SOLO/TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2025

Capilla de Maíz, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.

2024

Entrelazados, The Art Gallery of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Do You See What I See?, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

2023

Reposo: A Hispanic Artist Rests for the Entirety of Hispanic History Month, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM 

Sana, Sana, Available Space Art Projects, Las Vegas, NV

Ruta Madre, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Justin Favela: Vistas in Color, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO

Body of Us, Weil Gallery at Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, TX

Vistas del Cielo, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR

Fantasia/Fantasy, Nuwu Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

Popol Vuh and the Maya Art of Storytelling, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

2022

Fresh Cut Fruit, Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Revoloteo, St. Edward’s University Fine Arts Gallery, Austin, TX

2021

Justin Favela: Central American, Des Moines Art Center, IA

Fruits of Our Labor, Mayor’s Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

Al Aire Libre, CityWay Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

2020

20TWENTY, Test Site Projects, Las Vegas, NV

2019

Together/Juntos, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR 

Saludos Amigos, Carson City Courthouse Gallery, Carson City, NV

Puente Nuevo, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX

Regeneración, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA

Justin Favela: All You Can Eat, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX

Flamin’ Hot, Museum of Pocket Art, Austin, TX

Sorry for the Mess, with Jay Lynn Gomez, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV

Re/Presenting México: José Maria Velasco and the Politics of Paper, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO

2018

Ofrenda, Breckenridge Creative Arts, Breckenridge, CO

Recuérdame, Sugar Hill Museum of Art and Storytelling, New York, NY

Re/Presenting México: José Maria Velasco and the Politics of Paper, Berman Museum, Collegeville, PA

Pólvora, SPACE, Portland, ME

Santuario/Sanctuary, Sierra Arts Gallery, Reno, NV

2017

Aves Raras, Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley, MA

Thank You Thank You, Gracias Gracias, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

2016

Patrimonio, City Hall Grand Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

Mi Casa es Mi Casa, OXS Gallery, Carson City, NV

Big Load, with Mikayla Whitmore, Southwestern Michigan College, Dowagiac, MI

2015

Chop Shop, Alios Inc., Las Vegas, NV

Car Show, with Sean Slattery, Clark County Government Center, Las Vegas, NV

2014    

Mark Twain's Suicide Table Blood Bucket Ghost Bonanza Amen, St. Mary's Art Center, Virginia City, NV

2013   

The Mini Market: Grand Opening, El Porvenir, North Las Vegas, NV

2012    

Justin Favela: "Newer Paintings," Gamma Gamma Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

2011  

CountyCenter, Clark County Government Center, Las Vegas, NV


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

Xican-a.o.x. Body, Traveling Exhibition, Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL

Cruisin’: Sonoma County Lowriders and the Art of Justin Favela, Sonoma County Museum of Art,

Santa Rosa, CA

Clocking In: 2024 Arts/Industry Residents,  John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

Objects USA: 2024, R & Company, New York, NY

Finding La Yarda, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, K

Contemporary Ex-votos: Devotion Beyond Medium, Traveling Exhibition, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL and Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV 

2023

Xican-a.o.x. Body, Traveling Exhibition, The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture, 

Riverside, CA 

Desert Rider: Dreaming in Motion, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

Contemporary Ex-votos: Devotion Beyond Medium, NMSU Art Museum, Las Cruces, NM

2022

Desert Rider, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Spirit of the Land, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV

Reimagining the Self, Parallax Art Center, Portland, OR

Two Cultures, One Family, Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV

Piñatas: The High Art of Celebration, Mingei International Museum,  San Diego, CA

2021

I Am Here, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV

Piñatas: The High Art of Celebration, Craft in America, Los Angeles, CA

Maximum Self, Collar Works, Troy, NY

Road Rage, The Church Sag Harbor, NY

Estamos Bien, El Museo Del Barrio, New York, NY

2020

Mira Mira on the Wall, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM

Votar es Poder, Poder Latinx, Virtual Exhibition 

Kissing through a Curtain, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA

Piñatasthetic, Art League Houston, Houston, TX

2019

¡Viva Viclas!, Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, NC

LATINX, La Bodega Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2018

Something Pretty, Morlan Gallery,  Lexington, KY

Americanx, Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

Orgullx, Grey Space, Dallas, TX

Re-Presentando: Their Nation is Not My Nation, DECENTERED Gallery, Puebla, MX

Unsettled, Traveling Exhibition through 2019, United States

Pachucos y Sirenas, Museo de las Americas, Denver, CO

Plural, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV

2017

Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness, Touring Exhibition, United Kingdom

