Gloria Ceren 
Houston, TX, Tampa, FL
gloriaceren@outlook.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

2019-         Adjunct Faculty, Freehand Drawing, SA+CD, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2019-         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-         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




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