Education

1992-95 Post-Baccalaureate Studies in Art
University of Houston - Central Park
Houston, Texas

1985 Technical Certificate - Commercial Art- Art Institute of Houston
Houston, Texas

1981 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Education
University of Texas - Austin, Texas

1979 Associate of Art Degree
Texas Southmost College - Brownsville, Texas

1977 High School Diploma,
Gladys Porter High School - Brownsville, Texas

Exhibitions

1996 -"East End Artist Call and Respond" - Museum of Fine Arts-Houston, Invitational, Houston, Texas.

"EL QUINTO SOL" - Xicano/a Perspectives, O'KaneGallery University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, Texas August, 1996.

"BUCKING THE TEXAN MYTH" Scouting the Third
Frontier, Austin Museum of Art - Laguna Gloria, Austin,
Texas, August 1996.

"RASQUACHE" - Purse Building Studios Main
Gallery, Two Man Exhibit, Houston, Texas
June 1996.

"Close to the Border" - University Art Gallery, New
Mexico State University - Las Cruses, New Mexico -
June 1996.

Visual Arts Alliance, 1996 Open Exhibition- Transco
Tower- Houston, Texas - May 1996.

"187" Exhibition, Group Exhibition, La Peña,
Austin Texas. May 1996.

"No Two Alike" Purse Building Studios Main
Gallery, Group Exhibition, Houston, Texas
March 1996.

Houston Area Artist Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery UH,
Houston, Texas - February 1996.

"Toma Mí Corazón IV" - La Peña Fundraiser -
Austin, Texas - February 1996

1995 -"Toma Mí Corazón III" - La Peña Fundraiser -
Austin, Texas - February 1995.

"Crossings: A Cross Exhibition & Silent Auction by
Texas Artists" & Performance - "Las Doce Verdades
del Mundo" by ArteVivo Members
Purse Building Studios Main Gallery, Houston, Texas. April 1995.

"2nd Annual Viviendo la Herencia Exhibit" - Chicano
Family Center - Houston, Texas. August 1995

"Presencia Hispana" The Work of Six Contemporary
Artists - The Art Institue of Houston - Houston, Texas. June 1995

1994 -"El Corazón" Art Exhibition
Bath House Cultural Center - Dallas, Texas.
February 1994

"Toma Mí Corazón II" - El Taller Gallery
Austin, Texas. February 1994

"Amores: Sangre y Vida" ArteVivo Exhibition
Galeria Ramos - Houston, Texas. February 1994

"ARTE Two Year anniversary Membership
Exhibition" - D-Art Visual Art Center -
Dallas, Texas. April 1994

"ArteVivo first annual Black Velvet Show"
Fergus-Fernandez Gallery - Houston, Texas.
April 1994

"Pumped Up on Art" - A Unique Shoe Auction
the Gallery on Audobon/Museum Restaurant & Bar
Houston, Texas. June 1994

"Herencia Latina-Latin heritage Exhibition" -
ArteVivo @ Casa Ramirez Folk Art and Gallery
Houston, Texas. September 1994.

"Hispanic Heritage Exhibition" - Alianza Hispana -
Conoco, Inc. September 1994

"Dia de los Muertos - Lawndale 1994" - Houston,
Texas. October 1994

"Virgen de Guadalupe" - A.R.T.E. - 500 X Gallery
Dallas, Texas. December 1994

"Virgen de Guadalupe" - ArteVivo Exhibit -
Casa Ramirez Folk Art & Gallery,
Houston, Texas. December 1994.

NEW AND UNSEEN WORKS- REF STUDIOS -Houston,
Texas - December 1994

1993 -Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibit-ArteVivo-
H.I.S.D. Jackson Middle School Art Gallery.
Houston, Texas. - Septermber 1993.

Dia De Los Muertos '93 - Arte Americas @ Cafe
Noche Restaurant - Houston, Texas. October 1993

"Beyond the Dream" - La Peña & ALLGO Dia de los
Muertos - Austin, Texas. October 1993

Dia de los Muertos-Retablo Exhibit - Lawndale
Houston, Texas. October 1993

Dia de los Muertos-Shrine Exhibition - Dewey-Owens
Gallery - Santa Fe, New Mexico. October 1993

World Aids Day Art Exhibit - AVES - Houston,
Texas. December 1993

Our Lady of Guadalupe Exhibit - Pico's Mexican
Restaurant - Houston, Texas. December 1993

ARTE's Third Annual Art Exhibition-"La Virgen de
Guadalupe" - Jesus Chairez C. Gallery - Dallas, Texas
December 1993.

1992 -Our Lady of Guadalupe Exhibition - Arte Americas at Jung
Center - Houston, Texas. December 1992

Dia de los Muertos Retablo Exhibition- Lawndale Art Center
Houston, Texas. October 1992

Alpha 2 Omega, at Texas Arts - Houston, Texas.
September 1992