridge, MA: 2008-present
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts; Dallas, TX: 2004-2008
Selected Professional Experience:
Curator; The Harvard Monday Gallery - spring 2012 to present
Web site designer for artist Lee Baxter Davis; (www.leebaxterdavis.com) - spring/summer 2011 to present
Volunteer Harvard Interviewer, Dallas Schools Committee; Dallas, TX - fall/spring 2011
Workshop Administrator on the History of Comics; Dallas, TX - fall/spring 2010-2011
Intern, PictureBox Inc.; New York, NY-summer 2010
Artist’s assistant to international artist Trenton Doyle Hancock; Houston, TX - summer 2009
Intern, Dunn and Brown Contemporary Gallery; Dallas, TX - summer 2008
Intern, Limescreen Art Screenprinting Company; Dallas, TX - 2007
Selected Artistic Experience:
Blot: Director of Art Board, The Harvard Lampoon, 2012-present
Librarian, The Harvard Advocate, 2012-present
Member of The Signet Society at Harvard University, 2011-present
Staff Designer for The Harvard Advocate, 2011-present
Staff Illustrator for The Harvard Lampoon, 2009-present
Regular Comics Contributor for The Harvard Crimson: Fifteen Minutes, 2011-present
Artist Development Fellow through the Office for the Arts at Harvard University, 2010
Staff Illustrator for Harvard Independent, 2010
Staff Illustrator for Tuesday Magazine, 2008-2010
Head puppet designer for Sonia Coman’s Leah, Spring 2010 play in LoebEx Theater, Harvard University
Scholarship Recipient through Booker T. Washington HSPVA for Skidmore College Summer Program, Skidmore College, summer 2007
Selected Solo Exhibition:
Ladders to Fire: the Work of Kayla Escobedo; Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA: 2010
Kayla Escobedo: Solo Painting Show; Student Organization Center at Hilles, Harvard University: 2009
Selected Group Exhibitions:
ZERO; The Harvard Monday Gallery, Cambridge, MA: 2012
Travel, Traversal; CGIS South, Cambridge, MA: 2012
A Body of Work: A Harvard Student Art Show; SOCH Art Gallery, March, Cambridge, MA: 2012
House, Home: A Harvard Student Art Show; SOCH Art Gallery, Cambridge, MA: 2011
Exhibited Artist at Suite Art Fair; Dallas, TX: 2011
Kayla Escobedo/ Taro-kun Art Exhibition; The Public Trust, Dallas, TX: 2011
Eliot House Art Show; Eliot Library, Harvard University, 2010
Invisible Cities; CGIS, Harvard University: 2010
Class Show for VES 119; Carpenter Center 3rd floor, Harvard University: 2009
Students Choose Exhibit; Sert Gallery; Harvard University: 2009
Massachusetts Hall Student Art Exhibit; Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University: 2009
Harvard Student Art Show; Harvard Yard, Harvard University: 2009
Freshman Exhibition; Straus Common Room, Harvard University: 2009
Class Show for VES 20ar; Carpenter Center 3rd floor, Harvard University: 2008
Selected Bibliography:
"Untitled," featured in The Harvard Advocate (Winter 2011/2012)
"Tongue Follows Grave animation still," Tuesday Magazine (Fall Issue 2011)
“Degradation and Cold Sores and Bed Sores and a Dead Dog,” featured in The Harvard Advocate (Fall Issue 2011)
Featured artist, Plain China Vol. 2, Bennington College (Spring 2011)
Featured cartoonist, Harvard Crimson's Fifteen Minutes (Spring 2011-present)
"Monty Comix #1, #2, #3," online review, Blackguard: http://blackguard23.livejournal.com/74080.html (May 3, 2011)
"Monty Comix #1-3," online review, Midnight Fiction: http://www.midnightfiction.com/reviews/mini_comix_reviews_32.htm#mc (Spring 2011)
"Monty #1," online review, Optical Sloth: http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=18041 (April 14, 2011)
Cover artist for Blackguard Issue 4 (Spring 2011)
Cover artist for Oh My! Comix Issue 3, published by The Comix Company (Spring 2011)
Cover artist for Queen of the Nile #, The Harvard Lampoon (Spring 2011)
"Monty in a Stinky, Dead, Skinned Cat In A Bag Comix," featured in the Harvard Advocate (Winter Issue 2010)
"The Mourners," featured in The Harvard Advocate (Spring Issue 2010)
"MONTY: In Cancer," featured in The Harvard Advocate (Spring Issue 2010)
"MONTY: In Dementia," featured in The Harvard Advocate (Spring Issue 2010)
Featured Artist for The Harvard Book Review, (Spring 2010 Issue)
"Escobedo Ignites 'Fire' With Solo Show," by Eugenia Godina, The Harvard Crimson (March 30, 2010)
"Exhibit Makes SOCH Penthouse Personal,” by Eugenia Godina, The Harvard Crimson (November 6, 2009)
Write-up about solo show, by Jack Kim, Tuesday Magazine (2009)
“Student Art Placed at Forefront in Mass Hall,” by Monica Liu, The Harvard Crimson (February 20, 2009)
“Student Work Lights Up Mass Hall Corridor,” by Colleen Walsh, The Harvard Gazette (February 12, 2009)
“’Students Choose’ and Express with VES,” by Erika Pierson, The Harvard Crimson (February 5, 2009)
“Primitive: The Story of a Whalegirl,” featured in Harvard Advocate (Commencement Issue 2009)
“Animus,” featured in The Harvard Advocate (Spring Issue 2009)
“An Illustration for Iman,” featured in H-Bomb (Spring Issue 2009)
“The Rape,” featured in Saturday Night (Fall Issue 2008)
Education:
