Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

2009 M.F.A. University of North Texas
2004 B.F.A. Arizona State University

EXPERIENCE

2018-Present Assistant Professor in Sculpture- University of Texas at El Paso
2017-19 Low Residency MFA program Mentor- School of Art Institute of Chicago
2015-18 Visiting Assistant Professor in Sculpture-University of Texas at El Paso
2014-15 Lecturer in Sculpture- University of Texas at El Paso
2011-13 Full Time Lecturer in Sculpture- University of Texas at Brownsville 2011 Lecturer - University of North Texas- AEAH Department
2009-11 Adjunct Instructor- TCC SE Campus

MEMBERSHIPS

2015-Present International Sculpture Center
2020-Present Texas Sculpture Group - Board member
2015-Present JUNTOS Art Collective
2021-2022 Construct Collective- Director GALLERY

REPRESENTATION

2017-Present Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
                          Royse Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 ¡Atención! Detención!, Kinfolk House, Fort Worth, TX, curated by Jessica Fuentes    
          Project: Omeyocan, The Falstaff, El Paso, TX
          Dis/U topía: Futuros del Pasado y Presente, Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX
                     curated by Bianca Camarillo
          The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel, El Paso Museum of History, El Paso, TX    
                     curated by Michael Reyes
          Teoquiyaoatl (Sacred Portal), National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
                     curated by Bianca Camarillo
2022 Xopechtli Tlallamiquiliztli (Cimientos de la Inteligencia), UAEM Galeria, Universidad
                     Autonoma De los Estados Mexico, Toluca,MX
          The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel, The MAC, Dallas TX¬¬ curated by Jordan Roth 2021 Teoquiyaoatl (Sacred Portal), Looking for America Artist Fellow Exhibition, Centennial
                    Museum, El Paso, TX
          The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ
                    Curated by Tiffany Fairall
2020 Balas y Jaulas, Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery, UT Permian Basin, Odessa, TX curated by
                   Amy Yeminne Kim
          A-Hole in One: The BattleGrounds, Galería Lincoln, El Paso, TX 2019
          Tequila SciFi, Ro2 Landmark’s Magnolia Theater, Dallas, TX
          ¡Atención! Detención!, STC Art Gallery, McAllen, TX
          The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel, Chamizal National Memorial Franklin G, Smith
                    Gallery, El Paso, TX
          It Came from Beyond the Border 3: Tender Care Detention, Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX      
                    curated by Jordan Roth
2018 Operation: Al Pastor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX curated by Cody Arnall
          NGC 4594, The Royse Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ curated y Nicole Royse
          It Came from Beyond the Border 2: Cowboys and Aliens, Grand Arthaus, Phoenix, AZ
                    curated by Nicole Royse
2017 A-Hole in One, The MAC Dallas, Dallas, TX curated by Rachel Rogerson
2016 It Came from Beyond the Border, The Purple Gallery, El Paso, TX curated by Erica Marin
          Operation: Al Pastor, The Ro2 Gallery, Dallas TX
          Delineation, The MonOrchid Gallery, Phoenix AZ curated by Nicole Royse
          It Came from Beyond the Border, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2014
         Juegos Fronteras, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
         Borderlands, Cube Gallery, El Paso, TX
         Turn of the Sentry, East Fork Gallery, TCC Trinity River Campus, Fort Worth, TX

SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS AND INVITATIONALS

2023 Cervantino: The United States and Mexico: A Powerful Past, A Shared Future, Art in The
                    Embassies, Casa Ben Franklin, Guanajuato, MX curated by Camille Benton
          Art on the Rim, Public Art on Rim Road, El Paso, TX, judged by Derek Caulfield
         TSG 2023 All Member Exhibition, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX Curated by Marcie J.    
                    Inman
         Milenio: Chicanismos del Futuro, Harwood’s 6th Street Studio, Albuquerque, NM curated
                    by Bianca Camarillo
         Soy de Tejas (A Statewide Survey of Latinx Art), Centro de Artes, San Antonio, TX curated
                    by Rigoberto Luna
         The United States and Mexico: A Powerful Past, A Shared Future, Art in The Embassies,
                    U.S. Embassy residence of Ambassador Ken Salazar in Mexico City, MX curated by  
                    Camille Benton
         Fronteras del Futuro, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM curated by
                   Jadira Gurule
2022 Icons and Symbols, Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM curated by Diana Molina  
          Art on the Rim, El Paso Community Foundation, El Paso, TX
          The Moleskine Project, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ. Curated by
                  Harmon Projects (NY, NY)
          The Border is a Weapon, Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX curated by Gil Rocha
          In Place, The Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM curated by Bianca Camarillo
          The United States and Mexico: A Powerful Past, A Shared Future, Art in The Embassies,
                  U.S. Embassy residence of Ambassador Ken Salazar in Mexico City, MX curated by
                  Camille Benton
          Frontera del Futuro, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM curated by
                  Jadira Gurule
          The Border is a Weapon, 937 Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA curated by Gil Rocha.  
           Blue Norther, Silo Gallery at Sawyer Yards, Houston, TX curated by John Alexander and
                  Bradley Sumrall
2021 Arttitude Presents: Across, Urban Arts Center, Dallas TX curated by Jose Villalobos
          AMoA Biennial: Justice-Equality-Race-Identity, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX
                   juried by Leslie Moody Castro
          MX 21 Resistance, Reaffirmation & Resilience, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX curated
                   by Silvia Orozco
          Definitions of Self, Installation, Casa Ortiz Sculpture Garden, Socorro, TX
          The State of Sculpture, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX juried by
                   Johannah Hutchison
          Icons and Symbols, Carlsbad Museum and Art Center, Carlsbad, NM curated by Diana
                   Molina
          On the Bayou, RedBud Gallery, Houston, TX juried by Tanja Peterson
          Maletas Migrantes, El Museo de la Revolución en la Frontera (MUREF), Juarez, Mexico
                   curated by Ignacio Vázquez Pavarano
2020 Tejas Made, Remezlca Virtual exhibition
          The Battle for El Chuco, Permanent Collection, MCAD City of El Paso, El Paso, TX
2019 Neon- a Noble Gas, YC Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ curated by Jim White
          Looking for America, El Paso Museum of History, El Paso, TX curated by Philippa Hughes
          Border Heritage Festival, Chamizal National Memorial Franklin G, Smith Gallery, El Paso
          The Border That Does Not Divide: Artists and Art Along La Frontera, Centennial Museum,
                    El Paso, TX curated by the UTEP Museum Studies Class
          M.A.D.D., Permanent Collection, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ
          Observation & Imagination, Royse Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ curated by Nicole Royse
          Ambos Lados International Print Exchange, SGCI UT Arlington, Arlington, TX curated by    
                     Manny Guerra 2018 Trans Border Biennial, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX,
          Museo de Arte de Cuidad Juárez, Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico juried by Carlos E. Palacios
                    and Gilbert Vicario
          Here and Now, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University & Museum of Art, Las
                    Cruces, NM juried by Marisa Sage and Joy Miller
          1945 Miles, Wave Pool Gallery, Cincinnati, OH curated by Harry Sanchez
          Salon Surreal. Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA juried by Ron English
2017 Texas Biennial, Austin, TX juried by Leslie Moody Castro
          Southwest Contemporary Today, Royse Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ curated by Nicole
                     Royse
          Pan de Vida no Divida, AMBOS Project Collaboration, El Paso, TX collaboration with
                    Tanya Aquiñiga and AMBOS artist group from Los Angeles
          La Frontera, Galeria 409, Brownsville, TX curated by Mark Clark
2015 Distilled in the Desert, Grant Street Studios, International Sculpture Conference
                    Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ curated by Mary Neubauer
          Counter Narratives, UNT on the Square, Denton, TX curated by Jessica Ingle
          AMoA Biennial 600: Sculpture, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX juried by Leigh
                   Arnold
          Artillery: Contemporary Art Influenced Through Weaponry, Mesa Contemporary Arts
                   Museum, Mesa, AZ curated by Annie Adjchavanich
2013 Aurora 2013, Dallas Arts District, Dallas, TX curated by Joshua King
          Rotting the Barrel, MonOrchid Gallery, Phoenix, AZ juried by Nicole Royse
          TEJANO: Contemporary Hispanic Artists of Texas, Longview Museum of Fine Arts,
                   Longview, TX curated by John Hillier
          Trans Border Biennial, El Paso Museum of Art , El Paso, TX, Museo de Arte de Ciudad
                  Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico juried by Yoshoa Okon and Cesareo
                  Moreno
          Arizona Catalyst, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ curated by Tiffany Fairall

