nancy garza

Nancy Leticia Garza Villarreal was born on October 25, 1967 in the City of Sabinas Hidalgo, N.L., since she was a little girl, she used any sheet of paper to draw her favorite cartoons. At the age of 12, she had a camera in her hands for the first time, which became her inseparable companion. In 1988 she went to the CEDIM University, (Center for Higher Studies of Design of Monterrey) to study a Degree in Graphic and Advertising Design,
It was there that she acquired the knowledge of photography, drawing and illustration, and met other techniques such pencil, charcoal, soft pastel, acrylic, watercolor and prismacolor. During that time she attended several courses and workshops related to these techniques in order to perfect them. In 1989, she was one of the 3 selected CEDIM"s students to participate in the Collective Photographic Exhibition "150 Years of Photography", with renowned photographers of the country. Since 1981 she has been painting in oils.
In 2000 she has her first solo exhibition in her homeland. In 2003 she started her own Atelier
of Art where she teaches painting and drawing lessons to this days. In 2010 she shows her first
photographic collection "My land's Splendors".
She has been the recipient of different national and international awards:
+May 2019 Selected at the 8th Beijing International Art Biennale, China 2019.
+Oct. 2017 Received “Profr. Santiago Armando Vara Jiménez ” Medal, to the distinguished Sabinense 2017, by the Council of History and Culture of Sabinas Hgo., N.L. Mexico.
+May 2017 Received “Celso Garza Guajardo” Medal by the Chroniclers and Historian' s College of N.L. A.C. "Profr. Israel Cavazos Garza ”, for her contributions to the Northeast culture. Monterrey, N.L. Mex.
+Sept. 2016 Won 1st. place in the "Paraphrasis" exhibition, in UERRE University, Monterrey N.L., Mexico.
+Sept. 2016 Selected as a finalist in the 12th Annual ARC Salon International 2012. N.Y. E.U.A.
+Dec. 2015 Won Honorable Mention in the Collective Exhibition “3rd. Biennial of Salons"
from the "Raúl Rangel Frías" Gallery, University Library, UANL. Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.
+July 2015 Won Honorable Mention in the Collective Exhibition "My Space" in the "Raúl Rangel Frías" Gallery, University Library, UANL. Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.
+May2015 Selected in the “10th Art Show” of Grupo Reforma, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.
+Oct. 2011 Won 3rd.place in “Bella Vía's Festival. Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.
She has participated in several "Streetpainting" festivals in Houston, Atlanta and Florida in the USA. from 2014 until these days. Her works have been published in catalogs in Nuevo León, Spain, England, United States; as well as on the cover of the book "From the window" by Diana Chapa and in 2016 "My Theater" at the 10th. Season shows on stage 2 of her paintings for “Rojo 33 ”, written by the renowned cinematographer Edui Tijerina. In 2017 the artist Miguel Angel Jáuregui invites her to coordinate the photography and cover of his book "101 Poltronas de Jáuregui". She has been coordinated many cultural events and exhibitions, and taught drawing and painting lessons in public and private institutions. She had 15 individual exhibitions and more than 150 collective exhibitions.