Artist & Educator
Alma Landeta (they/them) is a mixed-race, Cuban American, queer multidisciplinary artist and educator whose work seeks to build community through the exploration of intersectional identities. They make art about the importance of bodily autonomy for queer and trans people through drawings, paintings, and installations.
Landeta received a Masters of Arts from MICA. They have shown work nationally and internationally through solo exhibitions, group shows, and artist residencies. Alma was the 2022 Homebody Fellow at Ma's House, and 2020-2022 Latinx Teaching Artist Fellow at Root Division. They sit on the Board of Directors as Studio Artist Representative for Root Division.
Exhibitions
Queer-ennial: A Story of Armor, MACLA, Group Exhibition—San Jose, CA; September 2023
What Remains, Schlomer Haus Gallery, Group Exhibition—San Francisco, CA; August 2023
Joy is the Fuel, SF LGBT Center, Mural—San Francisco, CA; July 2023
Breaking Bread, MACLA, Group Exhibition—San Jose, CA; June 2023
Taste, Root Division, Group Exhibition—San Francisco, CA; April 2023
About Face, Bedford Gallery, Juried Exhibition—Walnut Creek, CA; April 2023
Pyramid Scheme, Bass & Reiner, Minnesota Street Project, Group Exhibition—San Francisco, CA; April 2023
Holding / Ceremony, Berkeley Art Center, Group Exhibition—Berkeley, CA; November 2022
Ma’s House One Year Anniversary Exhibition, Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, Group Exhibition—Southampton, NY; July 2022
Vernissage des Artistes en Résidence à La Maison Verte, Jardin Botanique Marnay-sur-Seine, Group Exhibition—France; July 2022
Figure Studies, Salesforce Tower, Solo Exhibition—San Francisco, CA; May 2022
Queer Rain Art Party, Institute of Contemporary Art, Group Exhibition—San Francisco CA; April 2022
Aguas Curativas, Sour Cherry Comics, Mural—San Francisco, CA; April 2022
Women Rising, The Drawing Room, Group Exhibition—San Francisco, CA; March 2022
RD Makes, Root Division, Group Exhibition—San Francisco; December 2021
Similarities and Differences, San Francisco Proper, Group Exhibition—San Francisco, CA; November 2021
Grace for All, Grace Cathedral, Public Art Installation—San Francisco, CA; February 2021
Black Queer Leaders Veneration, Root Division, Mural—San Francisco, CA; November 2020
LGBTQIA+ Intergenerational Exhibition, Jewish Contemporary Center, Group Exhibition—San Francisco, CA; February 2020
SOMArts Dia de los Muertos Exhibition, SOMArts, Group Exhibition—San Francisco, CA; October 2019
Participatory Portraits, Leidy Gallery at Fred Lazarus IV Center, Group Exhibition—Baltimore, MD; July 2017
Welcome to the Left Coast, Luggage Store Gallery, Group Exhibition—San Francisco, CA; May 2016
5 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Incline Gallery, Group Exhibition—San Francisco, CA; December 2015
Lectures, Panels, Presentations
Holding / Ceremony, Berkeley Art Center, Artist Talk; November 2022—Berkeley, CA
Ma’s House Artist-in-Residency, Podcast; August 2022—Virtual
Foot Hill College, Artist Talk; June 2022—Virtual
Artists’ Adaptability Circles Program Panel and Discussion, Panelist; November 2021—Virtual
Emergence 2021: Practical is Radical, Emerging Arts Professionals, SFBA, Panelist; June 2021—Virtual
Careers in the Arts, Contemporary Jewish Museum, Panelist; February 2020—San Francisco, CA
The Power of Storytelling, Diversity and Equity Workshop (LHNS), Lecture; November 2019—San Francisco, CA
Emptying Out Our Pockets: Mapping Our Interconnected Journeys, Inventing Our Future, Presenter; June 2019—Oakland, CA
Visual Journals: A Multifaceted Practice, National Art Education Association Conference, Presenter; March 2019—Boston, MA
Arts-Based Research in Middle and High School Art, National Art Education Association Pre-Conference, Presenter; March 2018—Seattle, WA
Residencies
Ma’s House Artist-in-Residency Homebody Fellowship—Southampton, NY; July 2022
La Maison Verte Artist-in-Residency—Marnay-sur-Seine, France; July 2022
Social Studies Residency—Colusa, CA; July 2019
University of Hawaii Mural Residency—Waikiki, HI; July 2018
SKOPART Residency—Skopelos, Greece; July 2015
Professional Experience
Root Division, San Francisco
Studio Artist Board Representative
September 2021 - Present
Figure Drawing Faculty
Fall 2022 - Present
Latinx Teaching Artist Fellow
July 2020 - July 2022
Head-Royce School, Oakland
High School Art Teacher
August 2021 - Present
Alameda County Office of Education, Hayward
Arts Integrated Learning Specialist Program Faculty
June 2016 - August 2020
Education
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Masters of Arts in Art Education—2017
Thesis—Visual Research Journals: A Space for Doing
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Bachelor of Arts in Photography; Studio Art Major, Art History Minor—2010
Art History Program: Paris, France, 2009
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
Project Lead the Way Core Training Institute—2014
Engineering and Design Trained Educator
Alameda County Office of Education, Oakland, CA
Integrated Learning Specialist Program—2015