SELECTED SOLO OR FEATURED EXHIBITIONS: 

Ready to Rumble? Solo Exhibition, Ggallery, Houston, TX, 2010
Home to Homeland Exhibition, Two Person Show with Co-Artist: Maria Guzman,
    The College of the Mainland-Art Gallery, Texas City, TX, Curator: Janet Hassinger, 2008
Cultural Bodies. Solo Exhibition, Introductions, Sicardi-Sanders Gallery, Houston, TX, (catalog,) 1998

GRANTS & AWARDS:
DW(2) Diverse Works & Creative Capital Master Class Development Workshops, Houston, TX  2012  Honorarium
DW(2) Diverse Works & Creative Capital Development Workshops, Diverse Works, Houston, TX  2011
The Big Show, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX, 2009  Jurors Award
FotoFest Biennial, Eighth International Month of Photography, Houston Artists Projects, Houston, TX, 2000  Honorarium
American Fotolatina, La Fotografia en el Arte Contemporaneo, Museo de las Artes, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico, 2000  Honorarium
Annual Membership Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX, Honorable Mention, 1997

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Go West: France Texas Dialogue of Contemporary Art,  32 French and 32 Texan Group Artist Exhibition, Williams Tower, Houston, TX, 
Curators:    Jim Edwards, Toby Kamps, Gus Kopriva and Karine Parker-Lemoyne, (catalog,) 2011 
Go West: France Texas Dialogue of Contemporary Art, U.N.E.S.C.O. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 32 French and 32 Texan Group Artist Exhibition, Paris, France, 
Curators: Jim Edwards, Toby Kamps, Gus Kopriva and Karine Parker-Lemoyne, (catalog,) 2011
FOURTEEN, Group Exhibition, Art Car Museum, Houston, TX, Curator, Jim Hatchett, (catalog,) 2011
Steamrolled, Prints and Carved Blocks from Rockin' Rollin' Prints, Group Exhibition, Gallery M Squared, Houston, TX
Texas Drops By, Group Artist trunk Exhibition, Mad is Mad Gallery, Madrid, Spain, Curator: Wayne Gilbert, 2011
H2H Houston to Hyderabad, Group Artist Trunk Exhibition, Muse The Art Gallery, Hyderabad, India, 
Curators: Wayne Gilbert, Rahul Mitra and Brian Rod, 2011
Reveal the Lies, Group Exhibition, The Audley Society, Houston, TX, Curator: Janet Hassinger, 2010
Texas Drops Off Some Cloth, Group Invitational Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, Trujillo, Peru, Curator: Wayne Gilbert, 2010
The Empty Box, Group Exhibition, Box 13 Artspace, Houston, TX, 2010
“Irrevocable,” mixed media installation, Prognosis of Death Exhibition, The Coburn Art Gallery, Ashland, OH, Curator: Cynthia C. Petry, 2008
“As American As Mom and Apple Pie,” Performance Photo Essay Installation, War Exhibition, The Art Car Museum, Houston, TX, Open Call, 2008
“Audible Silence,” mixed media installation. American Fotolatina: La Fotografia en el Arte Contemporaneo, Museo de las Artes, 
    Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.  Curators: Wendy Watriss Director-Fotofest, Roberto Tejado, Critic, Curator & Editor of Mandorla,Gerardo Mosquera, Critic and Curator, New Museum, NY, Rejane Lessandro Cintrao, Curator of Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paolo, Brazil, Daniel J. Martinez, Curator/Artist, University of   California, Irvine (catalog,) 2000  Honorarium
Urban Girls Group Exhibition, El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera, Buffalo, NY 
Curators:  Sara Kellner of Diverse Works, Houston, TX, 
    Craig Centrie of El Museo Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 2000
FotoFest 2000 Biennial, Eighth International Month of Photography,“Connection Disconnection,” Foleys-Downtown, 
Houston Artists Projects, Houston, TX,   Curators: Wendy Watriss & Fred Baldwin (catalog,) 2000  Honorarium
Group Exhibition-January 2000, Gallery Artists, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX, 2000
A View From The Garden. Invitational Group Exhibition, Floyd County Museum, Carnegie Center For Art & History, New Albany, IN, 1999
Annual Membership Group Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance 1998, Houston, TX  Sally Sprout, Juror, 1998
Group Print Exhibition, Yukiko Lunday Gallery, Houston, TX, 1998
Art Cornucopia. Group Exhibition, Takara Gallery, Houston, TX, 1997
Dia de Los Muertos Retablo Exhibition, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX, 1997
Sicardi-Sanders Gallery, Houston, TX, 1997

SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Texas Uprising: Selections from The Texas   Sculpture Group, Group Artist Exhibition, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, 
Juror: Lily Wei, San Antonio, TX , 2011
“Play Ball,” mixed-media, performance installation,  The Big Show, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX, Jurors Award. 
    Juror:  Laura Fried, Assistant Curator, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, 2009
“Making Pie,” Artist book, Group Exhibition, The Glassell School, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, 
Jurors: Janet Hassinger, Francesca Fuchs and Arthur Turner, 2008
“As American As Mom and Apple Pie,” Performance Photo-Essay Installation, The Big Show, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX, 
    Juror:  Rita Gonzalez, Asst. Curator Special Exhibitions, L.A. County Museum of Art, California, 2007
Justice For All? Artists Reflect on the Death Penalty, M2 Gallery, Houston, TX, Jurors:  Annette Carlozzi, Curator: Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, 
    Lora Reynolds, Owner, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Malaquias Montoya, Artist & Professor, University of California, Davis, CA, 2007
Justice for All? Artists Reflect On the Death Penalty Exhibition, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX, Jurors: Annette Carlozzi, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Lora Reynolds, Owner, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Malaquias Montoya, Artist & Professor, UC, Davis, 2006
Everybody Art:  Show Us Your Feminism, University of Houston Women’s Studies Program, Vine Street Studios, Houston, TX, 
    Jurors:  Michelle Barnes, Lynn Randolph and Terrie Sultan, 2005
Coexistence: Views of Houston Artists, Competition and Exhibition, Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County, Space 125, Houston, TX , 
    Juror: Bill Davenport, 2005
First Mini-Print International Show-Vitoria 2000, Museu de Arte Do Espirito Santo Vitoria, ES – Brasil, 
    Jurors: Natalia Branco, Maria das Gracas Rangel and Jose Gomes (catalog,) 1999
Annual National Print Exhibition, Florida Printmakers Society, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, FL , Juror: Jane Craven (catalog,) 1998
Positive/Negative 13, East Tennessee State University, Slocumb Galleries, Johnson City, TN, Juror: Annette DiMeo Carlozzi (catalog,)1998 
Annual Membership Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX, Juror, Harvey Bott, Honorable Mention, 1997
Dakotas 100/ International Exhibition of Artwork On or Of Paper, University Art Gallery, University of South Dakota,Vermillion, SD, 
    Jurors: Lawrence P. Anderson, Lloyd Menard and Deborah Mae Broad (catalog,) 1997
Studio School Juried Exhibition (Spring), Glassell School of Art - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, 1997

CHARITABLE & FUNDRAISER EVENTS:
Art Saving History, The Fodice Foundation, Benefit Auction & Exhibition, Colton & Farb Gallery, Houston, TX, 2011 
 2011 5 X 7, Arthouse, Austin, TX  2011
Luck of the Draw X, Diverse Works, Houston, TX,  2011
Brazarre, Benefit Exhibition and Auction, Ggallery, Houston, TX, 20115 X 7, Arthouse, Austin, TX, 2010
5 X 7 On The Road, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX, 2010
5 X 7 On The Road, The Grace Museum, Abilene, TX, 2010
“Mi  Santica Balserita,” mixed media retablo, 22nd Annual Dia de Los Muertos Retablo Exhibition, The Lawndale Center, Houston, TX, 2009

