Education
2018 / M.F.A. in Studio Art, Florida International University, Miami, FL.
2014 / B.F.A. in Visual Art, New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL.
2011 / A.A. in Art Education, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL.
Awards
2022 - 2023 / Adjunct Professor of the Year, Broward College, Coconut Creek, FL.
2022 / Ellies Winner, Teacher Travel Grant, Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL.
2021 / Outstanding Arts Educator, Culture Shock Miami, Miami, FL.
2016 - 2018 / Graduate Fellowship, Florida International University, Miami, FL.
2016 / Finalist, Capture Coral Gables, Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL.
2014 / Valedictorian, New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL.
2014 / Summa Cum Laude, New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL.
2013 / Finalist, National Society of Arts and Letters: Art of Printmaking, Boca Raton, FL.
2010 / 1st Place Photography, Café Cultura Literary Magazine, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL.
2008 / Award of Distinction, The Annual Student Show, DACRA Gallery, Miami, FL.
Residencies
2024 - Current / Associate Artist, Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood, FL.
2023 / Artist in Residence, CollaboARTive x InterContinental Miami, Downtown Miami, FL.
2023 / Summer (re)Open: Artist Residency with Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood, FL.
2022 - 2023 / Resident Artist, Laundromat Art Space, Little Haiti, FL.
2022 / Summer Open Artist Residency, Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood, FL.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 / In My Mind's Eye, Curatorial Fellowship Gallery, FIU Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL.
2017 / Forget Me Not, Curatorial Fellowship Gallery, FIU Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL.
2017 / Family Aggregate, The Photography Gallery at FIU, Biscayne Bay, FL.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 / Neither Here Nor There, MIFA Miami International Fine Arts, Miami, FL.
2025 / Exploring the Nuances of Black and White, Milander Center for Arts, Hialeah, FL.
2025 / Rehearsal for an Exhibition, 1310 Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
2025 / mel bokner (notes on value), [NAME] Publications, Miami, FL.
2023 - 2025 / Annual Faculty Exhibition, Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery, Broward College Central Campus, Davie, FL.
2023 / Unfold. Miami Beach Visual Arts Gallery, Miami, FL.
2023 / Outside the Lines: A Collaboration with collaboARTive, Ignatian Center for the Arts, Miami, FL.
2023 / Unfold. Drift, curatorial project room at Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL.
2022 - 2023 / The BluPrnt Show, Bridge Red Studios, North Miami, FL.
2022 / Reclaimed: Group Exhibition, under the bridge art space, North Miami, FL.
2022 / BookBound: The Art of Books and Printmaking, Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL.
2022 / Alternative Processes: Other Ways of Seeing, Culture Lab LIC in Plaxall Gallery, Queens, NY.
2021 & 2022 / Fall Faculty Exhibition, Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery, Broward College Central Campus, Davie, FL.
2021 / The Gift Shop curated by Yi Chin Hsieh, Locations include The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Wolfsonian Museum, and Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL.
2021 / Arts4All Florida: Forty4Forty, Crealdé School of Art in Winter Park and Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee, FL.
2020 / Alternative Processes Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY.
2020 / a_part: A Quarantine Collaboration, Global Exchange and Art Collaboration, Online.
2020 / Florida Biennial, Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL.
2019 / Translator’s Notes, Invitational by Mirta Gomez del Valle, FIU Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL.
2019 / Small Stacks Show presented by Wall Frame Affairs, Brooklyn, NY.
2019 / Body + Memory + City, PhotoAlicante Photography Festival in partnership with Doral Contemporary Art Museum (DORCAM), Alicante, Spain.
2019 / The Lonely Hearts Club l Pop Up Show, 4Most Gallery & Studio, Gainesville, FL.
2018 / Faculty Art Exhibition, Miami Dade College Centre Gallery, Miami, FL.
2018 / End to End, Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL.
2018 / The Variety Show, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL.
2017 / CAP Lab: Overload, Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, Miami, FL. 2017 / Fractured Affinities, Ker Gallery, Doral, FL.
2017 / White Jeans, Washington Gallery, FIU Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL.
2017 / MEMORY/TIME + PLACE, Ker Gallery, Doral, FL.
2017 / FORM AS CONTEXT, Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL.
2017 / Still/Moving, O Cinema Wynwood presented in partnership with ArtCenter/South Florida, Miami, FL.
2017 / What Plans The Better Idea, FIU Bakehouse Project Room, Miami, FL & FIU Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL.
2017 / There & Then: Jose L. Garcia & German Ruiz, FIU Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL.
2016 / 13 Squared, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL.
2016/ Espacio 08: New Collaborative Works, FIU School of International & Public Affairs, Miami, FL.
2016 / Capture Coral Gables 2016, Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL.
2016 / SWEAT Broadsheet Collaboration, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY.
2014 / PRINT EXCHANGE, Turn-Based Press, Miami, FL.
2014 / SWEAT II, Miami Dade College Kendall Campus Gallery, Miami, FL.
2014 / Et al, The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL.
2013 / Walls of Artseen, Artseen Gallery, Miami, FL.
2013 / Breaking Boundaries, New World Gallery, Miami, FL.
2013 / A Close Read, Turn-Based Press, Miami, FL.
2013 / Impressions: A Selection of Academic Printmaking and Artists' Books from South Florida, Turn-Based Press, Miami, FL.
2013 / Print-Photo-Process 2013: Theme and Transformation, New World Gallery, Miami, FL.
2012 / The Conversation: Explorations in Drawing and Painting, New World Gallery, Miami, FL.
2012 / Rising Stars, New World Gallery, Miami, FL.
Collections
MDC Museum of Art and Design (MOAD), Miami, FL.
Permanent Art Collection of Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami, FL.
