Resume

Education

2001 - 2003 Pratt Institute, Interactive Media certificate

1995 – 2000 The Art Students League of New York, Drawing and Painting certificate

1991 - 1994 Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela - Fine Arts

1989 - 1994 Cristóbal Rojas School of Visual Arts, BFA in painting, Caracas, Venezuela

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2014

Brocados: Magic, Illusions, dreams and Life, public art piece, by the Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, PA

Lighting the Road, public art mural by Fashion Center BID, Port Authority of NY & NJ

2013

On The Floor, Not Festival 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark

2012

Shifting Perspective, a temporary ground mural installation, commission for the Broadway Plazas by Garment District NYC

Impromptu Portrait of Newark, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ

2011

The Fashion Center BID. Fashion Center Space for Public Art –Windows- NYC, NY

2002

Silvestre Galleries, L.B.I, NJ

1999

Gallery 39, Caracas, Venezuela

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014

2014 River Artes Biennial, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, Kentucky

UNBOUND, A tribute to Aaron Swartz, ThoughtWorks, NYC

Breaking Through Traditions, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ

2013

Dreams Before Sleeping, curated by Evonne Davis & Jacob Mandel. Open Doors, Newark Arts Council, Newark, NJ

Celebration of Latin-American Artists, The Puffin Cultural Forum, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ

Common Grounds, El Taller Latinoamericano, NY

Black Beans / Liquid Gold, Galerie 31, Berlin, Germany

Skate the Bronx, Andrew Freedman Home, Bronx, NY

We Are Still Here, Lehman College Art Gallery, NY Armory Art Week at the Andrew Freedman Home, Bronx, NY

2012

The Art Snack Registry, curated by Krisha Saunders, New York, NY

Not Art Festival, 3RD CLASS CITIZEN, curated by Luis Lara Malvacías, Copenhagen, Denmark

Carpe Diem: A Latin American Art Exhibition, curated by Anabelle Rodriguez-Lawton, Philadelphia, PA

Creatividad: Juegos de la Mente, Galería Club Empresarial, Lima, Peru

Second Annual Art Competition, The Hammond Museum, Japanese Stroll Garden, North Salem, NY

ArtWiki: Open Data for the Arts at the 7th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany

Through You Into Action, curated by Evonne M. Davis & Emma Wilcox, The Center of Contemporary Art (CCA), NJ

Women's Work curated by Andrea Arroyo, El Taller Latino Americano, New York, NY

2011

Hero Gala 2011, Aid for Aids Auction, New York, NY

AIOP: Ritual, 7th Annual Art in Odd Places Festival, curated by Kalia Brooks and Trinidad Fombella, NY, NY

Not Art Festival, 3RD CLASS CITIZEN, curated by Luis Lara Malvacías, Brooklyn NY

September 11 Past, Present, Future, curated by Andrea Arroyo, El Taller Latino Americano, New York, NY

Lehman Downtown, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY

Magenta, Gallery R31 Berlin, Germany

The Fashion Center BID. Fashion Center Space for Public Art –Windows- NYC, NY

2010

International Biannual of Contemporary Art ULA-2010, Merida, Venezuela

Mapping Race, curated by Gabriel Pacheco, The Distillery Gallery and Art Space, Jersey City, NJ

Gateway: An Artistic Response to the Immigration Crisis, organized by Art for Change, NY, NY

Hacia Afuera, outdoor art exhibition organized by Art for Change, NY, NY

AriZONA New York Artists Respond to the Immigration Issue, curated by Andrea Arroyo, El Taller Latino Americano, NY, NY

25th Anniversary Salon, group exhibition, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY

2009

Season Finale [at Kent Ave.], Galería Galou, Brooklyn, NY

Salon des Femmes, Gallery R31 Berlin, Germany

2008

Threading Trends Berlin, Alte Post art space, Berlin, Germany

Colorin Colorado…, Praxis International Art, New York, NY

2007

Arteamericas Miami, Latin American Art Fair, Miami, FL

2006

New Art as Universal Language, the Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood, FL

4th Biennial / The (S) Files, El Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Arteamericas Miami, Latin American Art Fair, Miami

2005

El Museo del Barrio’s 4th Biennial / The (S) Files, El Museo del Barrio, NYC, NY

Latin America Art Auction 2005, International Kids Fund. Miami, FL

Venezueland, Galería Galou, Brooklyn, NY

The Americas, Esther Klein Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Residencies & Awards

2013

NALAC (Nat’l Association of Latino Arts & Culture) 2013 NFA Artist/Ensemble Project Grant John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight Arts Challenge award-winning proposal with Taller Puertorriqueño

2012

Emerge 11 Fellowship, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art

Finalist, representing the New York state for the annual Jose Cuervo Traditional Mural Project, a Latino artist’s national competition, USA

2011

Gallery Aferro Artist in Residency Program, Newark, NJ – February 2011 – August 2011

Second Annual Art Competition for 2012 The Hammond Museum and Japanese Scroll Garden, North Salem, NY

Lectures

2014

Breaking Through Traditions Artist Talk at Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ

Tertulia Latina Artist Talk, Brooklyn, NY

2011

Open Studios, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ

The Fashion Center BID, NY, NY

Spring Art Festival, Gallery 31, Berlin, Germany

2010

Artist Talk on Mapping Race, Exhibition, The Distillery Gallery and Art Space, Jersey City, NJ

Commissions/Public Art Projects

2014

Brocados: Magic, Illusions, dreams and Life, public art piece, by the Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, PA

Lighting the Road, public art mural by Fashion Center BID, Port Authority of NY & NJ

2013

Joyful Path, ground mural by Lehman College Art Gallery at Andrew Freedman Home, Bronx, NY

2012

Ground mural Shifting Perspective by The Fashion Center BID, NYC

Jose Cuervo Traditional Art Context $5,000 all inclusive award for the design and creation of a mural

2010

Temporary mural DeFence for Hacia Afuera exhibition organized by Art for Change organization

Published Interviews

2013

Artists ‘IN’ the Bronx bring energy of the borough to their art, By Adam Wisnieski, Riverdale Press, March 2013

2nd annual Bronx Day event at Armory Show 2013 by Tanyanika Samuels, Daily News- New York-Bronx, March 2013

Dos venezolanas en Nueva York finalistas en el Jose Cuervo-Tradicional Mural Project 2012, Univision41 New York

Patricia Cazorla y Nancy Saleme: Rinden Homenaje al Inmigrante by Lorena Mora-Mowry, Mujer Latina Today.com

2012

Pasión por la Cultura Latina by Karmina López, Queens Courier

Jóvenes talentosas exaltan aporte latino en Estados Unidos by Carolina Pinto, El Diario – La Prensa

Artistas venezolanas rinden homenaje a trabajadores agrícolas en un mural, EFE Spanish international news agency

“A sensation of permanence” by Matt Barbot, Remezcla on-line Latin Culture event guide

How Latino immigrants gain visibility and a sense of identity through art, Arturo Conde, Univision News, June

2011

Recuerdan latinos y migrantes el 11-S a 10 años de la tragedia, Notimex, September

2009

Women’s Studies, NY Arts Magazine, Fall

Asler Valero of Mundo Chic interviews Patricia Cazorla at Fruta Extraña TV

Maria Laura Steverlynck, Patricia Cazorla: Cosmopolatina with “Mixed Media Blood” at New York Mosaico digital magazine