Surface Treatment
art reviews
My Surface Treatment art reviews have been published in The Monitor, McAllen Texas, on a mas o menos weekly schedule. Their purpose was to raise the art awareness of the community and to let them know what was being shown, hopefully encouraging people to go see the shows. The writing style explains the content, intent, and success of the work on exhibition, giving the general viewer a springboard from which to agree or disagree with my viewpoint.
The reviews have been ongoing since 2003 and now total almost 700. Solo exhibitions are listed by the artist and title of the show; group shows by title and location. I will be posting them by year, from recent to earliest, and this will be ongoing until I get them all up. Hard copies are available at the Monitor offices for up to 5 years, and thereafter, electronically archived at the McAllen Public Library.
2020
- 12-28-20 La Fontera Jewelry, revisited
- 12-21-20 Studio by Design, revisited
- 12-14-20 George Tobolowsky: Is This the Road I’m On? revisited
- 12-7-20 Artists Unanimous 2012 revisited, UVAL
- 11-30-20 September 2008 Art Walk revisited, McAllen
- 11-23-20 The Third Mexican Shinzaburo Takeda Biennial of Printmaking, revisited
- 11-16-20 Dialogue with Art revisited, IMAS
- 11-9-20 Jeff Medina: Portriats of Thoughts, revisited
- 10-26-20 McAllen Street Art, McAllen
- 10-19-20 Stefan Falke: La Frontera, revisited
- 10-12-20 Ken Little: The Elements of Progress, revisited
- 10-5-20 Token Gesture Portfolio, revisited
- 9-14-20 Pedro Meyer: Heresies, revisited
- 9-21-20 Max Vityk: Warriors of Light, IMAS
- 9-28-20 Serie Project, revisited
- 9-7-20 Women’s Show at 218, revisited
- 8-31-20 Ancient Ceramics, revisited
- 8-24-20 Noel Palmenez: Machistas y Vanidad, revisited
- 8-17-20 Modern Latin American Art revisited
- 8-10-20 Richard Hyslin: Steelwork, revisited
- 8-3-20 Ron English: You Are Not Here, revisited
- 7-27-29 Charles Criner: A Life Story, revisited
- 7-20-20 The Big Bang, Cosmos Space
- 7-13-20 STC Faculty Exhibition 2020, Texas Tower Gallery
- 7-6-20 Jonathon Moeller: Our Culture is Our Resistance, revisited
- 6-29-20 New Horizons, Harlingen Art & Heritage Museum
- 6-22-20 Monica Ramirez: Walk into My Roots
- 6-15-20 Sergio Garcia: Sacando Mis Trapitos al Sol, revisited
- 6-8-20 Persona: Works by Alejandro Macias
- 5-25-20 ArtWalk May 2008, revisited,
- 5-19-20 Human Rights Exhibition, revisited,
- 5-12-20 Lenard Brown: Earth Amma
- 5-5-20 Arte de la Frontera, revisited
- 4-27-30 James Cobb: revisited
- 4-20-20 Berry Fritz: More than Still Life
- 4-13-20 Vincent Valdez: Stations, revisited
- 4-6-20 Veronica Jaeger and Chris Leonard: Creature Equality
- 3-30-20 Myths and Legends, Kika de la Garza Fine Art Center
- 3-23-20 Sarah Fox: Foal
- 3-16-20 Compulsory Measures, IMAS
- 3-9-20 School of Art Faculty, Clark Gallery
- 3-2-20 2020 UVAL Members Exhibition, UVAL
- 2-24-20 Bruno Andrade: Bruno–The Legacy of an Art Educator
- 2-17-20 Signals, North American Art Gallery
- 2-10-20 Kirk Clark: Cosmic Connections
- 2-3-20 Jason Willome: Nostalgia for the Future
- 1-20-20 2020 Hidalgo Watercolor Society, UVAL
- 1-6-20 Cande Aguilar: Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá
2019
- 12-23-2019 New Concepts
- 12-09-2019 Padilla Gallerys
