MFA 2000 Painting and Drawing University of Colorado at Boulder 

BFA 1997 Drawing University of Texas at San Antonio

Professional Experience

2023-Current, Liquitex Artist Educator 

2005-Current

Part-Time Faculty, University of Colorado at Denver, Color Theory, Drawing 1, Intermediate Drawing, Advanced Drawing I, II, Graduate Drawing, Life Drawing, Painting 1, Intermediate Painting, Advanced Painting, 2-D Design, online and remote Painting 1, Intermediate Painting and Drawing 1

2020-2023

Faculty Advisor, University of Colorado Denver Visual Arts Club

2022-2023

Adjunct Faculty, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, online and on-ground Drawing and Topics of Color courses

2005-2009

Adjunct Faculty, Metropolitan State University, Color Theory, Watermedia I, II, Painting I, II 

2005-2008

Adjunct Faculty, University of Colorado at Boulder, Color Theory

2005-2007

Adjunct Faculty, Community College of Denver, Drawing, Drawing Foundations, 2-D Design, Art Appreciation   

2004

Adjunct Faculty, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Color Theory

Adjunct Faculty, Arapahoe Community College Littleton, CO, Painting

1999-2000

Graduate Part-Time Teaching InstructorUniversity of Colorado at Boulder, Painting and Drawing 

2025 Darlene Kuhne Scholarship

2024 Juror’s Award “Reflections of Culture” 

2005 Juror’s Award “22ndAnnual All Colorado Art Show”

2005 1st Place Professional Category " CBA Multi-Company Art Exhibition"

2005 1st Place Professional Category "On My Own Time" Exhibition"

1999  University of Colorado Fellowship 

1993 Ford Scholarship

1993 San Antonio Art League Scholarship 

1993 San Antonio College Scholarship 

1993  Degan-Bella Ortiz Scholarship   

Exhibition Record 

2026

Art Contained Del Sol “La Chingona Divina: Her sacred Power and unruly Grace” Denver, CO

CHAC “Members Showcase” Denver, CO

Center for the Arts Evergreen “Ecotones” Evergreen, CO

Yolia ArtSpace “Pressing Matters” Englewood, CO

CHAC Gallery “The Purse as a Portal” Denver, CO

U-Haul Art Gallery “Out of the Box” Longmont, CO

Understudy “Taste Test” Denver, CO

2025 

South Pearl Street “Holiday Banner” Denver, CO

CSU Pueblo Fine Arts Gallery “Coatlaxupe: From Earth Mother to Chicana/o/x/ Icon Pueblo,CO

Easel Gallery “Los Fantasmas Artist Collective” Denver, CO

NOBO Bus Stop Gallery “Entre Fantasmas” Boulder, CO

Dayton Memorial Library, Regis University “Dia de los Muertos” Denver, CO

Stanton Gallery “Littleton Plein Air Exhibit” Littleton, CO

Lakewood Cultural Center “Compartmentalize” Lakewood, CO

Denver Art Museum “The Legacy & Power of Chicano/a/x Artists in Denver 

Lucille Ruibal Rivera Gallery “Primavera” Northglenn, CO

Niza Knoll Gallery “Power of Purpose” Denver, CO

Art Contained Del Sol “Immigration: A Road Beyond” Denver, CO

CHAC Gallery “Milagros Del Corazon Fundraiser” Denver, CO

Artist Image Resource Gallery “Collective Dreaming” Pittsburgh, PA

CHAC Gallery “Members Showcase” Denver, CO

2024

Museum of Art Fort Collins “Nepantla” Fort Collins, CO

Yolia ArtSpace “On the Rise: Women & Nonbinary Artists of Color” Englewood, CO

The Armory Performing Arts Center “Dia de Los Muertos” Brighton, CO

Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center “More! Embracing Excess” Solomons, MD

