Curriculum Vitae

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Veronica V. Herrera
vmv75@yahoo.com


Education

MFA 2000 Painting and Drawing, University of Colorado at Boulder

BFA 1997 Drawing,University of Texas at San Antonio


Professional Experience

Fall 2007 Part-Time Instructor, University of Colorado at Denver
(Drawing Foundations)

Fall 2007 Part-Time Instructor, Metropolitan State College of Denver
(Color Theory)

Summer 2007 Part-Time Instructor, University of Colorado at Denver
(Beginning-Advanced Painting)

Spring 2007 Part-Time Instructor, University of Colorado at Boulder
(Color Theory)

Spring 2007 Part-Time Instructor, Community College of Denver
(2-D Design)

Spring 2007 Part-Time Instructor, Metropolitan State College of Denver
(Color Theory)

Fall 2006 Part-Time Instructor, University of Colorado at Denver
(2-D Design)

Fall 2006 Part-Time Instructor, Metropolitan State College of Denver
(Color Theory)

Fall 2006 Part-Time Instructor, Community College of Denver
(Art Appreciation)

Fall 2006 Part-Time Instructor, University of Colorado at Boulder
(Color Theory)

Summer 2006 Part-Time Instructor, University of Colorado at Boulder
(Color Theory)

Spring 2006 Part-Time Instructor, Metropolitan State College of Denver
(Color Theory)

Fall 2005 Part-Time Instructor, Metropolitan State College of Denver
(Color Theory)

Fall 2005 Part-Time Instructor, University of Colorado at Boulder
(Color Theory)

Fall 2005 Part-Time Instructor, Community College of Denver
(Color Theory)

May 2005 Instructor, Colorado Art Educators Association Workshop
(Bookmaking)

Spring 2005 Part-Time Instructor, Metropolitan State College of Denver
(Color Theory)

Fall 2004 Part-Time Instructor, Metropolitan State College of Denver
(Color Theory)

Fall 2004 Part-Time Instructor, Arapahoe Community College at Littleton
(Painting I)

Fall 2000 Graduate Part-Time Teaching Instructor, University of Colorado at Boulder
(Painting)

Spring 2000 Graduate Part-Time Teaching Instructor, University of Colorado at Boulder
(Painting)

Fall 1999 Graduate Part-Time Teaching Instructor, University of Colorado at Boulder
(Painting)

Spring 1999 Graduate Part-Time Teaching Instructor, University of Colorado at Boulder
(Drawing)


Honors/ Awards

2006 Best of Show Award "Art on the Edge"

2005 Juror's Award “22nd Annual All Colorado Art Show” 

2005 1st Place Professional Category " CBA Multi-Company Art Exhibition"

2005 1st Place Professional Category "On My Own Time" Exhibition"

1999 University of Colorado Fellowship

1993 Ford Scholarship

1993 San Antonio Art League Scholarship

1993 San Antonio College Scholarship

1993 Degan-Bella Ortiz Scholarship

Exhibition Record

September 2007. Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge, "1st Monday Art Talk" Denver,CO

September 2007. Emmanuel Gallery, "UCD Biennial Faculty Exhibit, Denver,CO

September 2007. Norlin Library, "Border Crossings" Boulder,CO

September 2007. BAC Haugnauer Gallery, "Chicano Magic" Denver,CO

August 2007. Myraid Gallery, "Anti-War Exhibition" Boulder, CO

July 2007. CHAC Gallery, "Artistes Libre" Denver, CO

July 2007. CHAC Gallery, "Santa Frida" Denver,CO

February 2007. CHAC Gallery, "Milagros del Corazon: Denver,CO

October 2006. For Heaven's Sake Gallery, "Portraits" Denver,CO

October 2006. Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "Lotteria" Denver,CO

September 2006. Lakewood Cultural Center, "Crossing Over" Lakewood, CO

September 2006. Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, "Los Animales" Denver,CO

September 2006. Emmanuel Gallery, "Metro Biennial" Denver,CO

August 2006. Primer Latino Titulo, "Biomorphic Series" Denver, CO

July 2006. Sankofa Gallery, “Finding Common Ground” Denver, CO

June 2006. Vida Ellison Gallery, “Chain Reaction: Chicano/a and Latino/a Art in Colorado”
Denver, CO

April 2006. Tointon Gallery, "Peace of Mine" Greeley, CO

April 2006. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, "Open Wall" Boulder,CO