- 11-25-2019 Riley Robinson:Body of Work
- 11-18-2019 Reynaldo Santiago:Type of Abandonment
- 11-04-2019 Nichols Family: Dreamscapes
- 10-28-2019 Jesus De La Rosa: Borderigena
- 10-21-2019 UVAL Members Exhibition
- 10-14-2019 Abby Sherrill: Moody Swatch
- 10-07-2019 Texas We're Listening, BMFA
- 9-30-2019 Jesmil Maldonado Rodriguez: Shattering Taciturnity
- 6-17-2019 Alexis M Ramos: Deceptively Delicious
- 6-03-2019 Highlights from the Permanent Collection
- 5-20-2019 Irma Garza Garcia: Retrospective
- 5-13-2019 Ron English: The Welcome Wall
- 5-06-2019 Mexican and Latin American Folk Art, IMAS
- 4-29-2019 Hasta Que te Conoci, eob PROJECTS
- 4-22-2019 Vibrant & Vivid, McA2 Incubator
- 4-15-2019 47th International Art Show, BMFA
- 4-08-2019 Ruth Kietz: View/No View
- 4-01-2019 Jesse Amado: Sensoria
- 9-23-2019 Veronica Gabriela Cardenas: VIACRUCIS
- 9-16-2019 Pedro Perez: Pentimento
- 9-09-2019 Art Faculty, STC
- 9-02-2019 Turmoil & Tranquility, IMAS
- 8-19-2019 Mujtaba H Naqvi: Species at Stake
- 8-12-2019 Miriam Smith, McA2 Incubator
- 7-29-2019 Erica Daborn: Dialogues with Mother Earth
- 7-22-2019 Our Day in the Sun, UVAL
- 7-01-2019 13th Ceramic Showdown, STC
- 6-24-2019 STICK and Friends, UVAL
- 3-25-2019 UVAL Members Exhibition
- 3-18-2019 Angela Fox: Feared&Revered
- 3-11-2019 Wendy Gilbert: Screen Junkies and Other Anxieties
- 2-25-2019 Valley Nature, UTRGV
- 2-16-2019 Manuel Zamudio: Giants
- 2-11-2019 Symphony of Color, IMAS
- 2-04-2019 STC faculty Exhibition
- 1-28-2019 Hidalgo Watercolor Society, UVAL
- 1-21-2019 Departures, eob PROJECTS
- 1-14-2019 Flow Space, McA2 Incubator
2018
- 12-31-2018 Octavio Quintanilla: FRONTEXTO
- 12-24-2018 Recent Acquisitions, IMAS
- 12-03-2018 UVAL Members Exhibition 2018
- 11-26-2018 Veronica Jaeger: Dichotomies
- 11-19-2018 Eduardo Aguilar: Characters and Creatures
- 11-12-18 Phoenix Gallery Grand Opening
- 11-05-2018 One Foot of Art, STC
- 10-29-2018 Clay Club, UVAL
- 10-22-2018 Luis Corpus: Hydrogen, Oxygen, Carbon
- 10-03-2018 Tina Fuentes: Marcando el Retampago
- 10-01-2018 David Alcantar: Diss This (Dis) Agreement
- 9-24-2018 Re/Search, North American Art Gallery
- 9-07-2018 Life Drawing Exhibition, UVAL
- 9-01-2018 Ines Kowalyszyn: Hundred Shades of Passion
- 8-27-2018 Women Among Women, Weslaco Museum
- 8-13-2019 Manuel Zamudios: Utopia
- 7-30-2018 Alexis Garza: Ansaros-The Beginnings of a World
- 7-23-2018 Isabel Link: Elements and Principles
- 7-16-2018 ArtXCulture: Sabor a Mí, STC Library
- 7-09-2018Fondow and Heu: Continued Directions/Variable Connections
- 6-02-2018 Photowerks, STICK, and Friends, UVAL
- 6-18-2018 Serena Pandos: MFA Graduate Show
- 6-11-2018 Carol Plumb: HorizonLine
- 6.04-2018 Nolan Preece: Chemigrams
- 5-28-2018 MC Farris: Between the Lines
- 5-21-2018 Berry Fritz: Birds, Beasts, and the Saint Who Loved Them
- 5-14-2018 Cynthia Minet: Migrations
- 5-07-2018 Carol Flueckiger: Solitude of Selfie
- 4-23-2018 UTRGV School of Art, UVAL
- 4-16-2018 Fulden Wissinger: Life Progresses One Day at a Time
- 4-09-2018 ReTooled, IMAS
- 3-26-2019 Jessica Monroe: Ancient Wisdom Paintings
- 3-19-2018 Flights of Fancy, UVAL
- 3-12-2018 David McGee: New Work
- 3-05-2018 UTRGV School of Art Faculty Exhibition, Clark Gallery
- 2-26-2018 FOLD, IMAS
