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EXPERIENCE
2023 – Present
Co-Founder
San Luis Contemporáneo, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
A multidisciplinary arts space fostering collaboration, creativity, and dialogue within the local and binational community.
EDUCATION
2013 – 2015
Master of Fine Arts in Jewellery and Metal
The Royal College of Art
2005 – 2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Metals and Sculpture
The University of Texas at El Paso
GUEST SPEAKER ENGAGEMENT
2024
-El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX, USA
2019
TEDx at The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA Overcoming Post Graduate Depression
2019
Empowering the Borderland, Women’s Summit, El Paso, TX, USA
Guest speaker at Empowering the Borderland Women Summit, delivering a keynote on the role of art in fostering community and addressing borderland issues.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
2024
The New York Times, Hoping Art Can Strike a Balance on the U.S.-Mexico Border
National Gallery of Art, Art that Represents, and misrepresents, the US-Mexico Border
2022
Texas Monthly: The Border Inspires This Jewelrymaker’s Designs
2020
Glasstire: A Border Chronicle: Haydee Alonso’s Seamless Fluidity by Leslie Moody Castro
2017
Arts and Culture TX: Differenced Intertwined: Teresa Margolles at UTEP Rubin Center for Visual Arts
AWARDS
2021
Dots Between Fellowship
A financial literacy fellowship supporting artists in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas, focused on developing sustainable practices and financial strategies for creative professionals.
2019
Artist Incubator Grant
City of El Paso MCAD & Texas Commission on the Arts, Awarded to support the development of new creative projects and professional growth as an artist.
2016
Art Matters Foundation Grant
Awarded to support creative projects exploring the complexities of borders, identity, and community.
EXHIBITIONS CURATED
2021
Dots Between Fellowship A financial literacy fellowship supporting artists in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas, focused on developing sustainable practices and financial strategies for creative professionals.
2019
Artist Incubator Grant
City of El Paso MCAD & Texas Commission on the Arts, Awarded to support the development of new creative projects and professional growth as an artist.
2016
Art Matters Foundation Grant
Awarded to support creative projects exploring the complexities of borders, identity, and community.
CO-CURATED
Lineas Imaginarias, San Luis Contemporáneo, Cd. Juárez, CHIH, MX (2023)
Latinx Voices, Reeves House Visual Arts Center, Woodstock, GA, USA (2023)
Who’s’Who, Werkstatt Galerie Muenchen, Munich, DE (2015)
SOLO SHOWS
Ecos Paralelos- Parallel Echoes, Azul Arena, Cd. Juárez, CHIH, MX (2024)
AD2215: Una Evolución Forzada, Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez, Cd. Juárez, CHIH, MX (2023)
Negotiation Self, Honey Guide Gallery, El Paso, TX, USA (2016)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Feria Material, Expo Reforma, CDMX
2024
Liminality is a Solid Space, Kates Ferri Projects, New York, NY
Border Pop, Marsella #11, Ciudad de México, MX
La Frontera, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Baja California, MX | Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA, USA
Border Biennial, El Paso Museum of Art | Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez, El Paso, TX, USA | Cd. Juárez, CHIH, MX
Double Yellow Line, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia
Digitally Yours, NYC Jewelry Week, New York, NY, USAThis Is America | Art USA Today, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, NL
COLLECTIONS
Permanent collection of the El Paso Museum of Art
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