The Alchemical Trace, Sanitary Tortilla Factory, Albuquerque, NM

The High Art of Riding Low: Ranflas, Corazón e Inspiración, Petersen Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Smoldering, Museum Blue, St. Louis, MO

Mi Tierra: Contemporary Artists Explore Place, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

2016

Tilting the Basin: Contemporary Art of Nevada, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV

Con Cariño, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM

NorthEast, Left of Center Gallery, North Las Vegas, NV

Taste, Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV

2015

Recent Acquisitions, Marjorie Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV

Basin and Range, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

Transient Landscapes, Nevada Humanities, Las Vegas, NV    

Roll, BLVDS Gallery, Las Vegas, NV 

2014    

State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR

MAS Attack 6, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA                                          

comedians and magicians, Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

Of Love and Longing, Maxine's Tap Room, Fayetteville, AR

2013   

Greetings from Las Vegas, Gateway Motel, Las Vegas, NV

Indelicate, (curated by JW Caldwell) Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV

Space//Time//Engagement, Fifth Wall, Las Vegas, NV

Celebration, City Hall Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

2012  

Off the Strip, Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV

TOTE, (collaboration with Thomas Willis) Southwest Michigan College, Niles, MI

Anniversary Show!, Kleven Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV

2011   

MEATumental, Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

Radiant City, CCAI Courthouse Gallery, Carson City, NV

2010  

Kith, SNC/FA Tahoe Gallery, Incline Village, NV

Bachelor of Fine Arts 2010 Exhibition, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV

tomorrowpeople, Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV

National Invitational Postcard Exhibit, traveling exhibition, USA

2009  

minUMENTAL, Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

Inscribed/Messages, Clark County Rotunda Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

Skin and Other Stories, Vagus Nerve Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

Camping, (organized by Stephen Hendee) Grant Hall Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

The Drawing Room, (curated by Fay Ku), Fallout Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

20th Annual Juried Show, Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV

2008  

Nerve Damage, Vagus Nerve Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

The Organ of Emotion, The Arts Factory, Las Vegas, NV

19th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV

Water Smart Art Exhibition, Springs Preserve, Las Vegas, NV

2007  

One Night Stand, Palms Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV


CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2021

Future Relics, GULCH Collective, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV

2015

Rafael Espino: El Internacional, Rhizome Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

2013  

Greetings From Las Vegas, Gateway Motel, Las Vegas, NV

2011  

Justin Favela: "New Paintings", Kleven Contemporary Las Vegas, NV

2008 

Take Note, Marjorie Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV

Nerve Damage, Vagus Nerve Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

Weights and Measures, The Arts Factory, Las Vegas, NV


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA

El Museo Del Barrio, New York, NY

East Las Vegas Community Center, Las Vegas, NV

East Las Vegas Library, Las Vegas, NV

John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

Kohler Co., Kohler, WI

Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV

National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM

Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV

New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

New Mexico State University Art Museum, Las Cruces, NM

Shafter Library, Shafter, CA

Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ


APPRENTICESHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS

2024

Circus Circus Mirror Maze, Photograph with Mikayla Whitmore, New Britain Museum of American Art

2023

Family Fiesta: The Jones Center, with Bertha Gutierrez, Springdale, AR

2017

Florida Man, Zhiwan Cheung - designed and made costume for video, Miami, FL

2016

Chris Coy- artist (studio assistant), Las Vegas, NV

2014

Special Western Special Special, sculpture with Jesse Smigel, Life is Beautiful Festival, Las Vegas, NV

2013  

GULCH, Battle Born collective with artists Jennifer Kleven, Mikayla Whitmore and Krystal Ramirez

2012   

Paper Tiger, collaborative sculpture with Shannon Eakins, The Mini Market, N Las Vegas, NV

