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Education: M.F.A. 2003 Studio Art University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill B.F.A. 1997 Interdisciplinary Art San Francisco Art Institute Professional Experience:

Present – August 2004 Full Time Lecturer, UTPA, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX Graduate Faculty (2012-2014), Full-time instructor for undergraduate Art Appreciation, Painting I, Painting II, Advanced Painting III, Advanced Painting IV, Design 1, Beginning Digital Art, Foundation Drawing I, Figure drawing II, Advanced Drawing III and Advanced Drawing IV. Art Appreciation Department Coordinator, College Council Committee member (COAH), Student Advisor, Committee member BFA exhibition (studio & graphics), Scholarship Committee, Merit Committee, Handbook Committee, Art App Core, Art Appreciation Assessment. Winter 2004 Adjunct Professor, Mt. Olive College, Goldsboro, NC Seymour Johnson AFB Campus Art Appreciation 110, I Instructed undergraduate civilian and military personnel in an introductory course on visual Art. Developed curriculum including in-class assignments and tests, lecture on contemporary art and theory, introduced students to art making materials and terminology. July 2003 Adjunct Professor, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC Foundation Drawing, Summer Session II Instructed undergraduates, developed curriculum, evaluated performance, graded students, booked guest lecturers, curated student art exhibitions, and moderated public critiques. 2002-2003 Instructor of Record, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC Foundation drawing, fall 2002, spring 2003 Developed curriculum, instructed students undergraduate and graduate, evaluated performance, graded students, booked guest lecturers, curated student art exhibitions, Lectured on current issues in contemporary art. 2001 Studio Teaching Assistant, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC Introduction to Art Making, Prof. elin o'Hara slavick, Lectured on current topics in art history, Demonstrated techniques, Defined coursework and assignments, Graded and evaluated student's performance and coursework Developed and executed class lectures. 2001-2002 Printmaking Studio, Graduate Assistant, UNC Chapel Hill, NC Assisted Prof. Beth Grabowski, assisted Students, maintained equipment, maintained print department (litho, intaglio, letterpress and silkscreen presses) ordered equipment and supplies. 1997-2000 Assistant Manager, Flax Art & Design, San Francisco, CA Fine art supplies department manager, Fine art paper specialist/salesperson, Curator and installation of employee and store art exhibitions. Demonstrated and trained employees and artists on all aspects of fine art materials and techniques. Tested and researched new products. Developed and taught in-store workshops, Handled customer and employee concerns, complaints and inquiries.

Grants/Fellowships: 2002-2003 Teaching Assistantships Foundation Drawing, Fall 2002 and Spring 2003 2002 Graduate Assistantship, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Summer Session 2001-2002 Graduate Assistantship of Merit University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2001-2002 Weiss Urban Livability Fellowship University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Select Solo Exhibition Record: 2014 New Work on paper, Beyond Arts Gallery Harlingen TX The son of the Mon Mack Dim Mack, Titan Studio, Harlingen TX, owners Aleida Garcia and Brian Wedgworth Decir La Verdad, Fort Wayne Museum of Art , Fort Wayne IN, Curator Museum Executive Director Charles A. Shepard III 2013 New collage work, Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library, Edinburg TX, Curator Edward Vidaurre Lessons in Scorn, Weslaco Museum, Weslaco TX, Curator, Yuridia Sanchez 2012 In the Age of Mascots, Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library, Edinburg TX, Curator, Evana Vleck 2011 Paper Border, IMAS Satellite Gallery, McAllen, TX, Curator, Maria Elena Macias Fragments, Ben Bailey Art Gallery at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville TX, Curator, Jesus De La Rosa Sleight of Hand, STC Library Art Gallery, McAllen, TX, Curator, Sofia Perez Vestweber Neopolitan, a triple solo show, Galeria 409, Brownsville, TX Curator, Chris Leonard TIN, a MINOR Retrospective, The Van Week Building, The University of Texas Pan-American, Edinburg TX. Curator, Dr. Kimberly Selber Distressed Posterization: new paintings, McAllen Public Library, McAllen, TX, Curator, Rebecca Bormann 2010 New Drawings: A.K.A . (The mon-mac/dim-mak), Manichaus, McAllen, TX. Curator, Omar Rodriguez, 2009 Pigeonholed, UTPA Library, The University of Texas Pan-American, Edinburg, TX Curators, Virginia and George Gause Fragments, IMAS - International Museum of Arts and Science, McAllen, TX Curator, Maria Elena Macias, Perros, Gatos, Machos, Mujeres, Galeria 409, Brownsville, TX Curator, Mark Clark RINGS, Manichaus, McAllen, TX Curator, Omar Rodriguez 2008 Pancho Villa Lives Again! Brownsville Heritage Association, Brownville, TX, Curator, Jessica Villescaz, Brownsville, TX Fragments, The University Gallery, University of Texas-Pan American, Curator, Maria Elena Macias, Edinburg, TX Las Castas, Visiting Alumni, John and June Allcott Gallery, Invitational, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, Curator, Professor Roxanne Perez-Mendez Piece by Piece, K-Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX, Curator, V. Michelle Smythe 2007 Mexican Calendar Woodblock Printing, the Brownsville Heritage Complex, Brownsville, TX Curator, Priscilla Rodriguez Corazones 2007, Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, San Benito, TX Curator, Cristina Balli 2006 Castas, Galleria 409, Brownsville, Curator, Mark Clark Calaveras,The Brownsville Historical Association, Heritage Complex Curator, Priscilla Rodriguez Castas, Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, San Benito,TX Curators, Cristina Balli and Aleida Wedgworth 2004 The Back Room, New Work by Paul Valadez, Art House, McAllen, TX Curators, Dr. and Mayra Brown Ten on Tin Solo Exhibit, The University Gallery, UTPA, Edinburg, TX Curator, Patricia Ballinger 2002 Reduced to TIN, Hanes Gallery UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC SILO, Pittsboro, NC, Curator, Jeff Waites 2001 Project Room, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC, Curator, Bill Thelen Decade of Decadence, Glamorama Art Space, San Francisco, CA Curator, Darren David 2000 Label Goes Here, Base Gallery, San Francisco, CA Curator, BJ Heinley 1999 Gratuit, Dancer's Theatre, San Francisco, CA, Curator, T. Lien Shutt Select Group Exhibition Record: 2015 Art Flavorings-Journey of local Artists, juried exhibition, IMAS International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen TX, contact Gilbert Gomez Blue Star Red Dot 25th red dot, Invitational, BlueStar Contemporary San Antonio TX, Executive Director Mary Heathcott Jardin del Arte, Invitational, june “new works”, Invitational, City of Edinburg, TX, City Hall An Exhibition of 55 Printmakers of 21 Countries, juried exhibition, Bihar Lalit Kala Akademi, Patna INDIA, Curator Rajesh Pullarwar International Print Exchange (IPE2015), Invitational, Green Door Printmaking Studios, Derby, UK Jardin del Arte, Invitational, May “new workart”, Invitational, City of Edinburg, TX, City Hall Artists on Vacation, Invitational mail art, Institut