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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 “The Salvation” at the Homegirl Café Los Angeles CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Cara De Vago” Series of 13 paintings solo show, Forest Lawn Museum
2023 “Somos” at ART SHARE L.A
“Immi’ Art” at Studio MLA by CHIRLA in Los Angeles CA.
2022 “Street School” at ART SHARE L.A.
“Immi Art” at Consulado General de Los Angeles CA. by CHIRLA.
2017 “The Runt” artwork was exhibited, for The High Art of Riding Low group show - at
The Petersen Museum, Los Angeles CA,
2016 “SKIN” Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles CA (group) Somos”
“ROLLCALL” LA Louver Gallery, Venice Beach CA. (Group)
2015 “Spiritual Language”, TAG Gallery Guest Curator/Artist, Santa Monica CA. (group)
2014 Traveling Show “Bridging Homeboy Industries” Cal State University of San Bernardino, Inland Empire CA
“INTERSECTION” Breed Street Shul, Los Angeles CA. (Group)
Painted a Mural on 1st and State Titled “Light from Darkness” at Xelas Bar. Boyle Heights CA,
2013 “Fragments of Los Angeles Series,” Homegirl Café Los Angeles CA. (Group)
“Bridging Homeboy Industries”, Ben Maltz Gallery Otis college of Art and Design, Los Angeles CA. (Group)
2012 ” Duality of Woman” – at Homeboy Café Los Angeles CA. Alongside Artist Jose Ramirez
“Two Generations”, Freemont Gallery, South Pasadena CA. (Group)
2011 “Childhood Memories” at Homeboy Industries/Homegirl Café
“La Loteria Exhibition,” Borderline Project, Brooklyn, NY. (Group)
“Bridging through the Arts,” University of California Santa Barbara, CA. (Group)
MURALS
2021 Commissioned by Residential of Main, Developers to create two large scale murals for their new apartment complex development, titled “In Lak Ech, I see you, You see Me”
Commissioned by NATIVO Bar and grille interior /exterior design,
“Frida en Loma Alta” Highland Park, CA
2020 Commissioned by Accenture Company, to develop an interior mural titled
“Arts District Street Signs” location at Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles, CA
2019 Commissioned by SAG-AFTRA Credit Union Bank Interior Mural “Rhythm of Los Angeles”
In Burbank CA.
Commissioned by FOX Mayans TV Series, to create a mural style work of Art for their marketing purposes.
2018 Commissioned Mural on Yoly’s Market Store on 6th and Bonnie Beach. La Virgen De Guadalupe. In East Los Angeles CA,
Commissioned Mural for St. Anne Catholic School “La Virgen de Guadalupe. Orange County CA,
2017 Commissioned Mural -Homeboy Inspired Community Mural at Sacred Heart of Jesus in collaboration with students Titled “Our voice-One voice” Richmond VA.
2016 Commissioned Mural Tiled: “El Poder de La Mujer” On Whittier Blvd and Bonnie Beach Pl. East Los Angeles CA,
Painted Virgen Mary Mural for Sacred Heart of Jesus Titled: “Shes here, The Virgin Mary, She is finally here” Los Palos CA,
2012 Commissioned mural -“Inner Self-Inner Voice “ in LAX Airport -terminal 5 -for homeboy Industries bakery and Café.
2009 The Love of Our Community, on 8th and Soto Streets (contracted by the City of Los Angeles and in collaboration with youth from Project Amiga)
The Nativity, in South Central Los Angeles (contracted by the Nativity Elementary School)
It’s Yours, on Central and 8th Streets (contracted by the Coca-Cola Company)
2003 Commissioned Mural -The Founding of Tenochtitlan, Yolys Market on 6th and Bonnie Beach Streets (mural creation and later restoration, contracted by property owner)
