: Artist, Curator, Performer, Educator
Artist Statement
As a woman of Mexican indigenous ancestry born in the United States, I am compelled to make art that speaks about current issues by representing the point of view of immigrants and people of color. The struggles and continued barriers people of color endure in the US motivates me to create works from the viewpoint of those who have suffered racism, bigotry and xenophobia. Part of the experience I portray is how we try to place ourselves within a historical context that was never meant to include us.
My inspiration comes from cultural history and identity, including gender, ethnicity, nationality, ancestry and class. I find it essential to revisit the history of the US to remind ourselves how the past informs and shapes the present. Our past and present history influence how others perceive others and even how we perceive ourselves. My artworks speak about power and the consequences of colonization and assimilation. I am determined to represent the voices of POC women and families who have little power in our country due to ongoing oppression.
I love found objects and the meaning we imbue upon them, so I often incorporate them into my work. Using found materials, sewing, fibers, audio and performance I explore juxtapositions of contemporary culture and history with cultural symbols to reflect the narratives of those whose stories are left untold. I undertake various art methods to communicate my ideas such as weaving flags, documenting the recorded voices of a community, embroidering brown women, or performing and video recording actions of love.
Virtual art workshops for non-artists: basic watercolor skills, basic drawing skills, themed workshops based on artist's art, workshops based on themes of women's self empowerment and reconnecting to self and ancestry, cultural heritage
Tina Medina is a visual artist and professor of art at Mountain View campus, Dallas College. Born and raised in West Texas, Medina earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Texas Tech University and Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of North Texas. Medina's art has been exhibited nationally in exhibits such as Immigration, Migration, Movement & The Humanities at Arizona State University, and displayed at the Galería América of the Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana. Medina has curated several exhibits including Contemporary Latino American Artists of the Metroplex and ELLA: Exhibiting Local Latina Artists at the Dallas Latino Cultural Center. She was a member of the oldest artist run co-op in Texas, 500X Gallery, for five years and served on the City of Dallas Public Art Committee. Currently she serves as the discipline coordinator for the art department at Mountain View and lives in with her family in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas.
EDUCATION
2004 Master of Fine Arts
College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts
School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
TEACHING POSITIONS
• 2008-current
Full time Faculty- Professor of Visual Arts, Mountain View Campus, Art Department, Division of Arts, Humanities, and Communication, Dallas College, Dallas. Texas
• 2005-2007
Visiting Scholar in Art, Mountain View College, Arts, Humanities, and Social
Sciences Division, Dallas County Community College District, Dallas, Texas
• 2004-2005 Adjunct Instructor in art Tarrant County College District-Southeast University of North Texas
Brookhaven College
• 2001-2004 Teaching Assistant and Teaching Fellowship University of North Texas-School of Visual Arts
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2019 Curator, Retro-Matico 2, the works of Jose Vargas, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2017 Curator, Retro-Matico: Jose Vargas, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2015 Curator, Her Obsidian Intentions-Contemporary Latina Artists, Cliff Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
2014 Curator, ELLA-Exhibiting Local Latina Artists, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2013 Interim gallery duties, Mountain View College galleries
2012 Curator, el dia de los muertos exhibit: Jose Vargas and Jessica Salazar McBride, Cliff Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
2010 Curator, Like Water for Chocolate: local women artists respond to the novel by Laura Esquivel, Cliff Gallery, Dallas, TX
2008 500X Gallery Member, 2004-2008, Dallas, Texas
Texas’ oldest artist run, co-operative gallery, established in 1978, with a selection of members who are selected by previous members. Members maintain gallery facilities and hang and sell artwork.
