karla.areli.art@gmail.com
b. 1990 Ixmiquilpan, Mexico
Education
2013 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, B.F.A. Double Major in Painting and Art History
2013 Yale Summer School of Art, Norfolk, CT
2011 Richland College, Richardson, TX, A.A., emphasis in Visual Arts, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2018
Andando en Ondas, GCC, Richardson, TX
2015
SCRAWLZ, Ro2 at The Magnolia, Dallas, TX
2013
Residuum, Karla Hernandez & Haley Treadwell, Walnut Studios, Kansas City, MO
Luna Moths and Solstice, KCAI, 3A Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Group Exhibitions
2021
Together, The Mac, Dallas, TX
2019
Open Passages, Curated by Haley Treadwell, El Paso, TX
2018
Chaos, Ro2, Dallas, TX
2017
Chaos, Ro2, Dallas, TX
Hot & Sweaty, 500X, Dallas, TX
Pleased To Meet You..., Open Space, Beat Rice Studios, Dallas, TX
2016
Chaos, Ro2, Dallas, TX
2015
Chaos, Ro2, Dallas, TX
Family Ties: Brooklyn, Curated by Bonny Leibowitz and Julie Torres, 500X, Dallas, TX
2014
Expo 14, Curated by Alison Hearst, 500X, Dallas, TX
Undergraduate Art, Yale Dean's Office, New Haven, CT (July 2014 - September 2015)
Something Old, New, Funky, & Blue, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
CHAOS, Ro2 Downtown, Dallas, TX
B.F.A. Exhibition, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
EXPO, Curated by Gabriel Ritter, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2013
Painting Gala, KCAI, Kansas City, MO
For Someone Else, Curated by Julie Farstad, Dodge Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Untitled, Curated by Warren Rosser, Dodge Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Drawing: The End of the Line, Dodge Gallery, Kansas City, MO
I Know What You Did Last Summer, Dodge Gallery, Kansas City, MO
4x6, Front/Space, Kansas City, MO
Undergraduate Art, Yale Dean's Office, New Haven, CT (July 2013 - September 2014)
Open Studios, Yale Summer School of Art, Norfolk, CT
Works on Paper, Yale Norfolk Gallery, Norfolk, CT
Fathom, Abernathy Art Space, West Bottoms, Kansas City, MO
Vantage Points, Junior Exhibition, KCAI, 3A Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Project 22, Dodge Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Looks Like Nylon Nerves Like Steel, Dodge Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Meow B*tches, KCAI, 3A Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2012
Found Worlds, Dodge Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Asceticism, Dodge Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Change for Change Miniature Show, KIVA Corps, Rag and Bone Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Buried Treasure, Curated by Jonah Criswell, Dodge Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Blue Ribbon, Curated by Warren Rosser, Dodge Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Miniature Show, Dodge Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Repetition, Revision, Accretion, Curated by Jessie Fisher, Dodge Gallery, Kansas City, MO
InForm, Curated by Jonah Criswell, Dodge Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2011
Meltdown, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Richland Annual Art Exhibition, Juror, Ricardo Paniagua, Richland College, Brazos Gallery, Richardson, TX
Cecil Wallace Fordham Memorial Awards in The Arts, H. Paxton Moore Fine Art Gallery, El Centro College, Dallas, TX
League of Innovations, Juror, Lupita Tinnen, Mountain View College, Kiva Gallery, Dallas, TX
2010
Annual Art Exhibition, Juror Elaine Pawlowicz, Richland College, Brazos Gallery, Richardson, TX
Digital Media Festival, Richland College Online Gallery
2009
Multimedia Festival, Richland College, Lago Vista Gallery, Richardson, TX
2008
ART to the Rescue, Manny Rodriguez Photography, Dallas, TX
Cottonwood Art Festival Emerging Artist, Cottonwood Park, Richardson, TX
Emerging Artist Exhibition, Charles W. Eisemann Center, Forrest and Virginia Green Mezzanine-gallery, Richardson, TX
Awards and Honors
2013 Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale at Norfolk School of Art
2013 Durwood Internship Recipient at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
2013 President of L.O.C.A.L., KCAI, MO
2013 Student Leadership Member, KCAI, MO
2012-2013 V.P. of Latino Organization for Culture, Arts, and Language (L.O.C.A.L.), KCAI, MO
2012-13 Dean's List , KCAI, Kansas City, MO
2011-13 Merit-Based Scholarship, KCAI, Kansas City, MO
2011 Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
2011 Cecil Wallace Fordham Scholarship Award Winner in Visual Arts
2011 League of Innovations
2008 Cottonwood Emerging Artist
2006-08 VASE Competition Winner
Collections
Norfolk Permanent Works, Yale Summer School of Art, Norfolk, CT
Publications
2014 Deux / Karla Hernandez, Nothing Zine, featured artist
Experience
2013 Family Programs Intern, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
2012 Volunteer at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
2011 Gallery Assistant/Intern, Ro2 Art Gallery, Dallas, TX