Patricia Tinajero

MFA, Sculpture, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2001
BFA, Sculpture and Drawing, Florida State University, 1998 (summa cum laude)
BS, Finance, Universidad San Fancisco de Quito, Ecuador, 1988

Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 2006 – present
Instructor, Sculpture, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 2006
Instructor, Foundation Program, University of Denver, Denver, CO, 2005

* denotes collaborative group active since 1998: Patricia Tinajero + Ariadna Capasso + Damian Keller
Palafito, Floor4Art Gallery, New York, NY, 2012 (scheduled) *
Do Not Cry Over Slipped Milk: Portrait of A Consumer, Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO, 2010
Zero: When Nothing Means Something, Lexington Art League Project Space, Lexington, KY, 2009
Green Canopy, Ewing Gallery, Knoxville, TN, 2007 *
Green Canopy: the Forest, Islip Museum of Contemporary Art, East Islip, NY, 2006 *
Time Spells, Beland Gallery, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA, 2005
Reversus, Green Hall Gallery, Chowan College, Murfreesboro, NC, 2005
Landscraps and Scraps Escape, Platte Forum, Denver, CO, 2004
Carry On, Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 2003 *
Carry On, Canyon Gallery, Boulder Public Library, Boulder, CO, 2002 *
Insolvent, CU Art Galleries, Boulder, CO, 2001 (M.F.A. show)
Everything is $ 0.99 cents, performance, CU Art Galleries, Boulder, CO, 2001 *
Carry On 2001, Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, Boulder, CO, 2001 *
Buy a Piece of America, performance, Chicano Arts Center, Denver, CO, 2000 *
Plastic Surgery, performance, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1999 *
Medical Diagnosis, performance, Pearl Street Mall, Boulder, CO, 1999 *

Group Exhibitions and Juried Shows

** denotes Distill collaborative group, active since 1999; *** denotes Artnauts group
2012
Ecological Imperative, Museum of Contemporary Art Valdivia, Chile (scheduled; catalog, curatorial essay by Suzi Gablik) ***
Carrera del cielo al suelo, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Quito, Ecuador (scheduled)
Caminos de Agua, Arbretum Neotropical, Nicaragua (scheduled)
2011
Memory Remains, Casa de las Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Mexico (catalog; curated by George Rivera) ***
Frutos Latinos II, Emporium Art Center, Knoxville, TN
The Raven, Terror and Death, Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Richmond, VA ***
Latin Art Exhibit, Knoxville Museum of Art Community Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Mixed Messages, Galeria De Artes (CAUA), Universidad Federal Do Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil ***
School of Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Mixed Messages, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (catalog; curated by George Rivera) ***
Art in Public Places, Dogwood Art Festival, Knoxville, TN
Art at the Airport, Knoxville Art Alliance, Knoxville, TN (juried by Stephen Wicks)
Women’s Works 2011, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL (juried by Pat Tanner, Kathryn Parker-Montelcone & The Pen and Brush from NY)
Art and Displacement, International Center of Bethlehem, Al-Kahf Gallery, Palestine ***
Point Time: A Geographic Confluence of Artists, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN (curated by Jean Hess)
2010
Porous Borders, History Society Gallery, Washington, DC
Latin Art Exhibit, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Frutos Latinos, Emporium Art Center, Knoxville, TN
Artist’s Footprint as part of the Denver Biennial de Las Americas, RedLine, Denver, CO
Art, Ecology and the Environment, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Amazonia, Leticia, Colombia
Open Studio, American Academy in Rome, Italy
Water and the Environment, LART23TRES Contemporary Art Gallery, Colonia Condesa, Mexico City, Mexico ***
Water and the Environment, Don Apolonio, San Andres Cholula, Mexico ***
Earth Day Sculpture Park, Denver Performing Arts Complex, Denver, CO ***
Earth Vibes, Glenn Miller Ballroom, University Memorial Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO ***
Sculpture Now, Edison Place Gallery, Washington, DC (curated by Ryan Hill)
2009
The Power of X, Department of Art, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Indoor Juried Show, MSA Sculpture Conference, Chattanooga, TN
Still Water, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
AIR International Artist in Residence, Ferencvarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Contemporary Focus, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Finding Water, Freezer Gallery, Skagaströnd, Iceland **
Texas National 2009, Cole Art Center, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX (curated by Mel Chin)
Salt of The Earth, Montserrat Gallery at Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
Environmental Visions, Elzay Gallery, Ada, OH
The Alphabet Show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
2008
Demo Eco M.O., NurtureArt Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Linda Weintraub)
HMC AIR Show, Mucuis Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (curated by Beata Szechy)
EnviroMentality, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Paper Quilt Show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
What Women Want?, Project X, San Francisco, CA (curated by Cecilia Nuín)
Earth: Microcosm, Ferst Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA (juried by Mara Adamizt Scrupe)
Women Helping Women: Stitch by Stitch, Women’s Caucus for Art, Redding Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2007
Ludicrous, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI**
New Frontiers, Art House, McAllen, TX (curated by Linda Lewis)
Out of Control, Three Flights Up Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Distill: Knitting Time, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Quito, Ecuador**
Toast, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Intimate Bodies, Mina Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
Distill: The Knitting of Time, Listasaf Reyjanesbeajar, Reykjanes Art Museum, Iceland **
New Art as a Universal Language, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
Green Canopy, LMACK Project, Preview Berlin, Germany *
Sculpture Show, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
Genetics of Identity, New Art Center, Newtonville, MA
Green Canopy, LMACK Project, MACO, México *
2005
Kingston Sculpture Biennial, Kingston, NY *
Traveler: Gas, Food, Lodging, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA *
Drawing Show, Boulder museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
2004
III Internacional Biennial of Women Textile Artists, Museo de la Cultura Parque de los Enanitos, Venzuela (curated by Pilar Tobon)
Carry On, Art Basel Miami Beach, Ethan Cole Gallery, Miami, FL *
Perceptions of Christ: Images of Faith, Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Salisbury, MA
Persistent Objects, Studio Soto, Boston, MA
Seamless, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Lakewood, CO
Neither Here Nor There, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Cornell DeWitt)
Open Studios Tour, East Boulder County Artists, CO
In Motion, Project Creo, The Pier & St. Petersburg Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL
East Boulder County Artists Show, Lafayette Public Library, Lafayette, CO
Solo Mujeres, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2003
10+10 Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO (curated by Cydney Payton)
Corazonada, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Painting Episode One: The Phantom Menace, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO
Artful, Eco-cycle, Broomfield, CO
2002
Rhizome Art Festival: Urban Corridor, www.rhizome.org (membership required to view) *
Distill: Counting, Hafnarborg Cultural Center, Hafnarjordur, Iceland **
Invitational, Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO
Urban Corridor, VIII Brazilian Symposium of Computer Music, Fortaleza, Brazil *
Distill, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL **
2001-1999
2001 Front Range Art Exhibition, O’Sullivan Arts Center, Regis University, Denver, CO
Invitational, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO
Crosses of the World, Museo Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Electronic Easel, CU Art Gallery, Boulder, CO (curated by Simon Zalkind) *
Relexiones del Alma I, Galeria de Arte Jose Clemente Orozco, Mexico City, Mexico
Relexiones del Alma II, Galeria Rancho de Comate Cuitolco, Mexico
Countdown, John Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Dia de los Muertos, Chicano Humanities Center, Denver, CO
Binary Structure, Axis Mundi, Boulder, CO (curated by Linda Herritt)
1998
A Diversity of Perceptions, Florida State University Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, FL
Artists’ League, Florida State University Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, FL
BFA Show, Florida State University Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, FL
Tallahassee Sculptures, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Equinox, Club Down-Under, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (curated by Sara Bates)
Reasons for Smiles: The Tallahassee Fragment by Esther and Jochen Gerz, Florida State University Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, FL
Dream Shelters, installation and environmental sculpture, FL (curated by Terry Lindblum)
Next Generation Art Show, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL

