EDUCATION

2006 - MFA, Video, Photography, Mills College, Oadkland, CA
1999 - BFA, Photography, San Jose State Unversity, San Jose, CA
1998 - Study Abroad, Visual Communications
University of Western Sydeny MacArthur, NSW, Australia

AWARDS

2008 - James Irvine Foundation Grant for Intersections at
The 2nd Bienniel 01SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge
2006 – 2007 - Headlands Center for the Arts, MFA Studio Residency Award
2006 - Herringer Prize for Excellence in Studio Art
2005 - Trefethen Merit Award for Excellence in Studio Art
2005 - Herringer Family Foundation Award in Art
2004 – 2005 - Mills College Alumnae Scholarship

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2008 - Instructor, “Intro to Photography”, DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA
2006 - Instructor, “Digital Imaging”, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2006 - Teaching Assistant, “Advanced Photography”, Mills College
2006 - Teaching Assistant, “Graduate Seminar”, Mills College
2005 - 2006 – Digital Lab Technician, Mills College
2000 - Present – Commercial Photographer, PureRed Creative, Livermore, CA

LECTURES

2009 – “Visiting Artist”, Digital Art, University of California, Berkeley
2009 – “Visiting Artist”, Art 1, San Jose State University
2008 – “Performance: Reading, Writing and Technology”, Speaker and Panalist, University of California, Davis
2008 – “Visiting Artist”, DeAnza College, Cupertino
2008 – “Visiting Artist: The Projected Image”, Sonoma State Unversity, Sonoma
2007 – “Visiting Artist”, Mills College, Oakland

EXHIBITIONS
2009 – “Sprawl at Victory Park Screens, Digital Media Art and Video,” 46th SPE National Conference, Dallas, TX
2008 - "Floating Chronologies," Solo Show at Space 47, The 2nd Bienniel 01SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge
2008 – “Noise”, Group Show at Anton Gallery, Monterey
2008 - “In The Beginning”, Group Show at University Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego
2008 - “The Projected Image”, Group Show at Sonoma State Univeristy, Sonoma
2007 - "The Google Project, Installment 1", Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito
2007 - "No Entropy", Solo Show at Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco
2007 - "Art Chicago," Chicago Art Fair courtesy of Stephen Wirtz Gallery
2007 - "Contact Project", Folly at Lancaster Castle, United Kingdom
2006 - “Frontera Electronica” Group Show at 01SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge, MACLA, San Jose
2006 - “Cream from the Top”, Group Show at Arts Benicia, Benicia
2006 - MFA Thesis Exhibition, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland
2004 - “7th Biennial Valentine Exhibit,” Sheppard Fine Art Gallery Reno, Nevada
2004 - “Patron Print Featured Artist”, Works/San Jose
2003 - “Gracias Luke,”  video and print installation, D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose
2003 - “Coinciding Reality,” Collaborative mixed media, XPO Annex Gallery, San Jose
2003 - “New Works,” D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose
2003 - “2 Fast 2 Furious,” Wine Galleria, San Jose
2003 - “Relish,” Works/San Jose Contemporary Art and Performance Space
2002 - “Sagacity,” XPO Gallery, San Jose
2003 - “Vintage Prints & New Works,” Chinese Trade Center Gallery, San Francisco
2003 - “Lomo Photography Vacant Storefront Exhibition,” Phantom Galleries, San Jose
2003 - “Silent Night Exhibition and Auction,” Works/ San Jose
2002 - “Ag 25,” Works/San Jose
2002 - “Silent Night Exhibition and Auction,” Works/San Jose
2001 - “Anima: Multimedia Imagery and Prose,” Works/San Jose
2001 - “Silent Night Exhibition and Auction,” Works/San Jose
2000 - “Mélange,” Works/San Jose
1999 - “Outside the Self,” BFA Exhibition, Gallery 5, San Jose State University
1998 - “Decode Ag 01” University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia
1997 - “Image and Idea,” Gallery 3, San Jose State University

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2009 – “Superlight”, 01SJ 2008 Biennial Catalog, by ZERO1 and edited by Steve Dietz
2008 – “The Many Faces of Jesus Aguilar at Space 47,” by Julia Bradshaw, ArtShift
2008 – “01SJ Diary: Day 3,” by Michael Connor, Rhizome New Museum, NY
2008 – “SSU: Art Gallery ‘Projected Image’,” by Gretchen, North Bay Bohemian
2007 – “Jesus Aguilar” on Spark, KQED, Air Date May 30
2007 - "Dreamy landscapes let one get lost", by Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, March 3
2006 - "West Coast: Mills College", by Chris Cobb, Strecher, May 10
2006 - "Frontera Electronica", by Michela Pilo, Zero-One Festival
2006 - “Heavy Cream”, by Irman Arcibal, Listen and be Heard
2006 - “Mills College”, by Deirdre Visser, Exposure Vol. 30:1, Spring 2006
2002 - “Art With An Adrenaline Rush,” by Anita Amirrezvani, San Jose Mercury News, December 5
1998 - “Decode Ag 01”, Department of Visual and Media Arts, University of Western Sydney, Australia

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Cathy Kimball
Frank and Maryellen Herringer
Catherine Wagner
Jeff Kelley and Hung Liu
Josef Vascovitz
Stephen & Connie Wirtz
Jack Drake
Jacqueline Crist
Deborah Oropallo
Mike Casteel
Patricia Sanders
Dennis Fong Sarah Puckitt
Joni Itamura
Linda Sylvius
David Dupperault
Gerri Wittig
Ruben Ruiz
Carlos A. Sanchez