CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2025 | MFA in Design - University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
2021 | BFA in Graphic Design - University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 | TERRITORIO NEPANTLA - Rusteberg Art Gallery - Brownsville, TX
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 | PENSAMIENTOS DESDE AMBOS LADOS (THOUGHTS FROM BOTH SIDES) - Castro Gallery - Harlingen, TX
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2023 | EL PASO PRINT PACHANGA - Juried by Rigoberto Luna - Moonlight Adobe Hall El Paso, TX
2023 | MUJER-ERES - Juried by Nancy Moyer - Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts - Brownsville, TX - First Place
2023 | RISO-RAMA - Juried by S.A.RA. - Texas A&M Corpus Christi Weil Gallery - Corpus Christi, TX - Honorable Mention
2021 | INAUGURAL PRINTMAKING JURIED SHOW: BORDER IMPRESSIONS - Juried by Sergio Sanchez Santamaria - La Chicharra Studio - Brownsville, TX
2021 | RISING EYES OF TEXAS - Juried by Rigoberto Luna - Rockport Arts Center - Rockport, TX
2019 | STUDENT JURIED SHOW - Juried by Marcelina Gonzales - University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Rustenburg Art Gallery - Brownsville, TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 | INHABITING NEPANTLA: EXPLORING THE LAYERS OF BORDER IDENTITY - Lone Star Gallery - San Antonio, TX
2025 | ÚNETE, ÚNETE - Ponte Creative Studio & Gallery - McAllen, TX
2025 | MUJER-ERES - San Benito Cultural Center - San Benito, TX
2025 | UN TIEMPO FESTIVO - Puente Art Studio - Brownsville, TX
2024 | UTRGV MFA EXHIBIT - Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library - Edinburg, TX
2023 | WOMEN OF RESISTANCE BY PLANNED PARENTHOOD - La Chicharra Studio - Brownsville, TX
2022 | OSO BAY BIENNIAL XXII PRINTMAKING FESTIVAL - K Space Art Studios - Corpus Christi, TX
2022 | PRINTED PUEBLOS & PERSONAS DE PURA CULTURA - Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library - Edinburg, TX
2022 | EL RETORNO AL VALLE: LITERARY LANDMARK UNVEILING & SYMPOSSIUM ON GLORIA ANZALDÚA - University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - Edinburg, TX
2022 | MARCHES THAT MOVE US BY PLANNED PARENTHOOD - Carlotta K. Pettrina - Brownsville, TX
2021 | RENACIMIENTO - La Chicharra Studio - Brownsville, TX
2019 | ENCUENTRO EN LA FRONTERA - Carlotta K. Pettrina - Brownsville, TX
2019 | MUJER-ERES - B&E Art Studio - Brownsville, TX
2018 | DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS - Carlotta K. Pettrina - Brownsville, TX
2018 | PIGMENTED IV - Galeria 409 - Brownsville, TX
2019 | MUJER-ERES - Platform 204 - Harlingen, TX
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2024 | RESISTENCIA FRONTERIZA - Cactus Valley Art - Harlingen, TX
2024 | MUJER-ERES - Co-curated with Cecilia Sierra - Paper Caper Co. - South Padre Island, TX
CONFERENCES
2025 | NACCS TEJAS FOCO - 30 Years of Hispanic Serving Institutions: The Legacy and Future of Higher Education in an Era of Challenge and Change - Lubbock, TX
2024 | CREARTE - Latino Arts & Humanities Conference - Brownsville, TX
2024 | EL MUNDO ZURDO - Les Atravesades en Comunidad: Coalition Building as Light in the Dark - San Antonio, TX
2024 | NACCS TEJAS FOCO - 50 Years: The Legacy of NACCS and its Changing Landscape, 1974-2024 - San Antonio, TX
2024 | CAA - 112th Annual Conference - Chicago, IL
2023 | 6TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BORDER STUDIES - Transborderism and Reimagining Social Space - Edinburg, TX
2023 | NACCS TEJAS FOCO - Confronting/Resisting the Colonizer Within: A History of Violence, Discrimination/Oppression and Shame - Brownsville, TX
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
2023-2025 | Presidential Research Fellowship - University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
2023-2024 | Hello Departure Grant - University of Arkansas
PUBLICATIONS
2024 | BOOK CHAPTER - “Mi Casa en la Frontera / My House on the Border” (2024). CURRICUL-ARTE: Artist acts of autohistoria-teoría within borderlands espacios co-written with García, C.S., Rangel, A.A., Vite, L. I., Sandoval, K. Cano, N. & Grimaldo, K. Walking Away: Refusing and Resisting Reactionary Curriculum Movements edited by A. B. Pratt, K. Donley, S. Hatch, & S. L. Tharp, & F. Calderon-Berumen, pp. 219–243. Information Age Publishing.
