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Marisa Avelar is a graphic designer, painter, photographer, and mixed media artist originally from Houston and currently based there. She spent 4 years in the Savannah, GA area where she received her B.F.A. in Art with an emphasis in graphic design and painting from Georgia Southern University.

At GSU, Avelar was the recipient of the prestigious Betty Foy
Sanders Art Scholarship, which is only given to three students
nationwide each year. Her large scale collage pieces have been
featured several times in GSU's Juried Student Arts Exhibitions,
and various pieces of her artwork are in the school's permanent
collection. She has also been featured in the GSU brochures and local media.

She is also very active in the Houston Art Scene and has worked a lot with the Aurora Picture Show, a non-profit microcinema that showcases short films and new media. She has also participated in photo shows for Fotofest and The Houston Center for Photography.

Her work includes traditional oil and acrylic works alongside her signature abstract expressionist mixed media pieces, which combine disparate elements such as paint, found objects, fabric and her own photography.

 

SELECTED SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS

"Txt Me L8ter", group exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, 2007

"In A Way I Still Haven't Begun," solo exhibition, Gallery 303, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 2005

"Valentine's Day Show," group exhibition, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 2005

"Gallery de Refuse," group exhibition, Room 4026, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 2004

"Saints and Sinners," group exhibition, Performing Arts Center, Statesboro, GA, Awarded Honorable Mention, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 2003

"Georgia Southern University Juried Student Show," group exhibition, Gallery 303, Statesboro, GA, 2003

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS 9 - X, Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Illustrator, Freehand, Quark, Acrobat, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, iMovie, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Fetch

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