Exhibitions
2022 - Then as Now, Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee, WI
2022 - Integral, Green Spaces, Denver, CO
2018 - SOLO EXHIBITION It’s Your Face: Masks of Trauma, Sunset Art Studios, Dallas, TX
2018 - Vignette Art Fair, The Women’s Museum, Dallas, TX
2018 - PEELINGS, Sunset Art Studio, Dallas, TX
2018 - HOMEGIRLS, Sour Grapes Studio, Dallas, TX
2018 - Super Women, Deep Vellum Book Store, Dallas, TX
2017 - Open Studio, Sour Grapes Studio, Dallas, TX
2013 - Making Connections, A Juried Exhibition of Alumni, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
2013 - El Corazón, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2012 - Concrete Roses, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2012 - For the Love of Kettle, Kettle Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
2011 - I Tell Stories, An Intimate Place, Dallas, TX
2010 - Discard, Part Time Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 - Borders-Member Show, McKinney Ave Contemporary (MAC), Dallas, TX
2010 - Art 010, The Wine Therapist, Dallas, TX
2010 - ARTISTS Vol. II, Icehouse Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009 - Portfolio Review, Kettle Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009 - Hecho en Dallas, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2009 - Movements in Printmaking, Grava Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2008 - Night Vision: Printing Darkness, Col. Eugene E. Meyers Art Gallery, University of North Dakota, Fargo, ND
2008 - 35th Annual Juried Art Show, UWM Union Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2008 - Salacious Banter, Poetry Reading Series, Milwaukee, WI
2008 - MIAD Thesis Exhibition, Fourth Floor Raw Space, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2007 - Art Riot, The Social Restaurant and Bar, Milwaukee, WI
2006 - Día de los Muertos, Group Altar, Walkers Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Awards & Honors
2021 - Honorable Mention in The Ghost Story’s Supernatural Fiction Contest
2018 - Artist in Residence, Sunset Art Studio, Dallas, TX
2018 - Muralism Program, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2015 - UTD Travel Award to attend the Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference in Minneapolis, MN
2014 - UTD Travel Award to attend the Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference in Seattle, WA
2012 - Featured Artist on Imagen Latina Radio Program 990 AM, Dallas, TX,
2008 - Selected to be artist in residence at The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR
2008 - Featured in Women of Milwaukee Hour, Poetry Marathon & Benefit, Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee, WI
2006 - Featured Poet, Redletter Reading Series, Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee,WI
2006 - Featured Poet, Educated Leading Lady Association (ELLA), University oaf Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2005 - Poet of the month for Women’s History Month, Lyrical Sanctuary, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Education
2015
MA Humanities
The University of Texas at Dallas
Thesis Stageplay: “Isle of Dogs,” and “The Woman Who Kills: An Introduction.”
2008
BFA Studio Art
Minor: Writing
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design,
Thesis Exhibition: “Pass Through My Body: Prints by Violet M Gutierrez.”
Readings
2021 - Elegua, Lit Night, Chocolate Secrets, Dallas, TX
2014 - Café Latino, ALTA (American Literary Translators Association), Milwaukee, WI
2014 - Literary Translation and Creativity: Why the Aha! Moment Doesn’t Matter, Dallas Unitarian Universalist Creativity Talks, Dallas, TX
2008 - Thresholds, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design Student Union, Milwaukee, WI
2007 - Where are the Swells, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2006 - The Importance of Higher Education, Marquette University College Fair, Milwaukee, WI
2006 - Poetry and Spoken Word, United Community Center Alternative Middle School, Milwaukee, WI
2005 - Freshman Writing Workshop, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
Presentations
2015 - The Big Rip, RAW (Research-Art-Writing), University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
2014 - Bilingual Writing or Self Translation, AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs), Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
2014 - The Unreliable Narrator, RAW (Research-Art-Writing) University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
Publications
The Ghost Story, 21st Century Ghost Stories, Vol II, “Elegua,” 2021
The Screamer, FIVE Annual Art Book, “Blood in Blood Out,” Austin, TX, 2011
The Screamer, 4OUR Annual Art Book, “Umbrella,” Austin, TX, 2010
Poetry from Page to Stage, Milwaukee Poets Chapbook, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, WI, 2006
Community Involvement
NFT Artist, LunarMaria, Dallas, TX, 2021-Present
Independent Podcast Creator, Adult Papers, Dallas, TX, 2020-2021
Fiction Editor, Reunion-The Dallas Review at the University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 2014-2015
Art Editor, The Boiler-A Journal of New Literature, 2014
Monitor, Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Minneapolis, MN, 2015
Volunteer, Dallas Literary One Night Stand, Dallas, TX, 2014
Volunteer, Oak Cliff Film Festival, Dallas, TX, 2014
Donations Coordinator, Better World Book Drive, Sigma Lambda Gamma DFW Alumnae Association, Dallas, TX, 2014
Assistant to Director, Icehouse Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2010
Group Facilitator, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX, 2010
Studio Teacher, Oak Cliff Art Crawl, Dallas, TX, 2010
Volunteer, The Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX, 2010
Assistant to the Editor, CityGal Magazine, Milwaukee, WI, 2008
Tutor at Milwaukee Education Center, Milwaukee, WI, 2006
Languages
Spanish: read, write, and speak
Professional Memberships
Member of Dallas Women in Audio and Music, DWAM
Member of Association of Independents in Radio, AIRMedia
Member of Texas Vignette
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, University of Texas at Dallas Chapter 316
Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc. DFW Alumnae Association
Member of American Literary Translators Association, ALTA
Member of Association of Writers & Writing Programs, AWP
Skills & Certs
Adobe software: Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Blackboard
Texas Educator Certification, Career and Technical Education
Texas Educator Certification, Art K-12
Texas Educator Certification, Bilingual Generalist-Spanish EC-4