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hello at hectorcm dot com

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héctor carmona miranda (2024)

.education

, mfa jewelry design and metalsmithing, texas tech university, lubbock, texas.
, aas in Jewelry, austin community college, austin, texas.
, bfa studio art, emphasis photography. university of texas at austin, austin, texas.
, course rhinoceros 3d (mcneel certified), itesm campus ciudad de mexico, mexico.
, character animation (alias maya certified), eunoia school, ciudad de mexico, mexico.
, learning maya intro (alias maya certified), eunoia school, ciudad de mexico, mexico.

.academic experience

2024-present, faculty, metals, foundations, art history 1 and 2, central texas college, killeen, texas.

2022-2023, visiting professor, jewelry design and metals, rochester institute of technology, rochester, new york.

2021-2022, instructor: technology in the arts, texas tech university, lubbock, texas.

2020-2022, instructor: beginning jewelry and metalsmithing, texas tech university, lubbock, texas.

2019-2022, teaching assistant: beginning jewelry and metalsmithing, texas tech university, lubbock

2019-2022, lab technician, jewelry design and metalsmithing area, texas tech university, lubbock, texas. .

2021, smap graduate coordinator for the saturday morning art project, (spring 2021). texas tech university, lubbock, texas.

2021, summer discovery program instructor, school of art, texas tech university, lubbock, texas.

.exhibitions

2024. hícïi-haicïri, casa lü, el sur, mexico city, mexico, a solo exhibition featuring a singular artwork that explores themes of cultural identity, ecology, and resilience. this piece, inspired by personal heritage and contemporary pop culture, invites viewers to reflect on the dynamic relationship between ancient traditions and modern life. june, 2024

2023. bring on the gems at snag, international, juried. exhibition at whistle stop depot in tucson, az. major juried exhibition during the internationally recognized tucson gem & fair show. feb. 3 - march 31, 2022.

2023. what if? gallery 114 national juried exhibition, portland oregon. a show based on “imaginative commitments that did not happen”, “answers to absurd hypothetical questions”. january 5 to january 28, 2023.

2022, hotter ’n hell 2022, national collegiate juried exhibition. “el mil chistes 2022”, “concealed mini sculptures”, and “beauty” were three works out of 49 works of art by 25 collegiate artists from 13 states, selected by the juror, elizabeth brim, who is a blacksmith and teacher living in western north carolina. orville hanchey gallery, northwestern state university of louisiana, natchitoches, louisiana. june - august 2022.

2021, art now america: national juried exhibition, slocumb galleries, east tennessee state university, johnson city, tennessee, “thumbs up, thumbs down” was selected by juror mike calway-fagen, this piece is one of the 37 artists chosen out of 139 submissions from all over the country. march 2 to april 9, 2021.

2020, metal complexions, a national exhibition of jewelry and metalwork presented by the prestigious houston metal arts guild (hmag), jung center in the houston museum district, houston, texas. juror: anna walker, assistant curator of decorative arts, craft, and design at the museum of fine arts, houston (mfah). there were 77 artworks by 46 artists selected for this year’s exhibition including hector carmona miranda’s “these ain’t that mouse’s hands”. february 2, 2020, to february 28, 2020. 

2020, international art & design competition 2020, an international exhibition. accademia riaci, florence italy, 53 artworks by artists worldwide were selected for this year’s exhibition including hector carmona miranda’s “these ain’t that mouse’s hands” in the category of non-professional and was awarded 3rd place. the jury was composed of leading professionals from the italian artistic scene: david bicci, daniele bartalesi, andi nufer and monica buongiovanni, april 2020.

2017, concrete, plastic & metal, emma s. barrientos mexican american cultural center. austin, texas, solo show february 4, 2017, to march 25, 2017.

2016, crafttexas 2016, a biennial national juried exhibition featuring 53 works by 38 artists, including hector carmona miranda’s “shaped rock”. juried by paul sacaridiz, executive director of haystack mountain school of crafts; nicole burisch, core fellow critic-in-residence at the museum of fine arts, houston’s glassell school of art; and hccc texas master, sandie zilker, department chair of jewelry and enamel and three-dimensional design at the mfah glassell school of art. at the houston center for contemporary craft, houston, texas. september 23, 2016 to january 8, 2017.

2015, up+up, department of art and art history senior art exhibition at visual arts center, university of texas at austin, group show, austin, texas. march 13, 2015 to april 4, 2015.

.awards

2024. casa lü, el sur art residency, mexico city, mexico.

2019-2022. graduate assistantships and art scholarships, texas tech university, lubbock, texas.

2017. award of excellence: emerging artist 2017, the emma s. barrientos mexican american cultural center, austin, texas.

2016-2018. latino arts, residency program, the emma s. barrientos mexican american cultural center, austin, texas.

2014. carolina alcocer fellowship, university of texas at austin, austin, texas.

.reviews and works reproduced

magazine, fernanda carrasco "mexico desconocido, no viajo sin…" april – may 2019, vol. 503, page 22. (review of my jewelry work, photo king’s ring)

catalog, crafthouston 2016: texas. catalog, houston center for contemporary craft, page 8, full color photo of the piece ‘shaped rock’ from the exhibition.

newspaper, the austin chronicle, austin, texas, march 17, 2017 (review of exhibition concrete, plastic & metal)

.professional experience

2004-present, freelance metalsmithing and digital fabrication artist, austin and el paso, texas and ciudad juarez, mexico.

2007-2008, video editor and post-production specialist, s-mart ciudad juarez, chihuahua, mexico. 

2004-2006, creative, atmósfera productions ciudad juarez, mexico.

2002-2004, creative director, ritmoson latino channel, televisa productora ciudad de mexico, mexico.