2006 Commissioned Mural –“The Gift of Life= the Salvation Army Pasadena Adult Rehabilitation Center, in Pasadena
1997 Commissioned Mural-Medicine Woman located in East L.A., on 1st and Utah Streets.
Commissioned Mural - The Remnants of Tribal Descendants, on Pleasant and Enchandia Streets in Boyle Heights (contracted by the City of Los Angeles)
AWARDS
2024 NEA National Heritage Fellow
https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/fabian-debora
2023 CALIFORNIA CREATIVE CORP FELLOWSHIP-
2019 HOMEBOY HERO BY HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES
https://youtu.be/buluYMAC7Xg?si=V10m9HE48fMeswbE
2017 Winner & Award recipient of Through the eyes of the Artist By MTA-
Poster Design Titled “Celebrate El Pueblo de Los Angeles.”
2012 California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists
2011 Debora was honored by the Belle Foundation for Cultural Development, Grantee, San Jose, Calif.
2007 Edward James Olmos awarded a scholarship and featured Debora in a 2007 documentary called Voces de Cambio.[7]
1994 first place award
-33rd District Art Competition with a pencil drawing titled What now? Went to Washington DC to meet Lucille Roybal Allard, congresswoman for the 33rd District in Los Angeles. The work was displayed at the US Capitol for a year.
PRIVATE & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
2023- CALLIFORNIA ENDOWMENT-“BEA STRONG” 8’X8’ MIXED MEDIA-
2020- GETTY MUSEUM OF ART- REMEMBERING THE HEAVENS 12”X18” GRAFITE DRAWING -LIBER AMICORUM - LA GRAFFITI BLACK BOOK.
2016- KENTUCKY MUSEUM OF ART- INNOCENCE OVER DESTRUCITON 5’X 7’ ACRYLIC ON CANVAS. CLEMXETY OF LOS ANGELES 48”’X72”
2012- LACMA – “DISTINCTIONS”
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008: Citizen Magazine, http://www.citizenla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55
2008: “LA Magazine of Essential Arts and Lifestyle Entity”, article on the Citizen
2009: http://quartierlibre.wordpress.com/tag/fabian-debora/
2010: “Los Angeles Times”, Pasadena Chalk Fest Art
“The Northeast News/Pinnacle Communications”
“New Letters Literary Magazine”, Vol. 70, Nos. 3 & 4 Los Angeles Times, “Pasadena Chalk Fest” http://www.newletters.org/issue764.asp
http://www.rockhurst.edu/services/aandl/images/alnewsletter1.pdf http://catholickey.com/index.php3?gif=news.gif&mode=view&issue=20101022&article_ id=6489
2011: Dwell Magazine,
http://www.dwell.com/articles/fabian-debora-for-homeboy- industries.html
http://www.guideposts.org/angels-earth/angelic-help-artists-life-was-saved
http://ourtownelsereno.com/issues/2011/march/artist/
2013: Fabian Debora, a Life for Art (Short film)
USC graduate documentary Director Jess Kaye
Los Angeles Magazine A stroke of Love
http://www.lamag.com/thejump/2013/04/22/a-stroke-of-love-artist fabiandebora-on-painting-father-gregory-boyle-for-los-angeles-magazine
LA Weekly One Day Boyle Heights Artist
http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2013/03/fabian_debora_building_bridges.php
From Gangs to Art: The Salvation of Fabian Debora KCETartbound
http://www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/counties/los-angeles/fabian-debora-chicano-art-east-la.html
2014: Bridging Homeboy Industries at RAFFMA Street Art and culture. http://iecn.com/bridging-homeboy-industries-exhibition-at-raffma-street-art culture/
2015: There's a DTLA Art Studio with a Backstory Worthy of an HBO Series http://www.laweekly.com/arts/theres-a-dtla-art-studio-with-a-backstory-worthy-of-an-hbo-series-5972907
2016: LA Times, ROLLCALL
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-gallery-reviews-roll-call-la-louver-2161202-htmlstory.html
2022 FORGIVE -Published book- Collaboration with Father Greg Boyle published by Layola Press of Chicgo-