ELVA MARIA SALINAS
1681 River Rd Apt. 1207
Boerne, TX 78006
210.382.4442
elvamariasalinas.com
EDUCATION
2013 // MFA in Photography, Minor in Painting, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas
2007 // BFA in Visual Arts, concentration in Photography, minor in Chemistry and Latin America Studies, University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX
2017 // Texas Teacher Certification – Texas Teachers, San Antonio, TX
GALLERY EXPERIENCE
Graduate Assistant to the Gallery Director, Texas Woman’s Gallery, Denton, TX 8/2010 – 2012
Exhibition Coordinator, Joyce Elaine Grant National Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, 20011-12
Archivist Coordinator, Joyce Elaine Grant National Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, 20012-13
Gallery Director, High Wire Arts, San Antonio, TX March 2009/August 2010
Gallery Assistant to the Director, Galleria Ortiz Contemporary – San Antonio, TX 2008 – August 2009
Gallery Internship, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX June 2008
Graphic Design Experience
Palms and Soles – PR, Web Designer & photographer – San Antonio 2017 – 2018
Boerne Aerial Yoga – PR Designer & Photographer – Boerne – TX 2016 - 2018
Integrative Healing Institute – Social Media and PR Design & Photographer – San Antonio, TX 2014-2017
Cope Arts – PR Deigns and Website – Dallas, TX 2013
Loli Kantor Arts – Book Design Project Manager – Ft. Worth, TX 2013
High Wire Arts – PR Design 2009 – San Antonio, TX 2007-2009
Gallery Ortiz – Website Designer, Poster, Show Invite, Poster Invitation – San Antonio. TX 2007
MUSEUM EXPERIENCE
Internship in Museology, San Antonio Museum in San Antonio Latín American Collection, San Antonio, TX 2006 -2007
Internship in Restoration, Museum of Anthropology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolpis, Brazil July-August 2005
Internship in Restoration Graduate Department, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil June-July 2005
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Art Teacher, Boerne Samuel V. Champion High School, Boerne, TX 2015-2017 – General Art,
Painting, Drawing,Printmaking, Sculpture, Photography, AP Studio Art
BASIS Charter Upper School Teacher – Art, Spanish, Photography and Dance, San Antonio TX, 2013 – 2015
Photography Instructor, San Antonio Art Institute, Introduction to Photography – San Antonio, TX, 2014
Photography Instructor, San Antonio Art Institute, Digital Publishing, San Antonio, TX, 2014
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Teacher of Record), Art 1603 Introduction to Photography, Texas Woman’s University, 2013
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Teacher of Record), Art 2653 Black and White Photography Process, Texas Woman’s University, 2012
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Teacher of Record), Art 1603 Introduction to Photography, Texas Woman’s University, 2011
Graduate Assistant, Art 4673 Alternative Photographic Process, Texas Woman’s University, 2011
Private Tutor, Photoshop, Intro to Photography, Mac Programs, Alternative Photography Processes, Summer 2011-12
Graduate Assistant, Art 4673 Alternative Photographic Process, Texas Woman’s University, 2011
Photo Lab Manager, Darkroom, and Digital lab, supervised five work – study students, 2011
WORKS PUBLISHED
New Visions, Vol. 1 No. 3, Pg. 31, 2011 Dallas, TX
In Your Dreams, An Exhibition at Photo Place Catalog, 2012 Middlebury, VT
AWARDS
Best in Show, 2011 SPE Student, Show Southwest Regional Conference
Atwell Travel Scholarship, 2011 SPE National Conference
Atwell Travel Scholarship, 2010 SPE National Conference
Travel Scholarship, 2010 SPE Southwest Regional Conference
4th Place, 2011 34th VAST National Show, Denton, TX
1st Place, 2011 Vortman’s Spring Student Art Show, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
3rd Place, 2010 La Luz, Juror: Kathy Vargas, San Antonio, TX
2012 Rowena Caldwell Elkin Scholar Scholarship, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2012, Helen Haddix and Robert Deike Scholarship Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2011 Mabel Macy Scolarship, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2007 Outstanding Senior of the Visual Arts Department, University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX
PHOTO RELATED ACTIVITIES
Guest Lecturer, Evolving the Photographic Concept, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Dallas Art Institute, fall 2013
Portfolio Reviewer, Creative Concepts, Dallas Art Institute, Spring 2013
Portfolio Reviewer, Creative Concepts, Ft. Worth Institute, Fall 2013
Photo Juror, Capture Art Show, Dallas Art Institute, Fall 2013
Photo Judge, Winterfest Regional German Contest at R.L. Turner High School Carrollton, TX 2010/2011/ 2012
