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Education
2020- 2022 , Warren Wilson College, Asheville, North Carolina| MA in Critical Craft Studies
2007-2011, Alchimia Scuola di Gioielleria Contemporanea, Firenze, Italia| Specialization in Contemporary Jewelry ,Intensive Course, Foundation Course, Advanced Course with Peter Bauhauis, Specialization Course with Manfred Bischoff, Quaternitas mentosrship with Ruudt Peters
1999-2002, Universidad De Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico| Graduate Studies in 20th century History, Concentration in media studies and consumer culture
2002-2003, Parson School for Design, New York, New York|A.A.S in Fashion Design
1993-1997, Universidad De Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico|
B.A , Concentration in Latin American History
Workshops
2019 What is your issue? Kerianne Quick, Haystack School of Crafts. Maine
2014 Wax carving workshop, Jay Whaley
2012 Textile techniques on metal with Doris Manninger, Medieval embroidery techniques with Ulrika Wennerstroem, Daily life in the contemporary jewelry creation with Estela Saez, Creative wax with Catalina Brenes.
2010 Workshop with Robert Smit | Workshop with Deganit Schocken
Workshop with Ruudt Peters
Group Exhibitions
2023 La Frontera, El Rubin Center, University of Texas, El Paso Texas and Galería de la Tierra, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juarez | Rizoma, Flex Gallery, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas | Stone Soup, Two_Rooms Art Space, La Jolla, California
2022 Raices, Galería de la Tierra, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juarez
2021 Raices, San Antonio, Texas
2020 Amend, www.amendexhibition.com | Passenger , Munich, Germany | Insurgencies: Women’s art on the border in the era of the cold war, The Front Arte and Cultura, San Diego, California
2019 Hot Dog Show, Chicago, IL | Vecinos II Latin American Biennale of Contemporary Jewelry, Museo Municipal de Arte Decorativo Firma y Odilo Estevez, Rosario, Argentina
2018 Back Again, Forever 37th Annual Jewelry Show, Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA| Vecinos, II Latin American Biennale of Contemporary Jewelry, Museo de Artes Populares Jose Hernandez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2017 Jewelry Pop-up, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA| Vinte e Tres: Joalharia Contemporanes na Ibero-America, PIN, Lisboa, Portugal| Minimal to Bling, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
2016 Tribute to Manfred Bischoff, Munich, Germany| American Craft Weekend, solo trunk show and live demo, Mingei International Museum, San Diego , CA| Jewelry Mart, Walker Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN| Objects D’ Art, Galería Embajadada, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2015 Alchimia:An Anthology, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts| Subamos los Colores, Galeria Silvestre, Tarragona, Spain| Alchimia Alumni Collective, Joya 2015, Barcelona, Spain
2014 La Frontera, Houston Center for the Contemporary Craft, Houston Texas; Kokomo Gallery, Indiana University, Kokomo, Indiana| Art Above San Diego, San Diego, California.| Surf’s Up Trunk Show, Collector’s Gallery , Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA
2013 La Frontera, Museo Franz Meyer, Distrito Federal de Mexico, Mexico; Velvet Da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, California.| Art Above San Diego, San Diego, California
2012 Premio Fondazione Cominelli per il gioiello contemporaneo, Brescia, Italia
2011 Jewelry is a metaphoric view of the world, Lalaounis Jewelry Museum, Athens, Greece| Joya 2011, Semana de la Joyeria Contemporanea, Barcelona| Taste just like chicken, Quaternitas Mostra, Firenze, Italia| Rings, Galerie Maniglod, Leipzig, Germany
2010 Jahresrückblich, Galerie V&V, Vienna,Austria |1×1 Collection, Firenze, Italia| VI Giornata del Contemporaneo Rogo della Vanita, Firenze, Italia| Grassimesse, Lipzia, Germania| ArtOrnamento, Alternatives Gallery,Roma , Italia| Joya, Semana de la Joyeria Contemporanea, Barcelona, España| Abwandlungen,Umwandlungen,Verwandlungen, Galerie V&V, Vienna, Austria|Final Year Exhibition, Antonella Villanova Gallery, Firenze Italia| Orecchini, Galerie Manigold, Leipzig, Germany| Inhorgenta 2010, Munich Germany|Quinta Giornata delContemporaneo, Firenze, Italia
2009 II Anno, Final Year Exhibition, Alchimia Scuola di Gioielleria Contemporanea, Firenze Italia
2008 I Anno, Final Year Exhibition, Alchimia Scuola di Gioielleria Contemporanea, Firenze Italia
Awards
2019 Artist Grant William Male Foundation, San Diego, CA
2010 Scholarship Alchimia Scuola di Gioielleria Contemporanea, Firenze, Italia
2009 Scholarship Alchimia Scuola di Gioilleria Contemporanea, Firenze, Italia
Publications
Forthcoming:
Fall 2023 “Craft, Crises, and Colonialism: Reimagining Puerto Rico” Journal of Modern Craft
Fall 2023, Exploration of the work of Luciano Pimienta for HereIn Journal
June 2023 “Crafts, Lists, and Fairs: Constructing Puerto Rican Identity in the 1950s”. Hyperallergic Magazine
2021 Essay in Craft Desert Zine| Crucible: Publication’21
2019 SDVoyager, Communique
2018 Vecinos II Latin American Biennale of Contemporary Jewelry, Exhibition Catalog
2017 Pacific Magazine
2016 Collector’s Gallery Lookbook, Mingei International Museum
2015 Sunset Magazine
2014 Artist profile in the Mingei International Museum’s summer shopping guide and front page of their winter guide.
2013 La Frontera, Exhibition Catalog
2012 Premio Cominelli, Exhibition Catalog
2010 El Vocero
2007 San Juan Magazine, Clothspin, El Vocero