About
Emilio Bañuelos earned his degree from the Missouri School of Journalism in 2000, he has since worked as a photographer and consultant for newspapers in Mexico and Panama and as an editorial photographer for publications in Illinois, Hawaii and California. He is co-founder of Black Boots Ink. Black Boots Ink conducts national and international projects to foster introductions of individual artists and collaborate on the creation of exhibitions and publications about the rituals of life in the pursuit of happiness.
Emilio’s documentary work focused on religious rituals in Mexico earned him a fellowship from the Poynter Institute, and an award from the Marty Forscher Fellowship for Humanistic Photography. His Greyhound America series earned him an award from EnFoco Inc.’s New Works.In the San Francisco Bay Area Emilio has worked as an Arts Educator at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, the San Jose Museum of Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and has conducted international workshops for Black Boots Ink, the University of California Santa Cruz-Extension and the University of Coahuila’s School of Communication.
Currently he teaches undergraduate documentary photography for the Academy of Art University and in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he works with supplemental art programs as a youth mentor and photography instructor.
Projects and Exhibits
San Francisco Camerawork Panel Discussion
June 9, 2011
SF Camerawork welcomes Black Boots Ink photographers to discuss their work and their most recently published magazine Shakti. We hope you can join us at SF Camerwork in San Francisco.
Intervención Publica:Vagando en Compania de Desconocidos
El Cine del Estudiante
Rambla Cartaluña, Gudalajara
We are interested in returning the images of the street to the street. On July 18th, images from Guadalajara, and other regions of Mexico were posted on a wall fronting the Museo de Bellas Artes in the Rambla Cartaluña in downtown Guadalajara. The wall is a crossing point for the cities working class and the elite. Poetry and images Mexico were combined with silkscreens to continue the dialogue.
MISSION CULTURAL CENTER AND HAMBURGER EYES PRESENT: CASUAL ABYSS
CASUAL ABYSS
May 11 – June 5 2010
CASUAL ABYSS is a photographic exhibition of modern artifacts that provide clues into the chasm hovering in another dimension beneath our own. This exhibition will attempt to explore the void and make sense of what lies in the hearts of men.
Opening Reception
Thursday, May 13, 6-9:30pm.
Photo Exhibition
In the Main and Inti-Raymi Galleries. Admission only $5, sliding scale.
Gallery hours
Tuesday- Saturday, 10am-5pm / tours available. For Saturday viewing hours it is best to experience the exhibition from 10-1:30pm and 3:30-5pm.
Photographers
Ariel Zambelich, Brian David Stevens, Jai Tanju, Zack Canepari, Ted Pushinsky, Rebecca Maysles, Albert Maysles, Michael Jang, Alessandro Zuek Simonetti, Amanda Lopez, Jason Roberts Dobrin, Stefan Simikich, Cali Dewitt, Alexander Martinez, Karna Kurata, Uri Korn, David Potes, Ray Potes, Jesse Pollock, Lonnie Dean, Sean Jerd, David Uzzardi, Oscar Mendoza, Vic Blue, Heather Renee Russ, Forrest Kelley, Dennis Mcgrath, Bryan Derballa, Emilio Banuelos, Mark Murrmann, Elena Carrasco, and many many more..
Curators
Ray Potes and Maurizzio Hector Pineda
Gallery Events: 6-9:30pm
May 19th: Hamburgers do Talk – A conversation with Ray Potes and regular Hamburger Eyes contributors.
May 26th: Hamburger Eyes Films and Video – showcasing films and videos from Hamburger Eyes friends and colleagues.
June 2nd: Hamburger Eyes x Etnies Plus Shoe Release Party!
Links
http://hamburgereyes.com
http://www.missionculturalcenter.org
Exposure Gallery: Documentary Photography
Black Boots Ink
February 4 – March 27, 2010
Participants: Nancy Ahn, Jennifer Ahn, Emilio Banuelos, Elena Carrasco, Alexcia DeVasquez, Sebastian Gladstone, Aimee Guymon, Ibarionex Perello, Victor Prieto, Unnikrishnan Raveendranathan, Theo Slavin thank you for making this an amazing exhibition.
