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curriculum vitae
Born in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Lives and works in Houston, USA.
education
2020-2021
Drawing Research Residency – L’AiR Arts
Paris, France
2020
Drawing Us In: A Virtual Artist Residency –The Bakehouse Art Complex and L’AIR Arts Residency
Miami, Florida/Paris, France
2018-2019
Block XIX — The Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts
Houston, TX
2012
Certificate in Sculpture – The Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts
Houston, TX
2011
Seminar in Contemporary Art: The Doors of Perception – The Glassell School of Art, MFAH and the Carlos Cruz-Diez Foundation
Houston, TX
2009
Certificate in Painting – The Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, TX
1988
BS in Business Administration – Rafael Urdaneta University
Maracaibo, Venezuela
selected solo exhibitions
2020
Embracing – CAMIBAart Gallery
Austin, Tx
Materializing Ideas – Featured Artist – Contemporaneo Gallery
Asheville, North Carolina
2019
Chromospheric Flowers – George Memorial Library Atrium Gallery
Richmond, TX
2018
Color in Present Time – Hooks-Epstein Galleries
Houston, TX
Lorena Morales: Glimmers of Time – CAMIBAart Gallery
Austin, TX
2016
Lorena Morales: Urban Kaleidoscope – CAMIBAart Gallery
Austin, TX
Pathway to Nowhere or Anywhere – Hooks-Epstein Gallery
Houston, TX
2015
Are you in the Loop? – Site Houston 2015, The Silos at Sawyer Yards
Houston, TX
2014
Urban Kaleidoscope – Austellungsbereich des Rathauses von Oberhaching
Germany
The Space Within with Poems by Gerald Cedillo – Galeria Regina
Houston, TX
2013
Urban kaleidoscope – LEDD Gallery Space
Dresden, Germany
2012
Shadows: Ephemeral Realities – Galeria Regina
Houston, TX
2011
Color Connections – Canal Street Gallery
Houston, TX
Colors, Circles and Shadows – Artists’ Alliance Gallery
Sugar Land, TX
juried and group exhibitions
2020
Site Visit – Virtual Exhibition – L’AiR Arts and ARTLAND – Curated by Clare A. Patrick
Paris, France/Online
Five In Motion - MADI Museum
Dallas, Tx
Cuerpos Confinados – Virtual Exhibition – Museo de Arte Contemporaneo del Zulia Universidad de la Costa. Curators: Maria Veronica Machado, Neydalid Molero y Elsy Zavarce.
Maracaibo, Venezuela/Barranquilla, Colombia/Online
Billboard Campaign Celebrating Houston Latino Artists – Greater Houston- Inter-University Program for Latino Research, University of Houston
Houston,Tx
2019
Billboard Campaign Celebrating Houston Latino Artists – Greater Houston- Inter-University Program for Latino Research, University of Houston
Houston,Tx
Convergence/Convergencia – Latinamerican Women Artists of Houston– Levant Foundation Gallery-The Glassell School of Art, MFAH. Curator: Arielle Masson
Houston, TX
The Glassell School of Art BLOCK XIX– Levant Foundation Gallery-The Glassell School of Art, MFAH
Houston, TX
Our Reality/Nuestra Realidad – Hooks-Epstein Galleries
Houston, TX
Outside the Lines – George Memorial Library Gallery. Curator: Ana Villaronga
Richmond, TX
Diversity & Richness – Silver Street Studios Gallery. Curator: Rosa Ana Orlando.
Houston, TX
Glassell Block XIX – Norma R. Ory Gallery
Houston, TX
South American Focus I & II – Art Box Gallery. Curator: María Chevez
Houston, TX
34th Annual International Exhibition. Meadows Gallery, The University of Texas. Juror: Christina Rees
Tyler, TX
2018
MAC/PORTABLE – Maracaibo Arte Contemporaneo – 700 Arte Gallery, Hotel Kristoff.
