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EDUCATION­

2005    Master of Fine Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1999    Bachelor of Fine Arts, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS­

2008 - Present, Assistant Professor of Art, Texas A&M University-Kingsville   

2006 - 2008, Part-Time Lecturer, The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX   

2004 - 2005, Instructor of Record, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

DISCIPLINES PRACTICED­

Painting, Printmaking, Drawing, Mixed Media, Graphic Design, Digital Media
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2012     Sytematic Drawings VI, International Museum of Art and Science, Satellite Space, McAllen, TX

2012     Sytematic Drawings V, Rustenberg Gallery, The University of Texas, Brownsville, TX

2009     Utopia, Manichaus, McAllen, TX
2008     Systematic Drawings, South Texas College Library Art Gallery, Pecan Campus, McAllen, TX
2007     River, Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum, Harlingen, TX
SELECTED  TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2012     Cantu and De La Rosa, 107 Gallery/Lullwood Group, San Antonio, TX

2011     Systematic Drawings IV, UTSA, Satellite Space Gallery, San Antonio, TX

2008     Piece by Piece, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
2005     EL Otro Lado /The Other Side, MFA Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2012     The Drawing Room Dialogues, Royal Grafix Fine Art, Houston, TX

2012     Apocalypse, KSpace Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX

2012     Mid America Print Exchange, South East Missouri State University, Cape, MO

2012     Smart Animals, North American Art Gallery (NAAG), McAllen, TX

2012     Seis, Galeria 409, Brownsville, TX­­

2012     Cinco, Historic Brownsville Museum, Brownsville, TX

2012     Expressions Graphics, La Calaca Press II, Chicago IL

2012     Museo Antiguo Convento de San Francisco, La Calaca Press II, Granada, Nicaragua

2012     Tejano, Cultura y Vida, The Art Center, Corpus Christi, TX

2012     ConJuntos, Narciso Martinez Arts Center, San Benito, TX   

2011     Art Against The Wall, Galeria 409, Brownsville, TX

2011     Ambos Lados, Galeria Albertina, Matamoros, Mexico, Historic Brownsville Museum

2011     Steamrolled, Gallery M Squared, Houston, TX

2011     Slice, Cohn Drennan Contemporary, Dallas, TX

2011     Permanent Collection, South Texas College Library Art Gallery, Pecan Campus, McAllen, TX

2010     6X6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

2010     Cuatro, Historic Brownsville Museum, Brownsville, TX

2010     Delarosa, Freeman, Nicol, Galeria 409, Brownsville, TX

2010     Mix n Mash, MexicArte Museum, Austin, TX

2010     Salon de Refuse, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT

2009     The Good, The Bad &, The Altered, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX

2009     Six Shooter, Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
2008     5x7: 9th Annual Art Splurge & Exhibition On The Road, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
2008     Self-Portrait: Inner Voices, Rusteberg Gallery, University of Texas at Brownsville
2008     Embracing Chaos, 12th Annual YLA Exhibition, Weil Gallery, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
2008     START, Manichaus, McAllen, TX
2008     Embracing Chaos, 12th Annual YLA Exhibition, MACC, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX

2007     Visioning the Virgin, Weil Gallery, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, TX

2006     Four Emerging Artists, UT-Brownsville Richardson Art Gallery, Brownsville, TX
2006     Mensaje Latino, Gallery 555, (www.555arts.org), Detroit, MI
2006     UNO, 409 Gallery, Brownsville, TX
2006     Emerging Artists, Roy G. Biv Gallery, (roygbivgallery.org), Columbus, OH
2005     06 Preview, Roy G. Biv Gallery, (roygbivgallery.org), Columbus, OH
2005     3rd Annual Exhibition of The Ohio Staters Collection, Ohio Union Gallery, Columbus, OH
2005     Annual OSU MFA Graduate Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH
2005     Texas Tech at OSU, The Clean Space Gallery/Sherman Studio Art Center, Columbus, OH
2005     Off The Press, The Ohio State University Newark Gallery, Newark, OH.   
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2012     Monumental Ideas In Minature Books II (MIMB II), tours 42 national and 8 international venues

