Carlos Muñoz-Jiménez

http://www.carloscreatesart.com

carloscreatesart@me.com

202-257-5898

Education

School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL

Cooperartes, Bogotá, Colombia

Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA

Selected Solo Exhibits

2010​

• Contemporary Botanicals. Q Street Alternate Space Gallery, Washington, DC. Watercolors and Sumi-e.
• iLLUMiNATED CONCEPTii. Q Street Alternate Space Gallery, Washington, DC. Watercolors.
• Palimpsest. Q Street Alternate Space Gallery, Washington, DC. Watercolors.
• ​Abstractions. Q Street Alternate Space Gallery, Washington, DC. Watercolors, Gouache and Sumi-e.

2009 ​

• Multicultural synchronicity Retrospective. Q Street Alternate Space Gallery, Washington, DC. Watercolors and sumi-e.

2005​

• Deciphering Self-archeology. Vickers Theatre Gallery, Three Oaks, MI. Watercolors and sumi-e.

2000​

• Memories: Past Unresolved. Vickers Theatre Gallery, Three Oaks, MI. Watercolors and oils.

1999​

• Exploring Egography. Mayor’s office, Michigan City, IN. Watercolors.
• ​Circling the Sacred Mountain. Vickers Theatre Gallery, Three Oaks, MI. Watercolors and oils.
• ​Mid Winter Fiesta: Idols, Saints and Goddesses. John G. Blank Center for ​the Arts, Michigan City, IN. Watercolors.

1998​

• Creative Dichotomy. Vickers Theatre Gallery, Three Oaks, MI. Watercolors and oils.
• Unraveling the Book. Michigan City Public Library, Michigan City, IN. Artist’s Bookbindings.

Selected Group Exhibits

2012​ Artomatic. Crystal City, VA. Graphite and gouache.

2011 ​Mini Solos. Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC. Gouache and sumi e.

2010​ Art on White Walls. Corcoran College of Art & Design Gallery, Washington, DC. Sumi-e.

2009​ My Space on 7th. Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC. Watercolors and sumi-e.

2002​ Heartland Artists Regional Art Exhibit. Heartland Artists Gallery, Plymouth, ​IN.

Watercolors.

1999​ Seventh Biennial Juried Fine Arts Show. First Presbyterian Church, LaPorte, ​IN.

Watercolors.

1998​ Watercolor ‘98. Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL. Watercolors.

Fifth Annual Other Side of the Lake Juried Art Exhibition. Gallery North, ​New Buffalo, MI.

Watercolors. Juror: Gordon Ligocki.

​ Annual Juried Art Exhibit. John G. Blank Center for the Arts, Michigan City, ​IN.

Watercolors. Jurors: Tony Jones and Patty Carroll.

​Paw Paw Annual Juried Art Exhibit. Carnegie Gallery, Paw Paw, MI. ​Watercolors.

​Around the Coyote ‘98. AIN Building, Chicago, IL. Watercolors.

​Soul scapes. Northwestern University Settlement Gallery, Chicago, IL. ​Watercolors.​

1997 ​Watercolor ‘97. Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL. Watercolors.

​California Dreaming. Judith Racht Gallery, Harbert, MI. Watercolors.

​St. Charles Art Fest Juried Show. Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL. Oil.

​Around the Coyote ‘97. AIN Building, Chicago, IL. Watercolors.

​Latin American Masters. Aurora Public Arts Commission, Aurora, IL. ​Watercolors.

​ The artists who stole Xmas. Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, IL. Watercolors.

1996​ The Goddess on Division. The Guild Complex, Chicago, IL. Watercolors.

​Around the Coyote '96. Flat Iron Building, Chicago, IL. Watercolors.

1993​ The Feminine Within the Male Artist. Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. ​Prints.

1992​ Dia de los Muertos Altar. APO Building Gallery, Chicago, IL. Prints.

1991​ Deconstruction-Reconstruction. School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL. ​Drawings.

1990 ​Latino-Hispanic Exhibit. Chicago Park District; Chicago, IL Paintings.

1989​ Mixed Media Collage. Centro Colombo Americano; Bogotá, Colombia. ​Prints.

1988​ Annual Art Exhibit. Centro Colombo Americano; Bogotá, Colombia. ​Drawings.

​ Restoration & Techniques. Casa de la Cultura (BCH);Bogotá, Colombia. ​Paintings.

​ Space in Drawing. Cooperartes; Bogotá, Colombia. Drawings.

1987​ Annual Art Exhibit. Centro Colombo Americano; Bogotá, Colombia. ​Paintings.

​ Draftsmanship Behind the Painting. Cooperartes; Bogotá, Colombia. ​Paintings.

Awards

President's Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Teaching Experience

2014 Unleashing the Creative Potential. Casa Xalteva, Granada, Nicaragua.

2012 Textile Design: Pre-Columbian Imagery in Today's Tapestries. Manos Zapotecas, Oaxaca, Mexico.

2011 Revival of the Sacred Image in Contemporary Art. Church of St. Stephanos, Jerusalem, Israel.

2006-10 Discovering the Creative Element. Men's Groups, Washington DC

1999​ Children’s Book Week: The Power of Imagery in Children’s Literature. ​Michigan City Public Library, Michigan City, IN.

​Art Attack on Bookbinding. Café Gulistan, Harbert, MI.

1998 ​Hand-printed, Hand-made Artist’s Books. Michigan City Art League-​Barker Mansion,

Michigan City, IN.

​ Artist workshops for Northern Indiana Schools, Northern Indiana.

1994-96​ Bookbinding Workshops, Fine Arts Building Studio; Chicago, IL.

1987-90​ Exhibit Didactic Collaborative, Centro Colombo Americano; ​Bogotá, Colombia.

Collections

Institutional collection at Centenary College of Louisiana.

Private collections in Colombia, France, Japan, Mexico, USA and Venezuela.

Reviews

Exito, Pablo Helguera, Senior Education Program Manager, MOMA, New York, NY.

Other Side of the Lake, Contributing Editor. Three Oaks, MI.

The Beacher, Maggie Beyer, Contributing Editor, Michigan City, IN.