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