resume

artist’s statement

My body of work is the product of hours of study and discovery. Being a self-taught artist with no formal art training, my tutelage has been slow, and at times, accidental. I consider myself an apprentice to the masters before me, as it is through studying their works that I have been able to learn certain techniques. After many years of honing these skills, through arduous practice and reproduction, I find I am coming into my own realm. I am now free to take what I have learned and make it my own.

The art that I create is an amalgam of influences from Michaelangelo to Yepes, covering an array of genres and styles, ultimately fusing them to create something contemporary and iconic, yet timeless and infinitely familiar.

My early years were shaped by popular culture and the empowerment of women, thus most of my works reflect this. However, I am more interested in the journey and new discoveries of creating a new piece of work than I am with the finished product. This is usually how I discover something new, either in the execution or the medium. As my work continues to evolve, the strong undercurrent of taking risks, confidence and the sheer desire to create is ever present.

- julie zarate

exhibits / accomplishments

2008

November “Dia de los Muertos” : Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas

November “Via Colori” : Houston, Texas

October “Hispanic Heritage Celebration” : Hewlett Packard, Houston, Texas

October “Hispanic Heritage Celebration” : San Jacinto YMCA, Houston, Texas

October “The Bridge : Survivors” : Pasadena City Hall, Pasadena, Texas

September 9th Annual Latin Grammys : Houston, Texas

September “AKMB Fundraiser” : Dan Elextro’s, Houston, Texas

August [consignment] : Heights Books Libros, Houston, Texas

July “La Mujer” Lecture Series and Exhibition : Ripley House, Houston, Texas

July “Independence Show” : Elder Street Gallery, Houston, Texas

June “Life and Passion of Frida Kahlo” : MECA, Houston, Texas

June “Bohemeo’s East End Celebration” : Bohemeo’s, Houston, Texas

May “Carnival” : Next, Houston, Texas

March: “Women’s History” : MECA, Houston, Texas

March: “Women’s History” [solo display] : Metropolitan Transit Authority, Houston, Texas

February: “El Corazon” : Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas

2007

November: “Twentieth Century Fox” [solo exhibit] : TBH Houston, Texas

November: “Celebrating the Life and Passion of Frida Kahlo” : MECA, Houston, Texas

October: “Dia de Los Muertos” : MECA, Houston, Texas

October: “National Society of Hispanic MBA’s Conference” : George R. Brown, Houston, Texas

September: “Hispanic Heritage Month - LULAC” : Thurgood Marshall School of Law - TSU, Houston, Texas

September: “Hispanic Heritage Day - HOLA” : Hewlett Packard, Houston, Texas

September: “Carnival” : Next, Houston, Texas

September: “Milestones” : MECA, Houston, Texas

July: “Midnight Summer’s Dream” : Redondo Gallery Houston, Texas

July: “One” : Elder Street GalleryHouston, Texas

July: “Divergency” : bohemeo’s Houston, Texas

June: “Destination Artspace” : Norwich, Connecticut

May: “Cosmic Duality” : bohemeo’s Houston, Texas

April: “Art on Loan / City Hall Annex” : Houston, Texas

March: “Sor Juana Festival” : MECA Houston, Texas

February: “House Farmworkers Benefit” : Ventura, California

February: “Art On Loan” : City Hall Annex Houston, Texas

February: “The Human Form” : Eastman-Smith Gallery; Houston, Texas

February: “El Corazon” : Bath House Cultural Center; Dallas, Texas

2006

December: “Texas Arts Alliance Juried Exhibit” : TAACL; Clear Lake, Texas

December: “Fiesta Guadalupana” : MECA; Houston, Texas

December: “Virgen de Guadalupe” : Mexico Lindo; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

November: “Hight’s Cigar Factory Charity Auction” : M2 Gallery; Houston, Texas

October: “Woman Where Are You Now” : Gallery 19; Houston, Texas

October: “19th Annual Dia De Los Muertos” : Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas

September: “Calacas” : Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas

July: “Devoción” : Bombshell; Houston, Texas

July: “Frida de mí Corazon”, Houston, Texas

May: “TR3S: Collective In Color” : 3 Muses Gallery, Houston, Texas

February: “Kinky Friedman Fundraiser”, Houston, Texas

February: “Heights First Saturday, [solo exhibit] : Spanish Flowers; Houston, Texas

