Dilcia Giron

I was born and raised in El Salvador, grew up in place that was over saturated with visual stimulation. My perspective of reality was constantly changing. Surprises and unexpected events were part of my everyday life. Is probably the reason why I find it hard to limit myself to one particular art style, and prefer to express in many different ways. My artistic repertoire includes printmaking, photography, mixed media, collage, digital illustrations, performance and collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media. I create constantly, with whatever is available to me at the moment. From taking photos, to drawing, collaging or painting. I am constantly playing, exploring new patterns, new shapes, new techniques, new perspectives etc. I use the process of “Art making” as the means to explore purity and freedom.

My piece is a social criticism to the issue of “Gentrification”. Inspired by the ever changing landscape of the city, which is in the constant process of gentrification, transforming low income communities into wealthy neighborhoods. Causing the displacement of longtime residents and small business owners. I wanted to illustrate the urban environment of our city, a mixed of high end housing and buildings, and poverty and homelessness.

b. 1973, El Salvador, based in San Francisco, CA, United States

SOLO SHOWS
2018 SALON NINE, San Francisco, CA, USA, Experiencing Realities through Collage
2016 Sixty Six Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, USA, Order and Chaos
2008 Wente Vineyards, Livermore, CA, USA, Monoprints

GROUP / JURIED SHOWS
2018 Avenue 12 Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA, URBAN EDGE
2018 ART BATTLE Winner- San Francisco, CA, USA
2018 ARC Studios & Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA, Collage-a-Rama
2018 San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA, Patterns
2018 Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA, USA, Purely Abstract
2018 Evolved SF, San Francisco, CA, USA, My Sanctuary
2018 Dada Bar, San Francisco, CA, USA, Space Art
2018 San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA, World of Abstractions
2018 Art Attack SF, San Francisco, February ’18 Duo Exhibition, What Moves You
2018 Art Attack SF, San Francisco, February ’18 Group Exhibition
2018 Dada Bar, San Francisco, CA, USA, Edgy, Campy & Mythical
2018 ARC Studios & Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA, SNAP
2017 Arc Studios & Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA, Collage-a-Rama
2017 San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA, Abstracted
2017 ARC Studios & Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA, Luminous
2017 Arc Studios & Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA, Summer of Love
2016 Arc Studios & Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA, SNAP
2016 The Convent Arts Collective, San Francisco, CA, USA, No Return: Textures of the Anthropocene
2015 Graphic Arts Workshop, San Francisco, CA, USA, Too Strange to Believe
2015 ARC Studios & Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA, Collage-a-Rama
2015 SMAart Gallery & Studio, San Francisco, CA, USA, Print + Paper + Paste
2015 Fort Mason Art Center, San Francisco, CA, USA, Art Span Open Studios
2014 Fort Mason Art Center, San Francisco, CA, USA, ArtSpan Open Studios
2014 ARC Studios & Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA, Collage-a-Rama
2013 Gary Francis Fine Art, Alameda, CA, USA, Transported
2011 Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, USA, The Cries of San Francisco
2010 Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA, The Exquisite Corpse I & II
2011 Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, USA, The Cries of San Francisco
2007 Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA, USA, Madre Tierra