Career
PORTRAIT BY ESTHER GODOY
ARiel Draws studio IS a multi faceted journey, always remaining a work in progress.
My life is my art and my art practice Continues to grow, evolve, and shift.
Want to join in the adventure, celebrate our uniqueness, collaborate and explore together?
Me too. Get in touch and let’s see what comes up!
ABOUT
Ariel draws studio captures the expansive beauty I’ve found through my lived experience — a practice that’s expressed itself in various and disparate ways: in capturing and illustrating the beauty of found objects, in creating inspirational dishes with local and foraged terroir, or in creating unique interior spaces where one can feel both rejuvenated and at peace.
I strive to inspire others to create and seek the beauty and creative adventure their own lives hold for them, in any form and medium that takes. Art delights in playing with the senses, and permeates our world with experiences, colors, textures, smells, flavors, and sounds. I’m passionate about sharing my work and ideas with you, and to hope and dream collectively.
education
BFA, 2003, illustration, parsons school of design, NYC (Dean’s list, honors)
Artist residencies
SEPTEMBER 2019 -Vermont studio center, artist in residence, Johnson, vt
july 2012 - millay colony, artist in residence - akumal, mx
April 2012 - millay colony, artist in residence - austerlitz, ny
exhibitions
2021 - rio records: stories of the LA RIVER, immersive and experiential digital installation, Los Angeles, ca
2021 - The fresh pot, “above & below”, solo exhibition, portland, or
2019 - A Love Bizarre, “QUEER”, solo exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
2018 - Glama-Rama Salon, “San Francisco Smalls”, group show, San Francisco, CA
2018 - Glama-rama salon, “bantam beasts”, group show, Oakland, ca
2017 - The Bench Gallery, “DESERT MAGIC”, solo exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2017 - The General’s Residence at Fort Mason, “Acts of Love & Kindness”, San Francisco, CA
2016 - San Francisco Public Library, RADAR Reading Series presenter, San Francisco, CA
2016 - Quiet Lightening-RADAR, Illustrated cover - queer-lit magazine, San Francisco, CA SF
2015-2018 - Muni Art, Winner (art displayed inside 10 buses and outside 50 across San Francisco, artwork printed on MUNI tickets and distributed citywide 2017-18, San Francisco, CA
2014 - SOMArts, 19th Annual Drag King Competition: group exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2013 - Five Pins Project, “Sticks & Stones”, , solo exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2013 - SOMArts, QCC’s National Queer Arts Festival, Zeitgeist, San Francisco, CA
2012 - Leslie+Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, “The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History”, New York, NY
2011 - Pop Tart Gallery, Pacific Standard Time (PST: A Getty Iniative): “Beefcakes and Boundaries”, Los Angeles, CA
clients
Showtime TV Network
Chronicle Books
Cockroach Labs, NYC
99% Invisible podcast
Old navy
liquor.com
the bold italic
radar productions
juanita more!
ORANGE COAST MAGAZINE
viva air magazine
air tran inflight magazine
Go mymidwest magazine
redefine magazine
new york times book review
Sayaw, filipino dance documentary
PRESS + MEDIA
June 2019 - The Fight Magazine, featured artist / article
November 2015 - San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook cover:“Local Art Replaces Ads on Local MUNI buses”
November 2015 - SF Gate, “Muni Buses Get Art Instead of Ads”
July 2015 - SF Weekly, “San Francisco Beautiful Chooses Winners of First MUNI Art Project Contest”
July 2015 - Bitch Media, “Coming Soon to Bay Area Public Transit: Beautiful Queer Portraits”
September 2013 - EDNA, A Journal of the Millay Colony for the Arts
March 2011, PmC Magazine, Online Interview
bibliography
o Chronicle Books, "Suffragist City": 100th anniversary book commemorating the 19th amendment, illustration, Fall 2020
o Showtime Television Network, “L Word: Generation Q”, artwork contracted for use on television set, Fall 2019
o Liquor.com, illustrations (2014-2018):
• Rum article, hero illustration
• ”Drink Me Now” series, illustrations
• ”Bar Talk” series, illustrations
• Horoscope series, 12 illustrations
o Orange Coast Magazine, “Restaurants of the Year”, illustrations, March 2017
o Juliana Delgado Lopera, “20-Something Dykes You Meet On Ok Cupid”, Illustrations, The Bold Italic, March 3, 2015
o Lynn Rapoport, “An Elegy to SF’s Last Dyke Bar”, Illustrations, The Bold Italic, October 24, 2014
o Cecilio Asuncion’s “Sayaw“ Philipino dance documentary film, , illustrations for video intro and other promotional material, 2013-2014
o EDNA - “A journal of the Millay Colony for the Arts by Millay Colony for the Arts, Issue 4, illustrations, 2013
o 20 Years of Juanita MORE, “Juanita”, Illustration in printed anthology, October 12, 2011
o Dinner for Eight at farm:table (San Francisco, CA), Menu Design, September 21, 2011
o Michelle Broder Van Dyke, “Non-Fiction Characters”, Illustrations, The Bold Italic, September 1, 2011
o Kristin Smith, “Pimp My Ride”, Illustrations, The Bold Italic, August 1, 2011
o Kristin Smith, “The Lez Look Book”, Illustrations, The Bold Italic, June 22, 2011
Career
PORTRAIT BY ESTHER GODOY
ARiel Draws studio IS a multi faceted journey, always remaining a work in progress.
