Education
1997 M.F.A. San Francisco State University
1993 B.A., double major, Studio Art & History, Santa Clara University (Cum laude)
Solo Exhibitions
2025 ”Recombination & Recontextualization”, Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon, CA
2023 “Traces in Time: Exhibition on Memory and Identity”, Grand Theater Center for the Arts, Tracy, CA
2022 “Impressions and Revelations, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco
2018 "Recollections and Ruminations", Ridley Art Gallery, Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
2017 "New Work", Clay Mix Gallery, Fresno, CA
"Stories / Thoughts / Meanings", Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont CA
2016 "Excavations and Interpretations", Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2013 “New Work”, ROSCO Gallery, Oakland, CA
2011 “Head Games”, Maturango Museum, Ridge Crest, CA
2010 “Outta My Head”, Fire House Gallery, Grants Pass, OR
“Ceramic Sculpture”, Mohr Gallery, Community School of Music and Arts, Mountain View, CA
2009 “Show of Heads”, University of California Merced, Merced, CA
“Contemporary Ceramics”, Clay Mix Gallery, Fresno, CA
2008 “On the Wall” Mountain View Center for the Arts, Mountain View, CA
2006 “Ceramic Sculpture ”, Merced College Art Gallery, Merced, CA
2004 “From the Ground Up”, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2002 “Convergence”, Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA
1999 "Windows of Time", San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 “Don't Kill the Messenger”, Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, CA
”National Juried Art Exhibition”, Academy Center of the Arts, Linchburg, VA
“Contemporary Clay”, Indian River Clay, Vero Beach, FL
2024 “Small Scale Sculpture”, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans LA
“Everything Blue”, MVA Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
“Out With the New, In With the Old, Arts Illiana, Terre Haute, IN
2023 “Visions in Clay, Horton Art Gallery, Delta College, Stockton, CA
“Off Center: An International Ceramic Art Competition”, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
“Small Works 2023”, Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2022 “Beyond 2D, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
“Encounter: Executive Order 9066”, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
“Real ID”, Cosumnes River College Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“Tap Roots”, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2021 “Natural Materials”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Pancho Jiménez”, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR
“Sculpture National”, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
2020 “Justice”, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
“Slice”, Juried Exhibition, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
“Clay International”, WorkHouse Art Center, Lorton, VA
2019 “Sonny Art Prize Finalist Exhibition”, Sonny Art Center, London England
“Ink & Clay 44”, Juried Exhibition, Kellogg University Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, CA
“California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art”, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
“Visions in Clay, Juried Show, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
2018 "Fahrenheit 2018" American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pamona CA
"2018 Southern Miss Ceramic National", University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
"Visions in Clay, Juried Show, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
"AC Hotel", AC Hotel, San Jose, CA
2017 "We the People: Serving Notice". American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pamona, CA
"Alt Left", Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
"Biographies, Gear Box Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016 “A Show of Heads”, Limner Gallery, Hudson NY
“Cup Show”, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento CA
“Plates and Totems” Blue Line Arts Gallery, Roseville, CA
2015 “Socially Conscientious Abstraction” SmArt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Artik” San Jose, CA
“Plates and Totems” Blue Line Arts Gallery, Roseville, CA
2014 “Ink & Clay 39”, Juried Exhibition, Kellogg University Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, CA
“Visions in Clay, Juried Show, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
“Snap, Crackle, Pop”, Art is Davis, Davis CA
“City of Santa Clara Sculpture Exhibition”, Juried Show, City Hall, Santa Clara, CA
2013 “Clay in the Bay, De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
“Ink & Clay 39”, Juried Exhibition, Kellogg University Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, CA
“Visions in Clay, Juried Show, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
2012 “Discovery Series”, four-person show, Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
“Visions in Clay, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
“California Clay Competition”, Juried Exhibition, The Artery, Davis, CA (catalogue entry)
“Ceramics Annual of America, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2011 “Creative Growth”, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
“City of Santa Clara Indoor Sculpture Exhibition”, Juried Show, City Hall, Santa Clara, CA
“Ceramics Annual of America, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2010 “Conversations in Clay, a 2 person exhibition, Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
“Ceramics Annual of America, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2009 “Cerámica de la Tierra”, American Museum of Ceramic Arts, Ponoma, CA
“Firing a Legacy, 35 years of SFSU Ceramic Art”, Pence Art Gallery, Davis, CA
2008 “San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, Juried Show, San Angelo Museum, San Angelo TX,
“All Fired Up”, Juried Exhibition, City Hall, Santa Clara, CA
2007 “Experiences Teaches”, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
“City of Santa Clara Indoor Sculpture Exhibition”, Juried Show, City Hall, Santa Clara, CA
2005 “Connecting Forms,” Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA), San Jose, CA
“Recent Works”, SCU Department of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2004 “Depth of Field”, “Art Object Gallery, San Jose, CA
“City of Los Altos 7th Public Sculpture Search”, Juried Exhibition, Los Altos, CA
2003 “Ceramics USA”, Juried Exhibition, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton TX.