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Space, Geometry & Design – Contemporáneo Gallery
Asheville, North Carolina
Mujeres del Sur – The Union. Curator: Theresa Escobedo
Houston, TX
The Color of Hope – Supporting the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Sicardi Gallery.
Houston, TX
Mujeres – Centro de Bellas Artes Ateneo de Maracaibo
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Five in Motion- Art Nouveau Gallery
Miami, Florida
ALH Celebrates Texas Art 2018 –Williams Tower Gallery. Juror: Anna Katz.
Houston, TX
Light, Color & Movement- Contemporáneo Gallery
Asheville, North Carolina
2017
Pinta Miami, Crossing Cultures – Art Nouveau Gallery.
Miami, FL
BLUE – Silver Street Studios. Curated by Grace Zuniga
Houston, TX
Arte con sabor a Beisbol- Centro de Arte Lía Bérmudez. Invitational.
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Art on the Avenue Juried Exhibition -Winter Street Studios Gallery. Juror: Paul R. Davis
Houston, TX
Day of the Dead, Retable Exhibition –Lawndale Art Center
Houston, TX
TrumpThis – Art Car Museum. Invitational.
Houston, TX
Design + Art Exhibit – Kirksey Architecture. Invitational
Houston, TX
The Big Show – Lawndale Art Center. Juror: Toby Kamps
Houston, TX
Back to the Future –The Glassell School of Art Benefit and Auction – Museum of Fine Arts
Houston Houston,TX
Diverseworks: Luck of the Draw – MATCH.
Houston, TX
Art Palm Beach 2017– 700 Art Gallery – Palm Beach County Convention Center.
Palm Beach, Florida
2016
Stated – Resident artists’ exhibition- Silver Street Studios
Houston, TX
Art on the Avenue Juried Exhibition – Winter Street Studios. Juror:Jenni Ash.
Houston, TX
Day of the Dead, Retable Exhibition – Lawndale Art Center
Houston, TX
Houston Art Fair Juried Exhibition – Silver Street Studios. Juror: Clint Willour.
Houston, TX
Collective Perceptions – Silver Street Studios. Curated by Gordon Phillipson.
Houston, TX
2015
Day of the Dead, Retable Exhibition – Lawndale Art Center
Houston, TX
Third Coast National – KSpace Contemporary – Jurors: Deborah Fullerton Dunn, Ken Rosier, Rick Gere.
Corpus Christi, TX
Visual Arts Alliance 7th Juried Invitational Exhibition – Avis Frank Gallery – Juror: David Hardaker
Houston, TX
2014
Day of the Dead, Retable Exhibition – Lawndale Art Center
Houston, TX
Steamrolled IV: Balance – Gallery M Squared
Houston, TX
Visual Arts Alliance 31st Juried Open Exhibition – Three Allen Center. Juror: Clint Wilour
Houston, TX
Visual Arts Alliance 6th Invitational Juried Exhibition – 1600 Smith Street. Juror: Nicole Longnecker
Houston, TX
Visual Arts Alliance 5th Invitational Juried Exhibition – Heritage Building. Juror: Michael Guidry
Houston, TX
2013
Farewell Exhibition – Canal Street Gallery
Houston, TX
Houston Fine Art Fair – Art Nouveau Gallery (Miami, Florida and Maracaibo, Venezuela) – George Brown Convention Center
Houston, TX
Visual Arts Alliance 31st Juried Membership Exhibition – Continental Building Gallery. Juror: Harwood Taylor.
Houston, TX
Visual Arts Alliance 4th Invitational Juried Exhibition – Total Plaza Gallery. Juror: Ken General
Houston, TX
Archway 5th Annual Juried Exhibition – Archway Gallery. Juror: Patrick M. Palmer
Houston, TX
Annual Juried Art Exhibition – Live Oak Art Center. Juror: Margo Sawyer
columbus, TX
Visual Arts Alliance 30th Juried Open Exhibition – Three Allen Center. Juror: Diane Barber
Houston, TX
Visual Arts Alliance 3rd Invitational & Juried Exhibition – Total Plaza Gallery. Juror: Patrick Palmer.
