105 Blue Star Apt. 7 San Antonio, TX, 78204 210-300-3442 (c.) rubio_alex@yahoo.com rubio@bluestarart.org Alex Rubio Experience Aug. 2008-Current, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX Studio Manager Mosaic Art Instructor. Instruct basic art principles, design and composition. Instruct mosaic ceramic tile production. Coordinate ArtSmart/ Mosaic educational programs and projects. Coordinate/ Mentor- WAX Internship program. June 2005-Sept.2005 University of Texas at San Antonio, Contemporary Wall Painting. San Antonio, TX Mural Instructor Instructed MFA / BFA Mural Painting Summer Practicum Course. Instructed Large Scale Drawing and Painting. Produced El Callejero 12 ft h. x 18ft w. Acrylic on Canvas Mural. Exhibition, Contemporary Wall Painting, UTSA Gallery. Aug. 2001- Feb.2003 San Anto Cultural Arts Organization, San Antonio, TX Mural Coordinator Implemented, managed and coordinated mural project, mural facilitators, mural students and community participants. December 1999-July 2001 Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX Art Instructor/Art Gallery Preparator Instructed drawing and painting to community art students. Instructed teen youth in after-school art programs that focused on community involvement through public art projects. Installed Major local, national and international art exhibitions. Maintained and managed studio area with 22 art studio spaces. Served as administrative liaison between G.C.A.C and Bexar County Detention Center (I.C.A.P.) Juntos en Arte Jail Arts Program.
May 1999-December 1999 Say Si, San Antonio, TX Art Instructor/Art Gallery Preparator Juried San Antonio high school students portfolios for participation in after school arts program. Instructed in basic art principles, design, construction and woodworking. Advised in development of portfolios and pursuit of scholarship opportunities. Curate and installed monthly student art exhibitions. Jan. 1996-May 1998 CORE, Urban Smarts Program, City of San Antonio (Depart. Of Art and Cultural Affairs) San Antonio, TX Artist in Education Instructed Secondary school age students in San Antonio Independent School District Art programs. Curated, Produced and Installed student artwork in exhibition and permanent installation. Sept. 1990-July 1997 Inmate Creative Program, Bexar County Detention Center, San Antonio, TX Artist in Residence Instructed basic art principles and prison folk art to inmate population. Focused on mural production with inmate core group. Instructed construction of inmate folk art objects and Pano (handkerchief) Art. Curated and installed inmate art exhibits. July 1985-Sept. 1989 Community Cultural Arts Organization, San Antonio, TX Mural Designer/Muralist Designed mural images in collaboration with neighborhood associations, community centers and neighborhood youth. Painted murals in collaboration with local and visiting artists. Education September-December 2005 University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio. Lithograph Serie Project. Training under, Neil Cox Print Master. Produced El Callejero limited edition Stone Lithograph, Box Set. June 1997 City of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX Arts and Cultural Affairs Dept. CORE Training Program Training program in integrating State of Texas Board of Education Essential Elements and the Arts. June 1995 & July 1998 City of Austin, Austin, TX Arts and Cultural Affairs Dept. Serigraph Program at Coronado Studio Attended serigraph Serie Project under Print Master Sam Coronado. Produced two limited edition serigraphs.
