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ACTIVITIES

  • 2002 Texas A&M Kingsville. Student exhibition Juror, Kingsville, TX
  • South Texas Art League 2002, Juror, Corpus Christi, TX
  • Artist lecture and demonstrations. Texas A&M, Kingsville, TX
  • Artist lecturer, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX
  • Ninfas Corporation. Mural: Houston South Side, Houston, TX
  • 2001 Chase Bank: Mural Downtown. Houston, TX
  • Paint Mural Program (with Mercedes Fernandez, Mexican muralist) Raul Izzaguire School Mural: Benito Juarez. “El Derecho al Respeto Ajeno es la Paz”, Houston, TX
  • 2000 MIRARTE Program Director and Founder (Looking at Art project for high school students), Houston, TX
  • Juror HCC Art Competition, Houston, TX
  • TALA, Brush of party, Food Fund-raiser, June
  • 1999 Guest Lecturer Angelina College, Lufkin, TX
  • Portfolio Critique Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
  • Art Lecturer, “Looking at Art”, Houston, TX
  • Director of EPIXENTER Gallery and Alternative Space, Houston, TX
  • 1998 Invited Sculpture teacher at Texas Southern University
  • Drawing teacher at Art League of Houston
  • Juror, “One Night Hang”, group exhibition, Houston, TX
  • 1996-97 Member of the Art League of Houston, Houston, TX
  • 1996-97 Member of (TALA) Texas Accountants and Lawyers Association for the Arts, Houston, TX
  • 1991 -95 Member of Art Alliance, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
  • 1990-91 Developed sculpture/ceramic program for the Fresh Air Fund Camp, New York, NY
  • 1987-90 Martha Gault Art Club member, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
  • 1988-89 Vice President International Club, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
  • 1988 Silver Celebrations of the Arts, Butler County Community College, demonstration in sculpture

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2001 “Ultra Romantic”, Solo exhibition, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
  • “New Drawings”, Galeria 324, Lima, Peru
  • “Ultra Romantic”, Coastal Bend College, Beaville, TX
  • 2000 “Tomorrow’s News” Houston's Sculpture 2000. Mixed Media Installation, Houston, TX
  • 1999 “Innocent Times”, Galveston Arts Center, Mixed Media Installation, Galveston, TX
  • 1998 “10,000 Stitches”, solo exhibition, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
  • Five Years Retrospective, Angelina College, Lufkin, TX
  • Five Years Retrospective, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
  • 1997 “Elements of Desire” Mixed Media Installation. Winter Street Art Center, Houston, TX
  • 1996 “Picture Liberty”, One Person Exhibition, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
  • 1995 “Theater of Martyr’s” Thesis Exhibition”, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX
  • 1994 Houston’s Introductions ‘94, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
  • 1993 “Musa Internus” MFA Candidacy Exhibit – Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

  • 2003 “VELS” Colaboration Piece Barchi/Lucas. Texas A & M University Kingsville. Site-specific Installation Work. “VEILS” Traveling Exhibit to Art Museum. Laredo, TX. August 2003-2004
  • 2002 “The Art of Being an American” Art Museum of South Texas. Corpus Christi, TX November 2002
  • “Other Sites” 3 Texas Artists working in the Surrealist Tradition. Aug 26-Sept 27. University of Houston Stephen F.Austin Sate University. Texas National Alumni Exhibit, Nacogdoches, TX
  • 2001 “Pintores Hispanos de Houston” Consulado General de Mexico, Houston, TX
  • “The Box”, group exhibition, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX
  • 2000 “Forbidden”, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
  • “The Collage Image”, Curated by Corrine Jones, Angelina College,Lufkin, TX
  • “Passage through Purgatory”, TALA, Houston, TX
  • 1999 “Dissolving Language” ACA Gallery. Curated by Ramona Clearly, Cari Marshall, and Margo Sawyer. Austin, TX
  • “Gallery Artists”, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
  • 1998 “Pumped Up on Art”, Invitational, 711 William Street Gallery, “Close to the Border”, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, Alberto Ruy Sanchez (Director of Artes de Mexico, Mexico City) and Marisol Nieves (Curator of the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York), Jurors. First Place Award.
  • “Figure and the Chair”, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX
  • TALA, (Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts), Invitational Exhibition, Vine Street Studios, Houston, TX
  • 1997 “Red Dot”, Art League of Houston Invitational Auction, Houston, TX
  • “Images of the Mind in the Twentieth Century”, Centro Contemporaneo Italiano, Roma, Italy
  • “Sweet 16”, Houston Center for Photography, Invitational Raffle, Houston, TX
  • Diffa Invitational Auction (Designers Industry Foundations Fighting Aids), Houston, TX
  • TALA, (Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts), “The Next Generation Time Travelers” Invitational Auction, Dan Allison, Juror
  •  1996 “Take Flight”, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
  • “real/surreal”, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
  • “South of the Border: North of the Border”, McAllen, TX, Jesus Batiste Moroles, Juror
  • “Horace Cardwell Competition”, Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, TX. Juried by Allison de Lima
    Greene. Curator, Twentieth Century Art, MFA, Houston, Houston, TX; J.P. McDonald, Director, Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, Texas; Tom Livesay, Director, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
  • “New Texas Talent ‘96”, Juror: Patricia Meadows, Dallas, TX
  • 1995 Graduate Show, Stephen F. Austin University, “Best of Show”. Juried by Kerry Inman. Inman Gallery
  • “Artists Response: Drawings A-Z”, Dougherty Arts Center Gallery, Austin, TX. Juried by Peter Saul
  • “Counterpoint”, The 27th Annual National Juried Drawing, Photography and Printmaking Exhibition, Hill County Arts Foundation, Ingram, Texas. Juried by Tim High, Associate Professor of Art, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
  • “Samantha’s Garden”, Group Exhibition, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, Texas
  • Texas National ‘95, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas. Juried by Leon Golub
  • CAA UT, San Antonio, San Antonio, TX Graduate Show, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
  • 1994 Best of Show – Grad juried show – Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
  • 1993 First Place Graduate Juried Show – Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
  • 1992 MA Show – Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
  • 1991 “Things in Cages SFA and Sam Houston University” – Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
  • 2nd Place Graduate Juried Show, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
  • 1990 “Textures: A Dance Celebration” (designed masks and sculpture for dance production)
    – Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
  • “Culture Union”, Five Person Exhibition, Metropol, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Award of Merit, Slippery Rock Student Show – Juried by Ned Wert, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
  • Outstanding Senior Award – Slippery Rock University Student Show – Slippery Rock, PA
  • “Sex the Ism and the 1st” – Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
  • 1989 “Fluxux: A Happening” – Metropol, Pittsburgh, PA
  • BFA Degree Exhibition – Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
  • “Emerging Artist Show” – Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
  • Member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA
  • Craig Succop Scholarship Award (Metalsmithing) – Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
  • University Union Purchase Award – Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
  • Sculpture Show – Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
  • Student Show – Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
  • 1987 City Hall of Lima, “Best overall students of the year in sculpture”, Lima, Peru
  • 1986 Annual Student Show – Universidad Catolica Del Peru, Lima
  • 1985 Annual Student Show – Universidad Catolica Del Peru, Lima

