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Marcela Reyes

Adjunct Faculty

University of North Texas

Department of Art Foundations

Email: marcela.reyes@unt.edu

Education

  • MFA, University of Texas at Arlington, 2019
    Major: Art (NT)

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Adjunct, Lead Faculty, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2022 - Present).
  • Instructor, Dallas College. Dallas College. (2020 - Present).
  • Adjunct Assistant, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2020 - Present).
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington. The University of Texas at Arlington. (2019 - Present).
  • Lecturer, The University of Texas at Dallas. The University of Texas at Dallas. (2019 - Present).
  • Instructor of Record, The University of Texas at Arlington. The University of Texas at Arlington. (2017 - Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ART 1600 - Foundations: Perception and Translation, 8 courses.
  • ART 1800 - Foundations: Narrative and Representation, 11 courses.
  • ART 1900 - Foundations: Systems and Transformations, 2 courses.

Awards and Honors

  • Nominated for Teaching Excellence Award Finalist, Foundations Department, College of Visual Arts and Design University of North Texas. (May 10, 2023).
  • Nominated for Teaching Excellence Award Finalist, Foundations Department, College of Visual Arts and Design University of North Texas. (2023).
  • Featured Artist in The Great Create, Nasher Sculpture Center. (August 8, 2022).
  • Nominated for Teaching Excellence Award, Foundations Department, College of Visual Arts and Design University of North Texas. (May 5, 2022).
  • Nominated for Teaching Excellence Award Finalist, Foundations Department, College of Visual Arts and Design University of North Texas. (2022).
  • The Great Create, Nasher Sculpture Center. (2022).
  • COLA Travel Presentation, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Arlington. (June 6, 2019).
  • Ideas in Art Award, James S. Barnett Jr. Foundation. (April 12, 2019).
  • COLA Travel Presentation Award, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Arlington. (2019).
  • Ideas in Art Award, James S. Barnett Jr. Foundation. (2019).
  • Nasher Sculpture Center Artist’s Microgrant, Nasher Sculpture Center,. (May 2, 2017).
  • McDowell Center Innovative Project Award, McDowell Center. (May 1, 2017).
  • McDowell Center Innovative Project Award for Visual Artists, The University of Texas at Arlington. (2017).
  • Nasher Sculpture Center Artist’s Microgrant, Nasher Sculpture Center. (2017).
  • Art and Art History Scholarship, College of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Arlington. (August 7, 2016).
  • Art and Glass Scholarship, College of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Arlington. (August 7, 2016).
  • Graduate Teaching Assistantship, The University of Texas at Arlington. (July 2, 2016).
  • Art and Art History Scholarship, ollege of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Arlington. (2016).
  • Art and Glass Scholarship, College of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Arlington. (2016).
  • Graduate Teaching Assistantship Award, The University of Texas at Arlington. (2016).
  • Best of Show: Spring Juried Exhibition, College of Art and Humanities, The University of Texas at Dallas. (2015).
  • Bryce and Jonelle Jordan Scholarship for Artists, The University of Texas at Dallas. (2014).

Research

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Reyes, M., "Inspiring Imagination:Educators’ Art Collective", United States of America. (2025).
  • Art - Exhibition, One-Person. Reyes, M., "Cuautla 214", United States of America. (2022).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Reyes, M., "Faculty Biennal", United States of America. (2021).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Reyes, M., "Ideas in Art", United States of America. (2020).
  • Art - Exhibition, Invitational. Reyes, M., "Women’s Faculty Exhibition", United States of America. (2020).
  • Art - Exhibition, One-Person. Reyes, M., "Home is Nowhere Else but Right Here,", United States of America. (2020).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Reyes, M., "Compromised Collective", United States of America. (2019).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Reyes, M., "LatinXpo: A Look at Latin America", United States of America. (2019).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Reyes, M., "MFA Thesis Exhibition", United States of America. (2019).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Reyes, M., "North Texas MFA Small Works Exhibition", United States of America. (2019).
  • Art - Exhibition, Invitational. Reyes, M., "Surviving in Interesting Times", United States of America. (2019).
  • Art - Exhibition, Invitational. Reyes, M., "Vignette", United States of America. (2019).
  • Art - Exhibition, Two-Person. Reyes, M., "Hispanic Heritage Month", United States of America. (2019).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Reyes, M., "Temporary Collectives", United States of America. (2018).
  • Art - Exhibition, Invitational. Reyes, M., "Hecho en Dallas", United States of America. (2018).
  • Art - Exhibition, Two-Person. Reyes, M., "Graduate Pathways", United States of America. (2018).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Reyes, M., "Color of Expression", United States of America. (2017).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Reyes, M., "CUFT: The Small Works of MACHINE", United States of America. (2017).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Reyes, M., "Temporary Collectives", United States of America. (2017).
  • Art - Exhibition, Invitational. Reyes, M., "Expect Us", United States of America. (2017).
  • Art - Exhibition, Invitational. Reyes, M., "Turner House Rising Star 5 Invitational", United States of America. (2017).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Reyes, M., "We, The Body", United States of America. (2016).