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 Spring Showcase, Royse Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
2020 Presents, The Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
          My Corona, The Ro2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
2019 little SCULPTURE show, International Sculpture Conference Exhibition, Portland, OR 2018 Chalk the Block 11, El Paso, TX
           Panaderia La Esperanza Art Auction, Kalavera Culture Shop, El Paso, TX
           Elements of Style, Royse Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
           SideShow, Ro2 Pop Gallery, Dallas, TX
           12x12x12, 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2017 little SCULPTURE show, The Studios Inc, International Sculpture Conference Exhibition,
          Kansas City, MO
2016 Rogers Lake Residency Exhibition, Flagstaff Modern and Contemporary, Flagstaff, AZ

PRESS AND REVIEWS

2023 “Dis/U Topic de Angel Cabrales…,” by Seyde Garcia, Femina, Laredo, TX
          “How Laredo is reversing an Art Exodus,” by Ryan Cantu, Glasstire
          “Fronteras del Futuro in the Southwest,” by Susan Bednarczyk, Its News to you, NYC, NY
          “Alternative Worlds of What ifs…,”by Joy Miller, Southwest Contemporary
          “Soy de Tejas” Exhibition Connects…,” by Jessica Fuentes, Glasstire
          “This and That: Angel Cabrales and David Avalos,” By Jessica Fuentes, Glasstire 2022
        “Interview with artist…,” by The National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
          “Juntos Art Association…,” by Hannah Dean, Southwest Contemporary
          “El artista Ángel Cabrales…,” by Daily Motion “El retrato…,”by Rafael Motes, Milenio,   Mexico City, MX
          “El artista Ángel Cabrales ,” by Hola News, Mexico City, MX
          “Artist imagines an unconquered Mexico…,” by George Gordon, Buzz News Post, Europe
          “Arte que tiende puente cultural entre México y EU…,” by El Universal, Mexico City, MX
          “Artist imagines an unconquered Mexico…,” by La Prensa Latina, Mexico City, MX
          “El artista Ángel Cabrales repiensa…,” by Agencia EFE, Mexico City, MX
          “Colabora UAEMéx con la Universidad…,” by Diario Evolución, Toluca, MX
          “Estudiantes de la UAEMEx presentan ‘Tótem…,” by AD Noticias, Toluca, MX
          “Colabora UAEMéx con la Universidad de Texas…,” by Diario Portal, Toluca, MX
          “Presenta UAEMéx “Tótem de la Inteligencia…,” by Jose Contreras, MVT Agencia de Noticias, Toluca, MX
          “Angel Cabrales: The Border is a Weapon,” by Tereneh Idia, Other Border Wall Podcast
         “Creative Thinkers 43,” by El Paso Community College TV, PBS, El Paso, TX
         “Reflexionan con la Plástica en …,” by Idalia Álvarez El Mañana, Laredo, TX
         “InPlace: Angel Cabrales Interview…,” by SciArt Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
         “Meet Angel Cabrales/ Multimedia…,” Shout Out Miami, Voyage Magazine, Miami, FL
     “UTEP Professor’s Alternative Timeline…,” by Daniel Perez, UTEP News
       “UTEP Students join International…,” by Samuel Gaytan, El Paso Times, El Paso, TX
       “Dead Edges and Open Wounds…,” by Ricky Yanas, Glasstire
