Houston, TX, 1979
COLLECTIONS
• San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
PUBLISHED ARTWORK
• "manifest destination blues," Art Lies #63, Fall/09, p 17
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (SOLO)
• Edstravaganza, SMART Art Project Space, SATX, Jul 9, 2011
• Ed Saavedra does D.F., granados26, Mexico City, MX, Apr 2011
• Ed Saavedra: Artist in Residence, FL!GHT, SATX, Apr 2011
• Ed Saavedra: Things Have Gone to Pieces, G Gallery, Houston, TX, Apr 2011
• Ed Saavedra Trunk Show, SMART Art Project Space, SATX, Feb 3, 2011
• Requiem for an English Major, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, SATX, Jan 2011
• things have gone to pieces, Three Walls, San Antonio, TX, Dec 2010
• Ed Saavedra's Three Hour One-Day Sale!!!, FL!GHT, SATX, May 4, 2010
• Makin' Copies, Luminaria, Gonzalez Convention Center, SATX, Mar 13, 2010
• All By Myself 2008-09, FL!GHT, SATX, Mar 2009
• (what's so funny about) thirteen paintings by ed saavedra?, FL!GHT, SATX, Mar 2008
• paintings great and small, Red Room, SATX, Nov 2006
• 13 paintings by ed saavedra, Travis 151, SATX, Jan 2006
• SAAVEDRA, FL!GHT, Blue Star Art Silos, SATX, Mar 2005
• enemy combatant, 354 Blue Star, Big Tex Grain Mills, SATX, Oct 2004
• Herzog lecture/screening after-event, Cinematexas, Blue Theater, Austin, TX, Sep 2002
• Brother Fetus, The Honey Factory, SATX, Jul 2002
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (COLLABORATIVE)
• Delbau (Justin Parr), Luminaria, Women's Pavilion, SATX, Mar 12, 2011
• Roy McMakin Pop-Up Shop, Artpace, SATX, Nov 2010
• Soul Flow 2.0: justin parr & ed saavedra, Gallery 118, SATX, Jul 2007
• Soul Flow, Travis I51, SATX, May 2006
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (GROUP)
• There's no 'I' in tacos., Farm to Market Arts, Lubbock, TX, Jan 6, 2012
• Salon des Refuses, Trouser House, New Orleans, LA, Oct 22, 2011
• Zymurgy, FL!GHT, SATX, May 2011
• The Long Table of Love, Sala Diaz, SATX, Mar 2011
• Texas Drops By, Mad is Mad Gallery, Madrid, ES, Feb 2011
• San Antonio Draws, McNay Art Museum, SATX, Feb - May 2011
• THIS PLANE IS DEFINITELY CRASHING, Palo Alto College, SATX, Nov 10, 2010
• Texas cae en un trozo de tela, Museo de Arte Moderno, Trujillo, PE, Sep 25, 2010
• Que Pasa?, P.A.S.A. Studio, SATX, Jul 15 - Sep 30, 2010
• Über Progressive, one9zerosix Gallery, SATX, Jul 12, 2010
• Dependents, Bleicher/Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Jul 2010
• Halfbreeds, Texas Lutheran University, Seguin, TX, Jun. - Aug 2010
• The Red Dot, Blue Star Contemporary Arts Center, Gallery 4, SATX, May 27, 2010
• Art Lies Spring Roundup, BOX 13 ArtSpace, Houston, TX, Apr 2010
• Amalgamations 25, Blue Star Contemporary Arts Center, SATX, Mar 4 - May 15, 2010
• Bling Bling Fling, Artpace, SATX, Oct 2009
• A Lada Dada Gala, La Villita Assembly Hall, SATX, Jun 2009
• DuChampions of the Readymade, Lone Star Studios, SATX, Feb 2009
• Hello, Walls., FL!GHT, SATX, Jul 2008
• The Red Dot, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, SATX, Jun 2008
• SNEEZE!, FL!GHT, SATX, Dec 2008
• Greeetings From Mañanaland, FL!GHT, SATX, Oct 2008
• Rrose Rrizin', Rrose Amarillo, SATX, Jul 2007
• Olmos Famous, Ortiz Contemporary, SATX, Jul 2007
• Building Up Steam, StoneMetal Press, SATX, Jul 2007
• The Red Dot, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, SATX, Jun 2007
• (outdoor inaugural group show), Museo Alameda, SATX, May 2007
• Conjunto, Institute of Texan Cultures, UTSA, TX, May - Oct 2007
• Latino Expressions IV, San Antonio Central Library, SATX, Apr 2007
• Lost and Found, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, SATX, Jan 2007
• Cell2Cell2Cell, Ryder Project, New York, NY, Nov 2006
• The Road to Nowhere is Infinite, FL!GHT, SATX, Jul 2006
• SAAVEDRA: Manuel, Fabio, & Ed, Gallista Gallery, SATX, Jul 2006
• Eve of Destruction, FL!GHT, Blue Star Art Silos, SATX, Oct 2005
• FL!GHT SignFest Project, guerrilla city beautification, SATX, Jul 2005
• Burros on the Verge: L.A. David+Ed Saavedra, ONE9ZERO6 Gallery, SATX, Jul 2005
• This is where you belong, I'm going to get mine someday, FL!GHT, SATX, Jul 2005
• L.A. Art Fest (indoor), Downtown Artist District, Los Angeles, CA, Jun 2005
• Out of Context, Contemporary Art San Antonio (C.A.S.A), SATX, May 2005
• Frank Guerrero/Ed Saavedra: New Work, Kilworth Manor, Houston, TX, Dec 2002
• The Show That Wouldn't Die, Red House, Blue Star Arts Complex, SATX, Oct 2002
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (AS CURATOR W/ PARR)
• I'd Rather Get Fired Than Quit, Blue Star LAB, SATX, Aug - Oct, 2010
• Are you ready for Fiesta?: Benavides/Diaz/Ramirez/Mondini-Ruiz, FL!GHT, Mar 2010
• Welcome to the Gun Show / Blown in San Antone, FL!GHT, Nov 2009
• Greetings from Mañanaland, FL!GHT, TX, Oct 2007
• Eve of Destruction, FL!GHT, Blue Star Art Silos, SATX, Oct 2005
SELECTED DISCUSSIONS/LECTURES/PANELS
• THIS PLANE IS DEFINITELY CRASHING, Palo Alto College, SATX, Nov 10, 2010
• I'd Rather Get Fired Than Quit, Blue Star LAB, SATX, Sep 22, 2010
• Amalgamations panel discussion, Hilton Palacio Del Rio, SATX, Mar 24, 2010
• Moderator, World Accordion in Folk, Pop, and Art Music, Intl. Accordion Fest., 2001
MISCELLANIA
• Senior creative co-conspirator, FL!GHT, SATX, 2006 - present
• Indoor exhibition coordinator, L.A. Art Fest, Los Angeles, CA, Jun 2005
• Arts Editor, San Antonio Current, SATX, Oct 2001 - Mar 2002
• Awards designer/fabricator, Cinematexas Intl Short Film /Video Fest, Austin, TX, 2001
AWARDS
• CAMMY award, Putting the Light in Luminaria, 2010