2011   

Too Soon, art installation with artist Sam Reza, Mundo, Las Vegas

2010 

David Ryan - artist (studio assistant), Las Vegas, NV

2008  

Aaron Sheppard- artist (curated performances for 'Midway'), CAC, Las Vegas, NV

2007  

Wendy Kveck- artist (studio assistant), Las Vegas, NV


PUBLIC ART/SPECIAL PROJECTS

2024

Family Fiesta: John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

2023

Sandia Hot, workshops and collaborative exhibition with artists at Working Classroom, 

Albuquerque, NM

Family Fiesta: Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St Louis, MO

Family Fiesta: High Desert Museum, Bend, OR

Cinco de Mayo Parade, collaborative float with the students of Shafter Learning Center, Shafter, CA

2021

Family Fiesta: Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA

2020

¡Provecho!, A public art installation in collaboration with Now + There, Boston, MA

2019

Orbit, a collaborative public art installation with Francisco Donoso for Believer Fest, Las Vegas, NV

State of the Art, Documentary by the Renaud Brothers made for PBS

2018

Art People Podcast, host and producer, Las Vegas, NV (ongoing project)

2017

Family Fiesta: Neon Museum, Las Vegas, NV

Family Fiesta: Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

2016

Family Fiesta: Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV

Latinos Who Lunch, podcast co-host (since 2017), Las Vegas, NV (ongoing project)

2015

Family Fiesta: Double Negative, Moapa Valley, NV

2014

Family Fiesta: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR

PURO JALE, Las Vegas Backyard Wall, Las Vegas, NV

TIME CAPSULE 2014, contributor to project by Ash Ferlito. Marjorie Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV

2013   

Loft, Alios Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

2007  

Lustre Flux, Co-host and collaborator of monthly variety show, Thunderbird Lounge, Las Vegas, NV

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

2023

Visiting Artist, Working Classroom, Albuquerque, NM

2019

Visiting Artist Scholar in Teaching, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR

2017

Curator/Gallery Director, Clark County Galleries, Las Vegas, NV

2016

Writer, Vegas Seven, Las Vegas, NV

Social Media Manager, couchinthedesert.com, Las Vegas, NV

Advisory Board Member, Capital City Arts Initiative, Carson City, NV

2014 

Exhibition Manager, The Liberace Foundation, Las Vegas, NV

2013 

Programs Administrator (from 2007), The Neon Museum, Las Vegas, NV

2010  

Board Member, Vagus Nerve Art and Literary Journal, UNLV

Visual Arts Instructor, City of Las Vegas Theater and Arts Camp, Las Vegas, NV

2009  

Friends of Winchester Public Art Committee, Member, Las Vegas, NV

2008  

Curatorial Committee Member, Vagus Nerve Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

Editor in Chief/Publications Director, Vagus Nerve Art and Literary Journal, UNLV

2007  

Fine Arts Senator, Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Assistant Editor, Vagus Nerve Art and Literary Journal, Las Vegas, NV


EDUCATION

2010

BFA Fine Arts (Sculpture), UNLV


AWARDS/RESIDENCIES

2024

Workplace Residency, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

Kohler Arts/Industry Residency, Kohler, WI

2023

Working Classroom, Albuquerque, NM

Reposo, residency, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM

2021

Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship

The Momentary, Artist in Residence, Bentonville, AR

UNLV Fine Arts Hall of Fame, Dean's Medal of Honor, Las Vegas, NV

2019

Nevada Humanities Rising Star Award, Reno, NV

2018

BreckCreate, Artist in Residence, Breckenridge, CO

Pickwick Independent Press, Artist in Residence, Portland, ME

SPACE, Artist in Residence, Portland, ME

Alan Turing LGBTIQ Award, Artista Internacional, Tenerife, ES

2017

Unlisted Projects, Museum of Human Achievement, Artist in Residence, Austin, TX

National Hispanic Cultural Center, Artist in Residence, Albuquerque, NM

Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL

2016

Juhl, Artist in Residence, Las Vegas, NV

Brush Lake Residency Program, Eu Claire, MI

TEAMVVORK, Artist in Residence, Las Vegas, NV

Nevada Arts Council Artist Fellowship Grant Recipient

2015

Arquetopia, Artist in Residence, Puebla, MX

Chop Shop, Alios, Las Vegas, NV

2014   

P3 studio, Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, NV

St. Mary's Art Center, Virginia, City, NV

2011  

Citizen of the Month, October, City of Las Vegas, NV

2010  

DeVos Fine Art Scholarship

2009  

Arts Bridge of America Scholarship


WORKSHOPS/LECTURES

2024

Lecture, Artists Now! University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Keynote, UNO-OLLAS ArteLatinx: 2024, Omaha, NE

Workshop, Entrelazados, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

2023

Lecture, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

Lecture, Art Break: Piñatas and the Latinx Experience with Justin Favela, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA. 