Jaffe Center for Book Arts, FAU Libraries, Boca Raton, FL.
The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY.
Publications
2025 / Contributor: Photography and Poetry, Literally Everyone’s Invited, Photo Book published by O’Miami, Miami, FL.
2025 / Contributor, mel bokner (notes on value), [NAME] Publications, Miami, FL.
2022 / Contributor, Zip Odes presented by O’Miami and WLRN. National Public Radio.
2020/ Guest Artist, Rocking Chair Sessions, Podcast Interview, Online.
2020 / Documentation Photographer for Devora Perez. AIM Biennial, Miami, FL.
2019 / The 2019 Lenscratch Family Exhibition, Lenscratch Contemporary Photography Journal, Los Angeles, CA.
2018 / MFA Thesis Candidates present END TO END at the Frost Art Museum. FIU College of Art + Art History News, Miami, FL.
2017 / Student Spotlight: Jose Garcia , A Photo-Based Artist & Future Educator. FIU College of Art + Art History News, Miami, FL.
2017 / Re-relating to the Environment (Critics Choice January 2017). Art Circuits. Coral Gables, FL.
2017 / MFA Candidates & BFA Candidates & BFA Alumni Collaborate for 1st Gallery of the Spring. FIU College of Art + Art History News, Miami, FL.
2017 / Miami Beach Urban Studios presents ‘THERE & THEN’, A Dual Photographic Exhibit. FIU College of Art + Art History News, Miami, FL.
2015 / Contemporary Arts Program (CAP) Case Study. Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, Miami, FL.
2014 / Hypnopompia II. International Digital and Print on Demand Magazine, Portugal, EU.
2010 / Café Cultura Literary Magazine. Miami-Dade College Hialeah Campus, Hialeah, FL.
Teaching Experience
2022 - Current / Adjunct Professor in Photography, New World School of the Arts, High School Division, Miami, Florida, USA.
2022 - Current / Adjunct Professor in Liberal Arts, Miami Dade College Hialeah Campus, Hialeah, Florida, USA.
2020 - Current / Adjunct Professor in Art, Art History, and Photography, Broward College North Campus, Coconut Creek, Florida, USA.
2018 - Current / Core Teaching Faculty, Lewis Arts Studio, Arts for Learning, Coconut Grove, FL.
2015 - Current / Teaching Artist, Arts for Learning, Miami, Florida, USA.
2023 - 2024 / Teaching Artist, Art After Dark Workshop Series and Teen Program, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
2023 - 2024 / Teaching Artist and Creator, PrintPals Exchange, Miami Dade Public Library, Main Branch, Florida, USA.
2023 / Teaching Artist, Zine Club, Miami Dade Public Library, Main Branch, Florida, USA.
2022 - 2023 / Teaching Artist, Bookmaking Workshops, Adventureleggers presented by Bookleggers Library, Wynwood, FL.
2018 - 2021 / Adjunct Professor in Photography, Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, Downtown Miami, Florida, USA.
2021 / Teaching Artist, Arts for Learning, FIU AfterSchool All-Stars: Madison Middle School, FL.
2020 - 2021 / Teaching Artist, Arts for Learning, Miami Beach Creative Club, Online.
2020 / Teaching Artist, Arts for Learning, FIU AfterSchool All-Stars: Thomas Jefferson Middle School, FL.
2019 - 2020 / Teaching Artist, MDPLS + Vasari Project Printmaking Workshops, Miami Dade Public Library Main Branch, Miami, FL.
2019 / Teaching Artist, Arts for Learning, Hialeah Middle School and Hialeah Parks
2019 / Guest Lecturer, Making Photographs: People, Places and Things in History, FIU Frost Art Museum Community Outreach with Sweetwater and Carlos Finlay Elementary. 2018 / Teaching Artist, Spring Camp Bookmaking Workshop, Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, Florida, USA.
2018 / Visiting Artist, MakerSPACE Image Transfer and Collage Workshop, Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, Florida, USA.
2018 / Teaching Artist, Arts for Learning, Barnyard (Coconut Grove Cares), Coconut Grove, FL.
2017 - 2018 / Teaching Artist, Arts for Learning, Hialeah Parks
2016 - 2018 / Graduate Assistant in Digital Photography and Social Media, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.
2016 / Teaching Artist, Arts for Learning, Palm Springs Middle School, Hialeah, FL.
2015 - 2019 / Teaching Artist, Arts for Learning, Centro Mater Foundation, Hialeah, FL.
2016 - 2017 / Instructor, ArtCenter/South Florida ARTreach Program, Miami, FL.
2015 - 2016 / Teaching Assistant, ArtCenter/South Florida: ARTreach and Summer Art Camp Programs, Miami Beach, FL.
Professional Experience
2025 / Photographer, Art in Public Places: Rhea Leonard, Miami Dade County, FL.
2025 & 2023 / Associate Artist, Open Studios, Fountainhead x Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood, FL.
2023 / Guest Artist and Workshop Facilitator, Tertulia Nights, FIU Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL.
2023 / Guest Lecturer, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL.
2022 / Guest Lecturer, Alumni Series: Ghosts, Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus in collaboration with New World School of the Arts and the University of Florida, Downtown Miami, FL.
2020 / Photographer, AIM Biennial: Devora Perez, Miami Dade County, FL.
2020 / Guest Artist, MBUS Live Art Talks, Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami Beach, FL.
2020 / Guest Artist, Artists Open Online Live Stream, Fountainhead Residency, Online.
2015 - 2018 / Photographer, Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, Florida, USA.
2014 - 2015 / Visitor Service Associate + Work Study/Volunteer Coordinator, MDC MOAD/Freedom Tower, Miami, Florida, USA.