Ivan Velez Jr.
3653 Bainbridge Avenue Apt. 6G
Bronx, NY, 10467
646 643-4786
ivanvelezjr@gmail.com
www.planetbronx.com
WORK EXPERIENCE:
2002 – Present: Teaching Artist: The Bronx Museum Of The Arts, Bronx, NYC 2019:
2018: Teaching Artist: The Point Bronx, NYC
2018 – Present: Teaching Artist: Raising Readers NBF, Bronx/Brooklyn, NYC
2017 - Present: Teaching Artist: Book-Up teaching artist, Queens/Brooklyn, NYC
2011 - 2018: Teaching Artist Queens Public Library, NYC
2006 - Present: Teaching Artist New York City Library, NYC
2002- Present: Studio/Tour Instructor/Art Instructor Bronx Museum of the Arts NYC
2007: Co-Editor/Writer/Character Designer on DEAD HIGH YEARBOOK Dutton, NYC
2007- 2008: Teaching Artist Studio Museum of Harlem, NYC (HANDS ON: COMICS, GIANT ROBOTS, and GLOBAL LEGENDS Art Programs)
2006-2008: Career Preparation and GED Instructor South Bronx Job Corps, NYC
2004- 2006: Tech-Infusion Specialist/Art Instructor the Hetrick-Martin Institute, NYC
1991- Present: Freelance Writer and Illustrator* NYC (Marvel, DC Comics, Milestone, Dutton, Details, etc...)
2001-2003: Digital Pre-Press Production/Advertising Media/Graphic Artist BOX GRAPHICS NYC 1990: Educational Video Writer/Director GMHC NYC (Wrote, storyboarded, and co-directed a three part instructional video on AIDS, identity and teen sexuality called IT IS WHAT IT IS).
1986-1992: Educational Materials Coordinator/Instructor the Hetrick-Martin Institute NYC EDUCATION:
1983 BFA in Illustration, Syracuse University: Syracuse, New York.
CERTIFICATIONS: Digital Film Production from the Digital Film Academy, LAST, ATS-W (elementary), CST in Visual Arts, CST in English Language Arts.
GRANTS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS: 2004 Xeric Grant 2007 CYBILS Graphic Novel Nominee 2008 QUICK PICKS FOR RELUCTANT READERS AWARD 2008 YALSA GREAT GRAPHIC NOVEL AWARD NOMINEE 2008 ALA GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS WINNER 2008 LONGWOOD ARTS DIGITAL MATRIX COMMISSION2011-2012 BCA/DCA Grant for Comic Culture2012-2013 BCA/DCA Grant for Comic Culture 2012 Community Arts Grant (with the Bronx School of Excellence)2013 Lambda Literary Award Winner (inclusion in No Queer Lines Anthology) 2013 Eisner Award Winner for Best Anthology2014 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Anthology: (inclusion in Robert Kirby’s QU33R)2014 Community Arts Grant2014 BCA/DCA Grant for Comic Culture2015 CREATIVE CAPITAL VISUAL ARTS GRANT2015 BCA/DCA ART FUND GRANT2016 BCA/DCA ART FUND GRANT2016 BCA Artist In Community Grant2017 BCA/DCA ART FUND GRANT2017 SUCASA FELLOWSHIP2018 BCA/DCA ART FUND GRANT2018 SUCASA FELLOWSHIP2019 BCA/DCA ART FUND GRANT2019 Community Arts Grant2019 New Works Grant2019 SUCASA FELLOWSHIP 2019 NYC COUNCIL2019 NY ASSEMBLY Hispanic Heritage Bronx Leader Proclamation2019 NY SENATE Hispanic Heritage Bronx Leader Proclamation2020 SUCASA FELLOWSHIP 2020 NEW WORKS GRANT 2020 COMMUNITY ARTS GRANT2020 ARTS FUND GRANT2021 SUCASA FELLOWSHIP2021 ARTS FUND GRANT
SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS AND CURATED PUBLIC EVENTS:
SUMMER 2018/2019: COMIC CULTURE PRIME: 7 public art workshops @ the Bronx Museum of the Arts
July 2019: MS POPA public art event @ South Bronx Spaceworks, Bronx, NY
August 2019: MR PAPO SILVER, LGBT public art event @ The Bronx Museum of the Arts