Guest Lecturer The Body Form as the Subject, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Dallas Art Institute, Fall 2013
Guest Lecturer, Evolving the Photographic Concept, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University, Fall 2013
Guest Lecturer, Evolving the Photographic Concept, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University, Fall 2012
Guest Lecturer, Graduate Presentation: New Works, Art Global Connection Class, Texas Woman’s University, Fall 2012
Guest Lecturer, The Body Form as the Subject, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University, Spring 2011
Guest Lecturer, The Body Form as the Subject, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University, Fall 2011
Guest Lecturer, Graduate Presentation: New Works, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University Fall, 2011
Guest Lecturer, The Body: Poetic Elements, Art 4653 Color Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University Fall, 2011
PR Coordinator, Photographic Art Coalition, Texas Woman’s University, 2012 – 2013
Vice – President, Photographic Art Coalition, Texas Woman’s University, 2011 – 2012
Exhibition Coordinator, Photographic Art Coalition, Texas Woman’s University, 2010 – 2011
PR Chair, Tobin Hill Art Alliance, San Antonio, TX 2010
Co – founder, Tobin Hill Art Alliance, San Antonio, TX 2008-2011
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society for Photographic Education, Member
Society for Photographic Education Southwest Region, Member
San Antonio Art League, Member
Texas Photographic Society, Member
Visual Arts of Texas Society, Member
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Morena Wrapped in White, Texas Woman’s University Gallery, Denton, Texas
2012 Feminine Dichotomy, High Wire Arts – San Antonio, TX
Things Past, Del Rio Council of the Arts – Del Rio, TX
2011 Poetic, Del Rio Council of the Arts – Del Rio, TX
2010 Remembrance of Things Past, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX
2009 Stillness: In bloom, Lotus Gallery, San Antonio, TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Esperanza Group Show – Esperanza Center for Peace and Justice – San Antonio, TX
A Woman’s Place is….. – Centro De Artes – San Antonio, TX
Segundo de Septiembre Mujers Show – Centro de Atzlan – San Antonio, TX
2014 We Put this _ on everything and we think you should to, Moak Gallery, Dallas, TX
2012 Alliance Show, Texas Woman’s University Gallery, Denton, Texas
In Your Dreams, PhotoPlace, 2012 Middlebury, VT (Juror: Susan Burnstine)
F22, 010 Gallery, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2011 Student Alliance Show, Texas Woman’s University Gallery, Denton, Texas
New Visions, 010 Gallery, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Fresh Meat, 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX (Juror: Cris Worley and Erick Swenson)
SPE Southwest Regional Student Show, Southwest School of Arts and Craft, San Antonio,
TX (Juror: Kathy Armstrong)
34th VAST National Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, Denton, TX (Juror: Benito Huerta)
Science, Poetry, and the Photographic Image, Trios Gallery, Atlanta, GA (Juror: Ann
Lynch and Deb Willis)
Science, Poetry, and the Photographic Image, Northlight Gallery,Tempe, AZ
Voertman’s Spring Show, Texas Woman’s University – Denton, TX (Juror: Danette Dufilho)
Women & Photography, Florissant Valley Art Gallery, Ferguson, MO
Stitches, 010 Gallery, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
42rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Goddard Gallery, Ardmore, OK
2010 La Luz, Blue Star Lab Gallery, San Antonio, TX (Juror: Kathy Vargas)
Members Exhibition, San Antonio League of Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Dreams, High Wire Arts, San Antonio, TX
Acceptance II, The February Collective Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Acceptance, Luminaria Night Art Festival – San Antonio, TX
Tenuous Bonds, Galleria Ortiz Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
2009 F16, High Wire Arts – San Antonio, TX
2 plus 1, Ciao Vino – San Antonio, TX
Black, White, and Red – High Wire Arts Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Dark Matters, Candlelight Café and Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Dark Shadows, La Tuna, San Antonio, TX
2007 Collegiate Art Exhibit, San Antonio League of Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
BFA Art Show, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX
2006 Student Show, Semmes Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Day of the Dead Community Altars, Mexic, Arte Museum, Austin, TX
Alameda Student Art Show, Alameda Museum, San Antonio, TX
2005 Student Show Alameda, Alameda Museum, San Antonio, TX
Centro de Atzlan Día de Los Muerto, Centro de Atzlan, San Antonio, TX
