Staphany Garnica

Painting

Education

The University of Texas at El Paso BFA in Painting

Biography

Garnica’s biggest motivation is her desire to understand the environment in which humans interact directly and indirectly. She is interested in the story that can be interpreted in a given space, which has deteriorated over time from daily activities of humans.

Currently, she is exploring unique ways to represent scenes and specific spaces, creating a sense of reality in a painting. She uses common symbols that represent the cultures in which she grew up- Mexico and the United States.

Her work has been exhibited in galleries in El Paso, Texas: 7 Paths to Beauty Gallery in Crossland, Century Gold Annual Art Exhibition 2014 (2nd place) in the Chamizal National Memorial, “UTEP Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition 2014 “(bestt in show) in the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts at UTEP UTEP Student Exhibition 2013 at the International Museum of Art and an exhibition in the Glass Gallery at UTEP.

Sebastián

Sculpture

Education

Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas in Mexico City

Biography

Sebastián (born Enrique Carbajal González) is a Mexican sculptor best known for his monumental works of steel and/or concrete in both Mexico and abroad. These include a number of “gate” sculptures such as the Gran Puerta a México in Matamoros, Tamaulipas but his most famous sculpture is the “Caballito” located in downtown Mexico City. His works are found in various cities outside of Mexico, such as Japan where two are now used as city symbols.
Since 1968, he has had over 120 individual exhibitions of his work in Mexico, Germany, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Spain, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Ireland, England, Portugal, Italy, Denmark, Canada, Finland, the US, France, Japan, Switzerland and Venezuela. His work has been shown in the main museums of Mexico including the Museo de Arte Moderno, the Palacio de Bellas Artes, the Museo Tamayo, the Museo de Ciencias y Artes of UNAM, the Palacio de Minería and the Museo de San Ildefonso in Mexico City.

Contact

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Sarah Mays

Painting and Drawing

Education

The University of Texas at El Paso BFA in Painting

Biography

Her work is an extension of herself, so she strives to give the viewer and sincere emotional experience. She has been drawing on any surface she could find since the third grade – showing how long art has influenced her life. Her art is influenced by the Italian Baroque period emulating how Baroque art creates drama through lighting, color, and composition.
Currently, painting is an outlet for emotions surrounding her sister’s suicide. In this series she is trying to capture the struggle her sister lived throughout her short life. She was plagued with a constant discomfort stemming from her view of her body. These women are suspended in space forever in these uncomfortable positions. Using the dramatic style Baroque art conveys the discomfort she felt every day.

Paola Rascon

Painting

Education

University of Chihuahua BFA in Painting
University of Chihuahua BA in Psychology

Biography

Since an early age Paola has shown interest in the analysis of mankind and the situations surrounding it. Through painting she has found a way to express human identity. She hopes that her work will allow the viewer to see other people as individuals who possess just as much complexity and authenticity as we see in ourselves. She has portrayed the emotional and psychological condition of people dealing with marginalization, acceptance, and exclusion within society. In the “CHIHUAHUA” Project, she exhibits pictorial portraits of common personalities from the state of Chihuahua, MEXICO.
The portraits are influenced by the Baroque style, creating a contradiction regarding the meaning of the portrait. In the Baroque style, the portrait was traditional of the bourgeoisie and displayed clothing and accessories, providing importance to the social class from which the people in the portraits belonged to. By enhancing the subculture of Cholos, discriminated by the society we live in, makes the use of Baroque style ironic.

Exhibiciones

2011 CHIHUAHUA, Museum of Sebastianx

Chihuahua, Mexico

2010 RETROSPECTIVE, Alianza Francesa

Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico

2008 DESTINY

Westin Hotel, Chihuahua, Chih. Mexico

2007 NATURAL

Congress, Chihuahua, Mexico

2007 COLLECTION

DRT Gallery, Queretaro, Qro. Mexico

2005 KIBERA

Hall Theatre, Chihuahua, México

2002 OPPOSITE OF THE TENDENCIES

University Tecnológico de Estudios
Superiores de Monterrey campus Chihuahua, México.

2001 SPACE ½

Museum of Sebastián Chihuahua. México.