fur Alles Mogliche, Berlin GERMANY #WeAreVisualPoetry, Invitational, online exhibition and e-book, contact Rafael Morales A Celebration of Mail Art: Passing the Flame, Invitational mail art, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria BC CANADA ARTE CORREO, Invitational mail art, Envio a Museo Sarmiento, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA 7th Lottery for the arts 2015, national juried exhibition, Blue Line Arts, Roseville CA, juror D.Neath Women Fashion, Invitational mail art, Central Lambare, PARAGUAY, organizer Juan Carlos Caballero Cifuentes Life in the XIX Century, Invitational mail art, Associazione Acquerellisti Faentini, Feaenza (RA) ITALY Anti-Brain Rot afterMAF 2015, Invitational mail art, Maison Katastrof, Roanoke VA 2015 Bellingham National Salon des Refuses, Invitational, Whatcom Museum Bellingham, WA, organizer Scott Lawrimore, Director, Jacob Lawrence Gallery Water cycle, Invitational mail art, Spapanca, Sakarya, TURKEY organizer Nazire Oztunali OMAGGIO A PIG DADA/Homage to pig Dada remembering BAUDHUIN SIMON of HABAY, Invitational mail art, Terme (BO) ITALY Ochosi Editions, Madonna International Print Exchange, Invitational, Quincy University, Quincy IL, Organizer Teresa Parker, All the news is bad, Invitational mail art, Roanoke VA organizer Wilheim Katastrof LATINO ART NOW, MACLA 17th Annual Latino Art Show and Auction, Invitational, Movimiento de Arte Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, CA, Executive Director, Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez Gabriela Mistral y Violeta Parra, Invitational mail art, Providencia Region Metropolitana, CHILE Selections from the Contemporary Art Collection and Changarrito Collection:2012-2014, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX contact Daniel Cobos LaCorsa Progetto mostra arte postale, Invitational mail art, Milano ITALY Spring 2015 Installation, Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill N.C CocinArte artist recipes, Invitational mail art, San Telmo, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA, organizer Enrique Espinosa The Last Hurrah, UTPA faculty exhibition, Invitational, Historic Brownsville Museum, Brownsville TX NO EXPO 2015, Invitational mail art, Milano ITALY, organizer Walter Paganuzzi 2nd International Print Exchange Programme (IPEP), Invitational, Cultural Center of Raahe Town, FINLAND, Organizer Rajesh Pullarwar Five X Seven!, Invitational, The Contemporary Austin, Austin TX, Director Louis Grachos 2014 MIX 'N' MASH Loteria! 2014 Art Exhibit and Benefit Sale, Invitational, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX 3rd Annual Blank Canvas Exhibition, Invitational, Washington-Reid Gallery, Organizer Aragna Ker, Culver City CA. Small wonders, National juried exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD, Juror Marcus Civin, MD Institute College of Art CATALOG Office Exhibition, Invitational, MACLA, Movimiento de Arte Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, CA, Executive Director, Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez 1st Annual Art Exhibition and Auction, Invitational, graduate studies for studio practice, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill N.C., Director elin o’hara slavick La Calaca Press International Print Exchange III, International juried exhibition, Zahoor ul Akiaq Gallery, National College of Arts Lahora, Pakistan, Organizer Carlos Barberena 3rd annual “blank canvas”, Invitational, UCPLA Washington Reid Gallery, Culver City CA contact, Veronica De Jesus The common SENSE, Invitational, Henry Art Gallery University of Washington Seattle, WA Director, Sylvia Wolf Folk tales and fables from south texas, Invitational, KSpace Contemporary, Corpus Christi TX Director, Michelle Smythe Empty bowls, Invitational RGV food bank Pharr TX Loteria! The Mural, public group mural Corpus Christi TX Director Michelle Smythe International Print Exchange (IPE2014), Invitational, Green Door Printmaking Studios, Derby, UK 2nd International Print Exchange Programme (IPEP), Invitational, Mumbai (Bombay) INDIA, Organizer Rajesh Pullarwar Boston Biennial 2014, National juried Competion, Atlantic Works Gallery Boston MA juried by the internationally known art collective The Biennial Project 10.-22.-38 Astoria #3, XEROX Art Invitational, FICTILIS at The Lab, San Francisco, CA, Founders, Timothy Furstnau and Andrea Steves Faculty Art Exhibit, Invitational, Clark Gallery, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX Jardin del Arte, Invitational August “ More teeny tiny works”, City of Edinburg, TX, City Hall Arriving in Style: Recent Acquisitions of the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. Invitational, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loeretto PA , Director Gary Moyer Ripping and Sticking: the art of Collage, National juried exhibition, Gallery 360 at Tellus360, Lancaster PA, juror Carl Vestweber Jardin del Arte, Invitational July “teeny tiny works”, City of Edinburg, TX, City Hall L>M less is more, national juried exhibition, Mitchell Gallery Saint John’s College Annapolis MD, juror Director university of Syracuse University Art Galleries, Domenic Iacono CATALOG TAMUK art students go to Spain, Invitational exhibition and auction, Grossman house, Corpus Christi TX. Organizer Adriana Perez Jardin del Arte, Invitational June “The Return of Jesus”, City of Edinburg, TX, City Hall La Calaca Press International Print Exchange III, International juried exhibition, Odd One Out Gallery Hong Kong China,, Organizer Carlos Barberena 6x6x2014, Invitational, Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo), Rochester, NY, Curator, Bleu Cease Jardin del Arte, Invitational, May “Jesus”, Invitational, City of Edinburg, TX, City Hall Dos Calaveras,Invitational, Hoofprint Workshop, Chicago IL, Organizers Gabe Hoare, Liz Born Coronado Studio Serie Project, 2014 McNay Print Fair, Mcnay Art Museum, San Antonio Tx Festiba 2014, Invitational, Jardin Del Arte Edinburg City Hall, Edinburg TX, Coordinator Magdiel Alfonso Five X Seven!, Invitational, The Contemporary Austin, Austin TX, Director Louis Grachos La Calaca Press International Print Exchange III, International juried exhibition, Eugenius Gallery Windsor VIC Australia, Organizer Carlos Barberena Love and Chocolate, Invitational, Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library, Edinburg TX Mix Tape, National juried exhibition, Twillight Gallery, Seattle WA, juror, Tracy Cilona La Calaca Press International Print Exchange III, International juried exhibition, Space of Arts Belle Artes Caceres, Spain, Organizer Carlos Barberena LATINO ART NOW, MACLA 16th Annual Latino Art Show and Auction, Invitational, Movimiento de Arte Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, CA, Executive Director, Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez CATALOG Madonna International Print Exchange II, Invitational Benedictine University, Lisle, IL Organizer, Teressa Parker 2013 CALIENTE! 