RESUME

Education

            University of Houston, Clear Lake.  1992-1994.  Major:  Humanities and Fine Arts.  Master of Arts Degree.

University of Houston, Clear Lake.  1989-1991.  Major:  Applied Design and Visual Arts.  Bachelor of Arts Degree.  Summa Cum Laude.

San Jacinto College.  1988-1989.  Major:  Art.  Houston, Texas.  Associate of Arts Degree.

University of Houston, University Park.  1987.  Major:  Art.  Dean’s List.

2001     Cow Parade Houston.  Designed and painted a cow for exhibition and auction.  Cow published on Cow Parade T-shirt and in book.  Houston, TX.

1998     A Place for All People (exhibition catalogue).  Art created for the Beck Portfolio is published in a catalogue produced by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

1997     Artist-in-Residence.  Commerce Street Art Warehouse 1997-1998 project year.  Houston, Texas.

1997     Iconography.  Co-curated an exhibition of Houston artists.  Commerce Street Art Warehouse .  Houston, Texas.

1996     Beck:  A Book (portfolio exhibition).  Artists respond to the Beck Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.  Painting created for the project.  Sponsor:  Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. 

1994     Project StARTs:  New Starts Through Art.  Workshop artist for visual art gang prevention workshop.  Workshop location:  Jackson Middle School, H.I.S.D.  Student Art Exhibition:  Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, Texas.

2005     Open All Media Juried Exhibition.  The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake.  Webster, Texas.  Juror: Jason Makepeace, artist and curatorr.

2005     Coexistence:  Views from Houston Artists.  Space 125 Gallery.  Houston, Texas.

2004     Open All Media Juried Exhibition.  The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake.  Webster, Texas.  Juror:  Mark Myers, artist and educator.

2004     Art on the Avenue.  Gallery 101.  Group show.   Houston, Texas. 

2003     Visual Arts Alliance Membership Exhibition.  Houston, Texas.  Juror:  Polly Hammett, artist.

2002     El Espejo (The Mirror):  Latino Art from Texas.  ArtScan Gallery.  Houston, Texas.  Curator:  Volker Eisele.

2001     The Open Show.  Art League of Houston.  Houston, Texas.  Juror:  Virgil Grotfeldt.

2001     35^th Annual National Show.  Del Mar College.  Corpus Christi, Texas.  Juror:  James W. Johnson, painter.

2000     Recent Mixed Media Works by Elisa Alvarado and Rebecca Rabalais.  Art League of Houston.  Two Person Show.  Houston, Texas.

2000     Texas Art 2000.  Assistance League of Houston.  Houston, Texas.  Juror:  Bruce Guenther, independent curator.

1999     The Open Show.  Art League of Houston.  Houston, Texas.  Jurors:  Sharon Engelstein, artist and instructor, University of Houston:  Aaron Parazette, artist and professor, University of Houston.

1999     The Big Show.  Lawndale Art Center.  Houston, Texas.  Juror:  Lane Relyea, faculty CalArts, Valencia, California; contributing writer, Artforum, Frieze and Parkett.

1999     Central Texas Competition.  The Art Center of Waco.  Waco, Texas.  Juror:  Ben Woitena, artist, art educator and conservator.

1998     The Open Show.  Art League of Houston.  Houston, Texas.  Juror:  Bert Long, painter and sculptor.

1998     The Big Show.  Lawndale Art and Performance Center.  Houston, Texas.  Juror:  Claudia Gould, Director, Artists Space, New York, New York.

1998     Artist-in-Residence Show:  Works by Elisa Alvarado.  Commerce Street Art Warehouse.  Solo exhibition.  Houston, Texas.

1997     Taboo.  Woman Made Gallery.  Chicago, Illinois.  Juror:  Ursula M. Krammer-Fox, artist.

1997     Go Figure 0n This.  Swann Gallery.  Group show.  Detroit, Michigan.

1997     Latina Artists.  Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center.  San Antonio, Texas.  Five state show.  Juror:  Teri Aguilar, Director, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas.

1996     The Bird Show.  West End Gallery.  Group show.  Houston, Texas.

1996     Domesticity vs. Dementia.  Juror Merit Award.  San Marcos Fine Arts Center.  San Marcos, Texas.  Juror:  David Elliot, Professor of Art, Austin College.

1995     Women Scream in Colors:  Five Latina Artists.  Purse Building Gallery.  Houston, Texas.  Curator:  Ted Estrada, artist.

1994     Social Reflections:  Works by Elisa Alvarado.  Firehouse Gallery.  Solo exhibition.  Houston, Texas.

1994     28th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show.  Del Mar College.  Chorpus Christi, Texas.  Juror:  Michele Rowe-Shields, Director, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois.

1993     Race , Ethnicity and Gender:  Artists Exploring Cultural Diversity.  Texas A & M University.  Invitational show.  College Station, Texas.

1993     Latina Artists.  Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center.  San Antonio, Texas.  Five state show.  Juror:  Cynthia Perez, founding member of La Pena in Austin, Texas; collector and arts activist.

1992     25th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show.  Del Mar College.  Corpus Christi, Texas.  Juror:  Luis Jimenez, sculptor and painter.

1991     Lubbock Arts Festival.  Lubbock Cultural Affairs Council.  Lubbock, Texas.  Juror:  Mary Pat Day, Director, Owings Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

1990     Visual Arts Alliance Seventh Annual Open Juried Exhibition.  Visual Arts Alliance.  Houston, Texas.  Juror:  Richard Stout, Associate Professor of Art, University of Houston.

1989     Five State Art Exhibition.  Service League of Port Arthur, Texas.  Juror:  Michael Auping, Chief Curator, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York.  Piece purchased by collector.