ACADEMIC FORMATION

SELF TAUGHT IN CERAMICS AND SCULPTURE

School of Applied Arts and Restoration, Madrid, Spain.
Studio Painting with Manolo Gallardo, Roberto Cabrera, Roberto Gonzalez-Goyri, Elmar Rojas

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2012	Crystal Spirits, Galería 1 2 3, El Salvador
2011	Crystal Souls, Arte Actual El Túnel, Guatemala
2011	Crystal Souls, The Americas Collection, Miami
2010	Red Zone, Arte Actual El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala
2009	Metamorphosis, Woods Gallery, Guatemala
2008	Distorted Reality, Woods Gallery, Guatemala
2006	Transfiguration, Woods Gallery, Guatemala
2005	Femina Alba, Woods Gallery, Guatemala Suspended Time, Enpunto Magazine,FSRichard, Guatemala
2004	Of Tears, Sol del Río Gallery, Guatemala Of Encounters and Decisions,The Americas Collection Art Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A
2003	The Natural Reason, Sol del Rio Gallery, Guatemala
2000	The Object of Desire, Sol del Rio Gallery, Guatemala
1995	El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala
1994	Sol del Rio Gallery, Guatemala
1993	Sol del Rio Gallery, Guatemala
1992	El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala
1991	Plastica Contemporanea Gallery, Guatemala
1990	El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala
1989	El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2008	16th Art Biennial Paiz
2007	52nd Biennale de Venecia,Territorios, IILA, Guatemalan Pavillion, Palazzo Zenobio,, Italy Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale 2007, Japan Present, Woods Gallery, Casa Sto. Domingo, Antigua Guatemala Goodbye Identity, Centro de Cultura Hispánica, Guatemala 6 Sculptresses G&T Foundation, Guatemala
2006	8 Artists,Cantón Expo, G&T Foundation,Guatemala The Body, El Attico Gallery,Guatemala
2005	17 Years, El Attico Gallery,Guatemala
2004	Painting Neruda,Iga,Guatemala Register #2, Sol del Río Gallery, Guatemala
2003	Guatemalan Eyes in the Holy Land, Museum of Modern Art, Guatemala The Most Transparent Region, Hispanic Culture Institute, Guatemala International Sculpture Bienniale 2003, Toyamura, Japan
2002	Rotary Art Auction, Guatemala Women in Guatemalan Art, VII FECAMU Congress, Juannio, Guatemala Tension Zones, De Gang Gallery, Haarlem, Holland
2001	Adjacent Zones, Sol del Rio Gallery, Guatemala Seventh Art Biennial, Cuenca Ecuador From Classic to Modern the Figure in the Permanent Collection, Washington, D.C. U.S.A 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Central American Bank, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Context, Municipal Gallery of Francesas Church, Valladolid, Spain
2000	Sculpture, El Attico Gallery, Guatemala Without Borders, Causa Group Traveling Central American Exhibition Central Themes, First Regional Symposium, TEOR/éTica, Costa Rica Guatemalan Presence in Mexican Art, Historic Center, Mexico
1999	The Last Ten Years of Guatemalan Art, El Attico Gallery, Guatemala Juannio, Guatemala Women in the Arts, MUA Instala '99, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1998	Skin, Museum of Modern Art, Guatemala Untitled Art, G&T Plaza, Guatemala 1265 km, Guatemalan Art in Cuba, Wifredo Lam Center, Havana, Cuba City of Madrid Exhibition, Madrid, Spain
1997	Contemporary Art, Bayer of Guatemala, S.A., Ixchel Museum, Guatemala Miniatures, El Attico Gallery, Guatemala Contemporary Guatemalan Sculpture, Poliedro Gallery, Guatemala Contemporary Guatemalan Art, Cultural Department of Bayer AG, Leverkusen and Dormagen, Germany First Group Art Exhibit, Golin Harris, New York, U.S.A Women Beyond Borders, California, U.S.A
1996	Vision of Contemporary Art in Guatemala III, Museum of Modern Art, Guatemala Anniversary Exhibition, Artconsult, Guatemala Sculpture, El Attico Gallery, Guatemala II Biennial of the Caribbean Art and Central America, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic First Comprehensive Encounter of Contemporary Central American Art, Panama Juannio 96, IDB Gallery, Washington, D.C., U.S.A
1995	Masters of All Time, El Attico Gallery, Guatemala Sculpture and Painting, El Dzunun Gallery, Guatemala Premonitions, Ixchel Museum, Guatemala Iberoamerican Sculptures, Mexican Institute, Washington, D.C., U.S.A
1994	Young Painting in Guatemala, Calendario Dinners Club, Guatemala Sculpture, Attico Gallery, Guatemala The Tunnel in the Ixchel Museum, Guatemala
1993	Contemporary Art, Plastica Contemporanea Gallery, Guatemala Contemporary Sculpture, El Attico Gallery, Guatemala Women In Art, El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala 22 Years of Magic, El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala
1992	Five Women Artists, Plastica Contemporanea Gallery, Guatemala The World of Eleven Painters, El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala Romer & Pelizacus Museum, Hildeshein, Germany
1991	Sculptural Ceramics, First Paiz Festival, Guatemala Painting & Sculpture, Ixchel Museum, Guatemala Itzul Group, Plastica Contemporanea Gallery, Guatemala Itzul Group, Aarte Moderno Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1990	New Figurative Painting in Guatemala, Plastica Contemporanea Gallery,Guatemala Itzul Group, Fine Arts Commission, Guatemala La Galería, Quetaltenango, Guatemala Guatemalan Art II, Bacardi Gallery, Miami, U.S.A

