Gloria Ceren
Houston, TX, Tampa, FL
cerengloria@gmail.com
www.gloriaceren.com
Education
2018 MFA Studio Art, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2014 BFA Painting, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2012 Tattoo Apprenticeship under Michael Ashworth, Artistic Impressions, Katy, TX
Solo and Performances
2018 Defenestration, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
2017 Those Periwinkle Blues, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL
2017 Dis-connection, 6818 Manhattan Warehouse, Tampa, FL
2017 Touch, USF School of Music Concert Hall, (collaboration with David Williams), Tampa, FL
2016 Swig of Moonshine Minus the Guilt, Studio 281, Tampa, FL
Select Group Exhibitions
2020 My View From Home, Nashville, TN.
2019 #WEARAREYOUREFEARS, Hooch and Hive, Tampa, FL
2019 #WEARAREYOUREFEARS, NUDENITE, Tampa, FL
2018 A Century of Dissent Miami: Downtown Procession, Mana Contemporary, Miami, FL
2018 A Salon For Performance Art, Artpace, San Antonio, TX. Moderated by Clifford Owens
2018 SUNISTRA, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL. Juror, Christopher Jones
2018 Buried Alone, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
2017 DEIXIS, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL
2017 Fang Bang II, Parallelogram Gallery, Tampa, FL
2017 41st Annual Juried Show, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL. Juror, Shaun Leonardo
2017 Priority Mail, Ground Floor Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Nasty Woman Newcastle, Byker Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
2017 Nasty Woman NOLA, Angela King Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2017 Four by Four, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL
2016 Fang Bang, Parallelogram Gallery, Tampa, FL
2016 40th Annual Juried Show, Oliver Gallery, Tampa, FL
2015 The Human Canvas, Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI. Curated by Taylor Terreri
2015 Art Trust Exhibition, Woodlands, HS, Woodlands, TX
2014 Food Is Our Friend, Fiesta, Houston, TX. Curated by Aaron Parazette
2014 Select Works, Gaslight Gallery, Houston, TX. Curated by Christopher Malice
2014 Serious Play, Hardy and Nance Studios, Houston, TX. Curated by Patricia Restrepo
2014 UH School of Art Annual Student Exhibition, Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, TX
2014 Sr. Painting: Open Studios, UH Art Building, Houston, TX
2014 Select Works, Glitch Gallery, Houston, TX. Curated by Chris Unclebach
2013 Select Paintings, Artistic Impressions, Katy, TX. Curated by Spiro Kambitsis
2013 Siege of the Skeletons, John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science, Houston, TX
2013 Questions Not Answers, Diverse Works, Houston, TX. Curated by Rachel Cook
2013 Menil/Fiesta, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX. Curated by Aaron Parazette
2012 Figure Drawing, UH Art Building, Houston, TX. Curated by Geoff Hippenstiel
2012 Winter Show, Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, TX
2012 Star of Texas Tattoo Art Revival, Palmer Event Center, Austin, TX
2010 Scholastic Art Award Exhibition, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
Awards and Honors
2020 Recipient of the HARP, Artist Grant, Tampa Bay BCA
2018 Recipient of the Larson and Palmer Fund
2016 Recipient of the Larson and Palmer Fund
2016 Genshaft/Greenbaum Scholarship
2015 James Rosenquist Scholarship
2015 Hope Rietschlin Scholarship, University of South Florida
2015 Art Department Scholarship, University of South Florida
2010 Gold Key Recipient, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Professional Experience
2021- Tattoo Artist, Polar Tattoo Studio, New Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL
2021- Adjunct Faculty, Concept & Practices II, SAAH, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2020 Adjunct Faculty, Beginning & Intermediate Painting, SAAH, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2019- Adjunct Faculty, Freehand Drawing, SA+CD, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2019-21 Tattoo Artist, Dream State Body Art, Tampa, FL
2017 Instructor of Record, Intermediate Drawing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2016-18 Instructor of Record, Beginning Drawing, University of South Florida. Tampa, FL
2015-20 Painting Instructor, Serrano & Serrano LLC. Wesley Chapel, FL
2015 Intermediate Drawing, Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of South Florida. Tampa, FL
2015 Tattoo Artist, Urban Life Tattoo Studio, Houston, TX
2010-12 Tattoo Apprentice, Artistic Impressions, Katy, TX
Press and Publications
http://cam.usf.edu/CAM/exhibitions/2018_3_Buried_Alone_MFA_2018/Buried_Alone_MFA2018.html
https://www.newpages.com/literary-magazine-reviews/boiler-fall-2017
https://theboilerjournal.com/2017/10/22/fall-xxv/
http://www.rimonthly.com/Blogs/ridaily/August-2015/Celebrating-Tattooing-as-Art-in-Warwick/
http://www.salondutatouage.com/fashion/salon-de-tatouage-toile-humaine.html