Tina Medina
Tina Medina is a Dallas artist and professor of art at Mountain View College. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Texas Tech University and Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of North Texas. Her art has been exhibited locally at various venues in Dallas and in Austin she was selected by the Mexic-Arte Museum to be showcased in the 7th Annual Young Latino Artist’s Exhibition, as well as awarded a solo show at Women and Their Work Gallery. Medina’s work was also featured in national exhibitions at Galería de la Raza in San Francisco, Arizona State University and the National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Wisconsin. Medina curated exhibitions such as Ojo: The Unexpected: Contemporary Latin American Artists of the Metroplex, ELLA: Exhibiting Local Latina Artists at the Dallas Latino Cultural Center and Her Obsidian Intentions: Contemporary Latina Artists.
Recently Professor Medina presented at the 2016 Latino Art Now conference in Chicago, Illinois and her work was displayed at the Galería América of the Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana.
Artist Statement
As a US American woman with indigenous and European ancestry, my work addresses my identity and explores issues related to my experiences and thoughts on society and culture.
I am compelled to investigate the precariousness of cultural identity. Our past and present history influences how we perceive others, as well as how we perceive ourselves. In my art I explore themes such as American history, ethnicity, gender and power using nontraditional materials and mixed media via painting, assemblage, site specific installation, audio, and performance.
Artist CV
Tina Medina
www.tinamedina.com
Education
2004 M.F.A. Painting and Drawing University of North Texas, School of Visual Arts
2000 B.F.A. Painting and Drawing Texas Tech University, School of Art
Professional
2005 until present Professor of Art, Mountain View College, DCCCD, Dallas, TX
Exhibitions
2017 American Dream, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
4th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Artspace III, Fort Worth, TX
Paperworks, Fort Works Art, Fort Worth, TX
Identity: I am One, I am Many, Sunset Studios Residency and Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas
Grey Space, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas
Nepantla , solo exhibition, Cliff Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
2016 Arte Paño Contemporaneo: A Tradition Revived, Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame, IN
13th Annual Hecho en Dallas, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas
Womxn Are Perfect!, Galleria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA
Dia de los Muertos altar exhibit, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas
Triplets Reborn, The Small Gallery, Dallas
Tina Medina, Business Council for the Arts, Capital One, Plano
2015 Somos Americanos installation, North Oak Cliff Library, City of Dallas
2014 Dark, Online Gallery, juried exhibit, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Dia de los Muertos Remembrance, Our Legacy, juried exhibit, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
The Mother Load Project, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Contemporary Woman, juried exhibit, Chico Art Center, Chico, California
20th Annual El Corazon Exhibit, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Founder’s Foyer, juried exhibit, DCCCD Administrative Building, Dallas, TX
2013 Terrible Hermosa (solo exhibit), Davis Foundry Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Guadalupe Exhibit, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
2012 curandera/mama/madre/zumba/frida, performance, Oak Cliff Latino Arts Fest, Bi shop Arts District, Dallas, Texas
Immigration, Migration, Movement & The Humanities, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Inaugural Oak Cliff Latino Arts Fest Juried Competition, Bishop Arts District, Dallas, Texas
Summer Group Exhibit, Davis Foundry Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2011 Anima Sola, (solo exhibit), Lago Vista Gallery, Richland College, Dallas, Texas
Collaborative Installation, Jesse Meraz and Tina Medina, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
2010 Nuestros Ojos: An exhibition by 8 Latino/Chicano artists from Dallas, The Croft Gallery, Waco, Texas
16th Annual El Corazon Art Exhibit, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2009 Hispanica, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
Alter Egos Art Exhibit, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Reflections of Our Past, Visions of Our Future, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Outside a White Cube, Outdoor installation, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
2008 Anima Animus, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Oak Cliff Visual Speed Bump Artist Tour, Brute Arts Space, Dallas Texas
Your Favorite Artist was a Member, 30th Anniversary, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2007 Du Chau and Tina Medina, Project Room, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Chuchulucos, (solo exhibit), Print Gallery, Cedar Valley College, Dallas, Texas
Tina Medina and Veronica De Anda Tosten, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Ojo II, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, Texas
Outside the Lines Juried Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Funny Stories and Absurdity, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2006 She Wears War Bells, (solo exhibit) Kiva Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
