Evan Apodaca is a media artist based in San Diego, CA. He received his Bachelor's of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2009 and is the director of Que Lejos Estoy: Picturing Assimilation, an animated documentary, which streamed nationally through PBS and received over 325 thousand views. In 2018 Apodaca was the recipient of the Creative Catalyst grant from The San Diego Foundation and the Port Spaces grant from the Port of San Diego to begin work on hybrid-documentary series, Secret City. In 2018 he was the Associate Producer and Animator for “Singing My Way to Freedom”, an award winning feature documentary about musician and civil-rights activist, Ramon “Chunky” Sanchez. Evan's films have also screened at film festivals and museums such as the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Chicano International Film Festival (LA), the Tijuana Film and Food Festival and the San Diego Latino Film Festival. In 2013 Evan was a resident artist for the International Symposium of Electronic Arts in Taos, New Mexico.
Contact: evanapodaca@gmail.com
Education
2009 Bachelors of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Screenings and Exhibitions
2018 ¡Frontera Filmmakers!, San Diego Latino Film Festival, CA
2017 Deep Time University, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA
Tijuana Film & Food Festival, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Mexico
National Association of Latino Independent Producers Media Summit, LA, CA
Que Lejos Estoy , New Americans Museum, San Diego, CA
San Diego Film Week, Museum of Photographic Arts, SD, CA
2016 PBS Online Film Festival, Nationwide
Chicano International Film Festival, Plaza de la Raza, Los Angeles, CA
San Diego Latino Film Festival, AMC Fashion Valley, San Diego, CA
San Diego Underground Film Festival, Tenth Avenue Arts Center, SD, CA
National Association of Latino Independent Producers Media Summit, LA, CA
Date Night , San Diego Art Institute, Horton Plaza, San Diego, C
2012 International Symposium of Electronic Arts, University of New Mexico, NM
2011 The Body Parlor , Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL
Off the Wall, Space4Art, San Diego, CA
Learning Modern, SAIC, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
2009 SAIC Spring BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
Happening in Bronzeville , The South Side Community Arts Center, Chicago
Don’t Put It Past Me, Koscielak Gallery, Chicago, IL
Reviews & Publications
2018 La Prensa, Beyond Storytelling, Marielena Castellanos
Union Tribune, San Diego Foundation Announces, James Hebert
2016 SD City Beat, Video Players, Seth Combs
San Diego Union Tribune, Talento Local Brilla, Pablo J. Sainz
Grants, Awards & Residencies
2019 Art Spaces Commission, Port of San Diego, CA
2018 Creative Catalyst Grant, San Diego Foundation, CA
Audience Award for Best Documentary Film San Diego Latino Film Festival
Best Frontera Feature Film, San Diego Latino Film Festival
2007 SAIC Full Tuition Chairman Merit Scholarship
Fine Arts Club of Pasadena Visual Arts Award
2006 Jeane Ward Foundation Grant
William B. Memorial Scholarship Award
Professional Experience
2019 Arts Advisory Committee Chair, Centro Cultural de la Raza
2018 Instructor, Special Effects, Platt College
2018 Associate Producer/Editor/Cinematographer, Espinosa Productions
2017 Instructor, Media Arts Center, San Diego, CA