Rigoberto A. Gonzalez

EDUCATION

M.F.A.     May 2004       Painting      New York Academy of Art (cum laude)

B.F.A.     August 1999  Studio  Art   University of Texas

PROFESSIONAL STUDIES/CONTINUING EDUCATION

Alternative Certification for Teachers Program Rio Grande Valley,May – June 2005.

MASTER CLASSES AT NEW YORK ACADEMY 

Jenny Saville, March 2004.

NEW YORK METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

Independently studied and copied old master drawings and etchings in the museums drawing resource room,

September 2002– May 2004.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

January 2005 – June 2008

Adjunct Professor: University of Texas Pan American, Edinburg, TX. Classes Taught: Drawing I, Drawing II, Art Appreciation 

September 2005 – September 2008            

Art 1 Teacher: Harlingen High School South Harlingen, TX.

October 2004       Instructor

Painting and Drawing  McAllen International Museum of Arts and Sciences.

September 2002 – May 2004

Class Monitor: New York Academy of Art. Figure Drawing I, Figure Drawing II, Painting I, Painting II. New York, NY.

RESIDENCIES

June – present (one year residency)

Roswell Artist Residency Program. Roswell, New Mexico

July – August 2005

Artist in Residency Rancho del Cielo in conjunction with  University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College

TRAVEL

October 1999      

Amsterdam, Holland independently studied the Rembrandt’s at the Rijks Museum through compositional analysis and drawings.

EXHIBITIONS     (*solo shows marked by asterisk)

February 21 - March 29, 2009*

Barocco de la Frontera, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM

August 29 - September 17, 2008

Roswell AIR Group Show, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM

April 17, 2008 - June 15, 2008*

Barocco en La Frontera (Baroque on the Border), Harlingen Heritage Museum. Harlingen, TX

December 2007 - January 2008

En la Vida, Art House, McAllen, TX

November 2006

A Night of 1,000 Drawings A Benefit for Artist Space, New York, NY

September 2006*

Transfigured Memories, Art House, McAllen, TX

May  2006*

Recuerdos Transfigurados, Casa de la Cultura, Reynosa Tamaulipas, Mexico

September 2005*

Recuerdos Transfigurados, Richardson Art Gallery, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, Brownsville, TX.

July 2005   

Arte Rio Grande International Museum of Arts & Science, McAllen TX.

May 2004   

Thesis  Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY.

March 2004

Another Room Gallery, New York, NY.

February 2004      

Drawing Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York , NY.

July 2003

Velvet Art Gallery, McAllen TX.

May 2002

Art Awakenings Cultural Art Center, McAllen TX.   

November 2001

Art Awakenings Cultural Art Center, McAllen TX.

June1999

Cine Sol Film Festival and Art Exhibition, South Padre Island Convention Center

May 1999            

University of Texas Pan American Senior Exhibition, Edinburg, TX.

PRIVATE & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Don and Sally Anderson, Roswell, NM

Brinkman Randle, Roswell, NM

First National Bank, Monterrey, NL Mexico

Dr. Esteban Brown, McAllen, TX.

Charles Clark, McAllen, TX.

MURAL COMMISSIONS

Resurrection Catholic Church, Alamo TX, November 2005

San Martin de Porres Catholic Church,Weslaco TX, February 2000 – May 2002

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Angela Salazar, “Baroque: Past, Present and Future”, Art “E” Experience, McAllen, Tx, Volume 1 Issue 3, Second Qrt 2008.

Bruce Lee Smith, “A Contemporary twist on Classic style”, Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, TX, Friday, April 25, 2008.

Bruce Lee Smith, “Artist: ACLU’s interest kept exhibit on display”, Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, TX, Friday, April 25, 2008.

Nancy Moyer, “Know your ADBC”, The Monitor, McAllen, TX, Friday, December 14, 2007.

Nancy Moyer, “Rigoberto Gonzalez transfigures memories at the Art House,” The Monitor, McAllen, TX September 15, 2006.

Adrian Quintana Gonzalez “Del recuerdo al lienzo,” La Prensa de Reynosa June 4, 2006.

Carlos Casiano, “Recuerdos Transfigurados,” La Prensa de Reynosa, June 3, 2006.

Jeanette Ferry Gomez, “UTPA artistic alumnus shows work at UTB – TSC,” The Pan American, September 29, 2005.

Abraham Figueroa, “For Gonzalez, paintings never end,” The Collegian, September 26, 2005.

Sarah Williams, “Rigoberto Gonzales fuses religion, literature and life for new exhibit,”

The Brownsville Herald, September 19, 2005.

Adrianna Vaszquez, “Rigoberto Gonzalez Un Mexicano en su universo,” Rumbo del Valle, September 12, 2005.

Noe Hinojosa, “Rigoberto Gonzalez Artist Profile,” Mesquite Review, October- November 2001.

LECTURES

September 2008, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales NM.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Tuition Merit Scholarship 2002-2004 New York Academy of Art

Lemont Wilcox     Full Tuition Scholarship

University of Texas Pan American Art Department, 1993-1998.

LANGUAGES

English and Spanish fluently.