“2003 Indoor Sculpture Exhibition City of Santa Clara”, Juried Exhibition Santa Clara, CA
2002 “Artistic Imaginings in Clay”, Juried Exhibition, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C.
“21st Century Tiles”, Juried Exhibition, Catherine G Murphy Gallery, St. Paul Minnesota
“35th Annual Open International”, Juried Exhibition, San Bernardino County Museum
2001 “52/30”, a 2 person exhibition, Coyote Gallery, Butte College, Chico, CA
2000 “Ceramic International Juried Exhibition” Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville OH
“Viewpoint: Ceramics 2000”, Juried Exhibition, Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA
“California Clay Competition”, Juried Exhibition, The Artery, Davis, CA (catalogue entry)
“Ink & Clay”, Juried Exhibition, Kellogg University Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona, CA
1999 “All Media National Juried Exhibition", Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
“View Point: Ceramics 99”, Juried Exhibition, Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA
1998 “El Nino”, Juried Exhibition, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA
“California Clay Competition”, Juried Exhibition, The Artery, Davis, CA (catalogue entry)
“Los Gatos Museum Association 48th annual Open Juried Show”, Los Gatos, CA
1997 “Silicon Planet”, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
"M.F.A. Exhibition”, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
“California Clay Competition”, Juried Exhibition, The Artery, Davis, CA (catalogue entry)
1996 “Ceramics in Northern California”, Juried Exhibition, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Collections
Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Autry Museum of American West, Los Angeles, CA
Santa Clara University, Jesuit Community, Santa Clara, CA
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Kaiser Permanente, San Jose, CA
Trinity Place, San Francisco, CA
Bibliography
2017 "Marks the Spot", Santa Clara Magazine, Santa Clara, CA Spring 2017 pg20
"Alt Left:Local Treasures-art inspired by the Alt-Right", Berkley Times, Berkeley CA, May 20, 2017
2016 Judnic, Maria. "New Exhibition, New Art & Art History Building: A look at Pancho Jiménez New
Work Santa Clara Weekly, Santa Clara, October 2016
2014 Lark Books. 500 Figures in Clay Vol. II. Asheville, NC: 2014, p250
2013 World Wide Art Books. International Contemporary Masters Vol. 7 Santa Barbara, CA.: 2013, p206
2012 “Centered”, book cover art, Contested Terrains: Women of Color and Popular Culture, by Alma A.
Garcia AltaMira Press, 2012.
2009 Lark Books. 500 Ceramic Sculptures. Asheville, NC: 2009, p330
2007 “Cascade”, book cover art, Ethnic Community Builders, Mexican Americans in Search for Justice
and Power Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007.