January: “Heights First Saturday, [solo exhibit] : Spanish Flowers; Houston, Texas

2005

December: “Fiesta Guadalupana” : MECA; Houston, Texas

December: Christmas Season : Talento Bilingue de Houston; Houston, Texas

November: Dia de los Muertos: Retablos at Lawndale Art Center; Houston, Texas

October: “Controversy” : Gallery 19; Houston, Texas

September: City Hall Year Long Exhibit curated by Gus Kopriva; Houston, Texas

September: “Mezcla” : J.P. Morgan Chase Heritage Hall; Houston, Texas

August: Mexican Consul General; Houston, Texas

June: Jaya; Houston, Texas

April: “An Homage to Frida Kahlo”, online special collection exhibition at www.art.com

March: “Huitzilpoctli” : MECA; Houston, Texas

February: Baquero Gallery in Rice Village; Houston, Texas

2004

December: “La Virgen Exhibit” : MECA; Houston, Texas

December: Christmas seasonal event : TBH; Houston, Texas

November: Heights First Saturday, [solo exhibit] : Harold’s in theHeights; Houston, Texas

October: “Edward James Olmos Latino Book Festival, 3rd annual event” : George R. Brown Convention Center; Houston, Texas

October: “The Everybody Show” : Marie Weichman Studio Galleries in the Heights; Houston, Texas

October: “Dia de Los Muertos” : Standing Rock Cultural Arts Center; Kent, Ohio

October: “Dia de Los Muertos” : MECA; Houston, Texas

September: “First Annual Levity Ball and Art Show”; Houston, Texas

August: “Auxilio” : MECA, Houston, Texas

July: “Women in Art” : de Zeta Gallery, Houston, Texas

June: Heights First Saturday, [solo exhibit]; Crickett’s Creamery and Café; Houston, Texas

May: Heights First Saturday, [solo exhibit]; King Biscuit; Houston, Texas

April: Pig n Pepper “Mad Hatter Teaparty” international artists exhibit; Kent, Ohio.

March: “Band of Arts” : Helio’s; Houston, Texas

March: “Hispanic Heritage Night” [solo exhibit] : Toyota Center; Houston, Texas

February: “Band of Arts / NHPO mixer”; Houston, Texas

2003

November: “Dia De Los Muertos” : Talento Bilingue de Houston; Houston, Texas

October: “Edward James Olmos Latino Book Festival” : George R. Brown Convention Center; Houston, Texas

July: [solo exhibit] : Helio’s; Houston, Texas

2002

September: “Edward James Olmos Latino Book Festival” : George R. Brown Convention Center; Houston, Texas

May: [solo exhibit] : Midtown Bagel Company; Houston, Texas

May: “Quinta Esencia” : Estudio Shoelmann Gallery; Houston, Texas

April: “Breaking Chains”; Houston, Texas

March: “Cesar Chavez Cultural Center” : University Of Colorado, Chicano Studies; Greeley, Colorado.

February: “Houston Justice for Peace Not War’s Peace Festival”; Houston, Texas

2001

October: “Auxilio: An American Art Exhibition” : MECA; Houston, Texas

September: “SMOM” (Sociedad Mutualista Obrera Mejicana) fundraiser [solo exhibit]; Houston, Texas

March: “Burnt Offerings” [solo exhibit] : Talento Bilingüe de Houston; Houston, Texas

awards

August 2005: Honorable Mention, Mexican General Consul, juried exhibition

April 2005: Honorable Mention, “An Homage to Frida Kahlo”, online special collection at art.com; Painting selected: “Convergencia de Los Santos de Palomas Negras”

May 2005: First place, art-cards.org competition

education

No formal art education

San Jacinto College, undergraduate

High School for Law Enforcement / Criminal Justice

publications

Pasadena Citizen, article by Kosaku Norioka, july 2008

Deer Park Progress, [PDF page 1, PDF page 2] article by Kosaku Norioka, july 2008

Dallas Morning News, 14th annual “el corazon” exhibit at the bath house cultural center 2008

Demon In The Mirror, commissioned book cover art for writer, santino joaquin rivera, october 2007

Tu Vida television interview, august 2007

la nueva raza, article in “mosaico cultural” : Chicano Identity Thru Art by Connie Falcon.