2013, Invitational, Art Center of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX, Director, Dianna Bluntzer, Posada Presente Portfolio, A Print Portfolio Organized by the Instituto Grafico de Chicago, Invitational, Arte Americas Center, Fresno CA, Organizer Ricardo X Serment Grabadolandia, Posada Presente Portfolio, A Print Portfolio Organized by the Instituto Grafico de Chicago, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago IL Posada Presente Portfolio, Invitational, A Print Portfolio Organized by the Instituto Grafico de Chicago, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico’, Chicago IL, Organizer Ricardo X Serment Loteria!, Invitational, KSpace Contemporary, Corpus Christi TX Director, Michelle Smythe Posada Presente Portfolio, Invitational, A Print Portfolio Organized by the Instituto Grafico de Chicago, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles CA, Organizer Ricardo X Serment Dia de Muertos 2013, Oficinas Delegacionales IMSS, La Calaca Press International Print Exchange II, Jalisco Mexico,. Organizer Carlos Barberena Posada Presente Portfolio, Invitational, A Print Portfolio Organized by the Instituto Grafico de Chicago, Kendall College in Grand Rapids MI, Organizer Ricardo X Serment Graphicanos: Contemporary Latino Prints from the Serie Project, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne IN Posada Presente Portfolio, Invitational, A Print Portfolio Organized by the Instituto Grafico de Chicago, Calaca Festival In San Miguel Allende GTO Mexico, Organizer Ricardo X Serment Holiday miniature art extravaganza, National juried exhibition, Twilight Gallery, Seattle WA, juror,Tracy Cilona Posada Presente Portfolio, Invitational, A Print Portfolio Organized by the Instituto Grafico de Chicago, El Gabinete Grafico, Oaxaca OAX Mexico, Organizer Ricardo X Serment 2D-3D works, National juried exhibition, LH Horton Jr Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton CA, Juror Rene de Guzman, Senior Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of California Small wonders, National juried exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD, Juror Linda Crocker Simmons Calaveritas, Invitational, Weslaco Museum, Weslaco TX, Organizer, Yuridia Sanchez Self, Invitational, Beyond Arts Gallery Harlingen TX, Gallery director, Jessica Salazar McBride International Print Exchange Programme (IPEP), Invitational, Mumbai (Bombay) INDIA, Organizer Rajesh Pullarwar Impronte Ideali Incisioni, International Print Exchange Programme (IPEP), Invitational, Pallazzo Trivulzio, melzo Milan Italy, curator Dario Lodi, Antonia Campanella Seven, Invitational, Galleria 409, Brownsville, TX, Curator, Mark Clark “Do you have a Dream “, Invitational, Latino Art Museum, Pomona, CA, Director Graciela Nardi Pets deserve a Home mail art exhibit, Invitational, Art Among Friends weekend, Eliot Lake, Ontario, Canada, Organizer Jessica Brann Secret Archives Continued, Invitational, Thierry Tillier, Benoit Piret & Luc Fierens Posterdesign, Beersel BELGIUM, Organizer Thierry Tillier Memory: International Mail Art Exhibition, Invitational, Richmond Art Gallery (RAG), Richmond, BC, Canada, Contact Kathy Tycholis Pi2013, Printmakers International 2013, Invitational, Atelier International Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX, Organizer Rey Santiago A Light in the Darkness, Invitational, St Antony’s Priory, Durham City UK Dialogue with Art, Invitational, International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX Emptiness mail art exhibit, Invitational, Sequoia Art Club, Redwood City, CA Group Show, Invitational, Human Rights Research and Education Center at the University of Ottawa, Contact Richard Lubben STC, Ottawa Canada Uncensored mail art, anything goes-everything shows, Invitational, Organizer Carlos Steward, Courtyard Gallery, Asheville, NC International Print Exchange (IPE2013), Invitational, Green Door Printmaking Studios, Derby, UK Luminous Language, National Juried, Foundry Art Centre, Juror, Matthew Cornell, Exhibition Manager, Angela Fole, St. Charles, MO Blank Canvas, Invitational, Washington-Reid Gallery, Organizer Stephani Anderson, Culver City CA. 20 Years Celebration, Invitational, Serie Project and Coronado Studio, Austin TX Art Venice Biennale 2013, International juried competition and digital presentation, The Biennial Project, Jurors Eric Hess, Anna Salmeron, Venice Italy Jardin del Arte, June, “Collage DOS”, Invitational, City of Edinburg, TX, City Hall MIX 'N' MASH Art Exhibit and Benefit Sale, Invitational, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX National Juried Competition: Works on Paper, National Juried, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Juror Margot Norton, Loveladies, NJ SXSW Flatstock 38, Serie Project, Coronado Press, Austin, TX Faculty Art Exhibit, University Gallery, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX Tribute to Moms Art Exhibition, Juried, Atelier International Art Gallery, Director, Elizabeth Figueroa, Corpus Christi, TX Ochosi Editions, Revelations Print Exchange, Invitational, Organizer Teresa Parker, Glen Ellyn, IL PRINTS FOR PEACE-GRABADOS POR LA PAZ MEXICO, SIXTH INTERNATIONAL PRINTMAKING CALL PRINTS FOR PEACE, Invitational, A second exhibit with the US Prints at Instituto Mexicano Norteamericano de Relaciones Culturales, Monterrey in November 2013 at Galería Rodolfo Carpinteiro Madonna International Print Exchange, Invitational, Atelier International Art Gallery, Director, Elizabeth Figueroa, Corpus Christi, TX PRINTS FOR PEACE-GRABADOS POR LA PAZ MEXICO, SIXTH INTERNATIONAL PRINTMAKING CALL PRINTS FOR PEACE, Invitational, Arte AC/Tecnólogico de Monterrey in June and July 2013 MONTERREY, MEXICO 2013 3rd Annual International Print Exchange, Invitational, The Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Branchburg NJ. Executive director, Linda Helm Krapf 6x6x2013, Invitational, Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo), Rochester, NY, Curator, Bleu Cease LATINO ART NOW, MACLA 15th Annual Latino Art Show and Auction, Invitational, Movimiento de Arte Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, CA, Executive Director, Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez La Calaca Press International Print Exchange II. Sala Asilia Guillen, Museo Antiguo Convento de San Francisco Granada, Nicaragua. Organizer Carlos Barberena NQCC Postcard Art Exhibition, International Invitational, North Queensland Conservation Council, Townsville Queensland Australia, curator, Gerald Soworka The Collecting Continues: 1939-2013, USC Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, Curator Aridadni Liokatis PCNJ 3rd International Print Exchange, Invitational, Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Branchburg NJ Be a Saint, National juried exhibition, Sylvia White Gallery Ventura, CA, juror Sylvia White 2012 Agency of Unrealized Projects, International Invitational, a project by e-flux and the Serpentine Gallery London, daadgalerie in Berlin Germany, devised by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Julia Peyton-Jones, Julieta Aranda, and Anton Vidokle. The Berlin edition of AUP is conceived in collaboration with Berliner Künstlerprogramm/ DAAD. The Gift of Art, Invitational, Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library, Edinburg TX, Organizer Evana Vleck 2nd Annual FRAMED, by UDAA (University of Dallas Art Association), Invitational, Mokah Art Gallery Dallas TX Organizer, Sarah Francis Bailan Los Muertos, Invitational, Weslaco Museum, Weslaco TX, Organizer, Yuridia Sanchez 9th International Juried Exhibition, National Juried exhibition, SICA, the shore institute of the contemporary arts Ashbury Park NJ, juror, Maiza Hixson The 2012 Boston Biennial, Illuminating Worlds, National juried exhibition, Gallery at Spencer Lofts, Chelsea MA, Juror, Braden Harrington III National, Invitational, Galleria 409, Brownsville, TX, Curator, Mark