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Elizabeth Lozano

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Elizabeth Lozano is a Latina artist who was born in Harbor City, CA and currently resides in Riverside, CA. In 2012 Elizabeth received her A.A. in Behavioral and Social Science with Honors from Feather River College. Elizabeth’s art was first exhibited in Central California Women’s Facility’s visiting store, the facility where she resided for 30 years serving a sentence of Juvenile Life without Parole. In 2024 the facility requested Elizabeth paint affirmations on the sidewalks and other spaces to uplift the community. Elizabeth has participated in several exhibitions and projects including: Return to Sender: Prison as Censorship, EFA Gallery NY, (2023); The Only Door I Can Open: Women Exposing Prison Through Art and Poetry, Museum of the African Diaspora, CA (2023); Work Assignments: Forced Prison Labor in the Land of the Free, several Bay Area locations(2023 & 2024); and the Involuntary Servitude Digital Billboard campaign for Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, California,(2024)

Currently Elizabeth works for The Institute of the Arts and Sciences as a Prison Education Advisor where she develops art workshops and education programs for the women prisons in California and formerly incarcerated individuals, supports the reentry transition back to the community and aids in the development and promotion of art exhibitions and outreach programs.

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