2021

Lecture, Queer Sculpture, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 

Lecture, New Monuments for a New Generation, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV

Art People Podcast Live!, Historic 5th Street School, Las Vegas, NV

20th Anniversary Panel Discussion, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX

Artist Lecture, Nacho Nosh, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA

2020

Presenter- Iowa Safe Schools 15th Annual Governor’s Conference on LGBTQ Youth, Des Moines, IA

Artist Lecture, NYU Arts and Media, New York, NY

Artist Lecture, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Latinos Who Lunch Live!, Boston University, Boston, MA

2019

Latinx Media Representation with Latinos Who Lunch, UNLV, NV

Tex-Mex with Chef Alex for The Art People Podcast, Houston, TX

The Art People Podcast Live!, The Believer Festival, Las Vegas, NV

Waffle Chats, Fusebox Festival, Austin, TX

Latinos Who Lunch Live!, NYU, New York, NY

Artist Lecture, NYU, New York, NY

Queer Arts in L.A. and Beyond, Lecture, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

2018

Latinos Who Lunch Live at the Berman Museum, Collegeville, PA

Artist Lecture, SPACE, Portland, ME

Latinos Who Lunch Live!, RuPaul’s DragCon, Los Angeles, CA

Creating Latinx Spaces, University of Las Vegas, NV

Latinx Representation, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Views on Velasco, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV

2017

The Politics of Podcasts and Representation, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

The Art of Resistance, Moderator, RuPaul’s DragCon, Los Angeles, CA

Podcasting 101, Boys and Girls Club, Las Vegas, NV

Visibility is Essential, Lincoln High School, Denver, CO

Artist as Cultural Producer, Panelist, Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV

2016

PCCLAS Conference, Keynote Speaker, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV

Hispanic Identities, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

Barrick Talks, Marjorie Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV

Alt. Lecture KC, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO

2015

Flora and Fauna sculpture workshop, The Writer's Block, Las Vegas, NV

2014

Paper Workshop, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR

Lecture, We Might Should Could, Capital City Arts Initiative, Carson City, NV

2013  

Sculpture Workshop with GULCH, ActionRed, Las Vegas, NV

First Friday, WorkInProgress, Las Vegas, NV

2010  

Lecture, Kith, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2021

Benitez, Nixson. “Justin Favela a LatinX artist turns the Des Moines Art Center into an enormous Piñata.” Hola Iowa. August 13.

Martinez, Nicole. “10 Latinx Artists to Watch at El Museo del Barrio’s Triennial.” Artsy.net. May 17.

Cascone, Sarah. “Editor’s Picks: 12 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week…” Artnet News. April 27.

Whyte, Murray. “At Mass MoCA, art from the faults of translation.” Boston Globe. Jan 21.

2020

Dickenson, Grace. “6 new art installations to explore at the Navy Yard, including an orange monster in a ‘Jawn’ T-shirt.” The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 15.

Crimmins, Peter. “Street Artists from Spain to India featured in Navy Yard’s new outdoor art exhibition.” The Philadelphia Tribune. September 15.

Abad, Erika G.  and Guerrero, Paloma. “As LatinX in Nevada Grows, So Do Racial Challenges.” Race and Racism in Nevada: A Five Part Series on KNPR. September 9.

Vancour, Vanessa. “No More Special Sections.” Arts in Nevada, Double Scoop. July 30.

Barrientos, Emma S. “Spanglish Series Ft. Justin Favela.” Mexican American Cultural Center. July.

Brown, Edward. “Exploring the Reopened Museums.” Fort Worth Weekly. July.

Ventura, Leslie. “Vegas Podcast ‘Latinos Who Lunch’ Debuts a New Coloring Book.’ ” Las Vegas Weekly. May 28.

Glentzer, Molly. “Art Review: Piñata-inspired works at Art League Houston are not for Bashing.” The Houston Chronicle. February 19.