Clark The Apocalypse Show, Invitational, K-Space Contemporary, Corpus Christ, TX Organizer, Gerald Lopez Madonna International Print Exchange, Invitational Benedictine University, Lisle, IL Organizer, Teressa Parker 5x5(x5), National juried Competition, Target Gallery, Alexandria VA, juror Stefanie Fedor MIX 'N' MASH 2012 Art Exhibit and Benefit Sale, Invitational, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX The ornament show! Invitational, K-Space Contemporary, Corpus Christ, TX Organizer, Michelle Smythe Madonna International Print Exchange, International Invitational, La Cultura de Casa Roja, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Organizer Teressa Parker Retablos: Devotional Images, Invitational, Hinovations/Art House Gallery, McAllen TX, Organizer, Raquel Hinojosa Madonna International Print Exchange, Invitational, Burning Bush Art Gallery, Wheaton IL Organizer, Teressa Parker Smart Animals: A Collaborative Audio / Visual Experience, Invitational, The North American Art Gallery (NAAG), McAllen TX, Organizer Dawn Haughey Iconocracia, 2012, the power or the image, Invitational, Atelier International - Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX Organizer, Rey Santiago La Calaca Press International Print Exchange I International juried exhibition, Sala Berenice Starr, Biblioteca los Mangos, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México. Organizer Carlos Barberena with Ireri Topete and La Raya Artes Gráficas Jardin del Arte, November “Collage”, Invitational, City of Edinburg, TX, City Hall La Calaca Press International Print Exchange II International juried exhibition, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL. Organizer Carlos Barberena with Teressa Parker “La Calaca, Flaca, La Pelona” Invitational, Hinovations / Art House Gallery, McAllen TX, Organizer, Raquel Hinojosa La Calaca Press International Print Exchange II International juried exhibition At the Third South Florida Day Of the Dead Celebration at FAT Village Gallery, Fort Laudardale, FL Organizer Carlos Barberena with Liliana Gerardi "DIA DE LOS MUERTOS" La Calaca Press International Print Exchange (I Edition 2011), Benedictine University, Lisle, IL Organizer Carlos Barberena “Paperwork” Short Run small press fest at The Vera Project at Seattle Center, Invitational, Seattle, WA, FICTILIS contacts, Timothy Furstnau and Andrea Steves Osten Biennial of Drawing, The 40th World Gallery of Drawing, International, Juried exhibition. OSTEN Gallery in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, Jurors, Nikolas Taw (USA) program director of the IMAF (International Music and Art Foundation), Barnabay Wright (UK) Daniel Katz Curator of 20th Century Art at the Courtauld Gallery and Pavle Pejovic (ME) director of the National Museum of Montenegro and professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Cetinje, Montenegro, Catalog First International Exhibition of Contemporary Miniprint at Lauderhill Arts Center, Juried, Lauderhill Arts Center Gallery, Lauderhill, FL, Organizer, Liliana Gerardi 10.-22.-38 Astoria #2, XEROX Art Invitational, FICTILIS at The Lab, San Francisco, CA, Founders, Timothy Furstnau and Andrea Steves 10 Year Anniversary, Invitational, 555 Gallery, Detroit, MI, J. Monte Martinez, Creative Director La Calaca Press International Print Exchange II International juried exhibition, Atelier International - Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX Organizer Carlos Barberena Jardin del Arte, October “Self Portraits”, Invitational, City of Edinburg, TX, City Hall La Calaca Press International Print Exchange II International juried exhibition, Museo Antiguo Convento de San Francisco, Granada, Nicaragua Organizer Carlos Barberena La Calaca Press International Print Exchange II International juried exhibition Centro Cultural Antiguo Colegio Jesuita, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico, Organizer Carlos Barberena Seis, 6th annual 409 Invitational, Galleria 409, Brownsville, TX, Curator, Mark Clark 6th Annual 3rd Coast National, National Juried Competition, KSpace Contemporary, Corpus Christ, TX, Juror, Christina Rees Jardin del Arte, September “PortraitsII”, Invitational, City of Edinburg, TX, City Hall Live Art Auction Benefiting the Rainbow Room, Invitational, Peace & Coffee, Edinburg, TX, Contact, Lorena Poras MIX 'N' MASH Art Exhibit and Benefit Sale, Invitational, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX Paperwork, Invitational, FICTILIS gallery, Seattle, WA 17th Annual Lump Benefit, Invitational Exhibition, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina, Curator, Bill Thielen Watered Down, National Juried Competition, Jurors, Gerald Lopez, Jennifer Arnold, Day Wheeler, David Phillips, V. Michelle Smythe, Ryan O’Malley KSpace Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX Jardin del Arte, May “stencil monotypes”, Invitational, City of Edinburg, TX, City Hall Don’t Sleep for Three Days, Invitational, THE LATINO ART MUSEUM, Pomona, CA, Contact, Graciela Nardi Print Exchange for a Cure, Invitational, Upper Gallery at the University of Dallas Art, Dallas, TX, Contact, Sarah Francis 6x6x2012, Invitational, Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo), Rochester, NY, Curator, Bleu Cease Jardin del Arte, April “Portraits”, Invitational, City of Edinburg, TX, City Hall Considered Spaces, Invitational, Edinburg Arts at the Dorothy and Charles Clark Art Gallery at UTPA, Organizers, Leila Hernandez and Evana Vleck, Edinburg, TX Appliance Art, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX Organizer, Michelle Smythe ConJUNTOS, Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, San Benito,TX, Organizer, Celeste de Luna Wig Out 2012, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX, Organizer, Michelle Smythe Madonna International Print Exchange, Invitational, Ochosi Editions, Chicago, IL, Organizer, Teresa Parker 26th Cultural Festival of Zacatecas, Invitational, El Estudio Galeria de Zacatecas, Organizer, Luis Pinedo, Zacatecas, Mexico LOSING THE ACCOUNT, INTERNATIONAL ART EXHITION BY THE PEACE IN MEXICO, Invitational Mexico DF, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA, Curator, Luis Pinedo Ex Libris, Invitational, Printmakers International, K.B.K. Association and the Benedek Elek Library in the City of Debrecen, Hungary, Organizer Ferenc Keresi Plastic Propaganda Poster Project, Invitational, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT, Curator, Laura Sharp Wilson Big, Invitational, people of print, Director, Marcroy Smith, London, England The 2012 Inaugural Windsor-Whitney Biennial an Online Survey of American and International Art, international juried competition, The Biennial Project N.Y., NY Juror, Morgan “The Sucklord” Phillips Festiba, Jardin del Arte, Invitational, UTPA and the City of Edinburg TX, City Hall MACLA 4th Chicana/o Biennial, National juried exhibition, Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino American, San Jose, CA 18th Texas National, National Juried Competition, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, Juror, Dave Hickey LATINO ART NOW, MACLA 14th Annual Latino Art Show and Auction, Invitational, Movimiento de Arte Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, CA, Executive Director, Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez Jardin del Arte, March “the Eyes of March” Invitational, City of Edinburg, TX, City Hall La Calaca Press