Sen Mendez CV
EDUCATION
NALAC Leadership Institute (2024)
Emerging Arts Professionals (2024)
Be Well Group Coaching, Akili Well (2024)
Native Entrepreneur Service Training (2023)
Business and Marketing Essentials (2023)
Art of Hustle, Queer Cultural Center (2023)
Transformative Creative Entrepreneurship, Arts.Co.Lab (2023)
Oakland Art Murmur and ARTogether, Mentorship Program, (2022)
Uptima Cooperative, Building Operational Capacity Course, (2021)
Uptima Cooperative, Creating a Business Roadmap Course, (2020)
San Francisco State University, College
of Ethnic Studies, Africana Studies Major (2018)
EXHIBITIONS
Bearing Witness: Dia de Los Muertos, SomARTS gallery (2024)
Y(our) Legacy: Liberation For All of Us, ARTogether (2024)
Complex Complexions, SF LGBT Center (2024)
The Hummingbird’s Visit: Dia de Los Muertos, SomARTS Gallery (2023)
Onward in Gratitude & Joy, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore (2023)
Centering the Wallflower, SOEX (2023)
Murmurations, SomARTS (2023)
Flax Art Oakland Store, East Bay Open Studios (2023)
Queer Visions, Haight Street Art (2021)
Macy’s Union Square Pride Show (2021)
“No No Desire Desire ¾: the many faced god-dess” in Montreuil, France (2021)
Gender Unbound Virtual Showcase (2020)
Queer Ancestors Project, Strut SF (2019)
GRANTS
Oakland Futures: Love Life Edition (2023)
CCI Arts East Bay Relief Fund (2022)
ArTogether Art Program Grant (2021)
ArTogether & Cineola & Frameline Fest mini Grant (2021)
NALAC Actos de Confianza Relief Grant (2021)
CCI Arts California Relief Fund for Artists and Cultural Practitioners (2020)
Bay Area Arts Worker Relief Fund for the Visual Arts (2020)
Safety Net Fund (2020)
Wellness in Action Mini Grant (2019)
Wellness in Action Mini Grant (2018)
EXPERIENCE
Operations & Grant Manager | Moments Cooperative and Community Space, February 2023 - December 2024
Artist Mentor & Leadership Assistant | Arts.Co.Lab, February 2023 - Present
Founder / Operator | Art For The People Project, July 2020- present
Founder / Lead Artist | Art For The People Project: Y(our) Legacy Program, Jan 2018 - present
Art Educator | Children of Bisheh, February - May 2023, 2024, 2025
Teaching Artist | Southern Exposure, March 2023 - August 2023
Project Residency | Moments Cooperative and Community Space, February - March 2023
Community Muralist Facilitator | AHS Youth Summit HQ Library - ARTogether, 2022-2024
Non-Binary Chat Co-Facilitator | SF Transgender District, March 2021
Lead Muralist | Queer Arts Center, June & August 2020
Artist Curator | Peacock Rebellion, March - June 2020
Curriculum Developer | ABO Comix, March 2020
Artist Facilitator | Facebook Analog Research Lab, June & Aug 2019
Visual Arts Instructor | Attitudinal Healing Connections, Inc., Aug 2018 - Dec 2019
Lead Workshop Artist | Associated Students SFSU Art Gallery, 2017