EDUCATIONMFA Art Practice in Interdisciplinary Art, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY 2014 Masters of Political Science/International Relations Rutgers, the State University of N. J. 2000 Bachelors of Fine Arts / Painting and History of Art University of Houston, Houston, TX 1991
ART PROJECTS / FOUNDER / EXECUTIVE DIRECTORTODOS, Houston, TX., Experimental film exploring artist citizenship. 2021-present http://www.loccart.org/todos
THE BIO-ART BAYOU-TORIUM, Houston, TX. 2018-present A socially engaged bio-art science laboratory/art studio situated on the banks of Buffalo Bayou in Houston’s econd Ward Hispanic neighborhoods. With sponsorship from the Buffalo Bayou Partnership. https://www.bioartbayoutorium.org/L.O.C.C.A.: LAW CENTER for CITIZENSHIP and ART, HTX 2015-2022 A social-practice art project that serves as a law office and a collaborative platform for art and social justice. http://www.loccart.org/
THE ENGLISH KILLS PROJECT, Brooklyn, NY 2012-2018. A socially engaged, bio-art project seeking ecological transformation of a Newtown Creek tributary in Brooklyn, NY. http://www.englishkillsproject.com/
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS The BioArt Bayou-torium @ Yolanda Black Navarro Nature Park, Houston, TX, Oct 16, 2022 The BioArt Bayou-torium @ Yolanda Black Navarro Nature Park, Houston, TX, Oct 2-17, 2021 The BioArt Bayou-torium @ Tony Marron Park, Houston, TX, April 13-28, 2019 The BioArt Bayou-torium @ Yolanda Black Navarro Nature Park, Houston, TX, Oct 2-17, 2021 Underwaterscapes, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2018 Patriot Games, Civic TV Laboratories, Houston,TX 2018 The English Kills Project Presents, The City Reliquary, Brooklyn, NY 2016Sunview presents The English Kills Project, Sunview Luncheonette, Brooklyn, NY 2016 Presenting the English Kills Project, Bushwick Open Studios site, Brooklyn, 2015 The ENGLISH KILLS PROJECT, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY 2014
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONSClimate Migration, Houston Climate Justice Museum, POSTHTX, Houston, TX 2023 Ancestral Echoes: A Decade of Bio Art, School of Visual Art, Manhattan, NYC 2022 The More-Than-Human Anthropocene, Houston Climate Justice Museum @ Rice Univ. 2022 Withstand: Latinx Art in Times of Conflict, Holocaust Museum, Houston, TX 2021. Outta Space, SITE Gallery / Silos @ Sawyer Yard, Houston, TX 2019 Lines Drawn, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX 2017Dia De Los Muertos Festival, Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts, HTX.2016Where Is The Art in Bio Art, SVA Flatiron Gallery, NY, 2014 AQUA-CULTURE, McKinney Avenue Art Center, Dallas, Texas* 2014 Greenpoint Film Festival, Woven Spaces, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY 2013 Electronic Arts Intermix, MFA video screening, New York, NY 2013 Current Practice, Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY 2013Fictitious Truths: Exercises in Realism, Rooster Gallery, NYC 2012Bushwick Film Festival, Microscope Gallery, The Church/BobbyRedd, Brooklyn, NY 2012Returning Home, East End Studio Gallery, Houston, TX 2010 OCTET, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey 2009
CONFERENCE, LECTURE & PANELS Gulf Coast Scholars Artists Salon, National Academy of Science Jan, 11, 2024 Advancing Science Communication and Inspiring Community Action Through Art Science Collaborations, Gulf of Mexico Conference, Tamp FLA. Feb. 19, 2024 8th Annual Bayou Vermillion Symposium, Lafayette, LA. Mar. 31, 2023 Visiting Lecturer @ North Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ Nov. 21, 2022 Dwelling Breathing, Dreaming: The Afterlife of Waste, Houston Climate Museum, HTX. Jan. 29, 2022 LAS FRONTERAS: Houston Artists in Nature with Science, @ L.O.C.C.A., HTX. April 7, 2019 Open Engagement Conference: “What’s the Plan? Artists, Planners and New Models for Civic Decision-Making” University of Illinois in Chicago, Chicago, IL., April 21, 2017 Naturally Hyper-Natural: Visions of Nature, School of Visual Arts, NY, NY Nov. 14-16, 2014
HONORS City Initiative Grant, Mayor Office of Cultural Affairs (for TODOS film) 2023 Inaugural Artist-in-Residence, Buffalo Bayou Partnership 2022-23 Idea Fund Grant, Andy Warhol Foundation, DiverseWorks, Aurora Picture Show, Project Row House, (for TODOS - film project) 2021 SoA CAMP (School of Art Community Artist Mentorship Program), University of Houston, Artist Mentor during Spring semester 2021 Support for Artists and Creative Individuals Grant, City of Houston’s Houston Arts Alliance 2020 Idea Fund Grant, Andy Warhol Foundation, DiverseWorks, Aurora Picture Show, Project Row House, (for BioArt Bayou-torium) 2019 Let Creativity Happen Grant, City of Houston’s Houston Arts Alliance (for BioArt Bayou-torium) 2019
CURATORIAL PROJECTS*AQUA-CULTURE, McKinney Avenue Art Center, Dallas, Texas 2014 GEO-LOCO, Outpost Resources, Ridgewood, NY 2011 DATA DADA, Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY. 2010 OCTET, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (assistant curator) 2009
BOARDS HALA: Houston Alliance for Latinx Arts 2018- present Arts Accountability Houston, Advisory Committee 2020-present Houston Latino Non-Profits Organization 2017 – 2019 Greater Houston Coalition for Justice 2017-2019