Kohli, Diti. “Justin Favela’s piñata-inspired art installation comes to the Prudential Center.” Boston Globe.  January 21

2019

Nick, Stacy. “Piñata-Style Nativity Installation Brings Art ‘Full Circle’ for Artist, Grandmother.” KUNC: Think. November 29

Maxwell, Clayton. “Fort Worth Art Steps Into the Future.” Texas Monthly. November 20

Riley, Geoffrey. “The Art of the Piñata, Super-Sized.” The Jefferson Exchange, Jefferson Public Radio. October 22

Fox, William L. Michael Heizer: The Once and Future Monuments. The Monacelli Press. 2019 pp. 97-98

Lopez, Elsa. “Latinx Voices Unveiled: Art.” Rebel Media Group: Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies. October 8

Kittle-Cervine, Gabriel . “That Was Weird: A Conversation with Justin Favela.” Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History podcast. Sept 15

Sutton, Rebecca. “Art Talk with Justin Favela.” National Endowment for the Arts: Art Blog. Sept 25

Newberry, Susanna. “Seven Magic Tires.” Nevada Humanities: Double Down Blog. Sept 19

Huete, Betsy. “Justin Favela’s Food for Thought About our Relationship with Tex-Mex.” Glasstire: Texas Visual Art. Aug 26

Glentzer, Molly. “Art Review: ‘All You Can Eat’ offers a bite of Tex-Mex Art.” Houston Chronicle. Aug 20

Shay, Brittanie. “Justin Favela Finds Himself in a Plate of Nachos.” Houstonia. July 25

Villareal, Jose. “Exhibition Features Larger-than-Life Piñatas depicting a Visual Feast of Tex-Mex Cuisine.” ArtDaily.com. June 1

Williams, John. “Vegas as a Literary Hub? You Bet.” New York Times. May 12

Buade, Dawn-Michelle. “...’Sorry for the Mess’ Humanizes Vegas’ Underrecognized Labor Force.” Las Vegas Weekly. May 9

Wasser, Fred. “Migratory Land Forms: Art at The Believer Festival.” Nevada Public Radio. April 29

Anderson, Cori. “This Artist Uses Piñata Paper To Reproduce Classical Mexican Paintings.” 303 Magazine. April 19

Wasser, Fred. “At UNLV’s Barrick Museum of Art: ‘Sorry for the Mess’.” Nevada Public Radio. April 3

2018

Graeber, Laura.”Sugar Hill Museum Brings Art to New York’s Youngest.” New York Times. Oct 25

Carter, Geoff. “What Inspires Las Vegas Artist Justin Favela?” Las Vegas Weekly. Sept 20

Sierzputowzki, Kate. “Mexican Paintings, Lowriders, and Nachos Transformed into Piñata-Inspired Sculptures. Colossal. Aug 15

Escobedo Shepherd, Julianne. “Piñata Pride.” American Craft Council Magazine. June/July

2017

Balkan, Gabrielle.”50 Cities of the U.S.A.” Wide Eyed Editions. Print. Sept 7

Simon, Yara. “This Mexican-Guatemalan Artist Created an Epic Life-Size Lowrider Piñata.” Remezcla. July 11

Miranda, Carolina. “Object Lesson: A lowrider piñata inspired by a famous car bounces into the Petersen Automotive Museum.” Los Angeles Times. July 7

Donath, Jessica. “In "The High Art of Riding Low," Cars Tell the Untold Stories of Chicano Culture.” LA Weekly. July 1

Fuentes, Ed. “Justin Favela's Outsized Piñatas are Colorful Statements on Latinx Culture.” KCET. June 30

Ventura, Leslie. “Justin Favela Makes Art, Podcasts, Good Friends and Stronger Communities.” Las Vegas Weekly. June 1

Pérez, Miriam Zoila. “This Latinx Installation Artist is Making Piñatas That Say Something About Race, Culture and Queerness.” May 24

Siddiqui, Yasmeen. “ Reframing the American West Through Latinx Eyes.” Hyperallergic. April 21

Rinaldi, Ray Mark. “Mi Tierra” is the most important contemporary art exhibit DAM has produced in years.” Denver Post. March 4

2016

Nevada Museum of Art. "Tilting the Basin: Nevada States of Mind." Juxtapoz Magazine. Aug 3