Photographers of Del Rio, Del Rio Council for the Arts, Del Rio, TX
2001 Student Show, Incarnate Word Semmes Gallery, San Antonio, TX
San Antonio Medical Society Annual Show, San Antonio, TX
WORKS PUBLISHED
New Visions, Vol. 1 No. 3, Pg. 31, 2011 Dallas, TX
In Your Dreams, An Exhibition at Photo Place Catalog, 2012 Middlebury, VT
AWARDS
Best in Show, 2011 SPE Student, Show Southwest Regional Conference
Atwell Travel Scholarship, 2011 SPE National Conference
Atwell Travel Scholarship, 2010 SPE National Conference
Travel Scholarship, 2010 SPE Southwest Regional Conference
4th Place, 2011 34th VAST National Show, Denton, TX
1st Place, 2011 Vortman’s Spring Student Art Show, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
3rd Place, 2010 La Luz, Juror: Kathy Vargas, San Antonio, TX
2012 Rowena Caldwell Elkin Scholar Scholarship, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2012, Helen Haddix and Robert Deike Scholarship Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2011 Mabel Macy Scolarship, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2007 Outstanding Senior of the Visual Arts Department, University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX
GALLERY EXPERIENCE
Graduate Assistant to the Gallery Director, Texas Woman’s Gallery, Denton, TX 8/2010 – 2012
Exhibition Coordinator, Joyce Elaine Grant National Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, 20011-12
Archivist Coordinator, Joyce Elaine Grant National Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, 20012-13
Gallery Director, High Wire Arts, San Antonio, TX March 2009/August 2010
Gallery Assistant to the Director, Galleria Ortiz Contemporary – San Antonio, TX 2008 – August 2009
Gallery Internship, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX June 2008
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teacher of Record
Private Tutor, Photoshop, Intro to Photography, Mac Programs, Alternative Photography Processes, Summer 2011
Graduate Assistant, Art 4673 Alternative Photographic Process, Texas Woman’s University, 2011
Photo Lab Manager, Darkroom, and Digital lab, supervised five work – study students 2011
MUSEUM EXPERIENCE
Internship in Museology, San Antonio Museum in San Antonio Latín American Collection, San Antonio, TX 2006 -2007
Internship in Restoration, Museum of Anthropology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolpis, Brazil July-August 2005
Internship in Restoration Graduate Department, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil June-July 2005
PHOTO RELATED ACTIVITIES
Guest Lecturer, Evolving the Photographic Concept, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Dallas Art Institute, fall 2013
Portfolio Reviewer, Creative Concepts, Dallas Art Institute, Spring 2013
Portfolio Reviewer, Creative Concepts, Ft. Worth Institute, Fall 2013
Photo Juror, Capture Art Show, Dallas Art Institute, Fall 2013
Photo Judge, Winterfest Regional German Contest at R.L. Turner High School Carrollton, TX 2010/2011/ 2012
Guest Lecturer The Body Form as the Subject, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Dallas Art Institute, Fall 2013
Guest Lecturer, Evolving the Photographic Concept, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University, Fall 2013
Guest Lecturer, Evolving the Photographic Concept, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University, Fall 2012
Guest Lecturer, Graduate Presentation: New Works, Art Global Connection Class, Texas Woman’s University, Fall 2012
Guest Lecturer, The Body Form as the Subject, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University, Spring 2011
Guest Lecturer, The Body Form as the Subject, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University, Fall 2011
Guest Lecturer, Graduate Presentation: New Works, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University Fall, 2011
Guest Lecturer, The Body: Poetic Elements, Art 4653 Color Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University Fall, 2011
PR Coordinator, Photographic Art Coalition, Texas Woman’s University, 2012 – 2013
Vice – President, Photographic Art Coalition, Texas Woman’s University, 2011 – 2012
Exhibition Coordinator, Photographic Art Coalition, Texas Woman’s University, 2010 – 2011
PR Chair, Tobin Hill Art Alliance, San Antonio, TX 2010
Co – founder, Tobin Hill Art Alliance, San Antonio, TX 2008-2011
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society for Photographic Education, Member
Society for Photographic Education Southwest Region, Member
San Antonio Art League, Member
Texas Photographic Society, Member
Visual Arts of Texas Society, Member
OTHER SKILLS
Proficient in Microsoft Word
Final Cut
After Effects
Light Room
Ivideo
InDesign
Photoshop
Excel
PowerPoint
Iwork
Conversational Spanish/Portuguese