CATALOGS:
Go West: France Texas Dialogue of Contemporary Art, Group Artist Exhibition, Williams Tower, 
Houston, TX, (catalog,) October, 2011
Go West: France Texas Dialogue of Contemporary Art, 
U.N.E.S.C.O. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 
Paris, France, (catalog,) 2011                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Texas Drops Off Some Cloth, Group Invitational Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, Trujillo, Peru, 
Curator: Wayne Gilbert,(catalog,) 2010
FOURTEEN, Group Exhibition, Art Car Museum, Houston, TX  (catalog,) 2011
American Fotolatina: La Fotografia en el Arte Contemporaneo, Museo de las Artes, Universidad de Guadalajara, 
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, (catalog,) 2000
FotoFest 2000 Biennial, Eighth International Month of Photography,“Connection Disconnection,” Foleys-Downtown, Houston Artists Projects,   Houston, TX,  Curators: Wendy Watriss & Fred Baldwin (catalog,) 2000
First Mini-Print International Show-Vitoria 2000, Museu de Arte Do Espirito Santo Vitoria, ES – Brasil, 
Jurors: Natalia Branco, Maria das Gracas Rangel and  Jose Gomes (catalog,) 1999
Annual National Print Exhibition, Florida Printmakers Society, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, FL , Juror: Jane Craven (catalog,) 1998
Positive/Negative 13, East Tennessee State University, Slocumb Galleries, Johnson City, TN, Juror: Annette DiMeo Carlozzi (catalog,) 1998
Annual Membership Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX, Harvey Bott, Juror, Honorable Mention, 1997
Dakotas 100/ International Exhibition of Artwork On or Of Paper, University Art Gallery, University of South Dakota,Vermillion, SD, 
    Jurors: Lawrence P. Anderson, Lloyd Menard and Deborah Mae Broad (catalog,) 1997
Studio School Juried Exhibition (Spring), Glassell School of Art - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, 1997

PUBLICATIONS /RADIO:
 
"LivingArt Show," with Michael Woodson, interview with Maria Cristina Jadick, re: "Fourteen" Exhibition, Pacifica Radio KPFT, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011
"Artslink," KPFT 6:00am   Jim Hatchett interview, Maria Cristina Jadick Highlighted,                                                   
“All About Audley,” by Catherine Anspon, Paper City Magazine, February 18, 2011
“Colores de Texas Que Cautivan en la Cuidad/ Colors of  Texas that Captivate in the City,” article by Luis Fernando Quintanilla, La Industria/The Industry October 31, 2010, Trujillo, Peru.
“Las Imagines de Texas Llegan a Nuestra Cuidad/Texas Images Reach Our City,” article  by Luis Fernandez Quintanilla,
La Industria/The Industry, October 2010, Trujillo, Peru.
“Entrevista con el Maestro Gerardo Chavez/Interview with the Master  Gerardo Chavez,” article by Fernando Aguilar, Friday, Correo/Mail,  
October 29, 2010, page 17, Trujillo, Peru.
 “Party Goers were Ready to Rumble at Ggallery,” by Douglas Britt, Houston Chronicle, July 11, 2010.
“Tailgate Party Kicks Off Art Exhibit, July 4th weekend,” by Douglas Britt, Houston Chronicle, July 5, 2010.
“Rumbling at Ggallery this weekend,” by Martin Hajovsky, Houston Chronicle Home In The Heights, June 28, 2010.
“Exploring the Houston Art Community This Summer,” ART NOTES, by Catherine D. Anspon, Paper City Magazine, June 23, 2010.
“Aficionados Turn Out In Droves to Lawndale Art Center,” Houston Chronicle, 2007.
“Fotofest 2000,” Catalog, FotoFest at Foley’s Downtown, Houston Artists Projects, 2000.
“Una identidad cultural y una pintura, la artista del olvido,” SEMANA, Houston, TX, 1999.           
“Carnegie Center Garden Exhibit Blooms With Inspiration, Paintings,” The Courier-Journal, 1999.                                   

EDUCATION:
            
1993-1998  Glassell School of Art - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
1997   Artists in Trance - Seminar, Rice University, Houston, TX, 
                                Transart Foundation: Surpik Angelini /Abdel Hernandez
1992-1994  Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
1979-1980  The Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C.
1975-1979  Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA (B.A.)

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