beatrizguzmanvelasquez@gmail.com | beatrizguzmanvelasquez.com
b. 1987 Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México
EDUCATION
2018 School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing
2014 New York Studio School
2010 University of Texas-Pan American
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting
Bachelor of Arts in English | Spanish Minor
LECTURES
2018 Coping with Violence: Manifestos and Metamorphosis, Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection| Chicago, IL
2018 Graduate Lecture Series, Painting and Drawing Department | Chicago, IL
2016 Vitality in the Mortuary Landscape, South Texas College| Rio Grande, TX
2013 Jardin del Arte,Edinburg City Hall | Edinburg, TX
CONFERENCES
2012 Art of Death and Dying, University of Houston | Houston, TX
2011 Theory of the Flesh,University of Texas-San Antonio | San Antonio, TX
AWARDS
2016-18 Writing Fellowship | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2017 Travel Grant | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2010 Outstanding Student Award for Academic and Leadership Achievement | UTPA
Arts and Humanities
2010 Columbia Scholastic Press Association 2010 Gold Circle Awards
Two first place prizes for Single and Portfolio category
2009 Columbia Scholastic Press Association 2009 Gold Circle AwardsCertificate of Merit
2006 University Scholar
2006 Gear Up Scholar
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2016 Arcade-Archive, Stolbun Collection | Chicago, IL
2016 Vitality in the Mortuary Landscape, South Texas College | Rio Grande, TX
2014 Gesticulaciones de la Vida, South Texas College | McAllen, TX
2012 Conversations with Death, University of Houston | Houston, TX
2009-10 Mejor que con Dios, University of Texas-Pan American | Edinburg, TX
SELECTED GROUP
2018 CHANGING ROOM II, curated by Sam Jaffe and Danielle Rosen, 65GRAND Gallery | Chicago, IL
2018 MFA Thesis Show, Sullivan Galleries | Chicago, IL
2018 CounterCulture, Bucktown Gallery | Chicago, IL
2017 Declarations of Contemporary, Hairpin Arts Center | Chicago, IL
2015 UVAL Group Exhibit | McAllen, TX
2013 Jardin del Arte, Edinburg City Hall | Edinburg, TX
2013 Sacred Memories, Pico House Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
2012 Museum of South Texas History| Edinburg, TX
2011 Theory of the Flesh, University of Texas San Antonio| San Antonio, TX
PUBLICATIONS
2018 ArtSlant, Beatriz Guzman Velasquez answers 5 questions, Under the Radar weekly series.
2015 Fresh Paint Magazine, curated by Alicia Puig, Issue 6
2014 RiverSedge Journal
2014 Surface Treatment: Mortuary Landscapesby Nancy Moyer,The Monitor, October 6
2013 Ostrich Review
2009-10 Gallery, University of Texas-Pan American
CURATOR
2017 Delineation, School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL
2009+ El Retorno: El Valle Celebra a Nuestra Gloria, University of Texas – Pan-American | Edinburg, Texas
COLLECTIVE
2018 Poets Against Walls
EMPLOYMENT
POST-SECONDARY
2017 Teaching Assistant, Advance Painting, Painting and Drawing Department | SAIC
2017 Teaching Assistant, Materials and Techniques, Painting and Drawing Department | SAIC
2016+ Special Collections Assistant, Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection | SAIC
PROFESSIONAL
2011-16 High School Teacher| McAllen Independent School District
b. 1987 Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México
EDUCATION
2018 School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing
2014 New York Studio School
2010 University of Texas-Pan American
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting
Bachelor of Arts in English | Spanish Minor
LECTURES
2018 Coping with Violence: Manifestos and Metamorphosis, Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection| Chicago, IL
2018 Graduate Lecture Series, Painting and Drawing Department | Chicago, IL
2016 Vitality in the Mortuary Landscape, South Texas College| Rio Grande, TX
2013 Jardin del Arte,Edinburg City Hall | Edinburg, TX
CONFERENCES
2012 Art of Death and Dying, University of Houston | Houston, TX
2011 Theory of the Flesh,University of Texas-San Antonio | San Antonio, TX
AWARDS
2016-18 Writing Fellowship | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2017 Travel Grant | School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2010 Outstanding Student Award for Academic and Leadership Achievement | UTPA
Arts and Humanities
2010 Columbia Scholastic Press Association 2010 Gold Circle Awards
Two first place prizes for Single and Portfolio category
2009 Columbia Scholastic Press Association 2009 Gold Circle AwardsCertificate of Merit
2006 University Scholar
2006 Gear Up Scholar
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2016 Arcade-Archive, Stolbun Collection | Chicago, IL
2016 Vitality in the Mortuary Landscape, South Texas College | Rio Grande, TX
2014 Gesticulaciones de la Vida, South Texas College | McAllen, TX
2012 Conversations with Death, University of Houston | Houston, TX
2009-10 Mejor que con Dios, University of Texas-Pan American | Edinburg, TX
SELECTED GROUP
2018 CHANGING ROOM II, curated by Sam Jaffe and Danielle Rosen, 65GRAND Gallery | Chicago, IL
2018 MFA Thesis Show, Sullivan Galleries | Chicago, IL
2018 CounterCulture, Bucktown Gallery | Chicago, IL
2017 Declarations of Contemporary, Hairpin Arts Center | Chicago, IL
2015 UVAL Group Exhibit | McAllen, TX
2013 Jardin del Arte, Edinburg City Hall | Edinburg, TX
2013 Sacred Memories, Pico House Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
2012 Museum of South Texas History| Edinburg, TX
2011 Theory of the Flesh, University of Texas San Antonio| San Antonio, TX
PUBLICATIONS
2018 ArtSlant, Beatriz Guzman Velasquez answers 5 questions, Under the Radar weekly series.
2015 Fresh Paint Magazine, curated by Alicia Puig, Issue 6
2014 RiverSedge Journal
2014 Surface Treatment: Mortuary Landscapesby Nancy Moyer,The Monitor, October 6
2013 Ostrich Review
2009-10 Gallery, University of Texas-Pan American
CURATOR
2017 Delineation, School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL
2009+ El Retorno: El Valle Celebra a Nuestra Gloria, University of Texas – Pan-American | Edinburg, Texas
COLLECTIVE
2018 Poets Against Walls
EMPLOYMENT
POST-SECONDARY
2017 Teaching Assistant, Advance Painting, Painting and Drawing Department | SAIC
2017 Teaching Assistant, Materials and Techniques, Painting and Drawing Department | SAIC
2016+ Special Collections Assistant, Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection | SAIC
PROFESSIONAL
2011-16 High School Teacher| McAllen Independent School District
