| bguzmanvlz |
beatrizguzmanvelasquez@gmail.com | beatrizguzmanvelasquez.com
b. 1987 Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México
EDUCATION
2018 MFA Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL
2014 New York Studio School | New York, New York
2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Texas-Pan American | Edinburg, TX
2010 Bachelor of Arts in English and Spanish Minor, University of Texas-Pan American | Edinburg, TX
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2019 Artist-In-Residence | Lazuli Residency | Corinth, Vermont
2019 New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Artist Program-San Antonio Cohort
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
2010 Columbia Scholastic Press Association 2010 Gold Circle Awards
2009 Columbia Scholastic Press Association 2009 Gold Circle AwardsCertificate of Merit
2006 University Scholar
2006 Gear Up Scholar
EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED
2019 canta que estoy llorando [sing that I am crying], Carlotta K. Petrina Cultural Arts Center | Brownsville, TX (solo exhibition)
2019 BUILDING BRIDGES OF SOLIDARITY, Encuentro en la Frontera 2019, Carlotta K. Petrina Cultural Arts Center | Brownsville, TX
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
2016 Arcade-Archive, Stolbun Collection | Chicago, IL (solo exhibition)
2016 Vitality in the Mortuary Landscape, South Texas College | Rio Grande, TX (solo exhibition)
2015 UVAL Group Exhibit | McAllen, TX
2014 Gesticulaciones de la Vida, South Texas College | McAllen, TX (solo exhibition)
2013 Jardin del Arte, Edinburg City Hall | Edinburg, TX
2013 Sacred Memories, Pico House Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
2012 Conversations with Death, University of Houston | Houston, TX (solo exhibition)
2012 Museum of South Texas History| Edinburg, TX
2011 Theory of the Flesh, University of Texas San Antonio| San Antonio, TX
2009-10 Mejor que con Dios, University of Texas-Pan American | Edinburg, TX (solo exhibition)
PUBLICATIONS
2019 "From One Borderland to Another: El Valle Stands with El Paso", UTRGV Center for
Mexican American Studies | Edinburg, TX
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 Landscapes by Nancy Moyer, The Monitor, October 6
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
CURATOR
2019 BUILDING BRIDGES OF SOLIDARITY, Encuentro en la Frontera 2019, Carlotta K. Petrina Cultural Arts Center | Brownsville, TX
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
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
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2017 Teaching Assistant, Advance Painting, Painting and Drawing Department | SAIC
2017 Teaching Assistant, Materials and Techniques, Painting and Drawing Department | SAIC
2016-18 Special Collections Assistant, Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection | SAIC
2011-16 High School Teacher| McAllen ISD
2018+ High School Teacher| Edinburg CISD
b. 1987 Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México
EDUCATION
2018 MFA Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL
2014 New York Studio School | New York, New York
2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Texas-Pan American | Edinburg, TX
2010 Bachelor of Arts in English and Spanish Minor, University of Texas-Pan American | Edinburg, TX
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2019 Artist-In-Residence | Lazuli Residency | Corinth, Vermont
2019 New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Artist Program-San Antonio Cohort
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
2010 Columbia Scholastic Press Association 2010 Gold Circle Awards
2009 Columbia Scholastic Press Association 2009 Gold Circle AwardsCertificate of Merit
2006 University Scholar
2006 Gear Up Scholar
EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED
2019 canta que estoy llorando [sing that I am crying], Carlotta K. Petrina Cultural Arts Center | Brownsville, TX (solo exhibition)
2019 BUILDING BRIDGES OF SOLIDARITY, Encuentro en la Frontera 2019, Carlotta K. Petrina Cultural Arts Center | Brownsville, TX
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
2016 Arcade-Archive, Stolbun Collection | Chicago, IL (solo exhibition)
2016 Vitality in the Mortuary Landscape, South Texas College | Rio Grande, TX (solo exhibition)
2015 UVAL Group Exhibit | McAllen, TX
2014 Gesticulaciones de la Vida, South Texas College | McAllen, TX (solo exhibition)
2013 Jardin del Arte, Edinburg City Hall | Edinburg, TX
2013 Sacred Memories, Pico House Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
2012 Conversations with Death, University of Houston | Houston, TX (solo exhibition)
2012 Museum of South Texas History| Edinburg, TX
2011 Theory of the Flesh, University of Texas San Antonio| San Antonio, TX
2009-10 Mejor que con Dios, University of Texas-Pan American | Edinburg, TX (solo exhibition)
PUBLICATIONS
2019 "From One Borderland to Another: El Valle Stands with El Paso", UTRGV Center for
Mexican American Studies | Edinburg, TX
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 Landscapes by Nancy Moyer, The Monitor, October 6
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
CURATOR
2019 BUILDING BRIDGES OF SOLIDARITY, Encuentro en la Frontera 2019, Carlotta K. Petrina Cultural Arts Center | Brownsville, TX
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
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
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2017 Teaching Assistant, Advance Painting, Painting and Drawing Department | SAIC
2017 Teaching Assistant, Materials and Techniques, Painting and Drawing Department | SAIC
2016-18 Special Collections Assistant, Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection | SAIC
2011-16 High School Teacher| McAllen ISD
2018+ High School Teacher| Edinburg CISD