Next Gallery “Body of Knowledge 2” Denver, CO

CHAC Gallery @40West “Celebrating Culture” Lakewood, CO

The Armory Performing Arts Center “Reflections of Culture” Brighton, CO

2023

Philip Steele Gallery “Biennial Faculty and Staff Exhibition” Denver, CO

2022

O’ Sullivan Art Gallery “Synergy” Denver, CO

2020

Arvada Center for the Arts “Pink Progression” Arvada, CO

2019

Edge Gallery “Time Zone” Denver, CO

2018

Center for Visual Art, “Pink Progression” Denver, CO

CHAC Gallery, “Dia de Los Muertos” Denver, CO

The Armory Performing Arts Center, “Dia de Los Muertos Art Show” Brighton, CO

Denver Public Library “Pink Progression” Denver, CO

Boulder Public Library, “Pink Progression” Boulder, CO

2011

CHAC Gallery, “Milagros del Corazon Fundraiser” Denver, CO

2010

Mcfadden Wright Gallery, “Ladder Show” Denver, CO

Arvada Center for the Arts, “Roots and Branches” Arvada, CO

2009

Studio 12 Gallery, “Day of the Dead” Denver, CO

“Metropolitan State College of Denver Faculty Biennial 2009” Denver, CO

Center for Visual Arts, “Collective Nouns” Denver, CO

2008

New Braunfels Art League, “43rd Annual Artoberfest ‘08” New Braunfels, TX

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, “Dia de los Muertos” Denver, CO

The Courtyard Marriot, “Artist = Educator” Denver, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, “Artistas Revolutionarios” Denver, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, “La Familia” Denver, CO

2007

Center for the Visual Arts, “Collective Nouns” Denver, CO

Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge, "1st Monday Art Talk" Denver, CO

Emmanuel Gallery, "UCD Biennial Faculty Exhibit, Denver, CO

Norlin Library, "Border Crossings" Boulder, CO 

BAC Haugnauer Gallery, "Chicano Magic" Denver, CO 

Myriad Gallery, "Anti-War Exhibition" Boulder, CO

Los Animales, A Collective Exhibition Scottsbluff, NB

CHAC Gallery, "Artistes Libre" Denver, CO 

CHAC Gallery, "Santa Frida" Denver, CO

CHAC Gallery, "Milagros del Corazon” Denver, CO

2006

For Heaven's Sake Gallery, "Portraits" Denver, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "Lotteria" Denver, CO

Lakewood Cultural Center, "Crossing Over" Lakewood, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "Los Animales" Denver, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "La Familia" Denver, CO

Emmanuel Gallery, "Metro Biennial" Denver, CO

Primer Latino Titulo, "Biomorphic Series" Denver, CO

Sankofa Gallery, “Finding Common Ground” Denver, CO

Vida Ellison Gallery, “Chain Reaction: Chicano/a and Latino/a Art in Colorado” Denver, CO

Tointon Gallery, "Peace of Mine" Greeley, CO 

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, "Open Wall" Boulder, CO 

Museo de las Americas, "Never Leaving Aztlan" Denver, CO 

Susan K. Arndt Gallery, "Art on the Edge" Lakewood, CO 

South Union Gallery, “A Closer Look at Colorado” Lakewood, CO

2005

Curtis Arts and Humanities Center, “22nd Annual All Colorado Art Show” Greenwood Village, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "Dia de los Muertos" Denver, CO

Center for the Visual Arts, “Back-to-Back: Metro Faculty Show” Denver, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "Juried Photography Show" Denver, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "Milagros Del Corazon" Denver, CO

Park Central, “CBCA Multi-Company Art Exhibition” Denver, CO

Denver Water, “On My Own Time” Denver, CO

2004

Front Range Community College, “Chicano Art Exhibition” Westminster, CO

CU Museum of Natural History, “Day of the Dead Exhibition” Boulder, CO

Colorado Gallery for the Arts, “ACC Art Faculty Exhibition” Littleton, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "Carnival de Arte" Denver, CO

Belmar Artspace 7, “Digital Re-grove” Lakewood, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "Digital Libre" Denver, CO