GROUP EXHIBITIONS ABROAD

2010	The Americas Collection, Pinta, N.Y.
2007	52 Venice Biennial, Guatemalan Pavilion, Territories, IILA, Zenobio Palace, Italy International Sculpture Biennial 2007, Toyamura, Japan
2003	International Sculpture Biennial 2003, Toyamura, Japan Primer Lugar
2002	Tension Zones, De Gang Gallery, Haarlem, Holland
2001	Seventh Art Biennial, Cuenca, Equador "From Classic to Modern: Revisiting the Figure in the Permanent Collection" Washington, DC Exhibitions Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica, Relevant Integration, sampling of plastic artists Central Americans for their 40th anniversary, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Context, Municipal Exhibitions Room of the Iglesia de las Francesas, Valladolid, España
2000	Central American Sampling "Sin Fronteras", Causa Group, Plástica Contemporánea-Guatemala, Villanova Fine Arts-El Salvador, Gal. Portales-Honduras, ódice-Nicaragua, Valanti-Costa Rica "Central Themes", First Regional Symposium, TEOR/éTica, Costa Rica International Space: "Guatemalan Presence in the Mexican Plastics Room", Historic Center, México, DF
1999	Mua Instala '99, Women in Arts. Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1998	1265 km, Guatemalan Art in Cuba, Wilfredo Lam Center, Havana, Cuba Villa de Madrid Exhibition, Madrid, Spain
1997	Contemporary Guatemalan Art, Department of Culture Bayer AG, Leverkusen y Dormagen, Alemania The First Group Art Exhibit, Golin Harris, New York Women Beyond Borders, California
1996	II Biennial Art from the Caribbean and Central America, Modern Art Museum, Santo. Domingo, Dominican Republic First Integrational Encounter of Central American Plastics, Panama Juannio 96, 1DB Staff Association Art Gallery, Washiington D.C.
1995	Iberoamerican Sculpture Room, Mexican Institute, Washington, D.C
1992	Roemer und Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim, Germany
1991	Grupo Itzul, Modern Art Gallery, Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic
1990	Arte of Guatemala II, Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami

AWARDS

2003	First Place, International Sculpture Biennial, Toyamura, Japan
2001	First Place in Sculpture, Rotary Auction, Guatemala Unique Prize, Juannio, Guatemala
1993	Unique Prize in Sculpture, Gold Glyph, IX Biennial Paiz of Art, Guatemala
1990	Second Place, Ceramic-Sculpture Competition, Guatemala

Her works are part of many private and institutional collections locally in Guatemala and internationally. Her work has been widely published in art journals and magazines. Has done curatorial work for the Infantile Paiz Biennial, Young Creators - Bancafe, Fotojornada and Juannio.

PRIVATE AND INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS

MODERN ART MUSEUM, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAS, OEA, Washington DC, USA
BIENNIAL OFFICES TOYAMURA, Toyako, Japan
ORTIZ GURDIÁN FOUNDATION, Nicaragua
CASA SANTO DOMINGO HOTEL, La Antigua, Guatemala
MANUEL HERRERA COLLECTION, Guatemala City
PAIZ FOUNDATION, Guatemala City
G&T FOUNDATION, Guatemala City
FUNBA, PALACIOS PORTA COLLECTION, Guatemala