Geraldina Interiano Wise Born in 1960, San Salvador, El Salvador

Lives and works in Houston, Texas

 

EDUCATION

 

1985 BArch, Rice University, Houston, TX

1983 BA Art/Architecture/Art History, Rice University, Houston, TX

1978-1979, Physics/Art/Art History, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

2012-2016, Painting and Sculpture, Glassell School of Art, MFAH, Houston, TX

2018-2021 Printmaking, Rice University, Houston, TX

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2022- Recorder of Time, Rosa Ana Orlando Curator, Monterroso Gallery, Houston, TX

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2024- Our Hands, Monterroso Gallery, Houston, TX

2024- Texas Civil Rights Project, Reeves Art Gallery, Houston, TX

2024- Red Dot Art Spree, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX

2023- Borges in Texas, Casa Cultural de las Americas, Rice University, Houston, TX

2023- Women in Art Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibit, Chevron Headquarters, Houston, TX

2023- Geraldina Interiano Wise, Representing El Salvador UNESCO Latin America & Caribbean Nations Exhibit, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France

2022- Audaces Narratives Four Artist Exhibit, Galerie Roanne de St Laurent, Paris, France

2022- Crossing Borders, Harris County Cultural Arts Council, Houston, TX

2021- The BIG Show, Juried by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Lawndale Arts Center, Houston, TX

2021- Withstand: Latinx Art in Times of Conflict, Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX

2020- Visual Arts Alliance 37th Juried Membership Exhibition, juried by Shana Nys Dambrot Houston, TX 2020- Smithsonian Latino Art Now, Public Art Billboard Project, Houston, TX

2020- Visual Arts Alliance 13th Juried Invitational Exhibit, juried by Volker Eisele, Houston, TX

2019- Convergencia/Convergence, Latin American Women Artists Houston (LAWAH), curated by Arielle Masson, Glassell School of Art, MFAH, Houston, TX

2019- Hispanic Heritage Artists, curated by John Bernhard Amegy Bank Headquarters, Houston, TX

2019- Horizonte with Musiqa, Silos at Sawyer, Houston, TX

2019- Latin American Voices- 3 Artist Exhibit, Literally Short Film Festival, Houston, Texas

2019- Flight of the Monarch 2019 Houston Art Biennial, Spring Street Studios, Houston TX

2019- 36th Juried Open Exhibit, Visual Arts Alliance, Silos at Sawyer, Houston, TX

2019- Femme, curated by Yvonamor Palix Houston Community College, Houston, TX

2019- Color Outside the Lines, curated by Ana Villaronga, George Memorial Library, Richmond, TX

2018- 51.88 The Art of Resilience-After Hurricane Harvey Four Woman Show, Glade Art Foundation, The Woodlands, TX

2018- Hear our Voices, LAWAH, Institute of Hispanic Culture, Houston, TX

2017- Hurricane Harvey Relief Art Show, Spring St. Studios, Houston, TX

2017- The BIG Show, juried by Toby Kamps, Lawndale Arts Center, Houston, TX

2017- Visual Arts Alliance 11th Juried Invitational Exhibition, juried by Lester Marks, Silos on Sawyer, Houston, TX

2016- Collector’s Club Cycle VI, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX

2015- Visual Arts Alliance 8th Juried Invitational Exhibition, juried by Chris Higham, 1600 Smith Gallery, Houston, TX

2014- Selected Works of Students of Prof Elinor Evans, Architecture Center Houston AIA, Houston, TX 2014- Works on Paper Exhibition, Gallery M Squared, Houston, TX

2014-Visual Arts Alliance 32nd Juried Membership Exhibition, juried by Dennis Nance, 1600 Smith Street Gallery, Houston, TX

2013- 2013 Juried Exhibition, Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, TX

2013- Visual Arts Alliance 7th Invitational Juried by David Hardaker, Avis Frank Gallery, Houston, TX

2013- Visual Arts Alliance 30th Juried Exhibition, Juried by Diane Barber, Three Allen Center, Houston, TX 2012- Juried Student Art Show, Perimeter Gallery, Glassell School of Art MFAH, Houston, TX

2012- Alumni Juried Art Show, Perimeter Gallery, Glassell School of Art MFAH, Houston, TX

 

PERFORMANCES

 

2025- Catrina Monarca Project with Brain Center, UCSF, NSF AccelNet Conference on Art & Brain, San Francisco, CA

2025- Catrina Monarca Project, Houston debut, Discovery Green Park Day of the Dead, Houston, TX

2024- Catrina Monarca Project, world debut, ZoomArt Magazine Art Gala, Hotel de L’Industrie, Paris, France

2024- Catrina Monarca Project, public debut, the grounds of the Louvre Museum, Paris, France

2023- Modular Woman-Maya Warrior Queen Performance, Houston Public Library, Julia Ideson Library, Houston, TX

2023- Modular Woman-Maya Warrior Queen Performance, Frida Fest Gala, Houston, TX

2022- Modular Woman-Maya Warrior Queen Performance, world debut, ZoomArt Magazine Art Gala, Hotel de L’Industrie, Paris, France

2021- The Nahual Project- Artist in Residence at Cullen College of Engineering and Brain Center, University of Houston. Opening International Conference Immigrant Women, Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Culture, Mexico. Mexico, United States and Canada.

