Artist Bio

Born to a small town in upstate New York, Uribes’ first taste of art school really began on arrival in Los Angeles.  There she attended Otis College of Art and Design. She continued to work as a graphic artist and eventually moved to the San Francisco Bay area with her husband.  Uribes completed her BFA at the San Francisco Art Institute, going on to obtain her teaching credential from San Jose State University.  She currently teaches drawing and painting at Notre Dame High School in Belmont, California.

Over the course of her thirty years plus of art making, working predominantly in acrylic paint on canvas, her work has evolved in many directions. Yet, the one constant has been an involvement with the figure. Even in segments of her work where no recognizable body is present, the organic shapes within each composition speak of the figure.

Focusing on the figure as her primary subject, Uribes’ current interest is high energy paintings she calls Laughing Heads. Painting in a spontaneous style with active brush work, allows Uribes to capture the intensity of the contagious joy her subjects express.

2010, May, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, 117 N Sycamore, Santa Ana , CA
2008, June-August, The Artists Alley, 863 Misson St., San Francisco, CA
2007, April-June, Artemis Healing Center, 246 Los Gatos Saratoga Rd, Los Gatos, CA
2006, Nov.- Dec., Gallery One, Sueños Exhibit, 1 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA
2006, August, Anglian Art Fair, UK, rep. Enid Lawson Gallery
2006, July-August, Gallery One, 1 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA
2006, June, Dulwich Art Exhibition, London, UK, rep. Enid Lawson Gallery
2006, May, AAF Bristol, UK, rep. Enid Lawson Gallery
2006, April, Chelsea Art Exhibition, London, UK, rep. Enid Lawson Gallery
2006, March, AAF, Battersea, London, UK, rep. Enid Lawson Gallery
2006, January, Art on paper RCA London, UK, rep. Enid Lawson Gallery
2005, December, Club Mezzanine, VIP room, 444 Jessie St., San Francisco, CA
2005, November, Edinburgh Art Exhibition, UK, rep. Enid Lawson Gallery
2005, April 9, Spectra Ball, Old Mint Building, 88 5^th St., San Francisco
2005, April-July, Harmonic Bldg., 549 Baltic Way, Sunnyvale, CA, rep. Carol Dabb
2002, Mountian View Visual & Performing Arts Center, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, CA
1996, Northcote Galley, Battersea, London England, Multi-artist exhibit
1990, Rituals Gallery, 756 North La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, California
1990, Tona Galleries, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, California, Several multi-artist exhibits
1985-6, Forecast Gallery, Santa Monica, California, Several multi-artist exhibits
1983, Gallery II RSVP, Charlottesville, West Virginia, Multi-artist exhibit
1981, Juried Show, Santa Monica, California. Second place oil/acrylic category
1978, Juried Show, Lakewood, New York. Multi-artist exhibit
1977, Lakewood Library, Lakewood, New York, Single artist exhibit
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Private Collections

Mr. And Mrs. Denise Daley, San Francisco, California, 2 portraits 2008
Mr. And Mrs. Alan Taikeff, San Jose, California, multiple paintings and family portrait 2007
Mr. And Mrs. Eric Komrowsky, Morgan Hill, California, multiple paintings, 2005/6
Mr. and Mrs. Marc Carter, San Jose, California, Mural and multiple paintings, 1997
Mr. and Mrs. David Detert, Hillsborough, California, Multiple murals and paintings, 1996
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Barnhart, Saratoga, California, Mural, 1998
Mr. B. Taupin, Los Angeles, California, painting, 1990
Mrs. Judy Kaufman. Beverly Hills, California, two portraits of daughters, 1988
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