Curriculum Vitae

EMPLOYMENT
2001 – Present Freelance Artist – San Antonio, Texas

2016 – Present Educator Artpace – San Antonio, Texas
2012 – 2015 Visual Arts Director, SAY Si Youth Arts Program – San Antonio, Texas

2006 – 2012 Art Instructor, SAY Si Youth Arts Program - San Antonio, Texas

EDUCATION

2001-2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cum Laude, (Concentration in Painting) University of Texas at San Antonio

2005 Studied in Berlin, Germany with the UTSA Special Projects Berlin Art and Culture Graduate Course

1997-2001 Holy Cross High School, San Antonio, Texas

AWARDS

 Artpace Chalk It Up Featured Artist, 2013
 Hunting Art Prize Finalist , 2013
 Germaine and Charles Field Endowed Scholarship, 2004--05 and 2005-06
 College of Liberal and Fine Arts Scholarship 2002, 2003, 2004
 Fiesta San Antonio Commission Scholarship, 2004
 Nominated by UTSA Art Department for the Norfolk Summer Art Program at Yale, 2005
 Ford Salute to Education Scholarship, 2001
 Holy Cross High School Humanitarian Award

EXHIBITIONS

 Plasticity, Solo Exhibition, Hello Studios San Antonio TX, 2016
 Between the Sheets, Solo Exhibition, Dorcol Distillery San Antonio TX, 2013
 Head In the Clouds, Solo Exhibition, Flight Gallery San Antonio TX, 2011
 Artist At Hand Solo Exhibition, 1027 Studio Space San Antonio TX, 2010
 The Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, Group Exhibition UTSA Gallery, 2006
 The 22nd Annual Student Art Exhibition, Group Exhibition 2006
 Retratos / Mi Propia Cara: A Face of My Own , Group Exhibition, Bihl House Arts, 2006
 Fire in the Belly, Group Exhibition Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, 2006
 Organized UTSA Student Art Show, Group Exhibition 2005
 Out of Context Group Exhibition Contemporary Art San Antonio, 2005
 Los San Antonians, Group Exhibition Bismarck Studios, 2004
 Patrician Movement - Healing Today for Tomorrow Group Exhibition, One9Zero6 Gallery, 2004
 Fresh, Group Exhibition, Swell Art Space Corpus Christi , Texas , 2004
 Surfaces, Student Art Guild Exhibition , Group Exhibition 357 Studios, 2003
 Art and War, Student -Teacher Art/Poetry Collaborative Exhibition, One9Zero6 Gallery San Antonio TX, 2000
 First Solo Exhibit at One9Zero6 Gallery , 1999
PREFERED MEDIA
 Oil Painting
 Acrylic Painting
 Relief Print Making, Mono printing, Serigraphy
SPECIAL SKILLS
 Portraiture
 Murals
 Art Instruction, Children, Teenagers, Young Adults and Adults
 Art handling and preparation, including framing and matting
 Framing , building custom frames with wood and metal
 Documentation, and Organization of Art work
 Documentary Photography, Special Events, in process images
 Gallery preparation, including artwork installation, pedestal fabrication, and lighting
 Traditional Oil Painting Techniques