June 2018: MR PAPO TRIBE LGBT public art event @ The Bronx Museum of the Arts
June 7th - October 22nd 2017, BRONX HAIKU, solo gallery show at the Bronx Museum Of The Arts
October 2017: MR PAPO: MONSTERS: public art event @ The Bronx Museum of the Arts
March 2016: SUPER CRISIS BORIQUEN ISLAND!: public art event @ Beta-Local, San Juan, PR
Summer 2016: OSO ORO NY: 3 LGBT public art events @ The EAGLE, NY
October 2016: MR PAPO public art event @ The Bronx Museum of the Arts
August– September 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019: 15 separate OSO ORO INTERNATIONAL public events: TOKYO, TAIPEI, BANGKOK, SINGAPORE, BEIJING, OKINAWA, HONG KONG
June 5th, 2015: MR PAPO @ NO LONGER EMPTY: public art event @ The Bronx Supreme Courthouse Summer
2015: MONSTERS OF THE BRONX group exhibition: Andrew Freedman Home June 2015: MR PAPO public art event @ The Bronx Museum of the Arts
June 15th, 2104, group exhibition and curator, MR. PAPO’S ART SHOW, Bronx Museum of the Arts
November 9th, 2014, group exhibition and curator MR. PAPO’S POPPED UP MONSTROSITY, Bronx Museum of the Arts
October 2013, group exhibition, Out Of The Box, Andrew Freedman Gallery, Bronx, NY
October 2012, group exhibition and co-curator, MY MACHO, Gin Gin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
January 10 - May 4, 2011, group exhibition and curator EYE AM A MAN, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY
June 4th, 2011, OSO ORO LUCHARO curator and event manager GLBT Community Center, NYC
June 5th, 2010, OSO ORO FUNDOSHI KING, curator and event manager GLBT Community Center, NYC
March, 2010, group exhibition, Fashion Moda, Bronx, New York, USA
August 2nd, 2009, OSO ORO, curator and event manager GLBT Community Center, NYC
March 4 - May 6, 2009, group exhibition, DREAM SEQUENCE, LONGWOOD ARTS GALLERY, Bronx, NY
May 2008 to June 2009, DIGITAL MATRIX digital exhibition, 2008 Digital Matrix Commission, Bronx Council On The Arts /Longwood Gallery, Bronx, NY
Fall 2006, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Hostos Center For The Arts and Culture/ BCA, Bronx, New York
PRINTED PUBLICATIONS:
Publication dates 1987 to 1994, HETRICK MARTIN INSTITUTE, Tales of The Closet 1 – 9 (ongoing series) Created By Ivan Velez
Publication dates 1994 to 1997, MILESTONE MEDIA: Blood Syndicate, Static, My Name Is Holocaust (ongoing monthlies), Written by Ivan Velez
Publication dates 1996 to 1998: Marvel Comics: Ghost Rider, Venom Sign Of The Cross, and Abominations (ongoing monthlies), Written By Ivan Velez
Publication Dates 1996 to 2009: DC Comics: Adventure Comics, Flinch, Power Puff Girls, Scooby Doo, Ben 10, and Eradicator (one-shots and mini-series), Written by Ivan Velez
Publication date 2004/2007, JUICY MOTHER 1 & 2 (short stories) Published by Jennifer Camper, Story and Art by Ivan Velez Jr.
Publication date 2005, TALES OF THE CLOSET: ONE TWO THREE The Collected Tales Volume 1 (stand-alone) By Ivan Velez Jr.
Publication date 2007, DEAD HIGH YEARBOOK (stand alone) Published by Dutton/Penguin Edited, co-written and co-designed by Ivan Velez Jr.
VIDEOS BY IVAN VELEZ: PLAYLIST:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLseMBVIa-FCQCarKJk5pa_APllEmTnxsj
MEDIA APPEARANCES:
2021: MARVEL’S BEHIND THE MASK (onscreen interview)
2021: NO STRAIGHT LINES (onscreen documentary interview)
1989: BILL MOYERS JOURNAL: BEYOND HATE: onscreen interview
