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Jesús Moroles Biography
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1950 |
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Born in Corpus Christi, TX
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1975 |
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AA, El Centro College, Dallas, TX
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1978 |
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BFA, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
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1978 - 1979 |
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Apprenticed under LUIS JIMÉNEZ, El Paso, TX
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1979 - 1980 |
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Worked with Marble in Pietrasanta, Carrara, Italy
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1988 |
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Appointed to Board of Directors, International Sculpture Center, Washington, DC
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1993 |
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Appointed to Board of Trustees, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
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1996 |
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Appointed to the Board of Commissioners, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
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Recipient, National Medal of Arts, The White House, Washington, DC, 2008
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Recipient, Award for Visual Arts, the Texas Medal of Arts Awards Committee, Austin, TX, 2007
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007
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San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, TX (solo), travelled
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2006
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Moroles: Paper & Granite, Ellen Noel Art Museum of the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX (solo)
“Art in the Garden: Sculpture/Escultura,” San Antonio Botanical Gardens, San Antonio, TX (group)
“Big Red: Carved in Stone,” Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI (group)
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2005
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Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX (solo)
“Color/Pattern/Grid,” Austin Museum of Art-Downtown, Austin, TX (group)
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2004
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Rock, Roll and Play, Dallas Museum of Art, Fina Gallery, Dallas, TX (solo)
“Around the World in Forty Years,” Art in Embassies Program, State Department, Washington, DC (group)
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2003
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Jesús Moroles Granite Sculpture, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX (solo)
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2002
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Harmony in the Stone, Hall of State at Fair Park, Dallas, TX (solo)
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2000
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J. Cacciola Gallery New York, NY
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1999
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J. Cacciola Gallery New York, NY
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1999
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Barbara Davis Gallery Houston, TX
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1998
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Joy Tash Gallery Scottsdale, AZ
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1998
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Sangre De Cristo Art Center Pueblo, CO
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1996
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Twentieth Century American Sculpture, White House Sculpture Garden Washington, D.C.
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1996
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The University of Wyoming Art Museum Laramie, WY
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1996
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Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art Wichita, KS
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1996
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McAllen International Museum McAllen, TX
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1995 - 1996
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J. Cacciola Galleries New York, NY
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1995
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Horwitch Lew Allen Gallery Santa Fe, NM
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1995
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Davis/McClain Gallery Houston, TX
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1995
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Robert McClain Fine Arts Houston, TX
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1995
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Collector's Choice, Horwitch Lew Allen Gallery Santa Fe, NM
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1995
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Celebracion, Lubbock Fine Arts Center Lubbock, TX
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1995
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Contemporary Abstractions, Lein Art Works Chicago, IL
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1994
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Collector's Choice, Horwitch Lew Allen Gallery Santa Fe, NM
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1994
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El Mundo del Arte de Nuevo Mexico, New Mexico Cultural Festival Book Fair Jalisco Mexico, Guadalajara
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1994
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Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art University of Oklahoma, Normon, OK
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1994
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Philharmonic Center for the Arts Naples, FL
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1993
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Morgan Reed Gallery Kansas City, MO
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1993
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Cinco de Tejas, Rockport Center for the Arts Rockport, TX
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1993
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American Sculpture: A Contemporary Perspective, University of Wyoming Art Museum Laramie, WY
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1993
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Malibu International Sculpture Exhibition, Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts Malibu, CA
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1987 - 1989
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Hispanic Art in the United States: 30 Contemporary Painters and Sculptors, (group Exhibition) Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, (travelled)
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