My life is my art and my art practice Continues to grow, evolve, and shift.
Want to join in the adventure, celebrate our uniqueness, collaborate and explore together?
Me too. Get in touch and let’s see what comes up!
ABOUT
Ariel draws studio captures the expansive beauty I’ve found through my lived experience — a practice that’s expressed itself in various and disparate ways: in capturing and illustrating the beauty of found objects, in creating inspirational dishes with local and foraged terroir, or in creating unique interior spaces where one can feel both rejuvenated and at peace.
I strive to inspire others to create and seek the beauty and creative adventure their own lives hold for them, in any form and medium that takes. Art delights in playing with the senses, and permeates our world with experiences, colors, textures, smells, flavors, and sounds. I’m passionate about sharing my work and ideas with you, and to hope and dream collectively.
education
BFA, 2003, illustration, parsons school of design, NYC (Dean’s list, honors)
Artist residencies
SEPTEMBER 2019 -Vermont studio center, artist in residence, Johnson, vt
july 2012 - millay colony, artist in residence - akumal, mx
April 2012 - millay colony, artist in residence - austerlitz, ny
clients
Showtime TV Network
Chronicle Books
Cockroach Labs, NYC
99% Invisible podcast
Old navy
liquor.com
the bold italic
radar productions
juanita more!
ORANGE COAST MAGAZINE
viva air magazine
air tran inflight magazine
Go mymidwest magazine
redefine magazine
new york times book review
Sayaw, filipino dance documentary
PRESS + MEDIA
June 2019 - The Fight Magazine, featured artist / article
November 2015 - San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook cover:“Local Art Replaces Ads on Local MUNI buses”
November 2015 - SF Gate, “Muni Buses Get Art Instead of Ads”
July 2015 - SF Weekly, “San Francisco Beautiful Chooses Winners of First MUNI Art Project Contest”
July 2015 - Bitch Media, “Coming Soon to Bay Area Public Transit: Beautiful Queer Portraits”
September 2013 - EDNA, A Journal of the Millay Colony for the Arts
March 2011, PmC Magazine, Online Interview
exhibitions
2021 - rio records: stories of the LA RIVER, immersive and experiential digital installation, Los Angeles, ca
2021 - The fresh pot, “above & below”, solo exhibition, portland, or
2019 - A Love Bizarre, “QUEER”, solo exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
2018 - Glama-Rama Salon, “San Francisco Smalls”, group show, San Francisco, CA
2018 - Glama-rama salon, “bantam beasts”, group show, Oakland, ca
2017 - The Bench Gallery, “DESERT MAGIC”, solo exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2017 - The General’s Residence at Fort Mason, “Acts of Love & Kindness”, San Francisco, CA
2016 - San Francisco Public Library, RADAR Reading Series presenter, San Francisco, CA
2016 - Quiet Lightening-RADAR, Illustrated cover - queer-lit magazine, San Francisco, CA SF
2015-2018 - Muni Art, Winner (art displayed inside 10 buses and outside 50 across San Francisco, artwork printed on MUNI tickets and distributed citywide 2017-18, San Francisco, CA
2014 - SOMArts, 19th Annual Drag King Competition: group exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2013 - Five Pins Project, “Sticks & Stones”, , solo exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2013 - SOMArts, QCC’s National Queer Arts Festival, Zeitgeist, San Francisco, CA
2012 - Leslie+Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, “The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History”, New York, NY
2011 - Pop Tart Gallery, Pacific Standard Time (PST: A Getty Iniative): “Beefcakes and Boundaries”, Los Angeles, CA
bibliography
o Chronicle Books, "Suffragist City": 100th anniversary book commemorating the 19th amendment, illustration, Fall 2020
o Showtime Television Network, “L Word: Generation Q”, artwork contracted for use on television set, Fall 2019
o Liquor.com, illustrations (2014-2018):
• Rum article, hero illustration
• ”Drink Me Now” series, illustrations
• ”Bar Talk” series, illustrations
• Horoscope series, 12 illustrations
o Orange Coast Magazine, “Restaurants of the Year”, illustrations, March 2017
o Juliana Delgado Lopera, “20-Something Dykes You Meet On Ok Cupid”, Illustrations, The Bold Italic, March 3, 2015
o Lynn Rapoport, “An Elegy to SF’s Last Dyke Bar”, Illustrations, The Bold Italic, October 24, 2014
o Cecilio Asuncion’s “Sayaw“ Philipino dance documentary film, , illustrations for video intro and other promotional material, 2013-2014
o EDNA - “A journal of the Millay Colony for the Arts by Millay Colony for the Arts, Issue 4, illustrations, 2013
o 20 Years of Juanita MORE, “Juanita”, Illustration in printed anthology, October 12, 2011
o Dinner for Eight at farm:table (San Francisco, CA), Menu Design, September 21, 2011
o Michelle Broder Van Dyke, “Non-Fiction Characters”, Illustrations, The Bold Italic, September 1, 2011
o Kristin Smith, “Pimp My Ride”, Illustrations, The Bold Italic, August 1, 2011
o Kristin Smith, “The Lez Look Book”, Illustrations, The Bold Italic, June 22, 2011