September 1988 University of Texas at San Antonio, TX Community Cultural Art Organization Fine Art Scholarship Award Enrolled in UTSA Bachelor of Fine Arts Program. Sept. 1987-Aug.1988 San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX Art Scholarship Award Recipient Enrolled in Drawing and Painting Program. Awards 2007 Artist Grant. Joan Mitchell Foundation. New York. 2007 Art Pace Residency Grant. Art Pace Foundation. San Antonio, TX 2002 S.A.L.A. Residency Grant. Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. San Antonio, TX. Self Help Graphics Center, Los Angeles CA. 1998-1999 Primer Paso Residency Grant. Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. San Antonio, TX 1995 London Residency Grant. Art Pace Foundation. San Antonio, TX 1995-1996 Artist in Residence Program. Texas Commission on the Arts, Bexar County Detention Center (I.C.A.P.) San Antonio, TX 1992-1993 Artist in Residence Program. Texas Commission on the Arts, Bexar County Detention Center (I.C.A.P.) San Antonio, TX 1991 Artist of the Year. San Antonio Business Committee for the Arts, San Antonio, TX 1988 Community Cultural Arts Organization Fine Arts Scholarship: BFA Program, University of Texas at San Antonio. San Antonio, TX Exhibition History Exhibitions March 2010 Psychedelic, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX September 2009 Painting, Ave. 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA (Solo Exhibition) November 2008 Smoke and Mirrors, Unit B. San Antonio, TX November 2008 EXODUS, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX October 2008 San Anto, South Texas College, McAllen, TX July 2008 EXODUS, Blue Star Contemporary Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX (Solo Exhibition) December 2007 San Anto: Pride of the Southside- En El Mero Hueso, Smithsonian Museo Alameda, San Antonio TX November 2007 El Carreton, ArtPace Foundation, San Antonio, TX (Residency) July 2006 The 4 Horsemen, The McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX September 2005 Contemporary Wall Painting, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX (Catalogue) July 2005 Blue Star 20, Blue Star Center for Contemporary Art, San Antonio, TX April 2004 Arte Caliente: Selections from the Joe A. Diaz Collection. South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, TX. (National Touring Exhibition, Catalogue) January 2004 Martinez, Hernandez, Rubio y Sanchez: Chicano Arte de San Anto, Patricia Correa Gallery, Santa Monica, CA December 2003 El Luchador, Blue Star Center for Contemporary Art, San Antonio, TX (Solo Exhibition) October 2003 Mas Es Mejor: Printmakers From LA to SA, Stone Metal Press Gallery, San Antonio, TX July 2003 S.A.L.A. West S.A. meets East L.A., Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA December 2002 Virgen de Guadalupe Exhibit 2003, Centro Cultural Aztlan, San Antonio, TX June 2002 Contemporary Drawing in Texas, McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX December 2001 Chicano Visions: Painters on the Verge, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX (Cheech Marin Collection, National Touring Exhibition, Catalogue) December 2001 The Power of Place, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX September 2001 Cucarachas, Perros, Marranos y Elefantes, Peep Hole Gallery, San Antonio, TX September 2001 Chicano Works on Paper, Blue Star Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX October 2000 Monsters Everywhere, Forbidden Art Gallery, Dallas, TX November 1998 El Papel del Papel, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico, US. National Touring Exhibition, Catalogue) January 1996 Latin American Book Art, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX December 1995 Virgen de Guadalupe Exhibit 95, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX November 1995 Drawings, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX August 1995 National Association for Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC), San Antonio, TX
July 1995 10+1, Blue Star Center for Contemporary Art, San Antonio, TX June 1995 Social Responsibility Through Art, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX (Lecture, Art Presentation) February 1995 Artists and Texas Communities, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX October 1994 Artistas En America, Dougherty Art Center, Austin, TX July 1994 Rubio, Valdez y Farias, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX Bibliography Cuba, Nan, and Robinson, Riley. Art At Our Doorstep. San Antonio, Trinity University Press, 2008,19;223. Fitzgibbons, Bill. Alex Rubio, On the Cover. BOMB Magazine, 25 th Anniversary, The Americas Issue. New York, #98, Winter 2007, Cover, pg.8. Keller, Gary D. Triumph of our Communities: Four Decades of Mexican American Art. Gary D Keller. Tempe: Bilingual Press 2005, 205; 216; 238. Cordova, Ruben Charles. Arte Caliente! C.C. TX: South Texas Institute for the Arts. 2004 Knowlton, Michael. One Man Army: Cheech Marin. Juxtapose Magazine, #45, July 2003, 32-41. Vargas, Kathy. Alex Rubio and Vincent Valdez: Stories from the Street. Voices from Mexico Volume 65. Mexico City, Mexico. 2003. Keller, Gary D. Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art: Artists, Works, Culture, and Education Volume 2. Ed. Gary D. Keller. Tempe: Bilingual Press, 2002, 246-247; 263. Marin, Cheech. Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002.