Houston, TX
ALH Celebrates Texas Art 2013 – Williams Tower Gallery. Juror: Irene Hofmann.
Houston, TX
2012
Houston Fine Art Fair – Art Nouveau Gallery (Miami, Florida and Maracaibo, Venezuela) – Reliant Center
Houston, TX
Sculpture Department Exhibition – Perimeter Gallery, The Glassell School of Art, MFAH
Houston, TX
South of the Border, Benefit and Art Auction –The Glassell School of Art, MFAH
Houston, TX
Reliefs and Sculptures II – Art Nouveau Gallery
Miami, FL
Ground Level – Sugar Land Regional Airport
Sugar Land, TX
Third Coast National – Kspace Contemporary – Juror: Christina Rees.
Corpus Christi, TX
2011
Day of the Dead, Retable Exhibition – Lawndale Art Center
Houston, TX
Houston Fine Art Fair – Art Nouveau Gallery (Miami, Florida and Maracaibo, Venezuela) –George R Brown Convention Center
Houston, TX
Sculpture Department Exhibition – Perimeter Gallery, The Glassell School of Art, MFAH.
Houston, TX
Found! – Canal Street Gallery.
Houston, TX
Reliefs and Sculptures – Art Nouveau Gallery
Miami, FL
Perceptions: an encounter with the Carlos Cruz-Diez Seminar – The Glassell school of Art, MFAH
Houston, TX
SAO Exhibition – The Glassell School of Art, MFAH.
Houston, TX
MS Art Bike – Discovery Green Park.
Houston, TX
Art Walk SLAA Juried Exhibition – Town Square.
Sugar Land, TX
2010
Live Oak Art Center Annual Member’s Exhibit – Live Oak Art Center.
Columbus, TX
Art Crawl 2010 – Hardy & Nance Street Studios
Houston, TX
Good Gulf, Sixth Annual Open Call Exhibition – Art Car Museum.
Houston, TX
Day of the Dead, Retable Exhibition – Lawndale Art Center.
Houston, TX
Up in the Air – Sugar Land Regional Airport.
Sugar Land, TX
Local Colors, Benefit and Art Auction – The Glassell School of Art, MFAH.
Houston, TX
New Borders – Live Oak Art Center– Four-person show. Curator: Pat Johnson.
Columbus, TX
Sculpture Now – Tradition Bank. Jurors: J. Hill, Kia Neil, and David Medina.
Houston, TX
Visual Arts Alliance 28th Annual Juried Membership Exhibition–One Allen Center. Juror: Wayne Gilbert.
Houston, TX
Studio School Student Exhibition – The Glassell School of Art, MFAH
Houston, TX
Annual Juried Art Exhibition – Live Oak Art Center. Juror: Jim Edwards.
Columbus, TX
2009
Holiday Art Exhibition – Art Nouveau Gallery
Maracaibo, Venezuela
SAO Exhibition – The Glassell School of Art, MFAH.
Houston, TX
Feria Internacional de Arte y Antiquedades (FIAM) – Galeria de Arte Art Nouveau, Centro de Arte Lia Bermudez
Maracaibo, Venezuela
San Jose Clinic’s Art with Heart – One Allen Center.
Houston, TX
Visual Arts Alliance 27th Annual Juried Membership Exhibition– One Allen Center. Juror: Clint Willour.
Houston, TX
2008
Live Oak Art Center Annual Member’s Exhibit – Live Oak Art Center
Columbus, TX
Water, Invitational Exhibition – The Arts Alliance Center At Clear Lake
Nassau Bay, TX
The Thread that Binds – MECA.
