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Paola Villaseñor (born 1986), better known by her nickname Panca, is a painter, muralist, street artist and illustrator born in San Diego, CA, US. Thematically, her work focuses on the dichotomy and decay of humanity using neon and pastel colors, grotesque figures and distorted shapes. She has been working between Mexico and the United States since 2004 making wheat-paste art, indoor murals, large scale outdoor murals and paintings on various different surfaces.

Early life

Panca was born in San Diego, Ca in 1986. She emigrated from the neighborhood of Chula Vista to Tijuana, MX in 2004 at the age of 18.

Selected works

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego selected Panca to host an event in "Made by X" series in March 2018.

The Artist Odyssey Featured Panca in their first international film titled "Panca", screened at the San Diego Art Institute November 2, 2016.

Panca created a large scale site specific mural at Bread and Salt in May 2017.

"The Savagery of Women" (site specific mural) was displayed in the entry way of the San Diego Art Institute as part of their winter benefit in 2015.

Exhibitions

¿Porque no eres una niña normal? an exhibition of original works by Panca, was shown at Bread and Salt, San Diego April 8 to June 16, 2017.

New Contemporaries 2016 SD Art Prize Emerging Nominated Artists was shown at the San Diego City College Gallery, June 18- July14th, 2016

Awards

Panca was nominated by Alex Zaragoza for the San Diego Art Prize in 2016 as an Emerging Artist.

References

  1. "Panca + Artista Visual". UABC Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  2. ^ Morlan, Kinsee (2015-01-13). "Meet our cover artist, PANCA". San Diego CityBeat. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  3. ^ Zaragoza, Alex. "New Contemporaries: San Diego Art Prize". sdvisualarts. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  4. "Made by X: Panca". Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  5. "The Artist Odyssey presents: PANCA, a film by Saulo Cisneros". San Diego Art Institute. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  6. Delk, Laurie. "Binational artist Panca goes big in Barrio Logan". sandiegouniontribune.com. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  7. "Paola Villaseñor: Transborder muralist and The Savagery of Women". sdartreviews.blogspot.mx. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  8. Diego, Pacific San. "Paola Villase-or also known by her artist name, PANCA. A Chula Vista native living in Playas de Tijuana". sandiegouniontribune.com. Retrieved 2018-04-23.

Further reading

UABC Radio, Interview with Panca

San Diego Red, Binational Artist Panca's New 50 Ft Mural Taken Down By Sister of Former Tijuana Mayor

Vanguard Culture, PANCA: PINK IN THE EVERYDAY-MORBID

Art Pulse TV, Panca

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