2012     Arte De La Frontera, International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, TX

2012     Texas National, Stephen F. Austin State University, Juror: Dave Hickey, Nacogdoches, TX

2012     Oso Bay North American Printmakers, Jurors: Bill Fick & Tom Huck, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
2010     TASA, One Cube Foot, Fine Arts Gallery, St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX

2010     Texas National, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, Juror: Judy Pfaff

2008     It’s Not Easy, Exit Art (exitart.org), New York, NY
2008     Texas National, The Old Opera House, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2007     Outside The Box, K Space Contemporary, Juror: Arturo Almeida, Corpus Christi, TX
2007     EXPO 07, 500X Gallery, Juror: Frances Colpitt, Dallas, TX
2005     The 94th Annual Ohio Art Exhibition, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH
WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Exit Art, Exit Underground SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics) program, New York, NY
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Texas A&M-Kingsville, John E. Conner Museum
The Ohio State University, Ohio Staters Collection for the Ohio Union

South Texas College, Library Art Gallery, McAllen, TX
AWARDS

2007     Honorable Mention, Outside The Box, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
2007     Honorable Mention, EXPO 07, 500X Gallery (www.500x.org), Juror: Frances Colpitt, Dallas, TX
2005     Edith Fergus Gilmore Travel Grant, The Ohio State University
2005     Edith Fergus Gilmore Materials Grant, The Ohio State University
2004     Edith Fergus Gilmore Travel Grant, The Ohio State University
2004     Graduate Teaching Fellowship, The Ohio State University
2003     Graduate Enrichment Fellowship, The Ohio State University
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

“Common Individuality”, by Nancy Moyer, The Monitor, Valley Life, pg DI, June 11, 2012

“Slice @ Cohn Drennan Contemporary” VOA, V oices of Art Magazine, by Lanny Quarles, July 26, 2011

“Crean Obras Energizantes” El Mañana, Nvo. Laredo Tamps. MEX. Tuesday, May 24, 2011

“At The Tone Please Leave A Message” We Make Money Not Art, by Regine, March 8, 2011

Monumental Ideas In Miniature Books II, Catalog, 2011

“My SA San Antonio Express News” Gallery Stroll, by Emily Messer, February 13, 2011

San Antonio Current, “Sneak preview: Pedalphilia, Systematic Drawings, Quartet, and more 
at Blue Star Arts Complex, By ARTslut, February 3, 2011

“Kingsville artist in national exhibition”, The Kingsville Record, April 11, 2010

“Galleria 409 hosts trio of artists”, by Travis Whitehead, The Brownsville Herald, April 11, 2010

Texas National, Catalog, 2012

Texas National, Catalog, 2010

Texas National, Catalog, 2008

“Process in Action”, by Phyllis Evans, Voices of Art Magazine (voamag.com), Vol. 15.2, 2008
“Exhibit at K Space inspires dialogue, Manner in which art is displayed is part of art itself”
 by Elizabeth  Reese, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, May 22, 2008
“Dark Marks”, by Nancy Moyer, The Monitor, Festiva, pg 27F, March 28, 2008
“Embracing Chaos, 12th Annual Young Latino Artists Exhibition”, video documentation, 2007
“YLA 12: Embracing Chaos” Arts Review by Salvador Castillo, The Austin Chronicle, November 9, 2007
“First exhibitions at the Mexican American Cultural Center. Two exhibits show past and present of Latino

 arts.”by Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Austin American Stateman, XL Arts, October 04, 2007
“Thinking deliberately, bringing ‘Chaos’, Chaos makes good starting point for art”Austin360.com
  by Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, September 06, 2007
“Valley artist selected for Austin show”, by Mike Moody, The Valley Morning Star, September 4, 2007
“Corpus Christi Studio Shows Non-Metro Texas Art,” by Tim Browniee, UTSA Today, May 26, 2007
“Richardson exhibits non-commercial artists,” by Mike Moody, The Brownsville Herald, September 16, 2006
“Art Show Packs A Punch,” By Marie Melendez, The Collegian, September 18, 2006
“Smorgasbord of Multimedia Show Ultimately Satisfying,” The Columbus Dispatch, May 8, 2005