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Education
2022 BFA, Studio Art, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville/Edinburg, TX Minor: MarketingExperience
2023-Present Community Outreach Coordinator, Flower Shop Art ResidencyCommunity outreach coordinator for the artist-in-residence program by providing participants the experience and opportunity to participate in the Rio Grande Valley narrative.2022-2022 Student Assistant: Gina Palacios, Associate Director, School of Art & DesignSupported daily operations of the department. Researched art-related opportunities for local students, kept track of campus events related to the College of Fine Arts, and coordinated community engagement and recruitment events. 2021-2022 Student Assistant: Printmaking Lab Maintained a clean space shared among multiple printmaking courses. Monitored and guided students when printing outside of class time.2018-2021 Student Assistant: College of Education Supported daily operations assisting in planning and organizing recruitment events, advised perspective and current students, provided customer support, and daily clerical support. 2017-2018 Student Assistant: Dr. Carlos De Souza, Assistant Director School of Art &
Design Assisted in researching art historical references for History of Graphic Design and Photography courses. Created and organized a reference database of artwork.Awards
2022 Research Experience for Undergraduates, Arts & Science Awards Project (ASAP), Department of Physics & Astronomy and National Science Foundation (award #1757830), University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas Solo Exhibitions
2026 La Laguna Madre, Art Center of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX2024 Small Platicas, Paper Caper Co., South Padre Island, TX2022 Student of the Semester, Rusteberg Art Gallery, Brownsville, TXJuried Exhibitions
2023 Mujer Eres, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX (Juror: Nancy Moyer)2022 Artovation 2022, Texas Association of Schools of Art, Online (Juror: Donna Mason Sweigart)2021 Border Impressions, La Chicharra Studio, Brownsville, TX (Juror: Sergio Sanchez Santamaria)Rising Eyes of Texas, Rockport Center of Arts, Rockport, TX (Juror: Rigoberto Luna)Group Exhibitions
2024 Brick by Brick, Brownsville Fine Art Museum, Brownsville, TX Resistencia Fronteriza Resisting Oppressive Borders, Cactus Valley Art Gallery, Harlingen, TX2023 An Allegory of Abundance, Sout Texas College Library Art Gallery, Weslaco, TX Huellas, 201 Gallery, Laredo, TX2022 Castilian Roses, San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum, San Benito, TXQuince, Schaudies Gallery, Oso Bay Biannual Exhibit, Corpus Christi, TX Desde la Frontera, Dock Space Annex, San Antonio, TX4th Annual Resaca Art Exhibit, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX2021 BFA Senior Exhibit, Rusteberg Art Gallery, Brownsville, TXCastilian Roses, San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum, San Benito, TXHarlingen Art Night Exhibit, Carla Hughs Studio, Harlingen, TX2020 Castilian Roses, San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum, San Benito, TXQue Vive La Mujer, La Pena Gallery, Austin, TX2018 Dia de los Muertos, Carlotta K. Petrina Cultural Center, Brownsville, TXMueres Eres, 204 Gallery, Harlingen, TXExhibition Curated
2025 Women of Resistance, San Benito Cultural Heritage Musuem, San Benito, TX2024 Mujer Eres, Paper Caper Co, South Padres Island, TX2023 Women of Resistance, Planned Parenthood International Womens Day, La Chicharra Studio, Brownsville, TXWorkshops
2025 Las Malcriadas Mural Design Process, Flower Shop Art Studio, Brownsville, TX2024 Block Printing Resistencia Fronteriza, UTRGV Print Studio, Brownsville, TX2024 Brick By Brick Block Printing, Brownsville Fine Art Museum, Brownsville, TX 2023 Screen Print & Poetry Resistencia Fronteriza Workshop, Cactus Valley Art Supply & Co., Harlingen, TX 2022 Printmaking Workshop, La Chicharra Studio, Brownsville, TX 2020 Watercolor Workshop, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Los Fresnos, TX 2019 Watercolor Workshop, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Los Fresnos, TX Public Art
2025 Catans de las Resacas, Heaven Park, San Benito, TX (in progress)2025 Aves Del Valle, City of San Benito x National Fitness Campaign, San Benito, TX 2024 Alegria y Unidad, Come Dream Come Build & Trucha RGV, Brownsville, TX 2021 Coastal Habitat, South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center, South Padre Island, TX 2019 Nature of the RGV, Keep McAllen Beautiful Irrigation Pipe Mural, McAllen, TX Panels & Art Talks
2024 Sowing Seeds Art & Advocacy on the border, Ruido Studios, Brownsville, TX Arts & Coffee, Where Creativity Meets Business, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley eBridge Center for Business & Commercialization, Brownsville, TX Brick by Brick Artist Panel Flower Shop Art Residency, Brownsville Fine Art Museum, Brownsville, TX2023 Sawyer Seminar Series The US-Mexico Border Regime: Trauma, Hospitality, Art, and Protest, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX Community Events
2024 Equis Research Silkscreen Activity, Brownsville Performing Arts Center, Brownsville, TX2024 Texas A&M Kingsville Steamroller, King Ranch Hand Festival, Kingsville, TX2024 Flower Shop Screen Print Fundraiser, Flower Shop Art Studio, Brownsville, TX2024 Plan Parenthood Sandra Cisneros Exhibit, La Venezzia Event Center, Brownsville, TX2024 Resistencia Fronteriza Community Printmaking, UTRGV Print Studio, Brownsville, TX2023 Plan Parenthood Silkscreen Activity, La Hacienda Event Center, Brownsville, TX2022 Plan Parenthood Rosey Jimenez Community Ofrenda, Market Square, Brownsville, TX2022 Brownsville Community Steamroller, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX2019 Ocelot Conservation Day Silkscreen Activity, Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville, TXPress
2024 Unidad y alegria; CDCB’s new mural celebrates Brownsville. (2024). Trucha. https://truchargv.com/unidad-y-alegria-cdcbs-new-mural-celebrates-brownsville/
Trucha RGV. (2024, February 16). Short: Brownsville, Texas: Newest mural REVEALED! [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sr_-Kef3mU
Trucha. (2024, October 29). Spreading seeds of art and activism in the RGV. Trucha RGV. https://truchargv.com/spreading-seeds-of-art-and-activism-in-the-rgv/
2023 Trucha. (2024a, March 13). COMMENTARY: An Invitation to Flower Shop Residency’s First Exhibition, “Art is Short for Artifact.” Trucha RGV. https://truchargv.com/flower-shop-residency-brownsville/
Sawyer Seminar Series & Boston University Center on Forced Displacement. (2023). Desplazares entre dulce hogares. Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0M6lwS0lb4Tbej9kqozhIb?si=vHlTiEv6QIm0xssQxAHW4w
2022 “Brownsville artists demonstrate woodblock printmaking”, MyRGVNews, https://myrgv.com/local-news/2022/10/22/brownsville-artists-demonstrate-woodblock-printmaking/?fbclid=IwAR1xQ2AIFlG_ki-o747JAY-7-I6UUoJ6rzRd10HVsikqqsIj-kymJNFpSVQ by Denise Cathey – The Brownsville Herald October 22, 2022
2021 “Gallery Round-up: Recent Shows in Brownsville and Harlingen”, Glasstire, https://glasstire.com/2022/01/07/gallery-round-up-recent-shows-in-brownsville-and-harlingen/ by Liz Kim, January 7, 2022