1681 River Rd Apt. 1207
Boerne, TX 78006
210.382.4442
elvamariasalinas.com
EDUCATION
2013 // MFA in Photography, Minor in Painting, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas
2007 // BFA in Visual Arts, concentration in Photography, minor in Chemistry and Latin America Studies, University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX
2017 // Texas Teacher Certification – Texas Teachers, San Antonio, TX
GALLERY EXPERIENCE
Graduate Assistant to the Gallery Director, Texas Woman’s Gallery, Denton, TX 8/2010 – 2012
Exhibition Coordinator, Joyce Elaine Grant National Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, 20011-12
Archivist Coordinator, Joyce Elaine Grant National Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, 20012-13
Gallery Director, High Wire Arts, San Antonio, TX March 2009/August 2010
Gallery Assistant to the Director, Galleria Ortiz Contemporary – San Antonio, TX 2008 – August 2009
Gallery Internship, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX June 2008
Graphic Design Experience
Palms and Soles – PR, Web Designer & photographer – San Antonio 2017 – 2018
Boerne Aerial Yoga – PR Designer & Photographer – Boerne – TX 2016 - 2018
Integrative Healing Institute – Social Media and PR Design & Photographer – San Antonio, TX 2014-2017
Cope Arts – PR Deigns and Website – Dallas, TX 2013
Loli Kantor Arts – Book Design Project Manager – Ft. Worth, TX 2013
High Wire Arts – PR Design 2009 – San Antonio, TX 2007-2009
Gallery Ortiz – Website Designer, Poster, Show Invite, Poster Invitation – San Antonio. TX 2007
MUSEUM EXPERIENCE
Internship in Museology, San Antonio Museum in San Antonio Latín American Collection, San Antonio, TX 2006 -2007
Internship in Restoration, Museum of Anthropology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolpis, Brazil July-August 2005
Internship in Restoration Graduate Department, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil June-July 2005
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Art Teacher, Boerne Samuel V. Champion High School, Boerne, TX 2015-2017 – General Art,
Painting, Drawing,Printmaking, Sculpture, Photography, AP Studio Art
BASIS Charter Upper School Teacher – Art, Spanish, Photography and Dance, San Antonio TX, 2013 – 2015
Photography Instructor, San Antonio Art Institute, Introduction to Photography – San Antonio, TX, 2014
Photography Instructor, San Antonio Art Institute, Digital Publishing, San Antonio, TX, 2014
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Teacher of Record), Art 1603 Introduction to Photography, Texas Woman’s University, 2013
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Teacher of Record), Art 2653 Black and White Photography Process, Texas Woman’s University, 2012
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Teacher of Record), Art 1603 Introduction to Photography, Texas Woman’s University, 2011
Graduate Assistant, Art 4673 Alternative Photographic Process, Texas Woman’s University, 2011
Private Tutor, Photoshop, Intro to Photography, Mac Programs, Alternative Photography Processes, Summer 2011-12
Graduate Assistant, Art 4673 Alternative Photographic Process, Texas Woman’s University, 2011
Photo Lab Manager, Darkroom, and Digital lab, supervised five work – study students, 2011
WORKS PUBLISHED
New Visions, Vol. 1 No. 3, Pg. 31, 2011 Dallas, TX
In Your Dreams, An Exhibition at Photo Place Catalog, 2012 Middlebury, VT
AWARDS
Best in Show, 2011 SPE Student, Show Southwest Regional Conference
Atwell Travel Scholarship, 2011 SPE National Conference
Atwell Travel Scholarship, 2010 SPE National Conference
Travel Scholarship, 2010 SPE Southwest Regional Conference
4th Place, 2011 34th VAST National Show, Denton, TX
1st Place, 2011 Vortman’s Spring Student Art Show, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
3rd Place, 2010 La Luz, Juror: Kathy Vargas, San Antonio, TX
2012 Rowena Caldwell Elkin Scholar Scholarship, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2012, Helen Haddix and Robert Deike Scholarship Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2011 Mabel Macy Scolarship, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2007 Outstanding Senior of the Visual Arts Department, University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX
PHOTO RELATED ACTIVITIES
Guest Lecturer, Evolving the Photographic Concept, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Dallas Art Institute, fall 2013
Portfolio Reviewer, Creative Concepts, Dallas Art Institute, Spring 2013
Portfolio Reviewer, Creative Concepts, Ft. Worth Institute, Fall 2013
Photo Juror, Capture Art Show, Dallas Art Institute, Fall 2013
Photo Judge, Winterfest Regional German Contest at R.L. Turner High School Carrollton, TX 2010/2011/ 2012
