Emotions are best expressed by the direct contact of the human eye. The ability to see was my primary ambition at the beginning of my artistic career. Another very interesting form of expression to me was to try to metamorphosize the mystical images of dreams into inspiration for my work.

In recent years I have become intrigued by the mysteries of other people's lives. By consequence, I have developed an interest in reading biographies that often do not include photographs. By reading such books one has the opportunity to imagine the visual history without someone else's interpretations. This interest took shape in my last solo exhibit entitled "Mujeres de Cuatro Siglos" ("Women of Four Centuries") and was my artistic biography of women of the last four centuries.

I am a professional independent artist. I consider myself a graphic artist whose art incorporates different techniques. Magic Realism best describes what I wish to represent in my artwork. I have studied the classical artists of the Renaissance and Surrealist movement, and both have influenced y artistic development.

My university studies were conducted in Mexico and the Escuela de Arte Plasticas of the Universidad de Guadalajara Mexico. I also had the opportunity to travel in Europe and Asia and I studied in Paris for two years. These travel experiences have had an influence in my artwork.

PUBLICATIONS
1997 Main program cover, Chicago, for the Annual Conference of the National Council of La Raza hosted in Chicago, IL
1996 Book Cover, Loverboys, Ana Castillo Short Stories Norton Publishers, New York, NY
1987 Viva el Arte, Art Magazine Number One, March-April Number Two, June-July
1986 Illustration, Tutuguri Magazine, Poetry Chap Book Illustration, Cuaderno Breve Poetry Notebook, Guadalajara University Press
1985 Drawings, Francisco Pedroza Poetry, Cabanas Cultural Institute
1984 Drawings, Raul Banuelos Poetry Guadalajara University Press

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  
1997 Annual Celebration Awards Artist Latino Institute, Chicago, IL
1997 Official Artist for the 1997 Annual Conference National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC
1995 Chicago Artists International Program Residency Grant Bordes Printmaking Workshop, Guadalajara, Mexico
1993 Traditional Chinese Painting, Gakukai Sumie Center Tokyo, Japan
1992 Traditional Chinese Painting, Yangshou, China Antique Batik Processes, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

AWARDS  
1996 Third Place Winner of the Alice and Arthur Baer Art Competition Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL

The group exhibition was planned in conjunction with this year's academic theme; "Chicana 2000: Emerging Voices." The exhibition, curated by a committee of Saint Mary's students and faculty will consider the political, domestic and spiritual themes of five celebrated Chicana Artists.