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movement in the human and animal figure has always driven Neno's artwork.
Dance especially informs her subject matter and her eventual involvement
in the African dance community of Santa Cruz would lend its energy, color
and rhythm to her images. A strong feminist, Neno also strives to depict
women in all their forms: young and old, small and large, at rest and
filled with tension. There is a deep connection to the natural world,
which lends a sense of the "Goddess" to her imagery as well.
While searching for a less toxic material that she could teach her students sculptural techniques such as casting, she encountered paper as a medium. Since 1998 she has been working in low relief sculpture and casting her original images in "Multiple Originals" - see ordering page for explanation - of handmade paper. She creates her own blend of Abaca and Hemp fiber paper in her home studio in Soquel, CA. After the image is cast and dried, she enhances her images with various applications of water media and collage. Recently she has been adding light fast pigments to the base casting to add a sense of atmosphere. Neno V. Villamor has been sculpting and drawing since
she was 13. A native Californian she began her art studies at the
California College of Arts and Crafts. Several years of living on the East
Coast and in the South increased her living experience plus exposure to
some gifted art teachers creating a desire in her to continue her
education. She returned to California to attend Humboldt State University
where she continued in Ceramics, made a right hand turn into Metalsmithing
(due to a charismatic professor) and received her BA in 1981. Later she
would credential as an art instructor and teach Middle school and High
school art for 12 years. She moved to the Santa Cruz area in 1993 after
living several years in Monterey.
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1998 |
Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE /SB 1969) Certificate, Salinas Union High School District Office of Bilingual and Migrant Education, California |
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1997 |
Professional Clear Single Subject Credential, Art/ Studio emphasis, Chapman College, California |
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1991 |
Preliminary Single Subject Credential, Art/ Studio emphasis, Chapman College, California |
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1983 |
B.A. in Art (studio emphasis), Humboldt State University, California |
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2004 |
Barrios Unidos/ Caesart Chavez Continiation School |
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2003-2004 |
Santa Cruz Art League adult classes in low relief sculpture |
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2003 |
Star Community School |
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2002 |
Wm James Assc.: Community Youth Arts Project: YES School |
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2002 |
Santa Cruz Art League adult class in Basic Drawing Skills |
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2002 |
SPECTRA ATP (Artistically Talented Program) instructor, 3rd - 5th grades |
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2001-2002 |
Artist in Residence, Westlake Elementary School, 6th grade Egyptian Wall Mural project |
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2001-2002 |
After School Arts Academy instructor (SPECTRA program), Mission Hills Middle School, Mural project |
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1998-2001 |
Watsonville High School, Watsonville, CA |
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1992-1998 |
Harden Middle School, Salinas, CA |
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1991-1992 |
Visual Arts instructor, El Sausal Middle School, Salinas, CA |
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ArtFest – (aka River Arts Festival) |
2007, 2008 |
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Santa Cruz Art League “Fiber Art” Exhibition |
2007 |
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Santa Cruz Art League “Material Instincts” |
2005 |
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Boulder Creek Art & Wine |
2005 |
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Bargetto Art & Wine |
2003 |
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Palo Alto Festival of the Arts |
2003 |
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Capitola Art & Wine |
2002 - 2007 |
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GALStudio |
2001 - 2007 |
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Morro Bay “Art in the Park” |
2001 - 2003 |
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Open Studios Art Tour |
2001, 2003 -2007 |
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Santa Cruz Art, Wine & Jazz (downtown) |
2001, 2002 |
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Scotts Valley Art & Wine |
2001 - 2005, 2007 |
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Mt. Madonna Center, Watsonville |
2008 |
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Surf City Coffee, Aptos |
2003, 2008 |
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Azhar Hair Design, Santa Cruz |
2007 |
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Santa Cruz Art League “Membership Show” |
2004, 2005, 2007 |
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Artemis Healing Center, Los Gatos |
2006 |
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Café Mare, Santa Cruz |
2006 |
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Good Times Bldg, Santa Cruz –SCICA “Figurative Show” |
2006 |
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Morgan Stanley Bldg, Santa Cruz |
2006 |
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Mustard Walk, Saratoga |
2006 |
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Roudon Smith Winery |
2006 |
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Santa Cruz Art League; Gift Store |
2004 |
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Bargetto Winery; Wine Bar, Soquel |
2003 |
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Marc Lumer Office, San Francisco |
2003 |
