RESUME

Selected Solo Exhibitions, 2-Person Exhibitions

2019   Front and Back, and Side to Side. Artpace Main Space. San Antonio, TX

            Watch Me Werk. HCC Northeast College Art Gallery (Northline). Houston, TX

2018    All About That Werk. Forum 6 Contemporary. Houston, TX

             Feelin' Like A Champ. Revenant Gallery. San Antonio, TX

2017    Pure Energy. Presa House Gallery. San Antonio, TX

Can You Feel That? Miami University. Oxford, OH

Doing Work. grayDUCK Gallery. Austin, TX

Doing Werk. Freight Gallery. San Antonio, TX

2016    Werds & Places. Carver Branch Library. San Antonio, TX

Artist Looking At Art: Portraits of a Working Artist. McNay Art Museum. San Antonio, TX

(included 11 performances throughout the 2-month exhibition)

This Is What It Feels Like. Radius Center. San Antonio, TX. (2-person, Braydon Gold)

TEXAS. Freight Gallery. San Antonio, TX

2015     Dulce. Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Theater Gallery. San Antonio, TX

Life, Death, and Other Stories. 3^rd Space Gallery. San Antonio, TX

2014    Undetermined Matter. grayDUCK Gallery. Austin, TX (2-person, Julon Pinkston)

M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition | WERK | In the Zone. Terminal 136. San Antonio, TX

2013    Consider All Things. Main Street Projects. Houston, TX (2-Person, Hiyme Brummett)

2012    Sweet Memories. Casa De La Cultura. Del Rio, TX

Farewell Show. Jack Meier Gallery. Houston, TX

Neighborhoods. MKT Bar. Houston, TX

Inside a City. Galeria de la Rosa, Artes de la Rosa. Fort Worth, TX

2011     Music in the City. Houston Community College Southwest Gallery. Houston, TX

A Collection of Work: Past to Present. Caroline Collective. Houston, TX

Performances

2018    Self Portrait Dance. YLA23 Closing Reception. Mexic-Arte Museum. Austin, TX

Self Portrait (Children’s Book Story Teller & Dancer). All About That Werk. Forum 6 Contemporary. Houston, TX

Self Portrait Dance. Collect It For The Culture Closing Reception. The Union. Houston, TX

Self Portrait (Children’s Book Story Teller & Dancer). West Austin Studio Tour Closing Party. DORF. Austin, TX

             Alright Alright. Feelin’ Like A Champ. Revenant Gallery. San Antonio, TX

             Watch Me Werk. The Studios at MASS MoCA. North Adams, MA

              Self Portrait Dance. Doing Werk Closing Reception. Freight Gallery. San Antonio, TX

2017    Taco, Texas. (After Andy Warhol Eats a Burger) MetaDATA: Pop Art for the Populace. Plaza de Armes. San Antonio, TX

Self Portrait Dance. Doing Work Opening Reception. grayDUCK Gallery. Austin, TX

Self Portrait Dance. Doing Werk Opening Reception. Freight Gallery. San Antonio, TX

2016    Artist Looking At Art: Portraits of a Working Artist. McNay Art Museum. San Antonio, TX

(11 performances throughout 2-month exhibition, including a 4.3 mile dance trek across San Antonio, a Grand Marshall Parade Leader, and dance performances in the museum’s galleries)

2014     CAM Perennial Exhibition 2014. Untitled (Public Display). Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. San Antonio, TX (curator: Christie Blizard)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2019    Some Things To Talk About | Gallery W at The Whitney Center for the Arts. Pittsfield, MA

Crossing the Line: Drawings from the Mexic-Arte Museum Permanent Collection. Austin, TX.