       “A Futuristic View with a Nostalgic…,” by Rachel Harris-Huffman, Hyperallergenic
       “Escultor de El Paso…,” by Carmina Tiscareño, Al Dia Dallas, Dallas, TX
       “Texas artists explore…,” by Shirley McMarlin, TribLive, Pittsburgh, PA
       “Gallery Crawl Returns…,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA   
       “Identity Race Culture…,” Panel: Identity Race and Culture: Misconceptions along la Frontera Moderator: Angel Cabrales for the International Sculpture Center 2021
       “At Mexic-Arte Museum, 500…,” by Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Sightlines Magazine, Austin, TX
       “Hispanic politic art…,” By Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, Austin, TX
       “Icons and Symbols…,” By Hanna Dean, Glasstire
       “Dream a Little Dream,” by SAMFA Love, San Angelo, TX
       “State of the Arts: Angel Cabrales,” By Marina Monsisvais, State of the Arts, KTEP.org, El Paso, TX
       “Una Mirada a los Origenes…,” By Gabriela Martinez, TeleMundo, Phoenix, AZ
       “Three Art Exhibitions…,” AZ-Lifestyle, Phoenix, AZ 2020
       “U.S. Division, Changes with Art,” By Manabu Fujiwara, Ashai Shimbun, Japan
       “Multimedia Sculptor Angel Cabrales,” By Marina Monsisvais, State of the Arts, KTEP.org, El Paso, TX
       “Texas Speaks,” BY Philippa Hughes, Looking For America with The Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Germany
       “Five Minute Tours: Angel Cabrales,” Glasstire
       “Two UTEP Faculty Members…,” by Christina Rodriguez, El Paso Herald Post
       “Minigolf course at Galería Lincoln…,” by Samuel Gaytan, El Paso Times
       “Glasstire Top Five: October 15, 2020,” by Christopher Blay and Christina Rees, Glasstire
       “Angel Cabrales/ Tender Care Piñata,” by A. R. Sandru, Forum-Nepantla
       “Artist Salon: Webinar, Art in the Time of Crisis Part !,” Presented by Jairo Salazar, Art Historian, Richmond British Columbia, Canada         
       “SB 1070 Inspires a Decade of Protest Art,” by Lynn Trimble, Phoenix New Times, Phoenix, AZ 2019
       “The Uncolonized: Angel Cabrales at Chamizal…,” by Hannah Dean, Glasstire
       “El Paso Sculptor Reimagines Mesoamerican…,” by Savana Dunning, Texas Standard
      “A Joyful El Paso Art Exhibit Imagines…,” by Mike Agresta, Texas Observer
      “Interview with Angel Cabrales,” by Frank Lopez for the Chamizal National Memorial, El Paso, TX
      “State of the Arts- Angel Cabrales…,” KTEP.org, El Paso, TX
      “Patrulla Fronteriza y ICE causan polémica en Dallas,” News Broadcast, TeleMundo Dallas
      “Exposición de arte causa controversia en Dallas,” by Fernando Mejia, Telemundo Dallas
       “Polémica por exhibición de arte sobre inmigrantes indocumentados en el Metroplex,” News Broadcast, Univision Dallas              “Two Shows bring the Border to Dallas,” by Eric Miller, Urban Art and Antiques
        “Dallas Aesthetic Ep. 22,” by Jordan Roth, Dallas Aesthetic Podcast
        “New Art installment Comes to Rim Road,” by David Cross, KFOXTV, El Paso TX 2018
        “UTEP Shaping Artists…” by Cindy Graff Cohen, EL Paso Inc.
        “What can Creatives Learn…on the Border,” by Claudia Flores Ramirez, Borderzine
