Education             

2024    Masters of Fine Arts in Painting, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas

2021    Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting, minor in Ceramics, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas

Teaching

2023-2024 Instructor of Record, Drawing 1, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

2022-2023 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Advanced Painting, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

Related Experience

2024    Artist Instructor, Art Camp at the Modern, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX

            Teaching Artist, Drawing from the Collection for Children, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX

2021    Studio Assistant, Ceramics, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

2019-2021 Student Assistant, Wood Shop, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX

Exhibitions (*Solo)

2024   PINK!, SP/N Gallery, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX

            Birthday Card, Blind Alley Projects, Fort Worth, TX*

            Seven minutes in heaven, Easyside, Fort Worth, TX*

            As for me and my house, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, TX*

            Juried Student Exhibition, Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, TX

            Embodiment: The Personal and Universal Body, Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, TX

            Harbor Freight, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX

2023    Localities, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX

            Southern Comfort, Distribution Bar, Fort Worth, TX

            150 Years / 150 Artists, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Fort Worth TX

2022    Now Kith, The Pool Near Southside, Fort Worth, TX

            Criss Cross Applesauce, M.F.A. Candidacy Exhibition, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts,

Fort Worth, TX*

            Fish Stories, SP/N Gallery, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX

            A Place For You & Me, Moncrief Cancer Institute, Fort Worth TX

            2.62 Persons: A House, A Home, A Statistic; A Family, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX

            Homebody, Browder St., Dallas TX

            500x College Expo, 500x, Dallas, TX

            Juried Student Exhibition, Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, TX

2021    Preservation, Moudy Project Space, Fort Worth, TX*

            Aurantium, B.F.A. Exhibition, SFA Art Galleries, Nacogdoches, TX *

2019    Friends of the Visual Arts 12x12 Scholarship Fundraiser, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX

2018    Stephen F. Austin State University 37th Art Alliance Spring Show, SFA Art Galleries, Nacogdoches, TX

Press

2023    Jessica Fuentes, Tall Tales and Stories of Home, Glasstire, 2023.

Awards + Residencies

2023    TCU MFA Tuscany Residency, Tuscany, Italy

            Graduate Research Support Fund, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

2022    Graduate Research Support Fund, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

            Cufflink Art Award #2, Fort Worth, TX

2021    Graduate Research Support Fund, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

2021-2024 Graduate Fellowship, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

2020    Robert Kinsell Art Scholarship, Friends of the Visual Arts, Nacogdoches, TX