EDUCATION
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Master of Fine Arts MFA, Printmaking, 1990
Universidad de Guadalajara, Escuela de Artes Plasticas
Bachelor of Arts BA, Painting, 1980 Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico
Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Occidente ITESO Universidad Jesuita, Guadalajara, Mexico
Studied Architecture for 3 years 1978-1980
Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Courses in Lithography, Etching and Painting, 1981
HONORS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
- Latina/o Images for the 21th Century Conference & Exhibition, invited to talk and present work, University of Bielefeld, Germany – ASU Phoenix, AZ 2008
- Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, Fellowship in Painting 2001.
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Caversham Press, and the Fulton County Arts Council, Hourglass Project, 5-week residency and limited-edition Lithography & Silkscreen in Balgowan, South Africa 1999.
- Lila Wallace Reader’s Digest Award, Fellowship Four Month Residency at the Claude Monet Museum & Garden, Giverny, France 1995.
- Western States Art Federation WESTAF/ National Endowment for the Arts NEA
WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowships for Visual Artist. Fellowship in Painting 1994. - Great Wall Unlimited, Mural Program, Social and Public Arts Resource Center SPARC,
Venice, CA 1994 - Tucson Pima Arts Council, Individual Artist Painting Fellowships, 1992, 1995
- Honorable Mention, Pollack-Siqueiros Bi-National Award, El Paso, TX 1990.
- Artist’s Materials Fund Grant, Contemporary Forum Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 1990