2003

Gallery Sovereign, “Juried Group Show” Boulder, CO

ABC Custom Framing, “Habitats” Denver, CO

Denver Botanical Gardens, “Chile Harvest Festival” Denver, CO 

Lakewood Civic Center Plaza, “Lakewood Art Fest” Lakewood, CO

Mari Michener Gallery, “Understanding La Gente” Greely, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "El Dia de los Muertos" Denver, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "Santos and Crosses: Colorado Style" Denver, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "Syncopathy: The Rhythm of the Mind" Denver, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "The Heart and Soul of CHAC" Denver, CO

2002

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "El Dia de los Muertos" Denver, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "Santos & Crosses" Denver, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "Traces of Spirit" Denver, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "San Patricio Show" Denver, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "Mascaras con Corazon" Denver, CO

2001

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "Cosmic Cluster" Denver, CO

Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "Cinco de Mayo" Denver, CO

CU Art Gallery, “William Wegman: Strange but True,” Denver, CO

Core New Art Space, “National Works on Paper Exhibition,” Denver, CO

Edge Underground Gallery, “Traveling Eyes,” Denver, CO

2000

CU Art Gallery, “Bargain Vision,” MFA Exhibition, 2000 Boulder, CO 

Boulder Public Library, “The Book as Art,” Boulder, CO 

1999 

Core New Art Space, “The Best Art Show Ever,” Denver, CO

Sybase, “Scrambled Eggs,” Boulder, CO

1998

Borders Bookstore, “Group Show,” San Antonio, TX 

UTSA Satellite Space, “Student Show,” San Antonio, TX 

UTSA Art Gallery, “BFA Exhibition,” San Antonio, TX

1993 

San Antonio Country Club, “Award Ceremony,” San Antonio, TX

San Antonio Art League, “Art Jamboree,” San Antonio, TX

2026 Denver Post “The Best Art to see in Denver this Spring”

2024 Daria Magazine “Nepantla”

2018. Pink Progression Catalog 

2000. Philip Guston “Curtain” Eyes Wide Open: The Art of Viewing Art Exhibition Catalog

1993. John Jay ROTC Awards Program Cover

Workshops

2007. Instructor. Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, Marbelizing sketchbooks

2005. Instructor, Colorado Art Educators Association Workshop, Bookmaking

Visiting Artist Lecture

2026 Center for the Arts Evergreen CO

2025 Niza Knoll Gallery Denver, CO

2010. Center for Visual Arts Denver, CO

2009. Center for Visual Arts Denver, CO

2008. Museo de las Americas Denver, CO

2006. Excelsior Youth Center Aurora, CO

The Purse as a Portal, CHAC Gallery 2026

Denver Metro Invitational, Yolia ArtSpace 2025

Various student works, Auraria Campus Arts Building 2002-present

Peace of Mine, Tointon Gallery 2006

Various Group Shows, Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, 2001-2008

Eyes Wide Open: The Art of Viewing Art, University of Colorado Gallery, 2000

Scrambled Eggs, Sybase, 1999

2026 Juror, Purse as a Portal, CHAC Gallery, Denver, CO

2025-present Artist Member, Chicano Humanities Art Council

2025-present Team Member, Los Fantasmas Artist Collective

2025-present Board Member, Women’s Caucus for Art Colorado Chapter

2020 Juror, Dennison Elementary School Reflections Exhibition, Dennison Elementary

2008 Juror, Denver Public School Middle School Art Exhibit, Denver Public Library

2007 Project Coordinator, CHUN People’s Fair Mural Project

2006 Project Coordinator, Street Side Mural Project

2005- 2008, Education Coordinator, Chicano Humanities & Arts Council

2005 Education Coordinator, Chile Harvest Festival

2005 Instructor, Bridge Project Denver, CO

2001-2005, Board of Directors, Chicano Humanities & Arts Council

1998 Secretary, Student Art Guild, University of Colorado at Boulder 

1997-1998 President, Student Art Guild, University of Texas at San Antonio

1998 Volunteer, UTSA Satellite Space Gallery SA, TX

1998 Volunteer, San Antonio Art League Museum