Creative Residencies

American Academy in Rome (UTK associate fellowship residency), 2010
Nes Artist in Residence Program, Skagaströnd, Iceland, 2009
Hungarian Multicultural Center, Artist in Residence, Hungary, 2008
Can Serrat, Artist in Residence, Barcelona, Spain, 2007
Fundación Valparaiso, Artist in Residence, Spain, 2006
Contemporary Laboratory, Denver Museum of Contemporary Art and Vassar Elementary School, Artist in Residence, Aurora, CO, 2005
Chowan College Department of Fine Arts, Artist in Residence, Murfreesboro, NC, 2005
Platte Forum, Artist in Residence, Denver, CO, 2004
Young Audiences of Colorado, Artist in Residence, CO, 2004
KHN Center for the Arts, Artist in Residence, Nebraska City, NE, 2004
Caldera Art Center, Artist in Residence, Sisters, OR, 2003
Sculpture Space Inc., Artist in Residence, Utica, NY, 2002

Lectures & Workshops

Maine College of Art, “Environmental Practices in Contemporary Art,” July 16, 2010 (lecture)
Colorado State University Department of Art, “Environmental Practices in Contemporary Art,” April 21, 2010 (lecture)
Knoxville Museum of Art, “Scraps and Reuses as Art Materials,” in conjunction with Contemporary Focus 2009 (workshop)
A1 Art Lab, “Environmental Practice in Art: Artist as Social Agent,” 2009 (lecture)
University of Tennessee Knoxville School of Art and Architecture, Colloquial Lunch Series, “Sprouting Water,” 2009 (lecture)
University of Tennessee Knoxville “El Color de la Diaspora,” Spring 2006 (panel presenter)
University of Colorado Art Galleries, “Bilingual Art Talks,” 2004 (guest speaker)
Project YES, “Scrap Sculpture,” Lafayette, CO, 2004 (workshop)
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, “Scrap Sculpture,” Nebraska City, NE, 2004 (workshop)
Denver Arts and Technology Academy, “Art with Trash,” 2004 (workshop)
O.U.R. Center, Longmont, CO, 2003 (photo workshop)
University of Colorado Art Galleries, “Bilingual Art Talks,” 2002 (guest speaker)
Community College of Aurora, 2000 (visiting artist lecture)
Iron Conference at Sloss Foundry, “Sand Molds,” AL, 2000 (workshop)

Collections

Listafan Reykjanesbaejar Reykjanes Art Museum, Iceland
Robert and Barbara Prescott, private collection, Boulder, CO
Servicios Integrados Ltda., Quito, Ecuador
Fundacion Valparaiso, private collection, Spain