2024 | ONLINE ARTICLE - Flores, M. (2024, April 24). Mi casa en la Frontera / my House on the border. Critical Forced Displacement.
PRESS
2025 | TRUCHA RGV - How Michel Flores Tavizón Utilizes Multi-Disciplinary Art as Border Resistance by Nina Alegre
2025 | THE RIDER AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY - Living in the in-between by Eduardo Escamilla
2024 | PULSE MAGAZINE AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY - Artivism: The Art Beyond Our Borders by Nina Alegre
2024 | CRITICAL FORCED DISPLACEMENT - BU Center on Forced Displacement Magazine Highlights Plight of Millions Compelled to Flee Their Homes by Alene Bouranova
2023 | THE RIDER AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY - The art of the border by Fatima Gamez Lopez
2023 | HUGHES TEXAS NEWS - An artist on her journey by Steven Hughes
2022 | TRUCHA RGV - Allyship Through Artivism: A Dialogue with Michel Flores Tavizón by Abigail Vela
2022 | GLASSTIRE - Gallery Round-up: Recent Shows in Brownsville and Harlingen by Liz Kim
DESIGN AWARDS
2022 | TEXAS INTERCOLLEGIATE PRESS ASSOCIATION - Overall Magazine Design - First Place
2022 | AMERICAN ADVERTISING AWARDS - RIO GRANDE VALLEY CHAPTER - Magazine Design - Student Honorable Mention ADDY
2021 | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY - Best Typography - BFA Graphic Design Senior Exhibition
2021 | UNITED DESIGN ALLIANCE - Signs, Systems and Letterform Marks - Student Gold
2021 | UNITED DESIGN ALLIANCE - Signs, Systems and Letterform Marks - Student Silver
2021 | UNITED DESIGN ALLIANCE - Signs, Systems and Letterform Marks - Student Silver
2021 | TEXAS INTERCOLLEGIATE PRESS ASSOCIATION - Overall Excellence - General Magazine - First Place
2021 | TEXAS INTERCOLLEGIATE PRESS ASSOCIATION - Static Ad Design (Division 1) - First Place
2021 | TEXAS INTERCOLLEGIATE PRESS ASSOCIATION - Story Package Design - Magazine - Second Place
2021 | TEXAS INTERCOLLEGIATE PRESS ASSOCIATION - Overall Magazine Design - Third Place
2021 | TEXAS INTERCOLLEGIATE PRESS ASSOCIATION - Static Ad Design (Division 1) - Third Place
2021 | AMERICAN ADVERTISING AWARDS - RIO GRANDE VALLEY CHAPTER - Magazine Advertising - Single - Student Silver ADDY
2021 | AMERICAN ADVERTISING AWARDS - RIO GRANDE VALLEY CHAPTER - Publication Design - Editorial Spread or Feature - Student Bronze ADDY
2021 | AMERICAN ADVERTISING AWARDS - RIO GRANDE VALLEY CHAPTER - Publication Design - Editorial Spread or Feature - Student Bronze ADDY
2021 | AMERICAN ADVERTISING AWARDS - RIO GRANDE VALLEY CHAPTER - Logo Design - Student Bronze ADDY
2021 | AMERICAN ADVERTISING AWARDS - RIO GRANDE VALLEY CHAPTER - Out of Home & Ambient Media - Student Honorable Mention ADDY
2021 | AMERICAN ADVERTISING AWARDS - RIO GRANDE VALLEY CHAPTER - Publication Design - Editorial Spread or Feature - Student Honorable Mention ADDY
2021 | AMERICAN ADVERTISING AWARDS - RIO GRANDE VALLEY CHAPTER - Publication Design - Editorial Spread or Feature - Student Honorable Mention ADDY
2021 | AMERICAN ADVERTISING AWARDS - RIO GRANDE VALLEY CHAPTER - Illustration - Single - Student Honorable Mention ADDY
2020 | AMERICAN ADVERTISING AWARDS - RIO GRANDE VALLEY CHAPTER - Out of Home & Ambient Media - Student Bronze ADDY
2020 | TEXAS INTERCOLLEGIATE PRESS ASSOCIATION - Static Ad Design (Division 1) - Honorable Mention
2019 | AMERICAN ADVERTISING AWARDS - RIO GRANDE VALLEY CHAPTER - Still Photography Color - Student Honorable Mention ADDY