Houston, TX
Annual Summer Juried Art Exhibition–Art League Houston. Juror: Kerry Inman.
Houston, TX
Annual Juried Art Exhibition – Live Oak Art Center. Jurors: Liz Ward and Rob Ziebell
Columbus, TX
2007
Open Door Series, Winter Juried Exhibition – The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake. Juror: Martin Wnuk.
Nassau Bay, TX
Visual Arts Alliance 25th Annual Juried Membership Exhibition–One Allen Center. Juror: Arthur Turner.
Houston, TX
Annual Juried Art Exhibition – Live Oak Art Center. Juror: Melissa Miller
Columbus, TX
2006
It’s Your Deal – Inner Art Corridor, Winter Street Gallery.
Houston, TX
Artistas Venezolanos – CEVAZ Gallery – Centro-Venezolano-Americano del Zulia.
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Open Door Series, Winter Juried Exhibition – The Arts Alliance Center At Clear Lake. Juror: Arthur Turner.
Nassau Bay, TX
2005
Colectiva de Artistas Venezolanos – Banco Mara Gallery
Maracaibo, Venezuela
AWARDS and GRANTS
2015
3rd Place – Visual Arts Alliance 7th Invitational Juried Exhibition. Juror: David Hardaker.
Houston, TX
2014
2nd Place – Annual Juried Art Exhibition – Live Oak Art Center. Juror: Elizabeth Kozlowski.
Columbus, TX
Honorable Mention – Visual Arts Alliance 5th Invitational Juried Exhibition. Juror: Michael Guidry.
Houston, TX
2013
Honorable Mention – Visual Arts Alliance 4th Invitational Juried Exhibition. Juror: Ken General.
Houston, TX
Honorable Mention – Annual Juried Art Exhibition – Live Oak Art Center. Juror: Margo Sawyer.
Columbus, TX
2011
Grant – Fundación Carlos Cruz-Diez Scholarship – The Glassell School of Art, MFAH.
Houston, TX
2010
Finalist – Hunting Art Prize. Jurors: Sarah Cash, Rita Aida Gonzalez, and Lorelei Stewart
Houston TX
2009
Honorable Mention – VAA 27th Annual Juried Exhibition. Juror: Clint Willour.
Houston, TX
2008
1ST PLACE – Annual Summer Juried Art Exhibition – Art League Houston. Juror: Kerry Inman
Houston, TX
2007
Ary Stillman Scholarship – The Glassell School of Art, MFAH.
Houston, TX
3rd Place & 1st Honorable Mention – Spring Show – Art League of Fort Bend
Fort Bend, TX
2006
Juror’s Choice Award – TAACCL. Juror: Arthur Turner.
Nassau Bay, TX
Commissioned Works
2020
Latino Art Now! Featured Artwork on Billboard
Houston,Tx
2019
Latino Art Now! Featured Artwork on Billboard on Montrose Blvd near Woodrow. Museum District
Houston,Tx
2018
MD Anderson League City. Artwork fromDrama series: Sweet Challenge/Against all odds 26"x 26”.
League City, Texas
J.W. Marriott Houston, The Galleria. Artwork: Unlocking the Path. 5150 Westheimer Rd.
Houston, Texas
Google Women Techmasters Conferences. Artwork: Installation Are you in the Loop? Event Space at Silver Street.
Houston, Texas
2016
Houston First Corporation. Artwork: “Flight Plan”. 50”x 200”. George R. Brown Convention Center, Hall A, Second Floor.
Houston, TX
2015
Site Houston 2015. Site specific Installation: “Are you in the loop?” The Silos at Sawyer Yards.
Houston, TX
Héctor J. López. Artworks: “Flight Plan: Houston”. 20”x 26”, “Flight Plan: El Dorado”. 31”x 31”, “Chromospheres”. 24”x 48”. Law Offices of Hector J. Lopez. 2401 Fountain View Dr. Suite 910.
Houston, TX