b. 1978 | Laredo, Texas

Education

2011   MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art | Studio Art

2002   BFA,  Texas State University | Studio Painting



Awards/Certifications

Present  College Board Certified in Studio Art: Drawing and 2D

2011    Maryland Institute College of Art, College Teaching of Art Certificate

2011    Emerging Technologies, Prince George’s County Digital Arts Award

2008-2011   Master of Fine Arts Scholarship

2005-2010   South Texas Board of Education Certification


Exhibition Record (* solo shows marked by asterisk)

2011   

Strange Magic, Guest Spot, Baltimore, MD,Curator: Skye Gilkerson, Professor of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art

Forget Me | Forget Me Not: 11th Annual Alumni Show, Gallery II, San Marcos, Texas, Curator, Mary Mikel Stump Gallery Director, Texas State University

* MFA Thesis Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore. Maryland Institute College of Art

2010  

In-Progress, Bunting Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland

2009

Again, Fox Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland

2008

Southern Open, Arcadia Arts Center, Lafayette, Louisiana

Paper Not Punishment, Sound Space, Laredo, Texas

Feminine in Flux, San Antonio Main Public Library, San Antonio, Texas

2007

Richardson Art Gallery Brownsville, Texas, Curator, Carlos G. Gomez, Professor of Art: University of Texas at Brownsville

Here There and Back, Laredo, Texas, Curator Dale Short, Art Department Chair, Laredo Community College

Altering Altares, Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, Texas

2002

Terra Local, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas, Curator, Rachel Koper

Eye Level, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas, Curator, Rachel Koper

2001

What Else Can WE Do, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, Texas


Bibliography 

Andrea Appelton, “Strange Magic” Baltimore City Paper, December 14, 2011
Cara Ober, “”MFA Studio Art 2nd  and 3rd year” Bmore Art, July 14, 2010. Online

Zachary Frans, “Reflecting Individuality ” Laredo Morning Times, November 4, 2007

 Registries

2012 

Ditch,  

http://www.ditchpoetry.com/

 Lectures

2011   Maryland Institute College of Art, Thesis Talk, Brown Building

Conferences

College Board Annual Conference, 2005, Dallas, Texas

 Professional Affiliations

2012 | College of Art Association -member

2012 | National Educator’s Association- member