Places of In-Between, Focus Galleries, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
Professors/Printmakers,The Art Corridor II, Tarrant County College, Southeast Campus, Arlington, Texas
Big As Night II, Tyler St. Lofts, Dallas, Texas
Parallel Perpendicular, Tarrant County College, Arlington, Texas
Big As Night, Tyler St. Lofts, Dallas, Texas
2006 Season Member’s Exhibition, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Bad & Beautiful, Mighty Fine Arts Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Platform, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
CAM Official Kickoff @ Motel 3, Contemporary Art Month, San Antonio, Texas
Iconography: Patterns of Displacement, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Present Day Xochitl, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
West Meets West, University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Pochismas, (solo exhibit), Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas
Missives, 473 Broadway Gallery, New York City, New York
She Sex: No One Can Eat Just One!, Sappho’s Return, Long Beach, California
Texas National Juried Competition, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, (catalog), Juror: James Surls
Faculty Exhibition, Kiva Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
500X Member’s Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Out of Site, site specific installation, Denton, Texas
2004 Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections, National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (catalog)
Nopalita, (solo exhibit), Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Ink Under Pressure: Printmaking 2004, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California
Virgen de Guadalupe Art Exhibition, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Green, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Expo 2004, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Juror: Andrea Karnes
Pulse, The Corridor Gallery, Tarrant County College, Arlington, Texas
10thAnnual El Corazón Art Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2003 10th Annual New Texas Talent Juried Exhibition, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Inaugural Juried Exhibition, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas (catalog)
Mix! Series, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
The Calavera Exhibit, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2003 Voertman Student Competition, The University of North Texas Art Gallery, School of Visual Arts, Denton, Texas
Expo 2003, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Juror: Vincent Falsetta
Pressed and Fired, HARA Gallery, Denton, Texas
Blush, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2002 Expo 2002, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Juror: Vicki Meek
Disclosure: Contemporary Drawing,University of Dallas, Irving,Texas
7th Annual Young Latino Artist Exhibition, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas
Big Show Small Space, Gallery _803, Denton, Texas
Curatorial Experience
2015 Her Obsidian Intentions: Contemporary Latina Artists, Cliff Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
ELLA: Exhibiting Local Latina Artists, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2012 Dia de los Muertos exhibit, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
2010 Like Water for Chocolate, A Response by Local Women Artists: Common Book Project, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
2007 Ojo II,Brookhaven College, Dallas County Community Colleges, Farmers Branch, Texas Ojo: The Unexpected: Contemporary Latin American Artists of the Metroplex, Richland College, Brazos Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Tina Medina is a Dallas artist and professor of art at Mountain View College. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Texas Tech University and Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of North Texas. Her art has been exhibited locally at various venues in Dallas and in Austin she was selected by the Mexic-Arte Museum to be showcased in the 7th Annual Young Latino Artist’s Exhibition, as well as awarded a solo show at Women and Their Work Gallery. Medina’s work was also featured in national exhibitions at Galería de la Raza in San Francisco, Arizona State University and the National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Wisconsin. Medina curated exhibitions such as Ojo: The Unexpected: Contemporary Latin American Artists of the Metroplex, ELLA: Exhibiting Local Latina Artists at the Dallas Latino Cultural Center and Her Obsidian Intentions: Contemporary Latina Artists.
Recently Professor Medina presented at the 2016 Latino Art Now conference in Chicago, Illinois and her work was displayed at the Galería América of the Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana.
Artist Statement
As a US American woman with indigenous and European ancestry, my work addresses my identity and explores issues related to my experiences and thoughts on society and culture.
I am compelled to investigate the precariousness of cultural identity. Our past and present history influences how we perceive others, as well as how we perceive ourselves. In my art I explore themes such as American history, ethnicity, gender and power using nontraditional materials and mixed media via painting, assemblage, site specific installation, audio, and performance.
