Photo by: Moe Penders
ABOUT
Isaac Reyes is a Queer Mexican artist. He attended the University of Houston where he received his BFA in Sculpture. Reyes’s works are predominantly in the medium of sculpture and installation art. He has exhibited his work locally in spaces, such as Art League Houston, Summer Studio Program at Project Row Houses, in Houston Community College art galleries, as well as SITE Houston, at the Houston run of Cirque du Soleil Amaluna.Reyes’s work was also at Breaking Boundaries IV as part of the international photography festival of Pingyao, China. He is the recipient of the Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Scholarship at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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Education
2010-2015 BFA Sculpture, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2009 Houston Community College
Scholarships / Awards / Honors / Residencies
2015 Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Scholarship, Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.
2014
- George R. Bunker Scholarship in Art, University of Houston.
- Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Scholarship,Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.
2013 Men of Honor Scholarship, Houston Community College.
2012
- Summer Studio Program at Project Row Houses.
- Honorable Mention, Sculpture: Houston Community College-Central Juried Student Art Exhibit, juror: Zoya Tommy, director of PG Contemporary Gallery, Houston, TX
Exhibitions
2019
-Here, Ahora: Houston, Latinx, Queer Artists Under 30 Art League Houston (ALH) Curated by Reyes Ramirez.
2018
-El Chow: Fruto en vaina, a group exhibition. by curator Maureen Penders,
at El Rincon Social (ERS)
2017
-Piñatafest: Piñatas on the Esplanade. By Cultura A Project of the East End Foundation.
-"Mirror, Mirror: Mockingly Minute," curated by Yma Luis. BOX 13 ArtSpace
2015
- SITE Group show SITE Group exhibition, juried by Bill Arning, Director of The Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston, and Jillian Conrad, Associate Professor of Sculpture at The University of Houston,
- “Amatierra” at the Houston run of Cirque du Soleil Ama Luna
2014
- Eurythmic Group show at El Rincon Social (ERS)
-University of Houston Annual Student Exhibition, Blaffer Art Museum
- Tormenta at The Micro Scope Project, inside Spring Street Studios
2013
- Men of Honor Exhibition at Houston Community College
- Project Row Houses “La Cueva” as part of the Summer Studio Program
- Pingyao International Photography Festival Pingyao, China
- Houston Community College Solo display case exhibition
2011
- Houston Community College Student Art Show.
2010
- Featured in Midtown Journal online in fall
- Houston Community College Student Art Show.