Selected Community Based Public Projects

2018

Kids in Need of Defense, “Voices that Matter Most” Initiative, Documentation of Recent Immigrant Youth Stories

The Lift to Rise Initiative, Coachella Valley, Exhibitions, Workshops, Community Events, Coachella Valley, CA

2017

New American Media, Youth Media Creators Conference, Photo Workshop, Sacramento CA.

2016

Annenberg Space for Photography, Teen Documentary Workshop, Los Angeles, CA California

Big City Forum, Talleres Publicos series, Photography Workshops, Pacoima, CA

California Community Foundation, Unsung Heroes exhibition, lead artist, Los Angeles, CA

2015

Las Fotos Project, photography workshops, lectures and documentation, Los Angeles, CA

2014

Youthspeak, photography workshops and lectures for youth, Pacoima, CA

Venice Community Housing, photography workshops and lectures for youth, Venice, CA.

2012

Scholarship Association for English as a Second Language Students, participant documentation, Los Angeles, CA

Previous to 2010

La Entrada Project, public art and cultural programming project, San Diego, CA

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, photography workshops for dialysis patients, Los Angeles

YMCA Summer Youth Program, photography workshop and lectures, Phoenix, AZ

Selected Group Exhibitions

2017

Pop-Up Residency, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA

Re-Imagine Justice, 25th Anniversary of the L.A. Uprising, Community Coalition, Los Angeles, CA

2016

New Americans, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA

Unsung Heroes, La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, Los Angeles, CA

2013

These Friends IV, This Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2012

Fragments, JDC Fine Art, San Diego, CA

These Friends III, This Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2011

Borders, This Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

These Friends II, This Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2010

Border Biennial, El Paso Art Museum, El Paso, TX

Border Biennial, Paso Del Norte Centro Cultural, Ciudad Juarez, MX

Previous to 2010

Summer Love, Black Maria Gallery, Glendale, CA

Manufactured Inspirato, Koos Art Center, Long Beach, CA

A Compilation of Sorts, 33 1/3rd Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Group Show, The Cellar Gallery, Mesa, AZ

Artist Talks and Lectures

2018

USC Roski School of Art and Design MFA Program, Guest Lecture “Incorporating Empathy Into Your Work”

2017

Palm Springs Art Museum, Artist Talk, “Farmworkers in the Coachella Valley”

Blue Sky Center, Panelist and Presenter, “Creative Placemaking in Rural Communities”

Pasadena City College, Lecture, “History of the Coachella Valley and the Farmworkers Project”

2016

La Jolla Country Day School, Presentation, “Farmworkers and Refugees”

Big City Forum at the L.A. Design Festival, presentation and panel discussion with Jimenez Lai, Maura Lucking, and Elizabeth Timme

Maxfuncon 2016, Keynote speaker, “Photography as an Agent of Change”

University of California Riverside, visiting artist lecture series, “Photojournalism”

Cal State Los Angeles, Media Done Responsibly Festival, “Representation of People of Color in Media”

LA Institute for the Humanities, lecture series, “Farmworkers in the Coachella Valley”

2015

Annenberg Space for Photography, Studio Talk at Skylight Studios

2013

Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities, lecture series, “Mr. Brown’s Los Angeles”

Fellowships and Awards

2018

Blue Sky Center, 555 Residency

2015

Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellowship, “Farmworkers in the Coachella Valley”

2014

LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, prequalified artist list

2012

Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities Fellow

Selected Publications and Interviews

2016

The Candid Frame, podcast interview,

Boom Magazine, Summer 2016, “Imperial Landscapes”, photo essay

Southern California Public Radio, Los Angeles Unsung Heroes Project, interview

2014

The Los Angeles Review of Books Online, featured artist

Notebook on Cities and Culture, podcast interview

KCET Artbound “Colby Printing: A Rainbow Poster on Every Corner”

Education

2002-2003

Los Angeles Community College, photography program

1996-1998

Mesa Community College, photography program

1993

Arizona Western College, A.A.S. Electronic Technology