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Education
2018-20 Georgetown University, Master’s Urban and Regional Planning
2000-03 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA
1991-95 Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, México, BA
Experience
2003-present Practicing professional artist
2021-present Director, Terwilliger Center for Housing, Urban Land Institute
2016-18 Partner, Hola Vecino, Monterrey, México - Created participatory methodologies for urban development
2016 Mexican Representative at the 2016 Architecture Venice Biennale
2014-19 Newsletter Manager, Open Heart Meditation Community, Washington, DC
2013-16 Visitor Experience Guide at Glenstone, Potomac, MD
2012-13 Intern, Heiner Contemporary Gallery, Washington, DC
Awards and Recognitions
2024 Grant from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, MD
2020 Finalist, The Trawick Prize, Bethesda Contemporary Art Award
2019 Honorable Mention Regional Juried Exhibition, Hill Center Galleries, Washington, DC
2018 Grant from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, MD
Artist Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2017 Podcast for Immigrant Artists created by the Institute for Immigration Research (IIR) of George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
#5WomenArtists, CulturalDC 2016-17 Flashpoint Gallery Season, Initiative launched by The National Museum of Women in the Arts
2016 Project selected to represent México at La Biennale di Venezia – 2016 International Architecture Exhibition, Venice, Italy
2nd Place: Jurors' Choice Award for University of Maryland University College's Third Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Exhibition
So to Speak Art Journal Artist Feature Award, George Mason University
2014 Sparkplug Member, artist’s collective program of the DCAC, Washington, DC
2013 Permanent collection, The Joan Flash Artists’ Book Collection at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2004 Excellence Prize in Sculpture, Global All Media International Competition, International Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2001-03 Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2000 Design Award, Corcoran School of Design, Washington, DC
Solo and Three Artist Exhibitions
2019 To Eat or Not to Eat, Three Artists, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Center, Washington, DC
2018 Open System, Solo Exhibition, Vis Arts, Rockville, MD
Deluge, Solo Exhibition, The Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University, Washington, DC
2017 Over, Under, Through, Three Artists, Kay Gallery-BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
Denatured, Three Artists, DCAC, Washington, DC
WAS Opens, Three Artist Opening Show, WAS Gallery and Studios, Bethesda, MD
Minding the Hand, Curators Spotlight, Three Artist Show, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2016 Containment/Release, Two Artists, Popcorn Galley, Glen Echo Park, Bethesda, MD
Group Exhibitions
2025 Before the Americas, Gillespie Gallery, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2025 Puntadas Invisibles, Brentwood Art Exchange, Brentwood, MD
2022 Perspectivas Latinas/Latinx Perspectives, Chaney & Martino Galleries at Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD
2020 Aceptar, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Center, Washington, DC
2019 Assembly Arlington Arts Center Inaugural Regional Biennial, Arlington, VA
Sculpture Now 2019, Brentwood Art Exchange, Brentwood, MD
Regional Juried Exhibition, Hill Center Galleries, Washington, DC
2018 Hyphen American, Gallery 102, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
Interlude: Unfinished Works, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
2017 “A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose”, Fathom Experiment #4@DuPont Underground, Washington, DC
PRISM V: Facing Fear in the 21st Century, c. d. Edwards Studio, Washington, DC
Material-Symbol-Form, Brentwood Art Exchange, Brentwood, MD
Art Tasting, DCAC, Washington, DC
Selfie: Me, Myself and I, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC
Minding the Hand, Curators Spotlight, Three Artist Show, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2016 Power (I Know It When...), Sparkplug Collective Show, DCAC, Washington, DC
Consider Yourself Illuminated, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
3rd Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibit, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD
Fiber Option, Maryland Federation of Art Gallery, Annapolis, MD
Artina 2016 - Art in Nature, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD
Micro Monuments, Harvard University Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, DC
Alchemical Vessels 2016, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
Domestic Territories, Olly Olly, Fairfax City, VA
2015 Micro Monuments, Salzlandmuseum, Schönebeck, Germany
The Barn Land&Art@Maryland, Agricultural Resource Council, Cockeysville, MD
Uncensored Information Antics, Martin Luther King Library, Washington, DC
Brick Layers, Group Show, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
Dis/Satisfaction, Sparkplug Collective Group Show, DCAC, Washington, DC
2014 What is Left Behind, Betty Mae Kramer Gallery, Silver Spring, MD
2007 Woven in Nature, Paseo del Carmen, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, México
2006 Happily Ever After, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami, FL
2005 Coming Home, Consulado de la Républica Bolivariana de Venezuela, New York, NY
2004 Three Artist Show, International Gallery, Baltimore, MD
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Columbia College, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
2003 Graduation Exhibit, Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Artist Talks
2019 Assembly Arlington Arts Center Inaugural Regional Biennial, Arlington, VA
2017 Nasty Women: Art Talk - Now Be Here photo event at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Luce Center Artist Talk, Sparkplug Collective, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Interviews - Podcasts - Talks
2019 Assembly Arlington Arts Center Inaugural Regional Biennial, Arlington, VA
2017 Nasty Women: Art Talk - Now Be Here photo event at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Luce Center Artist Talk, Sparkplug Collective, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Making a Mark, Making Places Podcast, The Institute for Immigration Research, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
The Studio Visit, Five Object Series, Washington, DC
Press Coverage
2019 East City Art Review, To Eat or Not to Eat at Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, February 2019
Washington Post, In the galleries: In the galleries: Printmakers’ works are anything but two-dimensional, March 2019
2018 Washington Post, In the galleries: In two exhibitions, three painters put aside their brushes, Nov 2018
2017 Washington Post, In the galleries: University of Maryland spotlights six former students, Nov 2017
Washington Post, In the galleries: A surrealist painter inspires a photographer, Nov 2017
Washington Post, In the galleries: Drawings as meditations, Oct 2017
East City Art Profiles: Q&A with the Six Artists of Prism V: Facing Fear in the 21st Century, Sep 2017
East City Art, Material-Symbol-Form at Brentwood Art Exchange, Jun 2017
Washington Post, In the galleries: Art 101, a sampling event for beginners, April 2017
BmoreArt, A Conjunction of Curators, Mar 2017
Washington Post, Curatorial Spotlight, Mar 2017
AFRO, D.C. Sparkplug Collective Artist Captures Black Culture through Selfies, Feb 2017
On Tap Magazine, Sparkplug Collective’s ‘Selfie: Me, Myself, and Us’ Inspires and Resonates, Feb 2017
Washington Post, These D.C. Artists’ Selfies are unlike any you’ve ever seen, Feb 2017
2016 Washington Post, Consider Yourself Illuminated, Dec 2016
Washington Post, Power, Nov 2016
Washington Post, ‘Micro-Monuments’ that take on a global perspective, Sept 2016
Northern Virginia Magazine, Parenthood as Art: Domestic Territories, Mar 2016
2015 American Libraries Association Magazine, Uncensored Information Antics, MLK Library, Sept 2015
Washington Post, Brick by Brick, a Dark History Emerges, Workhouse Arts Center, May 2015
Washington Post, Dis/Satisfaction, DCAC, Mar 2015