Artist Bio 2020

 Sergio Teran (b.1974, Los Angeles) graduated with a BFA from Art Center College of Design and an MA in Studio Art from New York University. He lives and works in Los Angeles where he is also an Associate Professor of Art at Cerritos College.

Sergio Teran’s studio process filters divergent memories, real and imagined places and current events with cultural symbologies from everyday life and reassembles them into richly painted narrative tableaus. For the past 20 years, his paintings have investigated the particularities of a specific cultural identity, originating from intensely personal reflections that are elaborated through a struggle with process and material to elevate representations of a Mexican American experience.

Sergio’s work has been exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Southwest Museum of Art, and the Vincent Price Museum, who holds a piece in their permanent collection. Angels Gate Cultural Center, Avenue 50 Studio, and Nielsen Gallery (Boston), The University of Connecticut, and Taste like Chicken Art Space, in Brooklyn, NY. His work has been featured on KCET ArtBound (2017), The Los Angeles Times (2017), Joaquin Magazine (2016), and The Culture Trip (2015).