Ctrl+A. KSpace Contemporary & Presa House Gallery. Corpus Christi, TX

             Effort Economy. Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum. San Antonio, TX

2018    Spectrum: Exploring Gender Identification. MCLA Gallery 51. North Adams, MA

Friendly Neighborhood Abstraction. Hello Studio. curated by Justin Korver. San Antonio, TX

             The Summer Union. presented by Black Buddha Creative Agency. The Union. Houston, TX

Young Latino Artists 23: Beyond Walls, Between Gates, Under Bridges. curated by Gilbert Rocha. Mexic-Arte Museum. Austin, TX

Collect It For The Culture. curated by Robert Hodge. The Union. presented by Black Buddha Creative Agency. Houston, TX

Somewhere Nowhere. curated by Eduardo Portillo. Forum 6 Contemporary. Houston, TX

Landscapes, Portraits, Still Lifes. curated by Sara Vanderbeek. DORF. Austin, TX

Common Currents. 300 Year ~ 300 Artists. Artpace. San Antonio, TX

VOZ: Selections from the UTSA Art Collection, curated by Arturo Almeida. Centro de Artes. San Antonio, TX

Images of Power. curated by Alana Coates & Mark Anthony Martinez. Freight Gallery. San Antonio, TX

2017    Against the Grain: curated by Feral Editions. Bolivar Art Gallery. Lexington, KY

Build Hope, Not Walls. curated by Nick Ramos. Big Medium.  Austin, TX

Schist. curated by Nicholas Frank. Artpace Studio B. San Antonio, TX

Diverse Views. Trebla Art Gallery. San Antonio, TX

Crossing Borders: An Immigrant Art Project. Living Arts of Tulsa. Tulsa, OK

2016    Three Decades Plus: Printmaking at the University of Texas at San Antonio. UTSA Main Gallery. San Antonio, TX

6^th Chicana/o Biennial. MACLA (Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana). San Jose, CA

2016 Artist Lab Exhibition, Raul Gonzalez: Work These Days. Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. San Antonio, TX

SATX |MX: Un Viaje Lleno De Cultural. Centro De Artes. San Antonio, TX

How To Play Guitar. 337 Project Space. Grand Rapids, MI

2015    Debt Fair. Art League Houston. Houston, TX

Texas Artists Exhibit. Beeville Art Museum. Beeville, TX

Parallels. Hello Studio. San Antonio, TX

Texas Size Breach. TAMU Educational & Cultural Arts Center. San Antonio, TX

Selections from the Changarrito Permanent Collection. Mexic-Arte Museum. Austin, TX

CAM Perennial: Move Me. Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. San Antonio, TX (curator: Amy Mackie, co-Director of PARSE

2014    Practice. French & Michigan Gallery. San Antonio, TX

What’s In Store. UNIT at Sonja Roesch Gallery. Houston, TX

Some Sort of History. Frost Tower Plaza Club. San Antonio, TX

Emerging Printmaking Exhibition. Studio Two Three. Richmond, VA

Breish – Gonzalez – Toro. University of Texas at San Antonio Downtown Art Gallery. San Antonio, TX (3-person)

30^th Annual UTSA Student Art Exhibition. University of Texas at San Antonio Main Gallery. San Antonio, TX

New Sculpture. Lakeview Northeast College. San Antonio, TX

Slap and Tickle. Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum. San Antonio, TX

Arte Latino Now. Queens University of Charlotte. Charlotte, NC

2013    26th Annual McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition. McNeese University. Lake Charles, LA (curator: Claudia Schmuckli)

Hello World. The Service Station. Los Angeles, CA

Young Latino Artists 18: Con/Juntos. Curated by Michael Anthony Garcia. Mexic-Arte Museum. Austin, TX

What's in Store. UNIT at Sonja Roesch Gallery. Houston, TX

Texas Artists Exhibition. Beeville Art Museum. Beeville, TX

New Texas Talent XX. Craighead Green Gallery. Dallas, TX

The Menil/Fiesta Project. Inman Gallery. Houston, TX

Things That Make You Go Hmmm. UTSA Satellite Space. San Antonio, TX

New Art/Art Nuevo: San Antonio 2012. University of Texas at San Antonio Main Art Gallery. San Antonio, TX

Public Art San Antonio Temporary Exhibits. City Hall and Municipal Plaza.  San Antonio, TX