Carter, Geoff. "Taco Boulevard." Vegas Seven. Feb 18

Baude, Dawn-Michelle. "CAC's 'Taste' Showcases the Range of Talented Las Vegas Artists." Las Vegas Weekly. Jan 20

2015

Peterson, Kristen. "Sculpture: In the Yard of a Cuban Refugee, an Art Mystery Unfolds." Las Vegas Weekly. Aug 12

Baude, Dawn-Michelle. "'Recent Acquisitions' Finds Continuity in Stunningly Diverse Curation." Las Vegas Weekly. July 22

Peterson, Kristen. "Selena Pizzas and Mini Impalas..." Las Vegas Weekly. July 1

Whitmore, Mikayla. "Justin Favela's 'Family Fiesta' at Double Negative. Las Vegas Sun. May 27

Baude, Dawn-Michelle. "Cultural Memory." Las Vegas Weekly. April 24

Peterson, Kristen. "Car Show: Remembering Tupac, Selena, and the OJ Spectacle." Las Vegas Weekly. March 18

2014

Peterson, Kristen. "The Birthday Party Machine: Justin Favela's Arkansas Fiesta." Las Vegas Weekly. Oct 22

Salomone, Andrew."Justin Favela's Enigmatic Piñatas."Makezine.com. Oct 22

Nolan, Hamilton."My Failed Attempt to Suck the Walmart Blood Out of America." Gawker.com. Oct 8

Rao, Mallika. "'Lowrider Piñata' Encompasses The Beauty And Violence Of Latino Culture In One 19-Foot Beast." Huffington Post. Oct 6

Greymatter Gallery. "Justin Favela - Las Vegas, Nevada." 365artists365day.com. Sept 24

Peterson, Kristen. "Mexico: Perceptions, Memories and Dreams..." Las Vegas Weekly. Sept 17

Plagens, Peter. "The State of 'State of the Art'." Wall Street Journal. Sept 17

Dobrzynski, Judith. "Crystal Bridges Gives Underappreciated Artists a National Show." Wall Street Journal. Sept 9

Peterson, Kristen. "Hit Man." Vegas Magazine. Sept 1

Fuentes, Ed. "Justin Favela's 'Low Rider' Travels to the South." PaintThisDesert.com. July 23

Las Vegas Weekly Staff.  "Best Artist, Social Commentary." Las Vegas Weekly: Best of Issue. July 17

Peterson, Kristen. "Artist Justin Favela's 'Lowrider Piñata' Heads to Crystal Bridges Museum..." Las Vegas Weekly. July 16

Ortega, Emmanuel. "Virginia City's Pavilion." Essay. June 29

Russ, JK. "Mapping New Ground: Artist Run London Biennial..." HuffingtonPost.com. June 27

Peterson, Kristen. "Witty Works, Humble Materials." Las Vegas Weekly. June 4

Peterson, Kristen. "Strip spectacle, the desert and Tupac's Death…" Las Vegas Weekly. May 8

Critical Correspondence. "A Conversation with Justin Favela." criticalcorrespondence.com . Jan 24

2013

Peterson, Kristen. "What's with the Giant Turkey..." Las Vegas Weekly. Dec 18

2012

Hardy, David. "Paper and Glue." ArtsVegas.com . Nov 1

Pratt, Timothy. "Neon Museum Shows Off Las Vegas' Neon Side." New York Times. Oct 27

Peterson, Kristen. "...Justin Favela's "The Mini Market'." Las Vegas Weekly. Aug 29

Mancini, Al. "A Slice of DessArt." Luxury Las Vegas. June 1

2011

Dunia, John. "An Empire In Cardboard." BLVDS Las Vegas. Dec 14

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Berzon, Alexandra. "In Las Vegas, Art Imitates Art." Wall Street Journal. July 29

Berzon, Alexandra. "Fine Art in Cardboard?" Wall Street Journal Online. Video. July 28

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2010

Alvarez, Brian. "You Say Stardust, I Say Estardas..." Las Vegas Arts and Culture Blog. Feb 6

2009

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Peterson, Kristen. "People In the Arts: Artist Justin Favela." Las Vegas Sun. June 16

2008

Forestieri, Susanne. "From the Benign to the Sinister..." Las Vegas Weekly. April 3

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