CV — Grace Zuniga

Sawyer Yards Creative Campus | 2016 - 2021
Creative Director

Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts | September 2013 - June 2016
Visual Art Director + Exhibitions Curator

Houston Community College - Central | 2012 - Present
Adjunct Instructor

Publications
Voices in Concert: In the Spirit of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz | 2015
Edited by Grace Zuñiga and Mark Cervenka Exhibition Catalog, Published by Arte Público Press, ISBN: 978-1-55885-814-5

Residencies + Study Abroad
Ox-Bow School of Art | Paper and Book Intensive | May 15 - 26, 2016
Two week working sabbatical in Papermaking and Book Arts

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft | September 2013 - May 2014
Awarded a 9 Month residency as a Mixed Media artist

Cortona Italy Study Abroad Program | May - August 2010
Studied courses in Metals / Jewelry, Papermaking, and Art History

Selected Exhibitions
• indicates solo exhibitions

2019
Prima Materia | The Union, Houston, Texas
2 Person Exhibition with Darwin Arevalo, Curated by Theresa Escobedo

2018
Changing States of Matter | BOX13, Houston, Texas
2 Person Exhibition with Hillaree Hamblin, Curated by Kelly Johnson + Chris Beer

2016
Conversions: Common and Sacral, Houston Community College Central Art Gallery, Houston, Texas
2 Person Exhibition with Delaney Smith, Curated by Alexander Squier
Southeast Contemporary Textile, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina
• Residual, College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas

2015
SITE Houston, Silos at Sawyer, Houston, Texas
Dining & Discourse: A Discussion in Three Courses, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston,Texas
• Sweat of the Sun, Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts Houston, Texas

2014
• Accidental Purpose, Mary Matteson-Parrish Art Gallery, Lone Star College - Montgomery, The Woodlands, Texas
CraftTexas 2014, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas
In Residence: Work by 2013 Resident Artists, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas
• Linear Constellations, Houston Community College, Northline Gallery, Houston, Texas
Visual Arts Alliance 31st Juried Open Exhibition, Three Allen Center, Houston, Texas , Juror: Clint Willour
New Art/Arte Nuevo: San Antonio 2014, UTSA Art Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, Juror: Catherine Lee
Color Up / Color Down Site Specific Installation at Russ Pitman Park, Houston, Texas

2013
• This Is All I've Ever Known, Paper Circle Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio

2012
MFA Thesis Exhibition, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Stand Out Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jurors: Mark Pascale and Susan Inglett

2011
• These Weights of Honey, Bridge Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, The University of Georgia
Out of Print, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, Curator: Hope Cohn
34th Annual Art on Paper National Juried Exhibition, Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland

2010
UGA/UA Exchange Exhibition, FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
La Mostra, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy
New Faces, New Work, Lamar Dodd School of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

2009
The Good, The Bad, and The Altered, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, Texas
Third Coast National, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, Texas, Juror: Josh MacPhee

2007
Has Come To Hand, The Alameda National Center for Latino Arts and Culture, an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, and The San Antonio Great Northwest Public Library San Antonio, Texas
Young Latino Artists: #11 Juventud Desenfrenda, Islander Art Gallery, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi,

2006
Young Latino Artists: #11 Juventud Desenfrenda, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas, Juror: Alberto McKelligan

Professional Service
Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ)13, Director | Present
Avenue CDC - Art on the Avenue, Jewelry Committee Chair | 2018 - Present
Arts District Houston Planning Committee | 2017-2019
Latino Initiative Advisory Board, Houston Holocaust Museum | 2016
Houston Infusion Advisory Committee, Houston First Corporation | 2016