2012    The LA Art Show | Modern & Contemporary. Los Angeles, CA

Gambol - Juried Group Member Exhibition. Art League Houston. Houston, TX

2011    Hispanic Heritage Art Exhibition. Houston Community College NE Northline Art Gallery. Houston, TX

Emerging Artist Exhibition. Jack Meier Gallery. Houston, TX

2010    BRWN PLNT - That Which is Undone. Talento Bilingue de Houston. Houston, TX

Hispanic Heritage Art Show. Houston Community College NE Northline Art Gallery. Houston, TX

The Candy Shop: A Sweet & Spicy Experience. Fresh Arts Gallery. Houston, TX

The Big Show. Lawndale Art Center. Houston, TX (curator: Paul Middendorf)

3^rd Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit. William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library. Houston, TX

School of Art Annual Student Exhibition. Blaffer Gallery. Houston, TX

2009    Annual Juried Exhibition. Live Oak Art Center. Columbus, TX (curator: Gus Kopriva)

2008    The Big Show. Lawndale Art Center. Houston, TX. (curator: Aram Moshayedi)

1999    Houston Independent School District Art Competition Exhibition

Congressional Art Competition

Residencies

2018     The Studios at MASS MoCA. North Adams, MA

2016     Artist Lab Fellowship Program. Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. San Antonio, TX

2013     "Changarrito" Artist-in-Residence. Mexic-Arte Museum. Austin, TX

2012     Modern Multiples - printmaking with Richard Duardo. Los Angeles, CA

Collections      

The McNay Art Museum. San Antonio, TX

National Museum of Mexican Art. Chicago, IL

National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum. Albuquerque, NM

Mexic-Arte Museum. Austin, TX

The University of Texas at San Antonio

Capital One Financial Services. Plano, TX

University Health System Del Rio Tower. San Antonio, TX

The Woodlands High School. The Woodlands, TX

Arte de la Rosa. Fort Worth, TX

Queens University of Charlotte. Charlotte, NC

The Berkus Collection. San Antonio, TX

The City of San Antonio, Mayor’s Conference Room

Private Collections

Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Washington, Kentucky, California, Virginia

Honors | Awards | Achievements

2018   Sustainable Arts Foundation Award
2016    NALAC Fund for the Arts (NFA): San Antonio Artist/Ensemble 2016 Grant

             Surdna Foundation Grant Recipient

2015    Dave Bown Projects - 10th Semiannual Competition (Curators: Claire C. Carter, Carmen Hermo, Anna Stothart) Award of Excellence (Unrestricted monetary award).

2014     Hunting Art Prize Finalist

2013     Hunting Art Prize Finalist

2005     Houston Marathon Finisher

1999     1^st Place Black/White Drawing -Houston Independent School District Art Competition

Congressional Art Competition Winner, 18^th District, Texas

Lectures – Artist Talks

2018     Art Tank: Business Training for Creatives: Round 8, Invited Artist Roundtable Discussion. San Antonio, TX

Marketing for Artists, New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Artist Program. San Antonio, TX

Doing Work Catalogue Release and Panel Discussion. Freight Gallery. San Antonio, TX

2017    Artist Talk, Miami University.  Oxford, OH

Artist Talk, grayDUCK Gallery. Austin, TX

2016    Artist Talk, Artists Looking at Art: Raul Gonzalez. McNay Art Museum. San Antonio, TX

2012    Artist Talk. Inside A City. Artes de la Rosa. Fort Worth, TX

Special Projects           

2018     Interwoven Landscape. Spring Break Free Family Days: Community at Play. The McNay Art Museum. San Antonio, TX

2017     I Can’t Shake This Feeling. Healthy You. The DoSeum | San Antonio’s Museum for Kids. San Antonio, TX

Curatorial Work

2016 – Three The Hard Way | Contemporary Art Month at Clamp Light Studios. San Antonio, TX

2015 – Reflective | Texas Artist Connection Series. Carver Community Cultural Center. San Antonio, TX

2015 - To and Fro| Texas Artist Connection Series. Carver Community Cultural Center. San Antonio, TX

Education

2012 - 2014. The University of Texas at San Antonio. M.F.A. Art (Painting)

2007 - 2010. The University of Houston. B.F.A. Painting (Magna Cum Laude)

2004 – 2007. North Harris College | General Studies

1999 – 2001. Washington University in St. Louis | Studio Art