Born 1993 in Lynwood, California. Lives and works in San Gabriel Valley.

Education
2018 BFA Drawing & Painting, California State Long Beach, Long Beach
2015 Associates of Psychology, Fine and Performing Arts, Liberal Arts: Social & Behavioral Sciences, Biological/Physical Sciences/ Mathematics, Social and Behavioral Sciences degree, Citrus Community College, Glendora



Scholarships & Awards
2022  Certificate of Appreciation from the City of South Gate 
2022  State of California Senate Certificate of Recognition for participation in Cuídate/Take Care of Yourself
2021   Dash grant
2020  NOT REAL ART GRANT
2019  Certification of Recognition by California State Senate, Salvies Who Lunch Chevere
2019  Certification of Recognition from California Legislature Assembly, Chevere: Salvies Who Lunch Visual Artist
2017  Linda A. Day Endowed Student Award

Solo Show
2020 Acción Latina Juan R. Fuentes Gallery, Diario Entrada 1, SanFrancisco, CA
2018 Arts & Recreation Center, Auto Retrato, Baldwin Park, CA

Selected Group Exhibition History
​2022 Carrousel du Louvre, Focus Art Fair, Paris, France
2022 Kühlaus, Evanescence, Berlin, Germany
2022 Das Institut, In Perspective, Berlin Germany
2022 DSW Headquarters, In The Paint traveling exhibition, ​Frankfurt, Germany 
2022 Irvine Fine Arts Center, All Media 2022, Irvine, CA
2022 Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, Ahora, Anaheim, CA
2022 Tlaloc Studios, Retrato, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Buckham Gallery, BIPOC is the Theme!, Flint, MI
2022 The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Band Of Vices, In The Paint, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Lakers’ UCLA Health Training Center, In The Paint, El Segundo, CA
2022 San Diego Museum of Art, Artists Guild Spring Exhibition, San Diego, CA
2022 South Gate Museum, Cuídate Take Care of Yourself, South Gate, CA
2022 Art Share LA, Products of Empire, Los Angeles, CA
2021  Irvine Fine Arts Center, MANOS, Irvine, CA
2021  Barker Hangar, The Other Art Fair, Santa Monica, CA
2021  Brand Library & Art Center, BRAND 49-49th Annual National Juried  Exhibition of Works on Paper, Glendale, CA
2021  Dupont Underground, Somewhere Between, Washington, DC
2021  John and Geraldine Lilley Museum, EN MEDIO | Senses of  Migration, Reno, NV
2021 Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA), Immi’Art, La Fayette Park Place, Los Angeles, CA
2021 SOMArts, CARAVANA: Mobilizing Central American Art (1984-Present), San Francisco, CA
2021 Virtual show hosted by UNICA from UCLA, Counterspaces: Healing in Resistance, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Stamp Gallery, Connected Diaspora: U.S. Central American Visuality in the Age of Social Media, College Park, MD
2020 Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Bloom & Grow: Brilliant Botanicals, Solomons, MD
2020 Fowler Museum Terrace, UCLA, Central American Counterspaces: Intergenerational Resilience, CA
2019 Frederic Jameson Gallery Duke University, Connected Diaspora: U.S Central American Visuality in the Age of Social Media, Durham, NC
2019 UCF Art Gallery, Coalesce, Orlando, FL
2019 Irvine Fine Arts Center, All Media 2019, Irvine, CA
2019 Flatline, In The Now Figurative II, Long Beach, CA
2019 Mexican Consulate, Immi’Art, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Angel Gates Cultural Center, Ganas de Existir!, San Pedro, CA
2019 The Montalban, A Feminist Perspective, Hollywood, CA
2019 Art Share L.A., Art Share All Stars, Los Angeles
2018 72 and Sunny, PIALLI, Playa Vista, CA
2018 Art Share L.A., Protest, Los Angeles, CA
2018 The Chancellor’s Gallery, CSU Summer Arts 2019, Long Beach, CA
2018 Via G. Leopardi 12, Art Without Borders, Florence, Italy
2018 Ave 50 Studio, Wounds of War, Highland Park, CA
2018 University Art Museum, Insights, Long Beach, CA
2018 Max L. Gatov, Everything Must Go, Long Beach, CA
2018 Dutzi Gallery, Quiubo Maje, Long Beach, CA
2018 Werby Gallery, Mi Gente, Long Beach, CA
2018 Max L. Gatov Gallery West, Displacement, Long Beach, CA
2018 Dutzi Gallery, Punctuated Gallery, Long Beach, CA

Curated Exhibitions
2019 Arts & Recreation Center, Identity, Baldwin Park, CA
2017 Arts & Recreation Center, Life and Death, Baldwin Park, CA

Commissions
2021 Historical Figures Mural Camino Nuevo, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Say Their Names Mural at Camino Nuevo, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Cover Artwork for NACLA Winter Issue
2020 Cover Artwork for Lineage of Rain by Janel Pineda (Haymarket Books, 2020)
2020 Mural at Camino Nuevo, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Mural at Lynwood Middle School, Lynwood, CA

Work Experience
2021                  Hitting The Wall by Judy Baca mural restoration with SPARCinLA
2018-Present  Self Employed
2018                  Dan Gilroy Project, Paintings rented for Miami Basel scene in Velvet Buzzsaw
2017-2018        OMA student assistant at CSULB, La Raza Student Organization Liaison, Long Beach
2013-2017        Haugh Art Support, Scenic painter, Citrus College, Glendora

Selected Publications and Interviews2021 Sandy Saravia, “The Artistic Expression of Central American Resistance & Resilience,” BESE
2021 Monti Rossetti and Fátima Ramírez, “CARAVANA-Meet The Artists,” Radio Teco
2020 Wanda Hernández, "Artist Panel Talk: Beatriz Cortez, Muriel Hasbun and Kiara Machado," Casa De La Cultura El Salvador
2020 Scott "Sourdough" Power, "Kiara Machado: Artist + 2020 Not Real Art Grant," Not Real Art Podcast
2020 Elissa Jimenéz, “Central American resilience, identity explored in latest exhibit,” El Tecolote
2020 Daniel Roma, “The Birds and the Border,” East Bay Express
2019 Víctor Interiano, “Centro Ambulando: Interview with Guatemalan- Salvadoran Artist Kiara Machado,” Dichos de un Bicho
2019 Erika Hirugami, “Coalesce,” Curator Love
2019 Erika Hirugami, “Year Three,” Curator Love
2019 Veronica Melendez and Kimberly Benavides, “Primavera 2019,” La Horchata
2018 Sarah Duenas, “Artistic Identity,” Dig Mag
Affiliations
2019 Member of Quetzal Migrante collective