Harvard College; Cambridge, MA: 2008-present
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts; Dallas, TX: 2004-2008
Selected Professional Experience:
Curator; The Harvard Monday Gallery - spring 2012 to present
Web site designer for artist Lee Baxter Davis; (www.leebaxterdavis.com) - spring/summer 2011 to present
Volunteer Harvard Interviewer, Dallas Schools Committee; Dallas, TX - fall/spring 2011
Workshop Administrator on the History of Comics; Dallas, TX - fall/spring 2010-2011
Intern, PictureBox Inc.; New York, NY-summer 2010
Artist’s assistant to international artist Trenton Doyle Hancock; Houston, TX - summer 2009
Intern, Dunn and Brown Contemporary Gallery; Dallas, TX - summer 2008
Intern, Limescreen Art Screenprinting Company; Dallas, TX - 2007
Selected Artistic Experience:
Blot: Director of Art Board, The Harvard Lampoon, 2012-present
Librarian, The Harvard Advocate, 2012-present
Member of The Signet Society at Harvard University, 2011-present
Staff Designer for The Harvard Advocate, 2011-present
Staff Illustrator for The Harvard Lampoon, 2009-present
Regular Comics Contributor for The Harvard Crimson: Fifteen Minutes, 2011-present
Artist Development Fellow through the Office for the Arts at Harvard University, 2010
Staff Illustrator for Harvard Independent, 2010
Staff Illustrator for Tuesday Magazine, 2008-2010
Head puppet designer for Sonia Coman’s Leah, Spring 2010 play in LoebEx Theater, Harvard University
Scholarship Recipient through Booker T. Washington HSPVA for Skidmore College Summer Program, Skidmore College, summer 2007
Selected Solo Exhibition:
Ladders to Fire: the Work of Kayla Escobedo; Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA: 2010
Kayla Escobedo: Solo Painting Show; Student Organization Center at Hilles, Harvard University: 2009
Selected Group Exhibitions:
ZERO; The Harvard Monday Gallery, Cambridge, MA: 2012
Travel, Traversal; CGIS South, Cambridge, MA: 2012
A Body of Work: A Harvard Student Art Show; SOCH Art Gallery, March, Cambridge, MA: 2012
House, Home: A Harvard Student Art Show; SOCH Art Gallery, Cambridge, MA: 2011
Exhibited Artist at Suite Art Fair; Dallas, TX: 2011
Kayla Escobedo/ Taro-kun Art Exhibition; The Public Trust, Dallas, TX: 2011
Eliot House Art Show; Eliot Library, Harvard University, 2010
Invisible Cities; CGIS, Harvard University: 2010
Class Show for VES 119; Carpenter Center 3rd floor, Harvard University: 2009
Students Choose Exhibit; Sert Gallery; Harvard University: 2009
Massachusetts Hall Student Art Exhibit; Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University: 2009
Harvard Student Art Show; Harvard Yard, Harvard University: 2009
Freshman Exhibition; Straus Common Room, Harvard University: 2009
Class Show for VES 20ar; Carpenter Center 3rd floor, Harvard University: 2008
Selected Bibliography:
"Untitled," featured in The Harvard Advocate (Winter 2011/2012)
"Tongue Follows Grave animation still," Tuesday Magazine (Fall Issue 2011)
“Degradation and Cold Sores and Bed Sores and a Dead Dog,” featured in The Harvard Advocate (Fall Issue 2011)
Featured artist, Plain China Vol. 2, Bennington College (Spring 2011)
Featured cartoonist, Harvard Crimson's Fifteen Minutes (Spring 2011-present)
"Monty Comix #1, #2, #3," online review, Blackguard: http://blackguard23.livejournal.com/74080.html (May 3, 2011)
"Monty Comix #1-3," online review, Midnight Fiction: http://www.midnightfiction.com/reviews/mini_comix_reviews_32.htm#mc (Spring 2011)
"Monty #1," online review, Optical Sloth: http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=18041 (April 14, 2011)
Cover artist for Blackguard Issue 4 (Spring 2011)
Cover artist for Oh My! Comix Issue 3, published by The Comix Company (Spring 2011)
Cover artist for Queen of the Nile #, The Harvard Lampoon (Spring 2011)
"Monty in a Stinky, Dead, Skinned Cat In A Bag Comix," featured in the Harvard Advocate (Winter Issue 2010)
"The Mourners," featured in The Harvard Advocate (Spring Issue 2010)
"MONTY: In Cancer," featured in The Harvard Advocate (Spring Issue 2010)
"MONTY: In Dementia," featured in The Harvard Advocate (Spring Issue 2010)
Featured Artist for The Harvard Book Review, (Spring 2010 Issue)
"Escobedo Ignites 'Fire' With Solo Show," by Eugenia Godina, The Harvard Crimson (March 30, 2010)
"Exhibit Makes SOCH Penthouse Personal,” by Eugenia Godina, The Harvard Crimson (November 6, 2009)
Write-up about solo show, by Jack Kim, Tuesday Magazine (2009)
“Student Art Placed at Forefront in Mass Hall,” by Monica Liu, The Harvard Crimson (February 20, 2009)
“Student Work Lights Up Mass Hall Corridor,” by Colleen Walsh, The Harvard Gazette (February 12, 2009)
“’Students Choose’ and Express with VES,” by Erika Pierson, The Harvard Crimson (February 5, 2009)
“Primitive: The Story of a Whalegirl,” featured in Harvard Advocate (Commencement Issue 2009)
“Animus,” featured in The Harvard Advocate (Spring Issue 2009)
“An Illustration for Iman,” featured in H-Bomb (Spring Issue 2009)
“The Rape,” featured in Saturday Night (Fall Issue 2008)