MEMBERSHIPS

  • Contemporary Art Museum Houston Art Museum of South TX
  • TFAA (Texas Fine Arts Association) Austin, TX
  • TALA (Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts), Houston, TX
  • Art League of Houston, Houston, TX
  • Stephen F. Austin Alumni Association, Nacogdoches, TX
  • Associated Artists of Pittsburgh

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Brown, Jeremy. Corpus Christi Caller Times. “The Art of Being an American” Nov 10, 2002
  • Channel 11, “Artists lend their time and talent to beautify downtown Houston.” January 2002
  • Channel 45, “Lo Nuestro” Raul Izzaguire Mural, December 1-31, 2001-2002
    Morgan, Judy. “Inspiration From the Past”, The Daily Sentinel. March 23, 1999.
  • Morgan, Judy. “Inspiration from the past: Artist’s recent work takes on new dimension”, The Lufkin Daily News. March 21, 1999, p.3B
  • Morgan, Judy. “Inspiration from the past: Artist’s recent work takes on new dimension”, The Daily Sentinel. March 21, 1999, p. 3AA
    Moore, S. Derrickson. “Close call: Winners of new NMSU exhibit announced”, Sun News. June 24, 1998, A8.
  • Moore, S. Derrickson. “Close to the Border exhibit opens June 20”, SunNews.
  • RAI. (Italian Television) Italian contemporary Art abroad. Saturday, October 12, 1997.
  • Dewan, Shaila. “Street Walking: A stroll down Colquitt takes you to the heart of Houston art”. Houston Press. November 7-13, 1996.
  • Texas Monthly. Reproduction, pg. 20, April 1995.
  • Simonds, Jennifer. “Works by SFA grad students chosen to be displayed in Texas National 95 Art Exhibit”, The Pine Log. Friday, April 2, 1995.
  • Johnson, Patricia. “Figures lend mystery to intriguing exhibit”, Houston Chronicle, July 13,1994.
  • Chadwick, Susan. “Galleries showcase emerging artists in Introductions’”, The Houston Post. Friday, July 8,1994.
  • Morgan, Judy. “Artist will be featured at McMurtrey Gallery”, The Daily Sentinel. Wednesday, April 20, 1994.
  • Best, Becky. “SFA graduate takes art world by storm”. The Pine Log. Thursday, September 15, 1994.
  • Omar, Sydney. “SRU Student Wins Succop Art Scholarship”, Butler Eagle. Thursday, August 19, 1988.
  • Sabado por la Noche (Peruvian Television) weekend show “Best sculpture student of the year”,Miraflores City Hall Lima, Peru. Saturday, January 5, 1987.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

  • University of New Mexico, Las Cruses, NM
  • Slippery Rock State University, Slippery Rock, PA
  • San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
  • American General Financial Corporation, Houston, TX
  • ENRON Corporation, Houston, TX
  • Duke Energy, New York, NY
  • The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

  • Europe, South America, and the United States

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS

  • McMurtrey Gallery
    3508 Lake Street, Houston, Texas 77009
             
             

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