2003 “Decaying Growth”, book cover art, Alma A. Garcia’s Narratives of Mexican American Women,
Altamira Press, 2003
2002 Pancioli, Diana, Extruded Ceramics. Ashville, NC: Lark Books, 2000. p.163
Escalante-Cone, Shelly. “Ceramic Art.” Santa Maria Times, February 14, 2002
1999 Drummond, Rossana S. “Exhibición de las esculturas del artista Pancho Jiménez.”
El Observador, July 21, 1999
González, José “Francisco A. Jiménez y la interpretación del misterio” La Oferta , July 14, 1999
1998 Lark Books. The Ceramic Design Book. Asheville, NC: 1998. pp.7, 109, 137
1997 "Eighth Annual California Competition." Ceramics Monthly October. 1997: 43-44
1992 The Santa Clara Review Vol. 79 #2 Winter, 1992
Lectures
2023 Grand Theater Center for the Arts, Tracy, CA
2018 Ridley Gallery, Sierra College, CA
2017 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2016 Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2011 Maturango Museum, Ridge Crest, CA
2010 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Mohr Gallery, Mountain View, CA
2009 University of California, Merced, Merced, CA Ohlone College, Fremont, CA
2008 Arts Commission, City of Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
2007 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2005 Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA), San Jose, CA
2004 University of San Francisco Art Department
2001 Harvard Club, San Francisco
2000 Santa Clara University Art and Art History Department
1997 Studio 24, Galeria de la Raza, Regeneration Project
1996 San Francisco State University Art Department
Grants and Awards
2018 Artist Laureate, Silicon Valley Creates, recognizes exceptional achievement in the arts and
contributions to the cultural life of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County, CA
2017 "Excavations and Interpretations", Triton Museum, top 10 best show in Northern California, Art Ltd.
Magazine
2015 Juror's Award "Ink and Clay 40", Juried Exhibition, Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, Ca
2014 Merit Award, "City of Santa Clara Sculpture Exhibition", Juried Exhibition, City Hall, Santa Clara, CA
2012 Santa Clara University, Arts and Sciences Dean's Grant, in support of creative work
2011 Best of show "City of Santa Clara Sculpture Exhibition", Juried Exhibition, City Hall, Santa Clara, CA
2008 Fellowship, Artist in Residence, Annieglass, Watsonville, CA
2008 Merit Award, "All Fired Up", Juried Exhibition, City Hall, Santa Clara, CA
2006 Finalist, Who's on First, What's on Second? Temporary Art in San Jose's Downtown transit Corridor
2003 Merit Award "2003 Indoor Sculpture Exhibition", Juried Exhibition, City Hall, Santa Clara, CA
2000 Honorable Mention "Viewpoint: Ceramics 2000", Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA
1998 Honorable Mention, 3D, "Los Gatos Museum Association 48th Annual Open Juried Show"
1997 Fellowship, Artist in Residence, Mission Clay Company, San Antonio, Texas
Jurors Award, "California Clay Competition", The Artery, Davis, CA
1996 Ella T. Johnson Scholarship for Excellence in Ceramic Sculpture
San Francisco State University Stillwell Scholarship for Excellence in Visual Arts
Curatorial and Gallery Management
2018 “Richard Shaw and Wanxin Zhang”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA. Artists: Richard Shaw and Wanxin Zhang. Two giants of Bay Area clay brought together newer work focusing on their explorations of the cultural exchange between China and the West. The exhibition was organized in collaboration with Mark Johnson (Painting Professor at San Francisco State University) and the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, where it later traveled.
2019 “Cross Currents”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA.
Artists: Erin Goodwin-Guerrero, Stan Welsh, and Margitta Detrick Welsh. This exhibition featured three nationally and internationally exhibited artists, two of whom taught at San José State University for over 30 years. Their use of mixed media demonstrated innovative approaches to visual storytelling. A catalogue was produced for this exhibition.
2019 “Rydin the West: Danna Heart-Stone & Roy De Forest”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara Artists: Danna Heart-Stone and Roy De Forest. This show paired De Forest, a celebrated international artist, with Heart-Stone, a nationally exhibited digital artist who explores composition and nostalgia. Both artists' work draw inspiration from the American West, providing insight into different approaches to image-making.