2021- The Nahual Project-Artist in Residence at Cullen College of Engineering and Brain Center, University of Houston,in collaboration with Dr Anthony Brandt, Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University, Houston, TX.

2019- The Nahual Project, Friendship- In collaboration with Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal, Non-Invasive Brain-Machine Interface Lab at University of Houston, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Art Houston, Houston, TX

2019- The Nahual Project, Empathy- In collaboration with Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal, NonInvasive Brain-Machine Interface Lab at University of Houston, New American Festival, Match Gallery, Houston, TX

2019- The Nahual Project,Understanding- In collaboration with Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal, NonInvasive Brain-Machine Interface Lab at University of Houston, Blaffer Museum, Houston, TX

2019- Unity Painting Performance with music- In collaboration with Houston Ballet & Houston Grand Opera, Arrival Awards Gala, University of Houston Law Center Immigration Clinic, Houston, TX

2019- The Nahual Project, My Waters- Your Brain On Art International Conference, Collaboration with Dr. Jose Contreras-Vidal, Non-Invasive Brain-Machine Interface Lab at University of Houston, Cancún, Mexico

2019- Horizonte Painting Performance with Musiqa String Quartet-Latino Art Now! Smithsonian Conference, City Hall, Houston, TX

2019- Horizonte Painting Performance with, Karol Bennett Soprano-Femme Art Exhibit, Houston Community College Gallery, Houston, TX

2019- Horizonte Painting Performance with Musiqa string quartet- Match Theatre, Houston,TX

 

SELECT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

 

Embassy of El Salvador, Paris France,

The Collection of Eugenio Lopez Alonso, Mexico City, Mexico

 

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

 

September 26th, 2024, “Harris County approves $800K for the construction of Houston’s First Latino Museum” by Dania Perez, Housing Landing Magazine, Houston, TX

October 9th, 2024 “Inside ALMAAHH, the organization that wants to bring a Latino cultural complex to Houston’s East End” Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX

April 13, 2022 “Face to Face: Latina artist turns talks of a Latino cultural center into reality” Houston Business Journal, Houston TX

Dec 17, 2021 “Texas 100: Influential professionals to watch in 2022” Austin Business Journal, Austin TX

November 7th, 2021 “Art Dirt: Exploring ALMAAHH, a Houston Complex for Latinx Cultural and Visual Arts” GlassTire Texas Visual Art, Houston, TX

November 11th, 2019, “Artist Geraldina Interiano Wise: “The US is the market economics vortex of the world; We should be able to match our labor and skillset needs with visa programs abroad” by Yitzi Weiner, Authority Magazine, Houston, TX

November 6, 2019, “Brain on Art Performance set for Saturday at MFAH” University of Houston News & Events, Houston TX

March 26th, 2019, “Artists’ Response to Hurricane Harvey on Display at Glade Gallery March 27” by Joseph Staley, Hello Woodlands, Woodlands, TX

March 19th, 2019, “From Painting to Performance: Latina Artist Geraldina Wise Demystifies Modern Art” by Pooja Salhotra, The Buzz Magazines, Bellaire, TX

November 28th, 2018 “Meet Geraldina Interiano Wise” Voyage Houston Magazine, Houston, TX

 

PRESENTATIONS AND ALTERNATIVE MEDIA

 

May 2025 -Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN), Los Angeles, CA Panelist: Reclaiming Space How Feminist and Community Led Spatial Practices Can Shape More Inclusive Cities

April 2nd, 2024- Latina Leadership Podcast Season 8 Episode 4 The Art of Being A Woman with Geraldina Interiano Wise September 2024-Vassar College, Jeh Vince Johnson Alana Culural Center, Latine Heritage Month interview with Artist Geraldina, Interiano Wise

June 5th, 2023-National Public Radio Sweaty Penguin Podcast Episode 120 In Collaboration with The Gulf Climate Listening Project, Geraldina Interiano Wise discusses Environmental Art: “Understand the message before throwing soup at it.”

November 1st, 2022, The Green Divas Season 15 Episode 4 Featuring Eco Artist Geraldina Interiano Wise, Eco Art Inspires Hope for Climate Change

 

AWARDS

 

2025-2026- Artist in Residence, Cullen College of Engineering Brain Center, University of Houston, Houston, TX

2023- Houston 50 Most Influential Women Award, Houston Women’s Magazine Houston, TX

2023- Mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Award, Art in the Community City of Houston, Houston, TX

2022- Top 20 Inspiring Woman Impact Maker Award, CKW Luxe Magazine, Houston, TX

2020-2021- Artist in Residence, Cullen College of Engineering Brain Center, University of Houston, Houston, TX

2019- Arrival Award in the Arts, University of Houston, Immigration Law Clinic, Houston, TX