January 2006. Museo de las Americas, "Never Leaving Aztlan" Denver,CO

January 2006. Susan K. Arndt Gallery, "Art on the Edge" Lakewood,CO

January 2006. South Union Gallery, "A Closer Look at Colorado" Lakewood,CO

June 2005. Curtis Arts and Humanities Center, "22nd Annual All Colorado Art Show" Greenwood Village, CO

May 2005. Center for the Visual Arts, "Back to Back: Metro Faculty Show" Denver,CO

May 2005. Park Central, "CBCA Multi-Company Art Exhibition" Denver, CO

April 2005. Denver Water, "On My Own Time" Denver, CO

October 2004. Front Range Community College, “Chicano Art Exhibition” Westminster, CO

October 2004. CU Museum of Natural History, “Day of the Dead Exhibition” Boulder, CO

October 2004.Colorado Gallery for the Arts, “ACC Art Faculty Exhibition” Littleton, CO

July 2004. Belmar Artspace 7, “Digital Re-grove” Lakewood, CO

October 2003. Gallery Sovereign, “Juried Group Show” Boulder, CO

October 2003. ABC Custom Framing, “Habitats” Denver, CO

September 2003. Denver Botanical Gardens, “Chile Harvest Festival” Denver, CO

August 2003. Lakewood Civic Center Plaza, “Lakewood Art Fest” Lakewood, CO

April 2003. Mari Michener Gallery, “Understanding La Gente” Greely, CO

CHAC Gallery Denver, CO

April 2006 " Santos y Cruces"

October 2005 “El Dia de los Muertos”

October 2005 “Juried Photography Show”

February 2005 “Milagros del Corazon”

April 2004 “Carnival de Arte”

February 2004 “Digital Libre”

September 2003 “Santos and Crosses: Colorado Style”

April 2003 “Syncopathy: The Rhythm of the Mind”

February 2003 “The Heart and Sol of CHAC”

November 2002 “El Dia de los Muertos Group Show”

September 2002 “Santos & Cross Group Show”

May 2002 “Traces of Spirit”

March 2002 “San Patricio Group Show”

February 2002 “Mascaras con Corazon”

September 2001 “Cosmic Cluster Group Show”

May 2001 “Cinco de Mayo Group Show”

2001 “William Wegman: Strange but True,” CU Art Gallery Denver, CO

2001 “National Works on Paper Exhibition,” Core New Art Space, Denver, CO

2001 “Traveling Eyes,” Edge Underground Gallery, Denver, CO

2000 “Bargain Vision,” CU Art Gallery, MFA Exhibition, 2000 Boulder, CO

2000 “The Book as Art,” Boulder Public Library, Boulder, CO

1999 “The Best Art Show Ever,” Core New Art Space, Denver, CO

1999 “Scrambled Eggs,” Sybase, Boulder, CO

1998 “Group Show” Borders Bookstore, San Antonio, TX

1998 UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX

1997 “BFA Exhibition,” UTSA Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX

1993 “Award Ceremony,” San Antonio Country Club, San Antonio, TX

1993 “Art Jamboree,” San Antonio Art League, San Antonio, TX


Publications

2000. Philip Guston “Curtain” Eyes Wide Open: The Art of Viewing Art Exhibition Catalog

1993. John Jay ROTC Awards Program Cover


Exhibitions Curated

"Peace of Mine", Tointon Gallery, Greeley,CO, April 2006

Various Group Shows, CHAC Gallery, Denver, CO 2001-Present

Eyes Wide Open: The Art of Viewing Art, University of Colorado Gallery, 2000

Scrambled Eggs, Sybase, Boulder,CO,1999

Professional Service

2007 Mural Project Coordinator, CHUN People's Fair

2006 Mural Project Coordinator, Excelsior Academy

2005 Assistant Set Designer, University of Colorado at Denver

2005-Present, Education Coordinator, Chicano Humanities & Arts Council

2001-2005, Board of Directors, Chicano Humanities & Arts Council

1998 Secretary, Student Art Guild, University of Colorado at Boulder

1997-1998 President, Student Art Guild, University of Texas at San Antonio

1998 Volunteer, UTSA Satellite Space Gallery

1998 Volunteer, San Antonio Art League Museum


Commissions

2006 SCFD, Artwork for Rex Morgan Award Nominees

2005 C-DOT/ Heinrich Hispanidad, Seatbelt Safety Mural Design

2004 Reunion

2003 Italian Plaza

2003 Baby Portrait

2003 Poem Illustrations

1999. Portrait of a girl

1998. Inventions series