Basics

Channel:
Art
Genres:
Abstract, Contemporary, Mixed Media, Surrealism
Roles:
Artist, Painter, Sculptor

Statements

Ever since I was a child in Mexico City, I felt the need to create with my hands. I would play and sculpt with anything in my reach. I didn't possess any fancy toys, so my favorite material was modeling clay. I would make my own action figures and when I was finished playing. I would knead the clay in to a ball to start over again the next day. This hand mind exercise was the actual beginning of my career.

I work by instinct, through an internal dialogue that I can’t ignore. The ideas dictate the medium, thereby fostering a strong relationship between the images and materials. I draw inspiration from my heritage, personal observations and childhood memories. I alter the same ideas by taking different approaches with various materials, such as with the “guitar/woman” series. I prefer to communicate visually, in a poetic manner, making similarities in the creation of life, music, and art. I pay tribute to women who create life; through conception, they create music and the masterpiece of a new person. Often, my musical pieces become exaggerated seedpods, also representing the evolution of life. I can’t let go of my work until I am satisfied, until I achieve the ideal state of expression. Only then am I able to see that my visual “talk” can speak clearly to those who view it.

Exhibitions

2006 - 2007 " Big Works" - Group show at the Herberger Theater Fine Art Gallery, November 2006 to January 2007, Phoenix AZ.

2006 - “Art Detour 18th” – A self guided tour of Downtown Phoenix, Garfield Galleria, March 17th to 19th, Phoenix, AZ.

2006 - “Exponential Love: the gift of life” – group show and benefit for the Organ and Tissue Donor Network, awareness and education. Tilt Gallery, February 3rd to 25th, Phoenix, AZ.

2005 - “November’s First Friday 05”, Open studio tour. Guest artists Laraine Kaiser and Liza Roman-Harvey, November 6th, Phoenix, AZ.

2005 - “Visions and Rhythm” – Group show, Beauregard Gallery, March 17th to April 30th, Baton Rouge, La.

2004 - “Art Detour 17” - A self guided tour of Downtown Phoenix galleries, artist studios and art spaces. Guest artist: Sergio Ladrón de Guevara. Artefacto Art Studio, March 5, 6, and 7, Phoenix, AZ.

2004 - “Warehouse to Westside – The $100 show” Fifty participating local artist, Studio LoDo/PCCA, Dec. 3rd to Jan 3rd, Phoenix AZ.

2004 - “November’s First Friday 04” - Open studio tour. Guest artist: Judy Miller and David Dauncey, Artefacto Art Studio at 11th Street Studios, November 5, Phoenix, AZ.

2004 - “Art Detour 16”- A self guided tour of Downtown Phoenix galleries, artist studios and art spaces. Guest artist: John Holechek and Scott Foust. Artefacto Art Studio, March 5, 6, and 7, Phoenix, AZ.

2004 - “Galeria Bellas Artes 3rd Anniversary Show”, Cave Creek, AZ.

2003 - “Galeria Bellas Artes Group Show”, Cave Creek, AZ.

2002- “Almas Mexicanas” - paintings and sculpture of Sergio Ladrón de Guevara and Rafael Navarro, Galeria Bellas Artes, Cave Creek, AZ,

2002 - “Winter Group Show, 2002”, Galeria Bellas Artes, Cave Creek, AZ.

2001 - “Chaos Theory”, Group exhibit, 3 Car Pileup Studio Gallery, November, Phoenix, AZ.

2001 - “18 at GBA”, group show Galeria Bellas Artes, Cave Creek, AZ.

2001 - “Phoenix College Annual Student Art Exhibit, 2001”, Phoenix College Gallery, 1st place in three-dimensional art, Phoenix, AZ.

2000 - “Phoenix College Annual Student Art Exhibit, 2000”, Phoenix College Gallery, 1st place in three dimensional art, Phoenix, AZ.

1998 - “Days of the Dead 98”, National Juried Art Exhibit, Fine Art Center in Taos, 3rd place and postcard selection, Oct 16 – Nov 13,Taos, NM.

1997 - “Phoenix College Annual Student Art Exhibit, 1997” Phoenix College Gallery, 3rd place and honorable mention, Phoenix, Arizona.

1997 - “From Every Angle”, National Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, Galeria Mesa, Juror’s Award, December 3, 1996 to January 4, 1997, Mesa, AZ.

1995 - “Dia de los Muertos/ Day of the Dead”, Juried Group Show, Jose Galvez Photography and Gallery, October 31 – November 18, Tucson, AZ.

1995 - “Art Detour 1995”, Group exhibit, Phoenix Center for the Arts, Phoenix, Arizona.

Gallery Representation:

- Galeria Bellas Artes, Cave Creek, Arizona, 2001 to present.
- Big Sun Gallery, Taos, New Mexico, 1999.
- Fine Art Center in Taos (FACET), Taos, New Mexico, 1998-1999.
- Jose Galvez Photography and Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, 1995-1996.