Cleo Arevalo
Multimedia Artist
Education:
MFA, New Mexico State University - 2019
Studio Art, Multimedia
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BFA, The University of Texas at El Paso - 2013
Studio Art, Printmaking
Exhibitions:
2023 Create Something Beautiful, La Mecha Contemporary, El Paso, Texas
2022 Reboot: TASA Conference 2022, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
Frontera: Hopes & Fears, Doña Ana Arts Council, Las Cruces, New Mexico
EPCC Faculty Show, International Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
2021 Maletas Migrantes, Museo de la Revolución en la Frontera, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua,
México
2020 Virtual Nothings, Galería Cinco Puntos, El Paso, Texas
2019 Amor Por Juárez Featured Artist, The Station, El Paso, Texas
Last Thursdays Gallery Crawl, September 2019
Dis-continuum: MFA Thesis Show, University Art Gallery at New Mexico State University
Juried Student Show, University Art Gallery at New Mexico State University juried by Julie Alpert and Andy Arkley
2017 Terra Incognita: The National Pavillion for the Post Citizen, Pop Up Exhibition at Milton Hall, New Mexico State University
2016 Mumuros, Headquarters at 900 Upson, El Paso, Texas
Pop Up benefit art show in support of La Posada Home
2014 11th Borde Manifiesta, Honeyguide Gallery, El Paso, Texas
UTEP Student Show, International Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
2013 Biannual Graduating Student Exhibition, Union Gallery, the University of Texas at El Paso
A Second Show, Purple Pop-Up Gallery, El Paso, Texas
The 2013 Annual Juried UTEP Student Art Exhibition, The Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts juried by Miguel A. Aragón
Flatfile VIII, Glass Gallery, the University of Texas at El Paso
2012 Exhibitions in Dis/Connection by The Border Theatre, Glasbox, El Paso, Texas
Flatfile VII, Glass Gallery, the University of Texas at El Paso
20/20 Vision Fifth edition, The Fire House Gallery, Louisville, Georgia
Group Art Show by Diecisiete Ojos Collective, Glasbox, El Paso, Texas
2011 El Enigma de las Artes, Pasaje Correo, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México
Flatfile V, Glass Gallery, the University of Texas at El Paso
Awards:
2019 Arts and Sciences Deans Award. New Mexico State University
2013 Outstanding Achievement Award, Two Dimensional Arts. The University of Texas at El Paso
The National Society of Arts & Letters Printmaking Competition, El Paso Chapter, 2nd place
Publications:
- FRONTERA: HOPES & FEARS, (Las Cruces: Doña Ana Arts Council, 2022), Exhibition catalogue.
Arevalo, C. Contributor. “Hannah Höch in the Shadow of the Third Reich,” Listen To Your Art History Lessons, Online lecture. Las Cruces Museums. 2022, August 18.
- Dean, Hannah. “Personal & Political: The El Paso Community College Faculty Biennial Exhibition at the International Museum of Art.” Glasstire: Texas Visual Art, 2022, April 25.
- “Local Artists More than Students,” Fusion Magazine, 2013, March 13.
- 20/20 Vision Fifth Edition: The Art of Contemporary University Printmaking, (Louisville: The Fire House Gallery, 2012), Exhibition catalogue.
Teaching:
2021 Art Lecturer, El Paso Community College
2020 Adjunct Professor, New Mexico State University
Adjunct Professor, El Paso Community College
2019 Instructor of record for Introduction to Printmaking, New Mexico State University
2016 Instructor of record for Lab portion of Orientation in Art, New Mexico State University