2011-2013 AMOR POR JUAREZ, Art Auction

The Station urban offices, El Paso Tx.

2012 ART SANTA FE, International Contemporary Art Fair

Convention Center, Santa Fe N.M

2010 ARTE 40

Centro Nacional de las Artes, México DF

2012 ART SANTA FE, International Contemporary Art Fair

Convention Center, Santa Fe N.M

2009 V MUESTRA DE PINTURA CHIHUAHUENSE

Museum Casa Redonda, Chihuahua,Chih.

2005 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL CHIHUAHUA 2005

Chihuahua.Mexico

Montse Trejo-King

Graphic Design and Painting

Education

The University of Texas at El Paso BFA Graphic Design

Biography

Her name is Claudia Muriel Trejo-King, but she goes by Montse. She is currently studying graphic design at the University of Texas El Paso. She was born in Juarez, and raised in El Paso. Her work is spurred on for her love of anything that challenges her creativity. She has always enjoyed working with computers and everything that has to do with technology- so graphic design is a perfect way to combine creativity with technology. As a graphic designer she is searching for new experiences that stimulate her mind and inspire her. She loves her career, its diversity and lack of routine. It keeps her mind active and gives her the opportunity to meet new people and interact with them.

Margarita Cabrera

Mixed Media

Education

2001 MFA, Combined Media- Hunter College of the City University of New York
1997 BFA, Sculpture- Hunter College of the City University of New York
1994 Maryland Institute College of Art

Biography

Born in Monterrey Mexico, she now lives and works in El Paso, TX. She has worked on public art projects that have been sponsored by the city of El Paso and the city of Austin TX. Her work has been exhibited all across Texas as well as galleries in New York, California, New Mexico, Ohio, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and Arizona.
Her awards, honors and grands include: 2008 ArtPace Residency, San Antonio TX, 2007 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, 2000 Border Art Residency, La Union, NM, 1997 International Exchange Residency, Academia of Minerva, Groningen, Netherlands.

Painting and Printmaking

Education

The University of Texas at El Paso BFA Painting

Biography

He is in his last year of his BFA in painting with a minor in printmaking at the University of Texas at El Paso. His work has been displayed in a few galleries at UTEP such as: Dots to Lines in 2013, Estudio de Grabado earlier in 2014, Push/Pull in August 2014, and in a pop-up gallery at Chalk the Block in 2012. He is looking into art residencies in Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico as well as graduate school Colorado, New Mexico, and Mexico.

Luz Galvan

Drawing

Education

Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon- Architecture

Biography

Galvan’s work straddles the boundaries of two and three-dimensional art, he focuses on the production of and perspective. He has participated in workshops with artists such as- Ismael Guardado: alternative prints, Shinzaburo Takeda: Japanese prints, Gilberto Aceves Navarro: drawing, Alberto Castro: Leñero: painting and installation.
The work is informed by current social-cultural events, perceptions, experiences and their interpretations of those subjects are translated into their work. She has been an active participant in his communities’ government as Municipal Director of education and culture.

She has had about thirty exhibitions, both individual and collective both in Mexico and the US. She has also helped coordinated about 60 other exhibitions. His work has been published in many different places such as- Lazos Verdes: libro de la Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Color y Palabra en la Mujer Chihuahuense: libro de la Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua as well as others.

Contact

lgalvan@live.com

Luly Sosa

Mixed media

Education

Biography

As an architect, she has exhibited in places like Gasteig Cultural Center Munich, Germany, Museum of Contemporary Art DC; Laconia Gallery in Boston MA; Museum of Design Atlanta; Chicago Art Source Gallery, among others.

She has been selected in an international photography contest for LACDA Gallery in Los Angeles, California for The Top 40 international competition represented by the gallery ECOH Art exhibits in San Diego Contemporary Art Fair in 2009.

Among her awards and scholarships are: Mex-Am Cultural Foundation and Mexican Artist Fellowship Program at Vermont Studio Center and UNESCO-Aschberg 1998-99 and 2000-01. Grant of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts in the “Young Artists Program 2000-01 “.

Her work is represented by Marshal Sofia gallery director MARSO located in Mexico City.