        “Border Crossings and The TransBorder Biennial…,” by Leslie Moody Castro, Arts and Culture Texas
        “100 Ways to Draw a Line,” by Michael Agresta, Texas Observer
        “El Paso Artists’ SweetCreations…,” by María Cortés González, El Paso Times, El Paso, TX
        “When Art Meets Immigration…,” by Lynn Trimble, Phoenix New Times, Phoenix, AZ
        “Juárez, El Paso partner for Transborder Biennial,” by Cindy Graff Cohen, El Paso Inc, El Paso, TX
        “5th Transborder Biennial Underway…,” El Paso Herald Post, El Paso, TX
        “Angel Cabrales Creates a Technicolor World…,” by Nicole Royse, AZ Foothills Magazine, Phoenix, AZ
        “En La Frontera del Arte Documentary,” by Miranda Harris Martínez and Mike Curran 2017
        “…Citizens of the World get Played…,” by Doyle Rader, D Magazine, Dallas, TX
        “Art in the Shadow…” by Michael Agresta, Texas Monthly
        “Forget the Wall…,” by Sarah Cascone, Artnet News
        “Fusion Gallery/Angel Cabrales,” by Denise Nelson Prieto, Fusion Magazine, El Paso, TX 2016
        “The Best Art of 2016,” Arizona Foothills Magazine, Phoenix, AZ            “Artist Spotlight: Angel Cabrales,” by Victoria Molinar, What’s up, El Paso, TX
        ”On The Eve of the Presidential Election…,” Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX
        “Best Art We Saw in Metro Phoenix in August,” Phoenix New Times, Phoenix, AZ
        “IN CASE YOU MISSED: DELINEATION… ,” The Arts Beacon, Phoenix, AZ
        “Critic’s Pick,” Visual Art Source, Phoenix, AZ
        “Teacher Knows Best,” by Alexandra Elise jones and Kimberly Rene Vanecek, Art Avenue, El Paso, TX
        “Artists portray border issues using sculpture and painting,” Cronkite News, Arizona PBS
        “Artist Spotlight on Angel Cabrales,” by Nicole Royse, Arizona Foothills Magazine, Phoenix, AZ 2015
        “Counter Narratives on display at UNT..,” by Eline de Brujin, North Texas Daily, Denton, TX
        “ARTillery explores gun imagery,” by Kerry Lengel, The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ
        “ARTillery” Group Show Looks at Weapons as Art,” by Caro, Hi-Fructose: New Contemporary Art magazine
        “ARTillery at Mesa Contemporary,” by Lorenzo Pereira, WideWalls Magazine
        “Art Against the Wall,” Oxford American Society 2014
        “Photoville: War is Not Healthy of Children and Other Living Things,” BagNews
        “Make Art Not War: Portraits of Artists on the US-Mexico Border,” by Julie Grahame, Huffington Post
        “La Frontera- The Mexican-American Border and it’s Artists,” by Stefan Falke, Edition Faust
        “AURORA 2013: Light of Convergence,” Video by Agora Entertainment 2013
        “ANGEL CABRALES,” ModernDallas.net
        “El Paso-Juarez ‘Biennial’: International exhibit offers stellar work, relevant questions,” El Paso Times, TX
        “Angel Cabrales,” LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border
        “Angel Cabrales,” Ultra: Extra - Who is that, UltraExtra.org, 2012              “Rocket Scientist’s son shapes art student’s minds,” The El Paso Times, El Paso, TX
        “Cabrales teaches next generation of sculptors,” University of North Texas CVAD The Avant-Garde, Denton, TX December