- 2-19-2018 Pet Portraits in Art, Hinovations Art Gallery
- 2-12-2018 100 Women, 100 Words, STC Library Gallery
- 2-0-2018 Jesus De La Rosa: One More Time with Feeling
- 1-29-2018 STC Art Faculty Exhibition 2018
- 1-22-2018 Hidalgo Watercolor Society 2018, UVAL
- 1-15-2018 Seeing the Unseen, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art
- 1-01.2018 MFA 2017 Exhibition, Neuhaus Tower Gallery
2017
- 12-25-2017 Busted Knuckles: Paintings by Jason Valdez and Jonathon Guerra
- 12-18-2017 The Fifth Mexican Shinzaburo Takeda Biennial of Printmaking, IMAS
- 12-11-2017 Cande Aguilar: barrioPOP
- 12-04-2017 Mark Clark: Modern Times
- 11-27-2017 UVAL Members Exhibit 2017, Kika de la Garza Fine Arts Center
- 11-13-2017 Izel Vargas: Secret Objectives
- 11-06-2017 The Art of Delfino Martinez, Beyond Art Gallery
- 10-30-2017 Lourdes Ballard: Awareness-MFA Exhibit
- 10-23-2017 Manuel Antonio Lince: #Daño Colateral
- 10-09-2017 STC Art Collection in Retrospect, STC Library Gallery-Pecan campus
- 10-02-2017 Materials and Perspective: Valley Culture, Beyond Arts Gallery
- 9-26-2017 David Freeman: Casual Realism
- 9-16-2017 Jessica Monroe: Art Ecologic
- 9-11-2017 Paul Valadez: American Raspa
- 9-04-2017 E.E. Nichols: Love of Life and Landscape
- 8-21-2017 American Impressionism, IMAS
- 8-07-2017 Charles Neumann and John Webb: Ply Work & Bent Steam
- 7-31-2017 Oscar Alvarez: Of Beasts and Butterflies
- 7-24-2017 FOUND, Beyond Art Gallery
- 7-17-2017 Josie del Castillo: Mirrors
- 7-16-2017 Nancy Moyer: Earthclouds
- 7-03-2017 Teagarden and Calhoun: More Than Coincidence-Continuations in Clay
- 6-19-2017 Kathleen Elliott: Imaginary Botanicals-Sculpture in Glass
- 6-12-2017 Manuel “Raid” Zamudio: Allegories
- 6-06-2017 Joe Peña: Food Trucks in the Night
- 6-05-2017 Tres, Beyond Arts Gallery
- 5-29-2017 Joe Barrington: Messengers and Other Objects/Sculpture
- 5-22-2017 Helena Renee, International Exhibit UVAL
- 5-15-2017 Luminous, McAllen Creative Incubator
- 5-08-2017 Ezra Stieglitz, Beyond Arts Gallery
- 5-01-2017 My Hero, IMAS
- 4-24-2017 Paul Valadez: Further Selections from the Great Mexican American Songbook: Songs of Hope and Grief
- 4-17-2017 Pablo Peña: Motions of Emotions
- 4-10-2017 eRic Luplow: Collision of Colors
- 4-03-2017 The Art of The Bicycle, Galeria 409
- 3-27-2017 Fiber Arts Exhibition 2017, Kika de la Garza Fine Arts Center
- 3-20-2017 Carmen Lomas Garza: My Very Own Room
- 3-13-2017 Gloria Garfinkel: Origami Interpretations
- 3-06-2017 Donald Lyles, UTRGV Visual Arts Building
- 2-27-2017 Photographic Art Show 2017, Kika de la Garza Fine Arts Center
- 2-20-2017 Pu Chen: Organic Light
- 2-13-2017 Rick Fatica: Visions
- 2-04-2017 Sergio Garcia: In Between (No Soy de aqui, ni soy de allá)
- 1-30-2017 Hidalgo Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition 2017, Kika de la Garza Fine Arts Center
- 1-23-2017 Becky Young: Shared Experiences
- 1-16-2017 David Freeman: The Landscape Transformed
- 1-09-2017 Jessie Burciaga: Los Meros Meros
- 1-02-2017 Gabriel Salazar Paintings, McAllen Heritage Center
2016
- 12-26-2016 Lenard Brown: Subjective Engineering
- 12-19-2016 Wilma Langhamer: Meditations
- 12-12-2016 Art Faculty Exhibition 2016, STC Art Gallery
- 11-28-2016 Lorenzo Pace: Homecoming 2016
- 11-21-2016 Susan Fitzsimmons: What Next?