International Print Exchange II, International juried exhibition, Expressions Graphics, Oak Park, IL, Organizer, Carlos Barberena, Jardin del Arte, February “Conway Twitty Valentines”, Invitational, City of Edinburg, TX, Peace & Coffee Art Exhibit Preview of Jardin del Arte, Invitational, Peace and Coffee Edinburg TX Cat Faces, National Juried Competition, FICTILIS, Seattle, WA, contact, Timothy Furstnau, Andrea Steves, Isabel Blue, and Rani Ban Immigration, migration and Movement, 4th Annual Contemporary Art Exhibition, National juried exhibition, The Institute for Humanities Research (IHR), Arizona State University, Tempe AZ La Calaca Press International Print Exchange, International juried exhibition, Lauderhill Arts Center Lauderhill FLA, Organizer Carlos Barberena 2011 Kingsville Inksville Printmaking Exhibition, Invitational, Ben Bailey Art Gallery Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Organizer Jesus De La Rosa Black and White, Linus galleries Long Beach Art Gallery, national juried exhibition, Long Beach California, MIX 'N' MASH Art Exhibit and Benefit Sale, Invitational, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX Love y Familia, juried exhibition, Harlingen Art and Heritage Museum, Harlingen, TX, Juror Mark Clark Jardin del Arte, November,”more stencil madness”, Invitational, City of Edinburg TX, City Hall Steam Roller Print Expo, Invitational, Organizer Jesus De La Rosa, 4th annual downtown music and art festival,Kingsville TX, Organizer Jesus De La Rosa Festival of the Dead/Festiva de los Muertos, Invitational, Gallery 218 Harlingen, TX, Curators, Ana and Benjamin Varela Jardin del Arte, October, “Son of stencil madness”, Invitational, City of Edinburg TX, City Hall La Calaca Press International Print Exchange, international juried exhibition, Arthouse, McAllen, TX, Organizer, Carlos Barberena and Reynaldo Santiago LIVE RELIC: Students of Kimowan, Invitational, The Hallway Gallery, UNC Chapel Hill Art Department, Chapel Hill, NC, organized by Professor elin o'Hara slavick's Curatorial Projects Pachanga 2011! 10thAnnual art show and auction, Invitational, Galeria de la Raza San Francisco, CA CATALOG Third Coast National, national juried exhibition, K-space contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX., Juror, Tony Magar, HONORABLE MENTION AWARD New art gallery Show/Auction, Invitational, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL, Curator, Teresa Parker MIX 'N' MASH 2011 Art Exhibit and Benefit Sale, Invitational, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX World Peace, international juried exhibition, LAM, Latino Art Museum, Pomona Art Colony, Pomona, CA, Director Graciela H. Nardi Jardin del Arte, September,”stencil madness” Invitational, City of Edinburg, TX, City Hall Blue Blues, 5th annual 409 invitional, Galleria 409, Brownsville, TX, Curator, Mark Clark Transcultural Matrix Project/The International Art show for Peace in Mexico, SINCUENTA ART COLLECTIVE, San Francisco, CA, Invitational, Organizer Luis Pinedo Exposicion Internacional de Arte Por La Paz en Mexico, Invitational, Sistema de Educación Media Superior, Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Organizer Luis Pinedo La Calaca Press International Print Exchange, international juried exhibition, Expressions Graphics, Oak Park, IL ,Organizer Carlos Barberena La Calaca Press International Print Exchange, international Juried exhibition, Fundacion Casa de los Tres Mundos, Antigua Casa de los Leones, Granada, Nicaragua, Organizer Carlos Barberena 3rd Annual, Unconditional Love, Pet Juried Fine Art Exhibit, national Juried Competition, The Irving Art Association, Irving, TX, juror Anna Rose Bain HONORABLE MENTION AWARD, CATALOG Jardin del Arte, August, “religious paintings”, Invitational, City of Edinburg TX, City Hall JULY RELEASE PARTY!, Invitational, Gallery 218 Harlingen, TX, Curator, Benjamin P. Varela Local Histories II, National Juried Competition, Orange County Historical Museum Hillsborough, NC Juried by elin o'hara slavick and Carol Magee, UNC at Chapel Hill Art Against the Wall II, Invitational, Hope Park/Galleria 409, Brownsville, TX, Organizer, Mark Clark Arte de la Frontera… In Association with the Texas Biennial 2011, Juried exhibition. International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX, jurors, Executive Director IMAS Joseph Bravo and Assistant Chair STC Tom Matthews catalog 40th International Art Show, International Juried exhibition, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX, juror, Cesar Martinez Thresholds to Conservation, Invitational, Expressions, Graphics Oak Park, Illinois, Curator, Reynaldo Santiago LATINO ART NOW, MACLA 13th Annual Latino Art Show and Auction, Invitational, Movimiento de Arte Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, California Executive Director, Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez 2011 6th Annual Human Rights Exhibition, National Juried Competition, South Texas College, McAllen,TX, Exhibition Coordinator, Richard Lubben, catalog The People’s Gallery, Juried Competition, Austin City Hall, Austin, TX The Last Book, Invitational, Aguilar Branch of the New York Public Library, New York City, NY Curator, Luis Camnitzer Local Histories: The Ground We Walk on Every Day, National Juried Competition, art space, 523 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, Juried by artist elin o'Hara slavick and art historian Carol Magee, Professors in the Art Dept., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. City lights Gala, Invitational, Assistance League of Houston, the Petroleum Club Houston Texas, co-chairs, Marilyn Denham, Gayle Ghiglieri, Linda Reiger Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2011, Juried Competition, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston TX, Juror, Heather Pesant, Curator, Allbright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo NY 2010 Finish What You Start Invitational, Gallery 218 Harlingen, TX Coordinator, Delvis Cortez MIX 'N' MASH Art Exhibit and Benefit Sale, Invitational, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX Art to Heart Show and Sale,Invitational, Roosevelt’s, McAllen TX. The Junior League of McAllen, Provisional Charity Event, event contact Olicia Hinojosa An Evening of Art, featuring an exhibition by the U.T.P.A. Art Faculty, Invitational,(faculty art show), Edinburg City Hall, Edinburg, TX Day of the Dead show, Invitational, Gallery 218, Harlingen TX. Curator, Benjamin P. Varela Empty Bowls Charity Event, Invitational, The Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley, McAllen Convention Center, McAllen, TX. The Annual Small Works Invitational Exhibition, Invitational, Elon University, Elon, N.C. 9th ANNUAL ART AUCTION, Invitational, The Shore Institute of The Contemporary Arts, President, Claudia Ansorge, Long Branch NJ. Exquisite Corpse 2010, Invitational, Manichaus Modern Art Space, McAllen, TX Curator, Omar Rodriguez MEXtasy, Seductive Hallucinations of Latina/o Mannequins Prowling the American Unconscious, Invitational, in conjunction with Guillermo Nericcio Garcia & William A. Nericcio, South Texas College, McAllen, TX Curator Rachael Brown E.A.S.T. 2010, East Austin Studio Tour, Invitational, Big Medium, Hannah Roberts, Austin TX. 4th Annual Exhibit, Invitational, Galleria 409, Brownsville, TX, Curator, Mark Clark Serie Print Project XVII, Juried Competition, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX. Executive