RESIDENCIES & CONFERENCES

2021 Amorphic Robot Ranch Residency in Conjunction with the Rubin 
                    Center, Bisbee, AZ
2019 International Sculpture Conference, Portland, OR
2018 TransBorder Convening, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX   
          Texas Sculpture Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2017 International Sculpture Conference, Kansas City, MO 2016
          Rogers Lake Residency, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff,                AZ
2015 International Sculpture Conference, Arizona State University,                  Phoenix, AZ
2012 International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society,            UCLA, Los Angeles, CA INVITED LECTURES, PANELS,                               
WORKSHOPS & COLLABORATIONS

2023 Artist Talk: Dirección de Innovación Cultural, Universidad                          Autonoma del Estado México (UAEM), Toluca, MX
         
          Artist Talk: Soy de Tejas, Centro de Artes, San Antonio,, TX moderated by Rigoberto Luna
          Artist Talk: Dis/U topía, The Laredo Arts Center, Laredo, TX,           
Moderated by Melissa Amici-Haynes
          Artist Talk: The Uncolonized, The El Paso Museum of History, El Paso, TX, Moderated by Nora Rose Patolli Workshop,
          The El Paso Museum of History, El Paso, TX
          Bring your own Lonche: Artist Talk, Rubin Center, El Paso, TX, Moderated by Laura Augusta
          LASER Talk: Artists of Milenio, UNM Arts Lab, Alburquerque, NM, Moderated by Bianca Camarillo
          Artist Talk, STEAM Region 19, El Paso TX
          Fronteras del Futuro Artist Talk, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Alburquerque, NM, Moderated by Jadira Gurule
          What is Democracy, Video for 60th Anniversary of Art in Embassies Celebration, U.S. State Department, Kennedy Center, Washington DC 2022
          Artist Talk: Icons and Symbols, Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM, Moderated by Diana Molina
          Kit Bashing Workshop for the Art in Embassies, program of the U.S. State Department at Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades Plantel Sur del Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico City, MX            Kit Bashing Workshop for the Art in Embassies, program of the U.S. State Department at El Museo Universitario del Chopo in Mexico City, MX
         Sculpture and Projection Mapping Workshop for the Universidad Autonoma De los Estados Mexico and Dirección de Innovación Cultural at the UAEM in Toluca, Mexico
          Artist Talk: Border is a Weapon, Moderated by Gil Rocha at the Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX
          Artist Talk: Tlen Axihuical (The Parallel), Moderated by Jordan Roth at the MAC Dallas, Dallas, TX
          LASER Talks In Place: Future Artifacts and Rememberance, Moderated by Bianca Camarillo for Sci Art Santa Fe
          Virtual Artist Talk: The Border is a Weapon, Moderated by Jose Diaz Chief Curator of the Warhol Museum
          Moderator: Identity, Race and Culture:
          Misconceptions along la Frontera, for the 2021 International Sculpture Conference:
          Voices on Community through Time and Space 2021
          Artist Presentation, Colonial Art Studies with Dr. Kelly Donahue-Wallace, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
          Artist Talk: Creación en Acción, Dirección de Innovación Cultural, Universidad Autonoma del Estado México, Toluca, MX
             Estrellas y Cuentas Archive, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Life and career interview for their archive
            Robotics at the Ranch, talk with Chico MacMurtrie and Angel Cabrales, Rubin Center, El Paso, TX
           Icons and Symbols Artist Talk, Carlsbad Museum and Art Center, Carlsbad, NM, Moderated by Diana Molina
           Virtual Artist Presentation, Chicano Art Studies Class with Dr. Alvaro Ibarra, Utah State University, Logan, UT 2020
            Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Political Conversation- Texas Speaks Moderated by Philippa Hughes Balas y Jaulas Artist Talk,
            UT Permian Basin, Odessa, TX moderated by Amy Yeminne Kim              Artist Presentation, El Paso Community College Literary Festival, El Paso, TX
            Virtual Studio Visit, International Sculpture Center 2019 Artist Panel, South Texas College, McAllen TX
            Artist Talk, It Came from Beyond the Border, Ro2 Downtown Pop Up Gallery, Dallas, TX, Moderated by Jordan Roth 2018
             Border Lecture Series, Borderlands Series Speaker, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
             Chamba de Artistas, Trans Border Biennial, Museo de Arte de Cuidad Juarez, Mexico
             Master Series Workshop for The Ysleta Ind. School District Teachers in Resin Casting, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
             Master Series Workshop for The El Paso Ind. School District Teachers in Resin Casting, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
             Master Series Workshop in 3D Printing and Resin Casting, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
             Artist Panel, Here and Now, New Mexico State, Las Cruces, NM               Lecture and Kinetic Workshop, Wayne State College, Wayne, NE       
             Pick + Learn by Nasa Children’s Workshop, Glasbox, El Paso, TX     
            Texas Tech Aluminum Casting Workshop, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
            Educator’s Night, Resin Casting Workshop, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
             2017 AMBOS Project Collaboration, El Paso, TX
             ASU Neon Workshop, Arizona State, Tempe, AZ
            2016 Crossways Foundation Workshop, Rubin Center/ Purple Gallery, El Paso, TX
            Creative Life Series, Artistic Influences, Rubin Center, El Paso, TX
            2015 A Panel Discussion on Art, Politics and Society, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX

            2012 Art in the Age of High Security, Artist Panel, International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
            2010 INSIDE ART: Panelist ~ Cultural Identity and Memory, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX

AWARDS AND HONORS
 
            2023
            Awarded LACE funding, $7000, for three Research Assistants Summer 2023,
             Liberal Arts Community Engagemant Awarded Individual Grants Program, $4000,
                   the Belle Foundation for Cultural Development Student Margaret Johnston-Barber awarded Templeton Fellowship in 3D arts              2022
          Awarded Artist Incubator Grant, $3800, MCAD, El Paso, TX                      Awarded Art in Embassies Workshop Grant, $1400,
         American Embassy, CDMX Awarded Certificate of Constancia from the Secretaria de Difusión Cultural,
         Maria de las Mercedes Portilla Luja for Proyeto Xopechtli Tlallamiquilizti Awarded Certificate of Constancia from the Directora de Innovación Cultura,
         Claudia Adriana Rodriguez Guadarrama for the Master Class Workshop in Contemporary Sculpture Nomination for the Texas State Artist Student Ivan Esparza awarded Templeton Fellowship in 3D arts                2021
           Juror: 2nd Annual CAAD x Maddrey Artist Prize, Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas (Jurors: Vivian Li, Lupe Murchison Curator of Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art;
           Christopher Blay, artist, writer, and Chief Curator at the Houston Museum of African American Culture; and Angel Cabrales, artist and assistant professor of sculpture at the University of Texas at El Paso)              Nomination by the Mexican Consulate of El Paso for Convocatoria - 2ª Jornada Binacional Artist Fellow,
         Looking for America Project Student Elisabeth Flores awarded Templeton Fellowship in 3D arts 2020 Seed Money grant for EASSI, $20,000 Equipment Grant for EASSI, $15,000 Interdisciplinary Research and Maker Space Award for the Engineering + Art =Science = Social Impact (EASSI) team,
         University of Texas at El Paso Nomination for the Texas State Artist Juror: International Sculpture Center’s
         International Student Achievement Award 2020 (Jurors: María Carolina Baulo, art historian, curator and arts writer-critic (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Angel Cabrales, Artist and Educator (El Paso, TX); and Peyton Scott Russell, Artist and Art Instructor (Minneapolis, MN)             Student Jill Font awarded Templeton Fellowship in 3D arts Juror: El Paso Community College Juried Art Exhibition Rachelle Thiewes Department of Art Faculty Endowment, $2500
         2019
          Juror: Colors of Copper 2019, Chase Creek, Clifton, AZ                              Student Jazmin Sanchez awarded Templeton Fellowship in 3D arts Student Denisse Ortega awarded the first Rim Road Sculpture project in conjunction with MCAD and RANA 2018
        Artist Incubator Grant, $3400, MCAD, El Paso, TX
        Chalk the Block Artist Grant, $4600, MCAD, El Paso, TX
        Raised over $7000 for Annunciation House Charity Student                      Michelle Fluekiger awarded the Templeton Fellowship in 3D arts            2017
        Student Guillermo Gutierrez was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award in Contemporary Sculpture from The International Sculpture Center.
        Student Andrea Ariza awarded the Templeton Fellowship in 3D arts Juror: 45th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts, Brownsville, TX
        2016
         Student Heather Mawson was awarded the Texas Regents Award in the 3D field