About the Artist
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Education:
2022 New York Academy of Art
Master of Fine Arts
2016 Grand Central Atelier
Intensive study of drawing and painting
Core Program Graduate
2012 The University of Texas at Brownsville/ TSC
Major: Art Education
Bachelor of Arts EC-12
Work Experience:
2012-2016 Salmagundi Art Club
2013-2015 Grand Central Atelier
Work Study
2012 Port Isabel Junior High
Student Teacher
2011 Volunteer for Brownsville Artists League
Taught summer classes for elementary students.
Exhibitions:
2021 AXA Art Prize Exhibition- New York Academy of Art
2021 LatinXhibit- Arts Council of Fayetteville
2021 Comunidad- Blue Line Arts
2021 Return to Form- Six Summit Gallery
2021 Parallels and Peripheries- New York Academy of Art
2020 -American- Sugarlift
2020 Parallels- New York Academy of Art
2020 Contemporary Realism - Juried by Max Ginsburg - Mills Pond Gallery
2020 Still: a survey of contemporary still life paintings - Sugarlift
2020 Contemporary Realism - Juried by Max Ginsburg - Mills Pond Gallery
2020 Oil Painters of America 29th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils- RS Hanna Gallery
2020 Red Dot Winner Exhibition 2020- Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery
2020 Realism: Encountering the Real- Site:Brooklyn Gallery
2020 Virtual Concours 2020- The Art Students League
2020 CLWAC 123rd Annual Exhibition- National Arts Club
2019 Unveiled- La Bodega Gallery
2019 Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition
Beverly McNeil Gallery
2019 Contemporary 2019: Contemporary Figure
Western Colorado Center for the Arts
2019 47th International Art Show
Brownsville Museum of Fine Art
2018 small/Mighty Group Show
La Bodega Gallery
2018 Puro Color! Group Show
La Bodega Gallery
2017 Wrap Me Up: Small Works Show
Eleventh Street Arts
2016 GCA End of Year Exhibition
2016 Pieto Biennial: International Juried Art Exhibition of Still Life and Trompe L’oeil
2015 Portrait Painting Demonstration and Art Show
South Padre Island, TX
2015 Observations: Solo Show
New York Public Library
203 West 115th St, New York, NY 10026
2015 SCNY Non-Member Exhibition
2015 Eleventh Street Arts: AI FIORI: The Alla Prima Floral Sketch
2014 Eleventh Street Arts: Inaugural Group Show
Accolades and Recognition:
2022 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2022-2023 New York Academy of Art Chubb Fellowship
2021 First Prize Winner- 2021 AXA Art Prize
2021 Third Place Winner- Comunidad - A Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibition
2021 Honorable Mention- Blue Review Art Prize
2021 Stobart Foundation Grant
2020 Selected for “Director’s Choice” video presentation- Viridian Artists 30 under 30 Exhibition
2020 Allied Artists of America Award- CLWAC 123rd Annual Exhibition
2015 Anthony Almeida Award for Graphics- Annual Juried Photography & Graphics Non-Members Exhibition