- 11-14-2016 Sandra Cancino: Alebrijes
- 11-07-2016 Julie Speed: Undertoad
- 10-31-2016 Sylvia Benitez: Personal Topography
- 10-24-2016 2016 October Members Exhibit, Upper Valley Art League
- 10-17-2016 Mario Godinez: Visions from a Subconscious Mind
- 10-10-2016 Andy A Villarreal: A Tribute to the Mayan Culture
- 10-03-2016 South Texas Women’s Exhibition, McAllen Creative Incubator
- 9-26-2016 Thomas Murray: Porziuncola
- 9-19-2016 Marilyn Carren: Babel
- 9-12-2016 Nydia Rosalinda Garcia-Schmidt: Comales Pintados
- 9-05.2016 Jason Ray Perez: Laconism
- 8-22-2016 The World of Jan Brett, IMAS
- 8-15-2016 Tower Artists, Chase Tower
- 8-08-2016 Manuel “Raid” Zamudio: Duality
- 8-01-2016 2nd Annual Wild Horse Desert Print Fair & Exhibition, Beyond Arts gallery
- 7-25-2016 Cristina Materón: Melted Vibrancy
- 7-18-2016 Jerry Lyles: Mind-Scapes
- 7-11-2016 Carla Thorman Hughes: Push and Pull
- 7-04-2016 Constants and Variables, 10th Annual South Texas Ceramic Showdown
- 6-20-2016 UVAL Members at Edward Jones, Mission
- 6-06-2016 Chicano Artist: Celerino Castillo, Art Studio by Design
- 5-30-2016 Indigenous Weaving, IMAS
- 5-23-2016 Shirley M Ingram: Boundless and Bold
- 5-16-2016 7th Annual Fine Arts Exhibit, McAllen Creative Incubator
- 5-09-2016 Ezra Stieglitz: Beyond Arts Gallery
- 4-25-2016 Gisela Colón: Pods
- 4-18-2016 AU-Artists Unanimous Annual Juried Exhibit, Kika De La Garza Fine Art Center
- 4-11-2016 Leila Hernandez: Preciosa Mandala Aqua Exhibition
- 4-04-2016 Philip Field: Life With Wrath
- 3-28-2016 Salvador Dali: Les Diners de Gala Exhibit
- 3-21-2016 Fiber Arts Exhibit, UVAL
- 3-14-2016 Deborah Roberts and Coco Rico: Intersections of Perception and Self: A Study in Images
- 3-07-2016 George Tabolowsky: Is This the Road I’m On?
- 2-29-2016 Faculty Art Exhibition, UTRGV Visual Arts Bldg
- 2-22-2016 Zona Maco Contemporary Art Fair Centro Banamex, MC DF
- 2-15-2015 Benjamin Varela: Urban Landscape that Speaks the Hope of Humanity
- 2-01-2016 Robert Andes and David Ransom: Works of Figuration
- 1-25-2016 Flowing Colors-2016 Hidalgo Watercolor Society, Kika de la Garza Fine Art Center
- 1-18-2016 Diana O Montemayor: Nostalgia
- 1-11-2016 Tower Artists Fine Art Exhibition, Chase Texas Tower
- 1-04-2016 Mauricio Sáenz: Of Islands and Unicorns