About

Maria Elena Carrasco completed her B.F.A. degree in Fine Art photography at SanJose State University. She has since exhibited her work throughout Northern California including the San Jose Museum of Art and Museo Casa Taller Jose Clemente Orozco in Mexico. She is the co-founder of Black Boots Ink www.blackbootsink.com, an on-line publication about the rituals of life in the pursuit of happiness. As a photographer and educator, Maria Elena has a strong interest in exposing teens to different art mediums and cultivating young artist

Exhibitions:

• Black Boots ink Rambla Cataluna, Guadalajara, MX. 2010
• Black Boots ink at Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2010
• Hamburger Eyes, Casual Abyss, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, Ca 201o
• Wandering in the Company of Strangers, The Brewery, Los Angeles, Ca 2009
• Wandering in the Company of Strangers, The De- apropreation project, San Francisco, Ca 2009
• Bounty Photography Exhibition, Liberty Arts, Yreka, CA, 2008
• Introducción: International Artist Collaborative, The Rostel Gallery, Dunsmuir, CA, 2008
• Spring happenings in Fall, Da Ranch, San Francisco, CA, 2008.
• Introducción by Black Boots Ink Empire Seven Studios, San Jose, CA, 2008
• Black Boots Ink, Casa Escorza, Guadalajara, MX, 2008
• Black Boots Ink, Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, MX, 2007
• Black Boots Ink, ODC Theater Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2007
• Celebrate Life, 610 Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, 2007
• Generation Complacent, Balazo 18 Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2007
• Dia de los Muertos, Studio 17, Oakland CA, 2007
• Pacific Art Collective COLLABO, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2007
• We are Family, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, 2006
• Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, “ Tactics and Strategies,” San Francisco, CA 2006
• 33 Grand Gallery Biennale, “Oil Skin Sheds Water,” Oakland, CA 2005
• Works 25 Gallery, group exhibition “Codes of Conduct,” San Jose, 2005
• MACLA Chicano Biennale, group exhibition, San Jose, 2005
• Café de Louvre, solo exhibition, San Francisco, 2005
• Evergreen College, “September 16,” Solo exhibition, San Jose, 2004
• Rock Steady Concert Series “Music,” San Jose, 2004
• Paper Brain, “Pin Art Shift Art Show, San Jose, 2004
• Works 25 Ag; group exhibition, San Jose, 2004
• Phantom Galleries, “ Mass Action,” San Jose, group exhibition 2003
• Works 25 Gallery Ag; group exhibition, San Jose, 2002
• MACLA, “Cabinets of Curiosities: The Spiritual Lives of Four San Jose Collectors,” San Jose, 2002
• Works 25 Gallery group exhibition, San Jose, 2001
• Anno Domini Gallery,“ Namenlosen,” group exhibition, San Jose, 2001
• Galeria de La Posada “Unbound,” Reclaiming Space. Group exhibition, Sacramento, 2001
• Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, “Unbound, Reclaiming Space” group exhibition, 2000
• San Jose State University, “Fairy Tales,” solo exhibition, San Jose, 2000

Published:

Hamburger Eyes books, Dust Magazine, Tangled Gallery and Press, Black Boots Ink web and magazine