Director Silvia Orozco, Juror, Sam Coronado Press Thresholds to Conservation, Invitational, Arthouse, McAllen TX, Curator, Reynaldo Santiago Wig out 2010, Invitational, K-Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX, Executive Director, V. Michelle Smythe Milagros, Juried Competition, Winter Street Studios, upstairs gallery, Houston, TX, Curator, Armando Rodriguez Los Artistas Nuevos y Establicidos 2010, Invitational, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX, Chairman, Todd M. Walter ManicHaus Annual Campaign 2010, Invitational, Manichaus Modern Art Space, McAllen, TX, Curator Omar Rodriguez Gala del Museo: Imagining Mexico Celebrating 26 Years, Invitational, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX. Executive Director, Silvia Orozco, MACLA 12th Annual Latino Art Show and Auction Invitational, Movimiento de Arte Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, California Curator, Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez McAllen Arts Council Presents 2nd Annual Fine Art Show, Invitational, McAllen, TX. Chamber of Commerce, Organizer Mayra Brown Riviera Rendezvous Gala, Invitational, Assistance League of Houston, Houston, Texas, co- chairs, Marilyn Denham, Gayle Ghiglieri, Linda Reiger The PDA Show, Invitational, The Utah Pride Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, curator, Laura Sharp Wilson Art Against the Wall, Invitational, Hope Park, Brownsville, TX Organizer, Mark Clark Big, Invitational, Galleria 409, Brownsville, TX, Curator, Mark Clark The Last Book, Invitational, Zentral Bibliothek in Zurich, Switzerland, Curator, Luis Camnitzer Artists unite for Haiti, Invitational, The LoDi project gallery Raleigh, N.C., Director of Gallery and Exhibitions, Georges Le Chevallier Assistance league of Houston Celebrates Texas art 2010, Juried Competition, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston TX, Juror, John Zarobell, Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 2009 The Atlas of Gifted Ideas, Invitational, “The Gift Shop” at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, Washington, Curators Shaw Osha, Heide Hinrichs Art from the heart, Show/Art Auction, National Museum of Mexican art, Chicago IL Pachanga 2009! 9thAnnual art show and auction, Invitational, Galleria de la Raza San Francisco, Ca. McAllen Style Your Sole, Invitational, Creative Art Incubator, McAllen TX, Hannah Flicker MIX 'N' MASH Art Exhibit and Benefit Sale, Invitational, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX A Book about Death, Invitational, Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, NY, NY Exquisite Corpse 2009, Invitational Manichaus, McAllen, TX Curator, Omar Rodriguez 555 Illustration Show, Juried exhibit, 555 Gallery and Studios, Detroit, MI Flip In and Flip Out, Invitational, a group exhibit of hand painted and designed skateboard decks, Manichaus Modern Art Space, McAllen, TX Curator, Omar Rodriguez Mexic-Arte Museum 25th Anniversary Permanent Collection Exhibition: A Legacy of Change Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX, Director, Sylvia Orozco Grand Opening Gallery 218, Invitational, Harlingen TX. Curator Benjamin P. Varela Twisted Spurs, Juried competition K-space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX. Juror, Angel Quesada Petcasso 2009 benefit art & fashion Show Invitational Manichaus Modern art space, McAllen, TX, Curator, Omar Rodriguez Primavera ‘09” The Art House, Invitational, Curators, Mayra Brown and Reynaldo Santiago, McAllen, TX McAllen Chamber of Commerce April 2009 Art Walk Exhibition, Invitational, Curator, Mayra Brown, McAllen, TX Texas National, Juried Competition, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, Juror, Mel Chin Black & White Redefined, MACT Museo de arte Contemporaneo de Tamaulipas, Invitational, Matamoros Tamaulipas Mexico, Curator, Maria Elena Macias Bestiario and Nahuales 2, El Paso Museum of Art, Permanent Collection exhibition, Arceo Press (Chicago), El Paso, TX MACLA 11th Annual Latino Art Show and Auction Invitational, Movimiento de Arte Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, California Curator, Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez Tres, Galeria 409, Invitational, Brownsville, TX, Curator, Mark Clark Human Rights Art Exhibition 2009, Juried Competition South Texas College, Curator, Richard Lubben, McAllen, TX catalog Six Shooter, Invitational Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University, Curator, Matt Guest, Huntsville, TX Bailout Biennial Exhibition, Golden Belt Signature Building, Invitational Curators, elin o”hara slavik and Jeff Waites, Durham, NC Ofrendas del Corazon II!, silent auction for the Michael Rutledge Legacy Award, Organizer Minette Duenas, Pharr Tx. Wig out 2009, Invitational, K-Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX Executive Director, V. Michelle Smythe Texas Biennial 2009, Juried Competition, Austin TX, Juror, Michael Duncan corresponding editor “Art in America” magazine, catalog 2008 Self-Portrait: Inner Voices, Invitational, Rusteberg Gallery, University of Texas-Brownsville, Curator, Carlos Gomez Viva la Revolucion, Invitational, Galeria 409 Brownsville, TX, Curator, Mark Clark The Last Book, Invitational, National Library of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Curator, Luis Camnitzer Second Annual Brownsville Heritage Celebration and day of the dead festival, Invitational old city cemetery center, Brownsville TX. Black & White Redefined, IMAS, International Museum of Art and Science, Invitational, McAllen TX, Curator, Maria Elena Macias Grafica Popular en Chicago, Sakula memorial library, Edinburg TX, Curator Benjamin Varela EDINBURG The Story of a Town, Invitational Edinburg, TX, Curator, Leila Hernandez Luchadores, Invitational, Manichaus Contemporary Art Gallery, McAllen, TX Curator, Omar Rodriguez New Arte Nuevo: San Antonio 2008 a juried exhibition, University of Texas at San Antonio, Jurors, Benito Huerta and Kathy Vargas catalog El interior, la frontera, y mas, Invitational, Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery in the Visual Arts Studios the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX Catedraticos de Arte de la Universidad de Texas Panamericana Muestra Plastica, Casa de La Cultura de Reynosa, MX, Curator, Professor, Maria Elena Macias 3rd Annual Human Rights Art Exhibition, 2008 International Juried Traveling Show, South Texas College, University of Texas Pan American, Universidad de Monterrey (MX), Curator, Richard Lubben catalog Third Coast National, national juried exhibition, K-space contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX., Juror, Josh Macphee Doogallery, Atlanta, Ga. Invitational Cabbagetown Tornado Relief Print exhibition, Invitational, Manichaus, McAllen, TX, , Curator, Dawn Haughey DOS, 2nd Anniversary Exhibit, Galleria 409, Brownsville, TX, Curator, Mark Clark, Extension, Manichaus Modern Art Space, McAllen, TX, Curator, Omar Rodriguez Los Artistas: Nuevos y Establicidos 2008, Invitational Auction, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi TX. Curators, Jennifer Racette and Dianne Lee MACLA 10th Annual Latino Art show and auction Invitational, Movimiento de Arte Cultura Latino Americana, San Jose, California Curator, Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez, Heroes, Juried, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC, Curator, Laura Sharp Wilson and elin o’Hara