Vice President and exhibit coordinator, 2006-2007
Juried exhibit committee, Expo. 2007
2002 Installation assistant, Susan Cheal Installation, Conduit Gallery, Dallas,Texas
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2018 Artist Workshop, Adult Painting Group, Guest Artist, North Oak Cliff Library, Dallas, Texas
Upward Bound summer session art instructor, Mountain View College, Dallas
Juror for Dia de los Muertos children’s exhibit and competition, North Oak Cliff Library, Dallas, TX
Latino Arts Festival participant, Oak Cliff, Dallas, TX
City of Dallas Public Art Committee Member: Veterans Public sculpture, West Dallas
Sunset Residency, interviewing members of the community for an art exhibit.
Collaborating with North Oak Cliff Library to exhibit student work at library
City of Dallas Public Art Committee Member
Dallas Museum of Art, featured artist workshop, C3 Adult Encounters Recruitment: Drawing Studio Workshop, Booker T. Washington School for the Performing Arts, Dallas, TX
2013
Worth and Dallas, TX
Juror: Congressional High school Art Competition, District 33 (Marc Veasey), Fort
2010 Juror, Hecho in Dallas Juried Art Exhibit, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2008 Instructor and Visiting Artist, Drawing from the Collection for Adults, Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth, Texas
2007
2006
District, Women and their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas
2004 Panel Discussion Participant, La Virgen de Guadalupe Art Exhibition, Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2002 Collaborating artist, Mural painting, Gatesville Elementary School, Gatesville, Texas, collaborated in developing concept and painting a wall mural
COLLABORATIONS
MVC Kiva Gallery
College art students, Mountain View College-collaborated with local elementary school art instructor to have college students translate elementary student drawings into 3 dimensional sculptures.
Humanities and Art Departments, (2008-2010)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING
2013
2012 Pathways for Student Success
2008 FIPSE-Family Involvement for Latino Success in College, Training, Oak Cliff Center for Community Studies, Dallas, Texas
2007 Collaborative Learning Training and Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota Cooperative Learning
2006 Quality Enhancement Plan
Intercultural Competence
CONFERENCES
2016 Latino Art Now! Conference, Chicago, Illinois
2012-2013 Sustainability Summit, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
Presenter and participant in Women’s Empowerment Leadership Conference, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
Employee Development Day, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX
2010 Preparate Conference-Educating Latinos for the Future of America, San Diego, CA
TACHE-Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education Conference, San Antonio, TX
(2006-2010) DCCCD Conference, Dallas, Texas
2009 American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Conference, San Antonio, Texas
PRESENTATIONS
2016 Paño Arte: A Southwestern Chicana/o Art Form Breaks Out of to Urban Streets and Other Venues Beyond the Confines of La Pinta, Latino Art Now Conference, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2013
Mountain View College
Development opportunity for faculty, Mountain View College
TX
Presentation, Northlake College, Irving, TX
Conference, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX 2012
2010
2009
Dallas, Texas. (2007-2008) 2006
• Artist Lecture: From Handkerchiefs to Cactus-She Wears War Bells Exhibition, Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
• Art Talk, Platform Exhibition, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
2005 Gallery Talk, Pochismas, Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas
2004 Lecturer, Tarrant County College, Hurst, Texas: Artist Slide lecture
2002 Lecturer, School of Visual Arts, University of North Texas: Slide lecture on graduate work
HONORS & AWARDS
2018 Best Club Event, Art Auction Fundraiser for Puerto Rico, Mountain View College
2017 Best Club Advisor: Art Club, Mountain View College, Dallas
2012 Nominee for Innovation of the year, Common Book Story Booth, Mountain View College
2010 Honorable Mention, Innovation of the Year: Common Book Project, DCCCD
2009 Innovation of the Year: Common Book Project, Mountain View College
2008 Club of the Year Award, Art Club, Mountain View College
2007 Trio Educator, Upward Bound, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Education of the general visual arts
Education of specialized themes in art such as Latino/a, Hispanic, Mexican American, Chicano/a art
Education and workshops with themes of race, BIPOC artists, cultural identity, ancestry/heritage, feminism
Instruction and workshops in drawing, figure drawing, watercolor painting, acrylic painting, collage, assemblage, basic 2-D and 3-D design and techniques
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