Alejandro Diaz-Ayala, Carlos Donjuan, Sergio Garcia and Luke Harnden

October 26–November 30, 2024
Opening reception Saturday, October 26, 5:00-8:00 pm
Artists will be in attendance

Carlos Donjuan, Gordy, 2024, oil on canvas 36" x 36"

Carlos Donjuan was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and has lived in Dallas since the age of three. During middle and high school, he discovered a love for graffiti and mural art. He soon combined these passions with more traditional art teachings, and immersed himself in learning art techniques and art history. After undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Arlington, Donjuan attended the University of Texas at San Antonio where he earned his Masters Degree in Fine Art, later becoming a professor at the University of Texas where he currently teaches. He has exhibited in galleries and museums on a national and international level, and his work is part of the Cheech Marin Collection. Although Carlos has focused most of his time in the studio, he has never lost his love for painting murals. He works with the collective Sour Grapes, through which he has painted murals, hosted workshops, and mentored at-risk youths.

Born and raised in Dallas, Sergio Garcia works primarily in print and sculpture, often incorporating text and icons of his adolescence within his pieces. Although influenced by these icons, he reinvents them using unconventional materials. This is particularly evident in his works incorporating tricycles, which Garcia transforms into fanciful vessels by morphing the frames into whimsical, Dr. Seuss-like riddles: a nostalgic nod to childhood whimsy that denies functionality and the object's original purpose. Garcia's artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Four of his pieces were selected for exhibition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, including his celebrated U-shaped tricycle, which greeted visitors in the Nice Cote D'Azur Airport in France. Awards include First Place at the Celebrate Texas Art exhibition in Houston. Garcia has exhibited in various shows nationwide, including a solo show at Frosch & Portman in New York, Kirk Hopper Fine Art in Dallas and White Walls Gallery in San Francisco.

Luke Harnden is a multidisciplinary artist currently living and working in Los Angeles. From 2012-2017, he co-founded and operated a discursive arts and performance venue in Dallas known as Beefhaus. Exhibitions include Songs, Nick Kochornswasdi Gallery, Los Angeles; Ritual Images, Sean Horton Presents, New York; Borborygmi, Box Co., Dallas; Powerlines, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas; Black, Site 131, Dallas; Circuit Breaker, TWU Denton TX; and Give Me Shelter, Civic TV, Houston. He received an MFA in Art from the California Institute of the Arts where he co-organized the student-run Paul Brach Visiting Artist Lecture Series in 2019.

Born in La Piedad, Michoacan, Mexico, Alejandro Diaz Ayala moved to Santa Barbara, California, at the age of three. There, surrounded by his mother's family, Diaz developed his interest in art, following the lead from an older cousin who was a part of Santa Barbara's early graffiti movement. When he was eleven, Diaz and his mother moved to Dallas' Oak Cliff neighborhood, where his talent for street art grew. Diaz is a member of the Sour Grapes, a crew of street artists from the Oak Cliff suburbs. The group uses their shared experiences to encourage each other to express themselves artistically and excel in a neighborhood where youth are sometimes doomed to a life in prison or even death.