BIOGRAPHY
Graciela Garza was born into a family of artists in Saltillo, Coahuila in 1972 and has painted from childhood. She began taking painting classes in 1977. Her first teachers were her grandmother and her aunts, and she later continued her artistic education, uninterruptedly, learning different techniques in several art institutes. She grew up in an environment that supported and provoked her talent and vocation as an artist.
“Art is not a thing — it is a way.”
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design – Universidad Autónoma del Noreste.
Diploma in Plastic Arts – Instituto Coahuilense de Cultura.
Drawing workshop – CAVI.
Art Diploma – Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey.
Art Workshop – School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Art Workshop – Miami Dade Art Institute.
Art Workshop – Miami art museum.
Art Diploma – New York Academy of art.
Painting Diploma – The Art Institute of Dallas.
Art Diploma – Creative Arts Center of Dallas.
Ceramic Workshop – La Meridiana, Florence, Italy.
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Dallas Contemporary Art Museum,
Dallas, Texas, Temporary Exhibition.
2023
Contemporary Venice, International Art Fair, Venice, Italy
2023
Salon International d’Art Contemporain «Art Shopping», Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
2022
The Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas
2021
Red Dot Art Fair (Agora Gallery), Miami, Florida
2021
Agora Gallery, New York City
2021
Contemporary Venice, International Art Fair, Venice, Italy
2021
Rosso Cinabro Gallery, Rome, Italy
2021
«Quand l’art nous regarde !» Espace Art et liberté,
Charenton-le-Pont, France
2020
Salon International d’Art Contemporain «Art Shopping», Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
2020
The Other Art Fair by Saatchi Art, Los Angeles, California
2018
Drexel Gallery, Monterrey, México
2010 – 2018
Laura Schwartz Private Exhibition, Miami, Florida
2009
Southlake Townsquare Fair, Southlake, Texas
2008 – 2005 – 2002
Art Basel, Miami Florida
Exhibition at holly Hunt: Chicago, Los Angeles, New york, Boston, Dallas, Houston.
PUBLICATIONS
Architectural Digest México.
Contemporary Art Curator Magazine.