Education
University of Texas at San Antonio
MFA in Painting 2009
University of Texas at Arlington
BFA in Painting 2005
Teaching Experience
2013 – 2016 Senior Lecturer Professor, Drawing, University of Texas at Arlington
2009 - 2013 Adjunct Professor, Drawing, University of Texas at Arlington
2011 - 2016 Adjunct Professor, Painting, El Centro Community College, Dallas, Texas
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016- Akin, Gray Duck Gallery, Austin, Texas
2015- Everything Means Nothing, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2015- The Status of my Fears, Texas A&M Commerce, Commerce, Texas
2014- The Day You Arrived, AR4T Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2014- Conversations, Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas
2014- On The Border, Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2013- Let Me Be your Favorite Nightmare, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2013- Dreamers, Gravelmouth Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2010- Remove Your Veil, HCG Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2009- Tierra Nueva, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas
2004- The Ghetto Bird, Gallery West, University of Texas at Arlington
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015- Chicanitas, The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
2015- Faculty Biennial, University ofTexas at Arlington Gallery, Arlington, Texas
2015- Downtown, H. Paxton Moore Fine Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2015- Art League Houston Gala, Hotel Zaza, Houston, Texas
2015- Take 10, Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, Arizona
2015- Jug Life, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco, California
2015- Sour Grapes / 15 Years, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2015- Swelter, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2015- Irrational City, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2015- Chicanitas, Vincent Price Museum, Los Angeles, California
2015- Out of The Elements, Gravelmouth Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2015- Yoomi Jasper Penoso, Atama, Dallas, Texas
2014- Scope Art Fair, Miami, Florida
2104- Aqua Art Fair, Miami Florida
2014- Art & Nature: New Contemporary, AR4T Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
2014- Chicano Collection, Musee d’ Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France
2014- SWAB Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain
2104- Chicanitas, Texas Tech University, Lubbock Texas
2014- Sour Grapes, Kettle Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014- Unmasked, Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americano, SanJose, California
2014- Rising Star, Turner House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014- From Street to Gallery, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
2014- Ctrl+V: Collage, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2014- Uvas Agrias, Gravelmouth Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2014- Game Over, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, California
2014- Doppio Sogno, Polo Reale, Torino, Italy
2014- CrossSection: Latino Artists in Texas, Houston Museum of African American Cultures, Houston, Texas
2014- Everyone’s Time Is Their Own, Alter Space, San Francisco, California
2013- Faculty Biennial, University ofTexas at Arlington Gallery, Arlington, Texas
2013- La Virgen de Guadalupe Exhibition, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2013- Chicanitas, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California
2013- Print Provocateur, Gravlemouth Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2013- Scope Art Fair, Miami Florida
2013- Tejano, Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview Texas
2013- Collective Bargaining, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas
2013- Art to the Power of Ten, McNay Museum, San Antonio, Texas
2013- Chicanitas, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, Wyoming
2013- Fair Play, Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston, Texas
2013- Phoenix Rising, Kettle Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2013- Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs, California
2013- Fine Art Faculty Exhibition, H. Paxton Moore Fine Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2012- Scope Art Fair, Miami Florida
2012- Sour Grapes: La Tienda, The Public Trust, Dallas, Texas
2012- Houston Fine Art Fair, Houston, Texas
2012- Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs, California
2012- The Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Hamptons, New York
2012- Sesame Street Show, KNOWN Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2012- Game Over 2, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, California
2012- Fine Art Faculty Exhibition, H. Paxton Moore Fine Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2012- Serie Project, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2012- Richland College Faculty Art Show, Brazos Gallery, Richardson, Texas
2012- Art and Advocacy, F.I.G Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2012- Serie Project, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas
2012- The Summer Collection, Thomas Paul Fine Art, Los Angeles, California
2012- Chicanitas, Museum of Monterey, Monterey, California
2012- These Friends 3, THIS Gallery, Los Angeles California
2012- NaRRativa, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2011- Rest In Power, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2011- Identity Crisis, Gray Duck Gallery, Austin, Texas
2011- Wonder Years, Rising Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2011- Faculty Biennial, University ofTexas at Arlington Gallery, Arlington, Texas
2011- Chicanitas, MESA Art Center, Mesa, Arizona
2011- Odyssey, Brick Building, Culver City, California
2011- Influences, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2011- Temporary Occupants, Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas
2011- M.F.A. Alumni Show, U.T.S.A. Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2011- HEIR Today Gone Tomorrow, Mexican American Cultural Center. Austin, Texas
2011- Dallas Art Fair, Neiman Marcus, Dallas, Texas
2011- Black Roses, Tractor Beam Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2011- UTSA Alumni Exhibition, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas
2011- Infinite Mirror, Syracuse University Art Galleries, New York
2011- SXSW Sour Grapes Art Show, Complete, Austin, Texas
2011- Infinite Mirror, Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, NH
2010- Show Me The Munny, Atama, Dallas, Texas
2010- Something Good, West 30th, Brooklyn, New York
2010- Ephemeral Museum, Cy Twombly House, Portland, Oregon
2010- Predictions, Brick Building, Culver City, California
2010- SummerSkool, We Are 1976, Dallas, Texas
2010- Fancy Footwork, HCG Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2010- These Friends, THIS Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2009- Este Es Mi Rumbo, HCG Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2009- Tres Latinos, Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas
2009- Autumnal, The Soup Gallery, Truro, England
2009- Magic Mirrors and Alter Egos, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2009- YLA 14 - L.O.N.A., Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas
2009- Summer Selections, HCG Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2009- Two Divided by Dos, LoneStar Studio, San Antonio, Texas
2009- Nueva Generation, LoneStar Studio, San Antonio, Texas
2009- What you really need, Medien Kultur Haus, Wels, Austria
2009- Desmadre, Vermillion Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2009- Art in The Chamber, The Chamber, San Antonio, Texas
2009- I Am Here, D.A.I.C., Dallas, Texas
2009- Graff, Tag, and Bomb: the Influence of Graffiti, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas
2009- SXSW Sour Grapes Art Show, Complete, Austin, Texas
2008- F.I.G Art Show, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2008- The Royal Rumble, Omegas, Dallas, Texas
2007- Mo + PoMo, UTSA Satellite Space, University of Texas at San Antonio
2007- King Williams Art League, King Williams Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
2006- The Horror Show, Kettle Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2005- Dream Exhibition, DeSoto Public Library, DeSoto, Texas
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Collections
Cheech Marin Collection
Antonio Colombo Collection
Kirk Hopper Collection
Jim and Ann Harithas Collection
Dio Sumagaysay Collection
Eastfiield College Collection
Awards
Artist Grant, City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, 2016
Graffiti Crew of The Year, Dallas Art Awards, 2015
Artists of the Year, Dallas Art Awards, 2014
Mural Group of the Year, Dallas Art Awards, 2014
Travel Research Grant, UT Arlington, 2014
Artists of the Year, New American Paintings, 2014
Outstanding Lecturer Teaching Award, UT Arlington, 2013
Visual Arts Mural Grant, City of Dallas, 2013
Muralist of the Year, The Dallas Observer, 2013
Best of Show, Dallas Latino Art Festival, 2012
Residencies
Serie Project Residency, Austin Texas, June 2012