{"id":68,"date":"2026-03-13T04:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T04:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marugenia.com\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2026-07-21T20:17:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:17:44","slug":"cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marugenia.com\/?page_id=68","title":{"rendered":"CV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Education<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Warren Wilson College<\/strong>, Asheville, North Carolina&nbsp;<br><strong>MA in Critical Craft Studies<\/strong>&nbsp;<br><em>Specialization in craft knowledges used by contemporary artists in Puerto Rico<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Thesis:<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>Interwoven Mesh of Re-existence: Craft Knowledges in Puerto Rico<\/em>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mentors: Alpesh Kantilal Patel, Pablo Helguera, PJ&nbsp;Gubatina&nbsp;Policarpio&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alchimia&nbsp;Scuola&nbsp;di&nbsp;Gioielleria&nbsp;Contemporanea<\/strong>, Florence, Italy&nbsp;<br><strong>Specialization in Contemporary Jewelry<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mentored by Peter&nbsp;Bauhuis, Manfred Bischoff, and&nbsp;Ruudt&nbsp;Peters&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Universidad de Puerto Rico<\/strong>, San Juan, Puerto Rico&nbsp;<br>Graduate Studies in 20th-Century History&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Focus on Puerto Rican visual and material culture (1950s)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Parsons School of Design<\/strong>, New York, New York&nbsp;<br><strong>A.A.S. in Fashion Design<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Universidad de Puerto Rico<\/strong>, San Juan, Puerto Rico&nbsp;<br><strong>B.A. in History<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Concentration in 20th-Century Latin American History&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Publications \u2013 Written Works<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Forthcoming<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201c<\/strong>Where the Jacho Stills Flicker: Crafting Cultural Resistance\u201d, \u00a0in\u00a0<em>Craft Education: Teaching, Learning, Knowing, and Making Craft in the United States and<\/em>\u00a0<em>Territories,\u00a0<\/em>ed\u00a0Daisy\u00a0Alejandre, Sara\u00a0Clugage, O.M. Comstock,\u00a0Michelle Millar Fisher, PhD, Mary\u00a0Savig, Yutong Shi, Namita Gupta Wiggers, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2027\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cMaterial Conversations: Making and Learning in La Escuela de&nbsp;Oficios,\u201d in&nbsp;<em>Craft Schools: Where We Make What We Inherit<\/em>, ed. Michelle Millar Fisher, Museum of Fine Arts Boston &amp; Schiffer Publishing, 2026&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;Weaving Connections: Diasporic Experiences in the work of Maria Maea&#8221;, <em>Surface Design Journal,<\/em> 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cMarkings into a Different World,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Current Obsession<\/em>&nbsp;Magazine, 2025&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2024<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cCraft, Crises, and Colonialism: Reimagining Puerto Rico,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Journal of Modern Craft<\/em>&nbsp;(peer-reviewed)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cOne Work: Luciano Pimienta,\u201d&nbsp;<em>HereIn&nbsp;Journal<\/em>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2023<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cCrafts, Lists, and Fairs: Constructing Puerto Rican Identity in the 1950s,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Hyperallergic<\/em>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2021<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cAccents,&nbsp;E\u00f1es, and the Language of Jewelry:&nbsp;Colectiva&nbsp;Tilde,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Craft Desert Zine<\/em>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cIt Just Got Started,\u201d in&nbsp;<em>Crucible: Publication&#8217;21<\/em>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Selected Presentations &amp; Lectures<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2025<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cReflections: Creative Aging in Museum Education at MCASD,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Museums and Trust<\/em>, American Alliance of Museums Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2024<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cThe Places that Inhabit Me: 20 Years of Jewelry Making,\u201d Artist Lecture,&nbsp;<em>La Frontera<\/em>&nbsp;Programming, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cRizoma: Broadening Our Community Through Connections,\u201d&nbsp;<em>SNAG Conference<\/em>, San Diego State University, CA&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2023<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cCrafts, Lists, and Fairs: Constructing Puerto Rican Identity in the 1950s,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Craft Archive Fellowship Presentation<\/em>, Center for Craft &amp; Hyperallergic, online&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2022<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cInterwoven Mesh of Re-existence: Craft Knowledges in Puerto Rico,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Moriviv\u00ed: Activating Puerto Rican Futures<\/em>, Puerto Rican Studies Association Conference, Mount Holyoke College, MA&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cCraft Schools: People,\u201d Esther Steinberg Memorial Lecture, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, online&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Group Exhibitions (Selected)<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2025<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>A Really Good Sculpture Show,&nbsp;<\/em>Harvest and Gather, Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2024<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Missed Connections<\/em>, Art Produce, San Diego, CA&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>La Frontera<\/em>, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA &amp; Centro Cultural de Tijuana\u2013CECUT, Tijuana, M\u00e9xico&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2023<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>La Frontera<\/em>, El Rubin Center, El Paso, TX &amp; Centro Cultural de la Frontera, Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, M\u00e9xico&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Rizoma<\/em>, Flex Gallery, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Stone Soup<\/em>, Two Rooms, La Jolla, CA&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2022<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Ra\u00edces<\/em>, Galer\u00eda de la Tierra, Universidad&nbsp;Aut\u00f3noma&nbsp;de Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, M\u00e9xico&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2021<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Ra\u00edces<\/em>, Equinox Gallery, San Antonio, TX&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>D\u00eda de&nbsp;los&nbsp;Muertos Invitational<\/em>, Equinox Gallery, San Antonio, TX&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2020<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Amend<\/em>, [online]&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amendexhibition.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.amendexhibition.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Passenger<\/em>, Munich, Germany&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Insurgencies: Women\u2019s Art on the Border in the Cold War Era<\/em>, The Front Arte &amp; Cultura, San Diego, CA&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2019<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Hot Dog Show<\/em>, Chicago, IL&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Vecinos&nbsp;II:&nbsp;Bienal&nbsp;Latinoamericana de&nbsp;Joyer\u00eda&nbsp;Contempor\u00e1nea<\/em>, Museo Municipal de Arte&nbsp;Decorativo&nbsp;Firma&nbsp;y Odilo Estevez, Rosario, Argentina&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2018<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Back Again, Forever<\/em>, Freehand Gallery, Los Angeles, CA&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Vecinos&nbsp;II<\/em>, Museo de Artes Populares Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez, Buenos Aires, Argentina&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2017\u20132010<\/strong>&nbsp;<br><em>Additional exhibitions in San Diego, Boston, Florence, Munich, Rome, Barcelona, Vienna, Leipzig, Mexico City, and more.<\/em>&nbsp;<br>(Full list available upon request)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Awards &amp; Fellowships<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2022<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Craft Archive Fellowship<\/em>, Center for Craft, Asheville, NC&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2019<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Artist Grant<\/em>, William Male Foundation, San Diego, CA&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2011<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Premio Fondazione&nbsp;Cominelli&nbsp;per il Gioiello&nbsp;Contemporaneo<\/em>, Brescia, Italy&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education&nbsp; Warren Wilson College, Asheville, North Carolina&nbsp;MA in Critical Craft Studies&nbsp;Specialization in craft knowledges used by contemporary artists in Puerto Rico&nbsp; Alchimia&nbsp;Scuola&nbsp;di&nbsp;Gioielleria&nbsp;Contemporanea, Florence, Italy&nbsp;Specialization in Contemporary Jewelry&nbsp; Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico&nbsp;Graduate Studies in 20th-Century History&nbsp; Parsons School of Design, New York, New York&nbsp;A.A.S. in Fashion Design&nbsp; Universidad de Puerto Rico, San [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-68","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marugenia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marugenia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marugenia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marugenia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marugenia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/marugenia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86,"href":"https:\/\/marugenia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marugenia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}