2019 “Ken Gonzales-Day”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA.
Artist: Ken Gonzales-Day. Guest Curator: Renée Billingslea. Gonzales-Day, an internationally recognized artist, examines the historical construction of race and representation. Presented alongside the annual Society for Photographic Education Conference at SCU.
2020 “Friend or Foe”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA.Artists: John Shorb, Vishwa Shroff , Wei Weng , Christopher Myers, Rania Ho, Thy Tran and Bryan Wu, Dwight Cassin,Nann Nann. Guest Curator: SCU alumni Wei Wang. Featuring artists from the U.S., China, and India, this exhibition explored how individuals perceive and relate to one another across cultural and geopolitical boundaries.
2020/21 “To Hear and Be Heard”, Santa Clara University Gallery, (Virtual) Santa Clara, CA.
Artists: Alice Beasley, Sandow Birk, Sheila Pree Bright, Squeak Carnwath, Marie Cameron, Enrique Chagoya, Brian Dettmer, Nazanin Hedayat Munroe, Julie Heffernan, Phillip Hua, Sherry Karver, Lisa Kokin, Roberto Lugo, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Priscilla Otani, Maria Porges, Chelsea Ryoko Wong. Guest Curator: Marianne McGrath. This online exhibition addressed pressing social issues including justice, equity, and civic engagement. Through diverse media and perspectives, artists invited reflection on the meaning of citizenship and the power of visual expression in times of uncertainty.
2021 “Belonging: Christine Wong Yap”, Santa Clara University Gallery (Virtual), Santa Clara, CA.
Artist: Christine Wong Yap. This online exhibition presented three socially engaged projects that celebrated community and the idea of belonging. Over 130 participants shared personal stories through site-specific signs, hand-lettered certificates, and a bilingual comic book. The virtual format highlighted new ways of connection through creative collaboration.
2021 “Studio Art Class of 2020 Senior Exhibition”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA.
Artists: Studio Art Majors, Class of 2020. This long-awaited exhibition showcased the capstone projects of SCU’s 2020 graduating class. Delayed by the COVID pandemic, the exhibition offered closure and celebration during SCU Grand Reunion Weekend, honoring the creativity and perseverance of the artists.
2021/22 “Jack Ogden”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA.
Artist: Jack Ogden. Guest Curator: Kelly Detweiler. A long-time Bay Area painter and educator, Ogden’s work is associated with the Bay Area Figurative Movement. The exhibition offered a firsthand look at a pivotal regional art style and its evolution through the lens of a key participant.
2022 “Art Hazelwood & Golbanou Moghaddas”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA.
Artists: Art Hazelwood and Golbanou Moghaddas
Master printmakers from two generations, Hazelwood and Moghaddas used humor, symbolism, and technical mastery to address political and cultural narratives. Their works demonstrated the expressive range of printmaking as a medium for social commentary.
2022 “Luna Park: Roya Ebtehaj”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA.
Artist: Roya Ebtehaj. Drawing on world news, social media, and childhood memories, Ebtehaj explored the absurdities of a hyper-connected world through playfully nostalgic imagery. Her work bridged traditional and virtual media, inviting viewers into a space of imagination and reflection.
2022/23 “Great Wave”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA.
Artists: Brandon Anderton, Tess Felix, Peter Hassen, Liz Hickok, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Hughen/Starkweather, Luc Janssens, Josh Keyes, Laura Arminda Kingsley, Richard & Judith Lang, Courtney Mattison, Allison Watkins, Angela Willetts. Guest Curator: Ann Trinca. This group exhibition explored the ocean as a metaphor for resilience and transformation. Through diverse media, artists addressed environmental, emotional, and spiritual relationships with the sea.
2023 “Threshold: Daren Kendall”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA.