Guest Lecturer The Body Form as the Subject, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Dallas Art Institute, Fall 2013
Guest Lecturer, Evolving the Photographic Concept, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University, Fall 2013
Guest Lecturer, Evolving the Photographic Concept, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University, Fall 2012
Guest Lecturer, Graduate Presentation: New Works, Art Global Connection Class, Texas Woman’s University, Fall 2012
Guest Lecturer, The Body Form as the Subject, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University, Spring 2011
Guest Lecturer, The Body Form as the Subject, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University, Fall 2011
Guest Lecturer, Graduate Presentation: New Works, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University Fall, 2011
Guest Lecturer, The Body: Poetic Elements, Art 4653 Color Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University Fall, 2011
PR Coordinator, Photographic Art Coalition, Texas Woman’s University, 2012 – 2013
Vice – President, Photographic Art Coalition, Texas Woman’s University, 2011 – 2012
Exhibition Coordinator, Photographic Art Coalition, Texas Woman’s University, 2010 – 2011
PR Chair, Tobin Hill Art Alliance, San Antonio, TX 2010
Co – founder, Tobin Hill Art Alliance, San Antonio, TX 2008-2011
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society for Photographic Education, Member
Society for Photographic Education Southwest Region, Member
San Antonio Art League, Member
Texas Photographic Society, Member
Visual Arts of Texas Society, Member
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Morena Wrapped in White, Texas Woman’s University Gallery, Denton, Texas
2012 Feminine Dichotomy, High Wire Arts – San Antonio, TX
Things Past, Del Rio Council of the Arts – Del Rio, TX
2011 Poetic, Del Rio Council of the Arts – Del Rio, TX
2010 Remembrance of Things Past, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX
2009 Stillness: In bloom, Lotus Gallery, San Antonio, TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Esperanza Group Show – Esperanza Center for Peace and Justice – San Antonio, TX
A Woman’s Place is….. – Centro De Artes – San Antonio, TX
Segundo de Septiembre Mujers Show – Centro de Atzlan – San Antonio, TX
2014 We Put this _ on everything and we think you should to, Moak Gallery, Dallas, TX
2012 Alliance Show, Texas Woman’s University Gallery, Denton, Texas
In Your Dreams, PhotoPlace, 2012 Middlebury, VT (Juror: Susan Burnstine)
F22, 010 Gallery, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2011 Student Alliance Show, Texas Woman’s University Gallery, Denton, Texas
New Visions, 010 Gallery, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Fresh Meat, 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX (Juror: Cris Worley and Erick Swenson)
SPE Southwest Regional Student Show, Southwest School of Arts and Craft, San Antonio,
TX (Juror: Kathy Armstrong)
34th VAST National Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, Denton, TX (Juror: Benito Huerta)
Science, Poetry, and the Photographic Image, Trios Gallery, Atlanta, GA (Juror: Ann
Lynch and Deb Willis)
Science, Poetry, and the Photographic Image, Northlight Gallery,Tempe, AZ
Voertman’s Spring Show, Texas Woman’s University – Denton, TX (Juror: Danette Dufilho)
Women & Photography, Florissant Valley Art Gallery, Ferguson, MO
Stitches, 010 Gallery, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
42rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Goddard Gallery, Ardmore, OK
2010 La Luz, Blue Star Lab Gallery, San Antonio, TX (Juror: Kathy Vargas)
Members Exhibition, San Antonio League of Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Dreams, High Wire Arts, San Antonio, TX
Acceptance II, The February Collective Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Acceptance, Luminaria Night Art Festival – San Antonio, TX
Tenuous Bonds, Galleria Ortiz Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
2009 F16, High Wire Arts – San Antonio, TX
2 plus 1, Ciao Vino – San Antonio, TX
Black, White, and Red – High Wire Arts Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Dark Matters, Candlelight Café and Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Dark Shadows, La Tuna, San Antonio, TX
2007 Collegiate Art Exhibit, San Antonio League of Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
BFA Art Show, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX
2006 Student Show, Semmes Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Day of the Dead Community Altars, Mexic, Arte Museum, Austin, TX
Alameda Student Art Show, Alameda Museum, San Antonio, TX
2005 Student Show Alameda, Alameda Museum, San Antonio, TX
Centro de Atzlan Día de Los Muerto, Centro de Atzlan, San Antonio, TX