slavick Bestiario & Nahuales II, Print Invitational, Pan American Days, University Gallery, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, Texas Curator, Rene Arceo, Reynaldo Santiago La Fe an exhibition of religious art, Invitational 409 Gallery, Brownsville, TX Curator, Mark Clark Legends and Folktales of South Texas and Northern Mexico, Invitational University Gallery, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg Texas START, Invitational, Manichaus Modern Art Space, McAllen, TX Curator, Omar Rodriguez 2007 Legends and Folktales of South Texas and Northern Mexico, Invitational, Aiken Education Center, Brownsville Heritage Complex, Brownsville, TX DEAD a contemporary take on death and Dias de Los Muertos. Invitational 409 Gallery, Brownsville, TX Curator, Mark Clark, Festival de Internacional Otono, 15 anos de arte chicano en el centro cultural Narciso Martinez, Invitational, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, Curator, Cristina Balli Dia de Los Muertos, Invitational Harlingen Arts and Heritage Museum, Harlingen, TX, Invitational Curator, Patricia Morales Exhibition & release of two print portfolios by 35 artists from Mexico, Spain, France, Bestiario & Nahuales II, Print Invitational, CASA MICHOACAN Pilsen, Chicago Curator, Rene Arceo Third Coast NATIONAL, Juried, KSPACE Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX Juror Ray Smith As of Now, A Collection of Rio Grande Valley Artists, Invitational, Texas A&M Kingsville, Curator, Jesus De La Rosa. MACLA 2nd Chicana/o Biennial, National Juried, Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino American San Jose, CA. Jurors Isis Rodriguez, Eugene Rodriguez and Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez, Curator. Small Works, 409 Gallery, Brownsville, TX Curator, Mark Clark, Invitational. Spring 2007 Heroes, Invitational, Bryces Barber Shop, Olympia, WA, Curator, Laura Sharp Wilson Outside the Box, Juried, K Space Contemporary Corpus Christi, TX Juror, Arturo Almeida, Curator of the UT San Antonio Art Collection, Honorable Mention award, 2007 Human Rights Exhibition, Juried, South Texas College, McAllen, TX, Progreso, Mexico Curator, Richard Lubben, Department Chair, Catalog Visioning the Virgen: Guadalupe as a South Texas Cultural Icon, Juried, Weil Gallery, Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, TX,Dr. Carey Rote and Dr. George Vargas, Curators, Catalogue 2006 Guadalupe 2006, Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, San Benito, TX Curators, Aleida and Brian Wedgworth Duality La Muerte y La Vida, Charles & Dorothy Clark Gallery, UTPA, Edinburg, TX Curators, Ramon Barela, Karen Sanders Manichaus, Alternative Space, Edinburg, TX Curator, Omar Rodriguez Museo I{menos} Mail Art Museum, Mexico, Curator, René Garza Mensaje Latino, 555 Gallery, Detroit, Michigan Curator, Jacob Montelongo Martinez UNO Invitational, 409 Gallery, Brownsville, TX, Curator, Mark Clark Corazon Show Invitational, Harlingen Art Center, Harlingen, TX Curators, Aleida and Brian Wedgeworth Gala de Art Fundraiser, IMAS, McAllen, TX, Curator, Evana Vleck RED Invitational, IMAS, McAllen, TX, Curator, Maria Elena Macias 2005 Cuatro Gatos, Invitational, Oklahoma, USA Curator, Chris Leonard Kick Out Hunger, Food Bank RGV, Pharr, TX Curators, Patti Ballinger, Leila Hernandez Dia de Los Muertos Exhibit, Group Invitational Rio Grande Valley Museum, Harlingen, TX Curator, Brian Wedgworth and Aleida Garcia Wedgworth Dia de Los Muertos Exhibit, Invitational, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX Curator Patti Ballinger Gala de Arte Fundraiser Invitational, IMAS, McAllen, TX, Arte of the Rio Grande 2005 Biennial, IMAS, Group Invitational, McAllen, TX Curator, Priscilla Rodriguez Plan B, the Loft, Group Invitational, McAllen, TX, Curator, Izel Vargas Rio Grande Valley Museum, Invitational, Harlingen, TX Tourist Day Exhibit, Progresso Art Gallery, Nuevo Progresso, MX Curator, Lenard Brown Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK Juried, juror, Roger Shimamura, MACT, Invitational, Corrientes Alternas, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, MX. Curator, Maria Elena Macias El Deseo de Mi Corazon / My Heart's Desire, Group Invitational University Gallery, University of Texas - Pan American Curators, Ramon Barella and Patricia Ballinger 2004 Guadalupe Group Show Invitational, Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, San Benito, TX, Curator, Brian Wedgworth Art under the Stars/Art Walk, Art House, McAllen, TX, Curators, Dr. and Mayra Brown Peace, Group Show, Clark Gallery, curator Patricia Ballinger, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX Dia de Los Muertos, Installation Mixed Media, Clark Gallery, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, TX Picture This Art Exhibition, Exploris Museum Raleigh, NC, Jurors: Courtney Reid Eaton, Center of Documentary Studies - Duke University and Daniel Gottlieb, Deputy Director, Museum Planning & Design, North Carolina Museum of Art. 3rd place award 2003 Violent Violence, Arti et Amicitiae, Invitational, Amsterdam, Netherlands Curator, elin o'Hara slavick MFA Thesis Exhibition, Ackland Museum, Chapel Hill, NC Curator, Barbara Matilsky Sci-Fi Western, Invitational, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA Curator, Sunny Buick, Catalogue 2001 Loom, Pittsboro, NC, Curator, Jeff Waites Carol Woods, NC Printmakers Guild, Chapel Hill, NC (invitational) New American Talent-16, Texas Fine Arts Association Juried Competition, Juror, Anne Umland, Associate Curator, Dept. of Painting and Sculpture, MOMA, NY, Catalog 1998 Center for Visual Art, Juried Competition, Oakland, CA Juror: Enrique Chagoya, Berkeley Art Center, Juried Competition, Berkeley, CA 1997 GenArt 2nd Annual Juried Competition, Jurors, Mary Ceruti, Reena Jana, Arts Writer & Critic, Steve Jenkins, Editor-in-Chief, Artweek, Julian Okwu, Author & Photographer, SF, CA Spring Art Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, Juried Competition S.F.A.I. San Francisco, CA, 1996 Diego Rivera Gallery, Juried Competition, San Francisco, CA San Francisco Art Institute Vaca Valley Visions, Vacaville Museum, Vacaville, CA Catalogue 1995 12 Artists, Collision Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1994 Open Studios Docent Gala Exhibit, Juried Competition San Francisco, CA 1993 The Jewish Museum, Juried Competition, San Francisco, CA Catalogue Open Studios Gala Exhibit, Juried competition, San Francisco, CA

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UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC, Cindy Elmore, Fall 2002 SCI-FI WESTERN, exhibition catalog ”A catalog of 93 artists presented by 111 Minna Gallery of San Francisco in conjunction with the Gallery Show January 2003”. Published by Last Gasp of San Francisco 2003, Curator, Sunny Buick. NEW AMERICAN TALENT 16, exhibition catalog, Texas Fine Arts Association, Juror, Anne Umland, Associate Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001 VACA VALLEY VISIONS “A Sense of Time and Place”,, exhibition catalog Vaca Valley Museum, Vaca Valley, CA, Project Directors, Ruth Gardner Begell, Janis Crystal Lipzin, Anita Margrill, Curator, Phil Nollar, 1996

