Education
1997 M.F.A. San Francisco State University
1993 B.A., double major, Studio Art & History, Santa Clara University (Cum laude)
Solo Exhibitions
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
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
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
Professional Experience
2013-present Senior Lecturer, Art and Art History Department, Santa Clara University Art Department.
2006-present University Advisor, Drahmann Academic Advising & Learning Resources Center
2018-present Gallery Director, Santa Clara University Art and Art History Department Gallery
1999-2013 Lecturer, Art and Art History Department, Santa Clara University Art Department
2008-2013 Ceramics Instructor, West Valley College
Spring 06&07 Visiting Lecturer, San Francisco State University, Art Department
1997-1999 Product Manager and Designer, Mission Terra Cotta, a division of Mission Clay Products