Artist CV
Tina Medina
www.tinamedina.com
Education
2004 M.F.A. Painting and Drawing University of North Texas, School of Visual Arts
2000 B.F.A. Painting and Drawing Texas Tech University, School of Art
Professional
2005 until present Professor of Art, Mountain View College, DCCCD, Dallas, TX
Exhibitions
2017 American Dream, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
4th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Artspace III, Fort Worth, TX
Paperworks, Fort Works Art, Fort Worth, TX
Identity: I am One, I am Many, Sunset Studios Residency and Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas
Grey Space, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas
Nepantla , solo exhibition, Cliff Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
2016 Arte Paño Contemporaneo: A Tradition Revived, Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame, IN
13th Annual Hecho en Dallas, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas
Womxn Are Perfect!, Galleria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA
Dia de los Muertos altar exhibit, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas
Triplets Reborn, The Small Gallery, Dallas
Tina Medina, Business Council for the Arts, Capital One, Plano
2015 Somos Americanos installation, North Oak Cliff Library, City of Dallas
2014 Dark, Online Gallery, juried exhibit, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Dia de los Muertos Remembrance, Our Legacy, juried exhibit, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
The Mother Load Project, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Contemporary Woman, juried exhibit, Chico Art Center, Chico, California
20th Annual El Corazon Exhibit, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Founder’s Foyer, juried exhibit, DCCCD Administrative Building, Dallas, TX
2013 Terrible Hermosa (solo exhibit), Davis Foundry Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Guadalupe Exhibit, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
2012 curandera/mama/madre/zumba/frida, performance, Oak Cliff Latino Arts Fest, Bi shop Arts District, Dallas, Texas
Immigration, Migration, Movement & The Humanities, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Inaugural Oak Cliff Latino Arts Fest Juried Competition, Bishop Arts District, Dallas, Texas
Summer Group Exhibit, Davis Foundry Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2011 Anima Sola, (solo exhibit), Lago Vista Gallery, Richland College, Dallas, Texas
Collaborative Installation, Jesse Meraz and Tina Medina, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
2010 Nuestros Ojos: An exhibition by 8 Latino/Chicano artists from Dallas, The Croft Gallery, Waco, Texas
16th Annual El Corazon Art Exhibit, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2009 Hispanica, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
Alter Egos Art Exhibit, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Reflections of Our Past, Visions of Our Future, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Outside a White Cube, Outdoor installation, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
2008 Anima Animus, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Oak Cliff Visual Speed Bump Artist Tour, Brute Arts Space, Dallas Texas
Your Favorite Artist was a Member, 30th Anniversary, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2007 Du Chau and Tina Medina, Project Room, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Chuchulucos, (solo exhibit), Print Gallery, Cedar Valley College, Dallas, Texas
Tina Medina and Veronica De Anda Tosten, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Ojo II, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, Texas
Outside the Lines Juried Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Funny Stories and Absurdity, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2006 She Wears War Bells, (solo exhibit) Kiva Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
Places of In-Between, Focus Galleries, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
Professors/Printmakers,The Art Corridor II, Tarrant County College, Southeast Campus, Arlington, Texas
Big As Night II, Tyler St. Lofts, Dallas, Texas
Parallel Perpendicular, Tarrant County College, Arlington, Texas
Big As Night, Tyler St. Lofts, Dallas, Texas
2006 Season Member’s Exhibition, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Bad & Beautiful, Mighty Fine Arts Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Platform, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
CAM Official Kickoff @ Motel 3, Contemporary Art Month, San Antonio, Texas
Iconography: Patterns of Displacement, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Present Day Xochitl, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
West Meets West, University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Pochismas, (solo exhibit), Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas
Missives, 473 Broadway Gallery, New York City, New York
She Sex: No One Can Eat Just One!, Sappho’s Return, Long Beach, California
Texas National Juried Competition, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, (catalog), Juror: James Surls
Faculty Exhibition, Kiva Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
500X Member’s Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Out of Site, site specific installation, Denton, Texas
2004 Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections, National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (catalog)
Nopalita, (solo exhibit), Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Ink Under Pressure: Printmaking 2004, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California
Virgen de Guadalupe Art Exhibition, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Green, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Expo 2004, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Juror: Andrea Karnes
Pulse, The Corridor Gallery, Tarrant County College, Arlington, Texas
10thAnnual El Corazón Art Exhibition, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2003 10th Annual New Texas Talent Juried Exhibition, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Inaugural Juried Exhibition, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas (catalog)
Mix! Series, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
The Calavera Exhibit, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2003 Voertman Student Competition, The University of North Texas Art Gallery, School of Visual Arts, Denton, Texas
Expo 2003, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Juror: Vincent Falsetta
Pressed and Fired, HARA Gallery, Denton, Texas
Blush, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2002 Expo 2002, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Juror: Vicki Meek
Disclosure: Contemporary Drawing,University of Dallas, Irving,Texas
7th Annual Young Latino Artist Exhibition, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas
Big Show Small Space, Gallery _803, Denton, Texas
Curatorial Experience
2015 Her Obsidian Intentions: Contemporary Latina Artists, Cliff Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
ELLA: Exhibiting Local Latina Artists, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2012 Dia de los Muertos exhibit, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
2010 Like Water for Chocolate, A Response by Local Women Artists: Common Book Project, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
2007 Ojo II,Brookhaven College, Dallas County Community Colleges, Farmers Branch, Texas Ojo: The Unexpected: Contemporary Latin American Artists of the Metroplex, Richland College, Brazos Gallery, Dallas, Texas