Photographers of Del Rio, Del Rio Council for the Arts, Del Rio, TX
2001 Student Show, Incarnate Word Semmes Gallery, San Antonio, TX
San Antonio Medical Society Annual Show, San Antonio, TX
WORKS PUBLISHED
New Visions, Vol. 1 No. 3, Pg. 31, 2011 Dallas, TX
In Your Dreams, An Exhibition at Photo Place Catalog, 2012 Middlebury, VT
AWARDS
Best in Show, 2011 SPE Student, Show Southwest Regional Conference
Atwell Travel Scholarship, 2011 SPE National Conference
Atwell Travel Scholarship, 2010 SPE National Conference
Travel Scholarship, 2010 SPE Southwest Regional Conference
4th Place, 2011 34th VAST National Show, Denton, TX
1st Place, 2011 Vortman’s Spring Student Art Show, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
3rd Place, 2010 La Luz, Juror: Kathy Vargas, San Antonio, TX
2012 Rowena Caldwell Elkin Scholar Scholarship, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2012, Helen Haddix and Robert Deike Scholarship Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2011 Mabel Macy Scolarship, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2007 Outstanding Senior of the Visual Arts Department, University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX
GALLERY EXPERIENCE
Graduate Assistant to the Gallery Director, Texas Woman’s Gallery, Denton, TX 8/2010 – 2012
Exhibition Coordinator, Joyce Elaine Grant National Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, 20011-12
Archivist Coordinator, Joyce Elaine Grant National Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, 20012-13
Gallery Director, High Wire Arts, San Antonio, TX March 2009/August 2010
Gallery Assistant to the Director, Galleria Ortiz Contemporary – San Antonio, TX 2008 – August 2009
Gallery Internship, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX June 2008
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teacher of Record
Private Tutor, Photoshop, Intro to Photography, Mac Programs, Alternative Photography Processes, Summer 2011
Graduate Assistant, Art 4673 Alternative Photographic Process, Texas Woman’s University, 2011
Photo Lab Manager, Darkroom, and Digital lab, supervised five work – study students 2011
MUSEUM EXPERIENCE
Internship in Museology, San Antonio Museum in San Antonio Latín American Collection, San Antonio, TX 2006 -2007
Internship in Restoration, Museum of Anthropology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolpis, Brazil July-August 2005
Internship in Restoration Graduate Department, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil June-July 2005
PHOTO RELATED ACTIVITIES
Guest Lecturer, Evolving the Photographic Concept, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Dallas Art Institute, fall 2013
Portfolio Reviewer, Creative Concepts, Dallas Art Institute, Spring 2013
Portfolio Reviewer, Creative Concepts, Ft. Worth Institute, Fall 2013
Photo Juror, Capture Art Show, Dallas Art Institute, Fall 2013
Photo Judge, Winterfest Regional German Contest at R.L. Turner High School Carrollton, TX 2010/2011/ 2012
Guest Lecturer The Body Form as the Subject, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Dallas Art Institute, Fall 2013
Guest Lecturer, Evolving the Photographic Concept, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University, Fall 2013
Guest Lecturer, Evolving the Photographic Concept, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University, Fall 2012
Guest Lecturer, Graduate Presentation: New Works, Art Global Connection Class, Texas Woman’s University, Fall 2012
Guest Lecturer, The Body Form as the Subject, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University, Spring 2011
Guest Lecturer, The Body Form as the Subject, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University, Fall 2011
Guest Lecturer, Graduate Presentation: New Works, Art 1603 Intro to Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University Fall, 2011
Guest Lecturer, The Body: Poetic Elements, Art 4653 Color Photography Class, Texas Woman’s University Fall, 2011
PR Coordinator, Photographic Art Coalition, Texas Woman’s University, 2012 – 2013
Vice – President, Photographic Art Coalition, Texas Woman’s University, 2011 – 2012
Exhibition Coordinator, Photographic Art Coalition, Texas Woman’s University, 2010 – 2011
PR Chair, Tobin Hill Art Alliance, San Antonio, TX 2010
Co – founder, Tobin Hill Art Alliance, San Antonio, TX 2008-2011
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society for Photographic Education, Member
Society for Photographic Education Southwest Region, Member
San Antonio Art League, Member
Texas Photographic Society, Member
Visual Arts of Texas Society, Member
OTHER SKILLS
Proficient in Microsoft Word
Final Cut
After Effects
Light Room
Ivideo
InDesign
Photoshop
Excel
PowerPoint
Iwork
Conversational Spanish/Portuguese