Publications: Where are the Right Wing Political Artists?, VOA voices of art magazine vol. 17 issue 1 2010 Hi Mom Film Festival, Promotional Program, September 2008 McAllen Artwalk, Promotional Postcard, March 2008 The Mesquite Review, Photographs, McAllen, TX., August/September 2005 EPIC Krypty Szyfry, Illustrations, Mark Kuroczko, Fantastyzcna Prasa, 2001 Duh, Boobs in Toyland, Illustrations, Mark Kuroczko, Fantastyzcna Prasa, 1997 AKA Men Who Crawl with the Crabs, Illustrations, Mark Kuroczko, Fantastyzcna Prasa, 1995

Public Lectures: 2014 Public Roundtable Dialogue on Jarin Del Arte, Dustin Sekula Memorial Library, Edinburg, TX 2013 Public Lecture on “Lessons in Scorn”, Weslaco Museum, Weslaco TX Faculty Rap Panel Discussion, UTPA Art Department, Edinburg, TX 2012 Public Lecture on “In the Age of Mascots”, Dustin Sekula Memorial Library, Edinburg, TX 2011 Public Lecture on “Siquieros”, International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX Public Lecture on “Fragments” solo show, Texas A&M University-Kingsville Kingsville, TX Children’s Arts & Literacy Festival, The Junior League of McAllen, IMAS, McAllen, TX Career Week and College Readiness, SF Austin Elementary, Edinburg, TX Public Lecture on “Sleight of Hand”, solo show South Texas College, McAllen, TX 2010 Children’s Arts & Literacy Festival, The Junior League of McAllen, IMAS, McAllen, TX Public Lecture on “Day of the dead imagery in contemporary art”, International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX 2009 Public Lecture on Fragments Installation, International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX 2008 Public Lecture on “Las Castas”,solo show, Hanes Art Center, Chapel Hill, NC Gallery talk on Fragments installation, University of Texas Pan American 2nd COAH Brown Bag lecture, University of Texas Pan American Piece by Piece, K-space contemporary, Artist talk, Corpus Christi, TX 2007 Dia de Los Muertos, Harlingen Arts and Heritage Museum, Harlingen, TX, printmaking demonstration. As of Now, A Collection of Rio Grande Valley Artists, Texas A&M Kingsville, TX, panel discussion. Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, Corazones, Workshop, San Benito, TX The Brownsville Historical Association, Heritage Complex, Mexican Calendar Girls, printing lecture and demonstration, Brownsville, TX 2006 The Brownsville Historical Association, Heritage Complex, Calaveras and traditional Mexican printing lecture, Brownsville, TX Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, History of Las Castas Lecture, San Benito, TX 2005 IMAS, Artist in the Raw, Vida, Comida & Women Lecture, McAllen, TX 2005 Rio Grande Valley Museum, Guest Artist Lecturer, Harlingen, TX 2002 Contemporary Hispanic Artists, Guest Lecturer CHISPA, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 1997 Working on Paper, FLAX Art & Design, San Francisco, CA 1996 San Francisco Folk Art and Craft Museum, San Francisco, CA

Artist-in-Residence: 2010 The Serie Project, Serie XVII (2009-2010), Austin, TX 1996 Cinco de Mayo, Rincon Center, San Francisco, CA

Professional Service:  Jardin Committee city of Edinburg, Edinburg TX  ACGN Learning Outcomes Project 2013, T.H.E.C.B., Austin, TX  2013 Community Leader Reader & drawing demo, Austin Elementary, Edinburg, TX  2012 Career Day Presenter; Perspective Drawing; Careers in Art, Austin Elementary, Edinburg, TX  Community Leader Reader 2012, Happy Birthday! Dr. Seuss, S.F. Austin Elementary, Edinburg, TX  Juror, Vocabulary Parade, S.F. Austin Elementary, Edinburg, TX  Committee member of STC/UTPA outreach at IMAS , McAllen, TX  The Junior League of McAllen, Provisional Charity Event, McAllen, TX  Community Leader Reader (RIF), S.F. Austin Elementary, The Art of Dr. Seuss, Edinburg, TX  Guest Speaker, Mexican American Artist, South Texas College, McAllen, TX  Workshop, Woodblock Printing, Pancho Villa Lives Again!, Brownsville, TX  Public Demonstration, Woodblock Printing, 66 Cats, Craftivism, McAllen, TX  Public Demonstration, Woodblock Printing, Dia de los Muertos, Brownsville, TX  Juror, Congressional Artistic Discovery Competition, Congressman Ruben Hinojosa  Juror, South Texas College, Juried 10th Competition High School Exhibit, McAllen, TX  VIP Guest Reader, S.F. Austin Elementary Book Club, Edinburg, TX  Weis Urban Livability Fellowship Conference Committee Member UNC-CH  Art Department, Artist's Lecture & Speaker Selection Committee Member UNC-CH,  ArtSpan San Francisco Open Studio, Fundraiser, Volunteer, Open Studio Docent  Curator, FLAX Art & Design, Employee Art Exhibitions

Museum/Public Collections: Montana Museum of Art & Culture, The university of Montana Missoula MT (1print 8 paintings) LaSalle University Art Museum, Philadelphia PA (5 prints 10 works on paper 1 painting) Wofford College, Spartanburg SC, (1 print) Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL, (1 print) Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ, (1 print) University of Minnesota, Frederick Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis MN, (1 print) University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls IA (1 print, 349 paintings) Ferris State University Rankin Fine Art Gallery, Big Rapids MI (1 print) Lamar Univesity, Beamont TX (1 print) Butler Institute of American art, Youngstown OH (1 print) Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loeretto PA (1 print) Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN (11 prints, 20 paintings) Faulconer Gallery, Grinnel College, Grinnell, IA (1 print, 4 paintings) Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR (5 paintings) Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH (1 painting) Prints for Peace Collection and Art/Human Development Workshop, Monterrey, N.L. MX (1 print) The printmaking center of New Jersey, Branchburg NJ (1 print) Weslaco Museum, Weslaco TX (1 painting) Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont TX (1 print) Benedictine University, Lisle, IL (1 print) Osten Museum of Drawing Collection, Skopje, Macedonia (1 drawing) Printmaking Workshop-Lauderhill Arts Center‘s Collection, Lauderhill, FL (1 prints) University of Dallas, Permanent Collection of Prints, Dallas, TX (1 print) Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA (1 print) Concordia University, River Forest, IL (1 print) Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX (1 painting) USC Fisher Museum of Art, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (26 paintings) National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL (1 print) South Texas College, McAllen, TX (2 paintings) El Museo del Barrio New York, New York, NY (1 print) National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM (1 print) Centro Universitario del Norte of Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico (1 print) La Escuela National de Artes Plasticas (Academy of San Carlos) - Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico (1 print) Mexico City Fundacion Cultural, Trabajadores de Pascual y del Arte A.C. Mexico City, Mexico (1 print) Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX (2 paintings, 1 print) El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX (1 print) Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC (12 paintings) Edinburg Chamber of Commerce, Edinburg, TX (1 painting) International Museum of Art and Science (IMAS), McAllen, TX (47 paintings) The Serie Project, Austin, TX (1 print)

Private Collections: Professor, S.D.S.U., Dr. William Anthony Nericcio Director, Ackland Museum, NC, Emily Kass Collector, Joe Diaz, TX Professor, UNC-CHAPEL HILL, Juan Logan Professor, UNC-CHAPEL HILL, Susan Harbage Page Former Museum Director, Duke Museum of Art, NC, Dr. Michael Mezzatesta