Resume
Education
2007 Artist Resident Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2007 Master of Fine Art (Sculpture/Installation)
Rhode Island School of Design
1998 Bachelor of fine Art (Sculpture/Installation)
University of Hartford Art School
Employment
2007-08 Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Connecticut College, New London, CT
3-D Fundamentals: Reductive/Constructive Techniques 2007/08
Resident Faculty, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
2005-07 Assistant Professor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Introduction to Sculpture Studio, Winter Session 2007
Teaching Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Senior Sculpture Studio, Fall and Spring 2006-2007
Teaching Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Video and Film Installation Spring 2006
Teaching Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Artist Machine (introduction to electronics and programming) Fall
2005 Master Teaching Artist, Partnership for Strong Communities,
Hartford, CT (6/2006-8/2006)
2002-05 Prevention Research Educator, Institute for Community Research,
Hartford, CT
Fellowships/Awards
2008 Connecticut Commission Arts Fellowship
2007 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Fellowship S.L.Y.
Herman Scholarship
2006 Thomas C. Colley Scholar
2005 Rhode Island School of Design Fellowship National Endowment for
the Arts Challenge Grant
J. Stahl Webber Scholarship
2003 Living Spaces Award, Institute for Community Research
2002 Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism Arts fellowship
Maria Sanchez Youth Leader Award, Institute for Community
Development Puerto Rican Parade Inc.
State of Connecticut Official Citation
Congressional Recognition Award
1998 Americorps Student Award
1997 Goldfarb Scholarship Honorary
1994 Youth Art Renaissance Portfolio Scholarship Award, Wadsworth
Atheneum Museum of Art
Selected Exhibitions (solo shows are marked by*)
2008 Merging Cultures, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury , CT
2008 Disposed/Exposed, Hartford 21, Hartford, CT
2007 Aesthetic Surplus, Staygold, Brooklyn, NY
Open Studio, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
Master Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI
Selected, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2006 48 Hours of Art, First Night Hartford Inc., Hartford, CT
3 as in D, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
* Cascara Shell Proyectil Skin Concha, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT
2005 * Ten, The Institute for community Research, Hartford, CT
Interwoven, Art Space, Hartford, CT
2004 Nosotros, Diversos, Dispersos, Intensos, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT
Living Spaces at the Crossroads, Capital Community College, Hartford, CT
2003 Celebremos las Culturas Latinas, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
* Caritas, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT
Living Places, Pump House Gallery, Hartford, CT
2002 Facades II, Legislative Office, Hartford, CT
* Facades, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT
Fellowships Exhibition 2002, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
1998 Senior Graduate Exhibition, University of Hartford Taub Hall Gallery, West Hartford, CT
1997 Goldfarb Scholarship Exhibition, University of Hartford Joseloff Gallery, West Hartford, CT
1994 Youth Portfolio Award Exhibition, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
Commissions
2008 Racism Mural Project, youth Action Research Institute, Hartford, CT
2007 Public Sculpture, University of Connecticut, West Hartford, CT
2005 Public Sculpture, La Paloma Sabanera, Hartford, CT
Print, Mystic Seaport, The Museum of America and the Sea, Mystic, CT
Print, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT
2004 Mural, Boys and Girls Club, Hartford, CT
2003 Sculpture, University of Connecticut School of Social Work, West Hartford, CT
Mural, University of Connecticut, Urban Community Studies, West Hartford, CT
Poster, Three Decades of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, University of Connecticut School of Social
Work, West Hartford, CT
2002 Stage scenery design and installation, La Carreta, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT
Mural, Chucas Restaurant, Hartford, CT
2001 Mural, Private commission, Hartford, CT
1999 Mural, First Family Barbor Shop, New Britain, CT
1998 Mural, Private Commission, Hartford CT
1995 Mural, Mi Casa Family Services, Hartford, CT
Bibliography
A Bilingual Goodbye to White Collar Past, The New York Times, 5/5/03
Painting by Hand, Hartford Courant, 9/4/03
Arte y Cultura, El Extra News, 6/28/03
10th annual Maria Sanchez Awards Banquet, El Reportero, 5/22/02
Art Imitates Life, The Hartford News, 2/27/02
Puerto Rico, Its Culture and People are Inspiration to Hartford Artist, The Hartford Courant, 2/18/02
Hartford Native Featured at Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford News, 2/6/02
The Strokes of His Identity, Hartford Courant, 5/12/99
Town News Interior Decorating of a Brighter Kind, Hartford Courant, 5/17/98
Town News, Budding Artists Show Promise at the Atheneum Summer Camp, The Hartford Courant,8/2/93
Conferences /Presentations
2005 Presenter, A Toolbox for strengthening Arts and Cultural Development, Danbury, CT
2004 Presenter, International Visual Sociology Association, Documentary Work and Public
Imagery, San Francisco, CA
Presenter, Breaking Down the Walls Conference, New Brunswick, NJ
2003 Panelist, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Catalyst Endowment Group Hartford, CT
Visiting artist Lectures
2006 Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT
2003 Casey Family Services, Bridgeport, CT
Pump House Gallery, Hartford, CT
2002 Legislative Office, Hartford, CT
Professional Service
2004 Curator, Immigrant Art Exhibit, Legislative Office, CT
2002-04 Advisory Board Member, Pump House Gallery, CT
Executive Board Member, Institute for Community Development Puerto Rican Parade Inc., CT
2001 Judge, Youth Art Renaissance Art Awards, CT
Mentor, High School Students, Public Schools Hartford, CT
Areas of Specialization: video production, editing and installation, foundry bronze and aluminum casting, metal fabrication, wood working, figure Modeling, ceramics, styro-foam carving and building methods, fiberglass and gypsum cement casting
Proficient in: Spanish, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Audio and Video software and Technology