Artist: Daren Kendall. This immersive installation featured sculptural doorways, rails, and platforms constructed from steel, brass, and concrete. The work examined liminality—spaces of transition and transformation—inviting viewers to physically and conceptually cross thresholds. The exhibition culminated with a performance in collaboration with SCU music and dance students and faculty
2023 “Landscapes of Survivance”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA.
Artists: Katie Dorame, Catherine Herrera, Patrick Dean Hubbell, Terran Last Gun, Angelica Trimble-Yanu
Guest Curator: Elizabeth S. Hawley. Highlighting five Indigenous artists, this exhibition explored the concept of survivance—survival through resistance—while emphasizing place-based knowledge systems. Each artist offered a deeply personal yet culturally grounded interpretation of landscape and identity.
2023/24 “Common Thread”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA.
Artists: Alice Beasley, Michelle Kingdom, Kira Dominguez Hultgren. Guest Curator: Marianne McGrath. This exhibition connected three artists working with textiles and embroidery to explore themes of identity, memory, and social justice. Each reimagined traditional fiber techniques through contemporary, narrative-driven approaches.
2024 “When We Move: A View of Technology through a Black Lens”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA.
Artists: Nyame Brown and Rodney Ewing. Brown and Ewing examined the relationship between technology and the Black diasporic experience through painting, drawing, and installation. The show reflected on communication, space travel, and invention within Afrofuturist and historical frameworks.
2024/25 “Material Concerns: Works by Pilar Agüero-Esparza & Hector Dionicio Mendoza”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA.
Artists: Pilar Agüero-Esparza and Hector Dionicio Mendoza. This two-person exhibition explored the relationship between materiality, culture, and labor. Both artists integrate craft and conceptual practice to address themes of identity, hybridity, and cultural memory.
2025 “Jessica Dunne: Evolution of Place – San Francisco’s Outer Sunset District”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA.
Artist: Jessica Dunne. Dunne’s atmospheric paintings captured the urban transformation of San Francisco’s Outer Sunset neighborhood. Her work explored memory, architecture, and time, offering poignant reflections on place and change. A catalogue was produced for this exhibition.
2025 “Digital Environments: Re-envisioning the Landscape Through Technology”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA.
Artists: Simona Bundardzhieva, JinJin Sun, Sam Wick, Brian Yap, Emma Zhang. Guest Curators: Danielle Heitmuller & Qiuwen Li, in collaboration with Adobe Creative Director Brian Yap along with Ryan Carrington
This exhibition examined how technology reshapes our understanding of landscape—physical, social, and digital. The featured works highlighted innovative intersections between art, design, and technological experimentation.
2026 “Jonathan Calm”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA, and de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA.
Artist: Jonathan Calm. Curation: in collaboration with Ryan Carrington. Calm’s photographic series investigated representations of Black mobility and freedom of movement in America. The work addressed themes of migration, activism, and the complex realities of travel within the African American experience.
2026 “State of Illusion: Yvonne Escalante & Lauren O’Connor-Korb”, Santa Clara University Gallery, Santa Clara, CA.
Artists: Yvonne Escalante and Lauren O’Connor-Korb. Curation: in collaboration with Ryan Carrington. Drawing inspiration from childhood toys and cartoons, both artists revisited cultural conditioning and nostalgia through sculpture. Their playful yet critical works encouraged audiences to reconsider how imagination shapes perception and social meaning.
Professional Experience
2013-present Teaching Professor, Art and Art History Department, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara CA
2006-present University Advisor, Santa Clara University Academic Advising & Learning Resources Center
2018-2025 Gallery Director, Santa Clara University Art and Art History Department Gallery
1999-2013 Lecturer, Santa Clara University Art and Art History Department
2008-2013 Ceramics Instructor, West Valley College, Saratoga, CA
Spring 06&07 Visiting Lecturer, Art Department, San Francisco State University
1997-1999 Product Manager and Designer, Mission Terra Cotta, a division of Mission Clay Products