b. 1982, Houston, TX

EDUCATION

2011     M.F.A., Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

2005     B.F.A., The Cooper Union, New York, NY

EXHIBITIONS

2019   To look at the sea is to become what is. Radiator Gallery. Long Island City, NY.    

2018             Queens International 2018: Volumes. Queens Museum. Queens, NY.

                      State of Exception. Recess: Assembly. Brooklyn, NY.

2017             White Flag. Princeton University. Bernstein Gallery, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

2016            The Others. Traveling Exhibition Series. Brooklyn, NY.

2015             Collective Solid. Deborah Colton Gallery. Houston, TX.

                      Parliament of Owls. Diverseworks, Houston, TX.

2013             Exile. El Rincon Social. Houston, TX.

                      Bringing it All Back Home. Art League Houston. Houston, TX.

2012             Spectrum. Bridge Gallery. New York, NY.

                      Brucennial: Harderer. Betterer. Fasterer. Strongerer. New York, NY.

2011              Fabric As Form. Tilton Gallery, New York, NY.

2010             Yale University MFA 1st Year Thesis Show, New Haven, CT.

                       Planet of Sums. Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ.

2008             La Presencia de lo Ausente. El Museo Nacional de Antropologia

            MUNA. San Salvador, El Salvador.

                       Cuentos Polvosos. Casa Comunal. El Polvo, La Union, El Salvador.

2007             Day of the Dead. Renaissance Arts. New York, NY.

2006             LACAP Group Exhibition. Lunas Artes. San Salvador, El Salvador.

2005             The Legend of the Siguanaba. Theater for the New City. New York, NY.

                       The Presence of Absence. The Cooper Union. New York, NY.

 

RESIDENCIES / AWARDS

2018               Recess: Assembly. Brooklyn, NY.

2017               Yvonne Residency. Guatemala City, Guatemala.

2016   Lower Manhattan Cultural Center (LMCC). Workspace Participant. NYC.

2014     Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Skowhegan, ME.

2010                Schoelkopf Travel Prize. Yale School of Art.

2007   Fulbright Student Scholar Program. El Salvador.

2003                Menschel Fellowship. The Cooper Union.

2001                Randolph Hearst Fellowship. The Cooper Union. 

ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES

2016 –      Adjunct Professor. The Cooper Union, NYC.

2018 – Adjunct Professor. Hunter College, NYC.

2015 –      Fresco Instructor. The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine.

2018                 Teaching Artist. Recess: Assembly. Brooklyn, NY.

2015 – 2018     Program Coordinator. The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Maine.

2015 – 2017      Substitute Professor. Queens College, Queens, NY.

2015 – 2018      Summer Program Coordinator / Fresco Teacher. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME.

2015 – 2019      Museum Educator. Studio Museum of Harlem, Harlem, NY.

2014 – 2015      Artist Advisory Board. Diverseworks, Houston, TX.

2014 – 2015      Tour Programs Coordinator. Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston, Houston, TX.   

2012                 Assistant to the Chair of Admissions Committee. Cooper Union School of Art, NYC.

2009 – 2011      Teaching Assistant, Lithography I. Yale University, New Haven, CT.

2007 – 2008     Educator. Fulbright Student Scholar Program. El Salvador.

2004 – 2010     Organizer, Director, Facilities Coordinator, Educator, Bilingual Translator.

                        Latin American Community Art Project (LACAP), El Salvador and Mexico.