Education

2007-present
• Yale University, Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, CT
March1 Candidate (Expected 2010)
2003-2007
• Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
BFA, General Fine Arts Major, Culture and Politics Minor
Summa Cum Laude
2006
• New York Studio Program, New York, NY
One semester of independent studies in TriBeCa,
1999-2003
• New World School of the Arts High School, Miami, FL, Diploma
Salutatorian

Honors and Awards

2007
• Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholar, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
• F. Grainger Marburg Traveling Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
Traveled to Havana, Cuba in the summer of 2008 to research the cultural and political role of public space in the city.
• Shipleys of Maryland Award, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2006
• Shelter in a Cart International Competition, Honorable Mention, Designboom, Milan, Italy
• Evergreen House Foundation Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2005
• Summer Study Abroad Scholarship to Greece, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
• Seymour Mandelbaum Merit Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
• General Fine Arts Departmental Recognition Award, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2004
• Seymour Mandelbaum Merit Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2003
• Fanny B. Thalheimer Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
• Academic Excellence Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
• Salutatorian, New World School of the Arts High School, Miami, FL
• Principal’s Wall of Fame, New World School of the Arts High School, Miami, FL
• Latino Art Beat Competition, Regional and National First Place Award, General Motors and Latino Art Beat, Chicago, IL
• Presidential Scholar in the Arts, awarded by U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige, Washington D.C.
• Florida’s First Lady Arts Recognition Scholarship, Tallahassee, FL
• Level 1 ARTS Award in Visual Arts, National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts, Miami, FL
2002
• Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Scholar, Colorado Springs, CO

Group Exhibitions

2008
• CCCV: Borscht Film Festival Exhibition, Tower Theater, Miami, FL
2007
• Commencement 2007 Exhibition, Pinkard Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2006
• Re:location, A Superpride Studio Project, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD.
• When is it for? New York Studio Program Exhibition, New York, NY
2005
• Juried Sculpture Exhibition, Kendall Buster, juror, Sub-Station, Baltimore, MD
• More or Less, Sculptural Studies Exhibition, Station Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
• Juried Undergraduate Show, David Humphrey and Tonya Ingersol, jurors, Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
• General Fine Arts Exhibition, Main Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
• Summer Abroad Exhibition, Fox 3 Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
• Greece Summer Abroad Exhibition, Olymbos, Karpathos, Greece
2004
• Foundation Show, Meyerhoff Gallery and Pinkard Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2003
• Advanced Placement Painting and Drawing Exhibition, Main Gallery and Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
• Undergraduate Show, Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
• Presidential Scholars Exhibition in Visual Arts, Photography, Film Making, and Writing, The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC

Community Experience

2006-2007
• Member of Trash Talk—recycling club at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Through constructive conversations, movie screenings, and campus wide events, Trash Talk focuses on and contests the idea of waste in our society, whether environmental or social.
2005-2006
• Member of Super Pride Studio—a community-based Maryland Institute College of Art studio art course. In collaboration with the Men’s Center, an under-funded nonprofit in the area, the class challenges its students to address social, environmental, and political issues in the distressed community of East Baltimore.
2005
• Event organizer and poster designer for The Madeira Project—a group of Maryland Institute College of Art students that worked in collaboration with the community to transform two vacant lots in East Baltimore into agriculturally productive gardens and recreational community spaces.

Bibliography

• “Breaking the Boundaries of Visual Arts,” youngARTS Magazine, Gabrielle Fernandez, Winter 2006
• General Motors advertisement featuring 2003 winning image for Latino Art Beat competition, shown in several national Spanish language magazines (Hispanic Business, Vanidades Continental, Cosmopolitan en Español, People en Español, El Nuevo Herald, Selecciones en Español), 2003
• “Joven Pintor Triunfa a los 18 Años,” (Young Painter Triumphs at Age 18), Vanidades Continental, July 22, 2003
• “Joven Artista de Miami Recibe una Distincion Presidencial,” (Young Artist from Miami receives a Presidential Distinction), Front Page, El Nuevo Herald, Graciela Mrad, May 13, 2003
• “Section: Panorama,” El Nuevo Herald May 13, 2003
• “Visual Artist, 18, Wins National Honor,” The Miami Herald May 13, 2003
 

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