I am a professional artist teaching high school for 19 years. The main thrust of my various efforts has been to raise the level of cultural understanding, aesthetic inquiry, and achievement in our community by combining a solid drawing foundation with traditional mediums, innovative technology, and high-level thinking.
Education
Sul Ross State University
2023 Masters of Studio Art Program
The University of Texas at El Paso
2002 to 2003 Teaching Certificate
New Mexico State University
1997 to 1999 BFA in Drawing
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990 to 1992 Visual Art Major
The University of Texas at El Paso
1988 to 1990 Visual Art Major
Exhibitions
2022
RE: return, reckoning, redemption. Masters of Studio Art exhibition, Sul Ross State University Francois Art Gallery
Printmaker’s Ball group show, TOMA Gallery, El Paso, TX.
Alpine Artwalk, Sul Ross Graduate Art Representative
2020
Inaugural Show, EPISD Stanton Street Gallery
Participated with my students in Lee Mingwei’s Letter to Oneself. LINK
My letter is the first one featured in the video (by Shane) and several of my students’ letters were also read.
Pictures documenting the letters in the exhibition feature our work as well.
2019
Alpine Artwalk, Sul Ross Graduate Art Representative
2018
Outstanding Educator Award/Grant, Presented by the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission. LINK
2016
Youth for Christ Invitational Auction, First Baptist Church, El Paso, TX
EPISD Faculty Show, International Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
Postcards – University Art Gallery, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
West Elm Local Art Program – West Elm, The Fountains, El Paso, TX
2015
Arte Maestro – El Paso Community College
EPISD Faculty Show, International Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
2012
Inquisitive Eyes: El Paso Museum of Art from 1960 to 2012.
My work was featured in a major overview of modern art that included works by Robert Rauschenberg, Sam Reveles, Ray Parish, Robert Carlson, and many other artists.
2010-11
Urbanidade – Solo Show, Galeria Colorida, 63 Costa Do Castelo, Lisbon, Portugal
2008-2000
2008 Staycation – exhibit with Rudy Royval at Forum Arts and Culture, 705 Texas St., El Paso, TX
2006 Space Available Art Gallery 2419 N. Stanton St. El Paso, TX. Grand opening and Exhibition 1.
2006 ArtLab Exhibition – Kansas City Art Institute, H & R Block Artspace on 41st. KCAI – 4415 Warwick Blvd. K.C., MO., 64111
2004 Inaugural Show – Shine Gallery 1220 Texas Ave. El Paso, TX. Featuring Ray Parish, Adrian Esparza, Keith Spencer, and Shane Wiggs.
2004 Borderlands – Group exhibition at the El Paso Museum of Art featuring newly acquired works from regional artists.
2001-2 Drawing Machines, Machine Drawings
– An exhibition of my largescale drawings paired with Dave Ford’s kinetic drawing sculptures at the Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, El Paso
1999 - 1988
1999 – 2000 BFA Exhibition, University Art Gallery, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
1996 Sacred and the Passionate, Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, El Paso
1990 – 1992 Performance art at various Chicago venues including but not limited to the Randolph Street Gallery, Café Voltaire, Lower Links, and public spaces.
These were paid, professional engagements accepting public works.1988 – 1990 Art Against AIDS and Student Art Exhibition, Glass Gallery, UTEP