CONNECTIONS: Jenkins Johnson Gallery
February 5 – March 28, 2009
521 W 26th Street | 5th floor | New York
464 Sutter Street | San Francisco
In collaboration, owner Karen Jenkins-Johnson and independent curator Lisa Henry examine artists who boldly speak on topics of race, ethnicity, identity and gender in America. At a time of a historic political change CONNECTIONS presents: iconic and legendary black artists of the Harlem Renaissance; established mid-career artists that continue to strengthen the African American presence in the art world; and the significant emerging artists that not only transcend aesthetic boundaries but have created a powerful discourse around social condition, personal identity, and cultural heritage in America.
Public Art Installation in the Mission District
Returning images of the Public to the Public
The goal of the Wandering workshop is to use images as introductions, as conversations, to speak to the people who are in the images.We are interested in returning the images of the street to the street. On January 27th, images from Guadalajara, and San Francisco were posted on a wall fronting the jail cells of the former Mission Police Station. The wall is dedicated to freedom of speech by the (de)Appropriation Project . Poetry and images from Los Angeles and Mexico will be added later, to continue the dialogue.
Introducción an International Artist Collaborative
The Rostel Photography Gallery
November 1-26, 2008Reception: Saturday, November 1, 2008 7pm-9pm
5743 Sacramento Avenue, Dunsmuir, CA
The emphasis is to work with a sincere, unobtrusive, natural approach to portray our subjects as individuals rather than generic types – combining people, place, and time to make compelling, story-telling images.
Bounty Photography Exhibition
Liberty ArtsOctober 8 – 25, 2008
Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 10am – 5pm
108 W. Miner Street | Yreka, CA
Phone: (530) 842-0222
Email:info@libertyartsyreka.org
Featuring the work of contributors Emilio Bañuelos, Elena Carrasco, James Gilmore, Rika Noda and John Rickard as well as work from Jenn Daly, Roman Loranc, Alexander Lowry, Brian Taylor and Tom Patton
Alternative Exposure Grant Recipients Reception
Southern ExposureWednesday, September 3, 2008 | 7:00 – 9:00 pm
417 14th Street | San Francisco, CA
Southern Exposure is excited to announce the recipients of grants in Round II of its Alternative Exposure grant program. In 2008, Southern Exposure is proud to award over $50,000 to 18 projects.
Alternative Exposure offers support to a range of locally grown artist-centered, visual-arts projects, extending our reach to as many new artists and audiences as possible. Grants support the work of unincorporated groups, burgeoning art and gathering spaces, publications, websites, collectives, events, and artists making work in a variety of ways.
Fotoseptiembre
Unas Botas Negras
Solo Show
September 7, 2007, Guadalajara, Jalisco
The Fotoseptiembre photography festival was created in 1993, coordinated by the Centro de la Imagen. There have been over 3,000 exhibits seen by millions.
Since its inception, the goal of Fotoseptiembre has been to support photographic activity spread across the country. This festival has been organized in the state of Sonora, as well as Aguascalientes, Guadalajara, Morelia, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi Tijuana. Since 2000, Fotoseptiembre part of the “Festival of Light”.
Greyhound America: Traveling in the Shadow of the Country
The Rostel Gallery
Solo Show
August 3 to 30, 2007
Reception Aug. 3rd
5743 Sacramento Street | Dunsmuir, California
J.C. Orozco Casa Taller
June 28, 2007
Aurelio Aceves 27 | Guadalajara, Mexico
Solo Show
Featuring the work of the Black Boots Ink collective.
The first Black Boots Ink Workshop was held in Guadalajara, Jalisco,Mexico. Photographers from the Bay Area and Guadalajara came together as a collective with the purpose of meeting Mexico on a personal level. The images in this exhibition are a result of this experience.
