Antonia Huerta was born and raised just outside of Denver, Colorado. Since childhood she has been passionate about art and all forms of creative expression. Antonia graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Metropolitan State University of Denver in 2013. Antonia also studied Art Education and has taught different media to children and adults. Antonia’s preferred medium is oil paint but also enjoys all art forms such as digital painting, jewelry, drawing, calligraphy, fiber arts, chalk pastels, face painting/makeup and just about anything else there is. Realism is Antonia’s specialty and her heart lies in portraiture. She loves the process of connecting with her subjects through the layers of paint, fine lines, and expressions. In 2016 Antonia opened an Etsy shop for her jewelry which is now Tranquilina, named after her grandfather and father’s middle name, Tranquilino.

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EXHIBITIONS

2019       

  • Qué Chola, National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM

2018      

  • Pachucos y Sirenas, Museo de las Americas, Denver, CO

2016      

  • The Wall/ La Pared: Immigration and Identity, Vicky Myhren Gallery, Denver, CO

  • One Hundred on 100, Alto Gallery, Denver, CO

2015     

  • Screenplay-A Tribute to the Art of Film, Helikon, Denver, CO

  • One Hundred on 100, Love Gallery, Denver, CO

  • First Friday Art Show, Unit E, Denver, CO

2014      

  • Volume, Helikon Gallery, Denver, CO

  • In Lak’ech San Diego to Denver: You Are My Other Self, Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO

  • Intersections - Redline’s First Annual Juried Exhibition, Redline Gallery, Denver, CO

            Jurors: Carlos Fresquez, Michael Paglia, and Collin Parson

  • One Hundred on 100, Carbon Gallery, Denver, CO

  • Artist Network Gallery, Denver, CO

 2013     

  • Aspirations, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO

  • Impressions of Piedra Lumbra, Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO

  • CHAC Gallery, Denver, CO

  • One Hundred on 100, Guerilla Garden Studios, Denver, CO

  • Unibrow III, Unit E, Denver, CO

  • Metro Now Student Show, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO 

  • Bronaquisti Winery, Denver, CO

 2012    

  • Unibrow II, Unit E, Denver, CO

  • Fields to Canvas – Creative Hands, Casa Mayan House in partnership with the 

  • Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Denver, CO                                                 

  • Metropolitan State University of Denver Art Building, Denver, CO                                                                                       

  • Colorado State Capitol Building, Denver, CO                                                                   

 

AWARDS

2017                 

  • Coloween SFX Makeup/Costume Contest. Model- Peter Nguyen

2014                 

  • One Hundred on 100 – Runner Up

2013                 

  • Aspiration, BFA Thesis Exhibition – Honorable Mention 

  •  Nagel Scholarship- Ghost Ranch Summer Directed Studies in Northern New Mexico

  • Metro Now Student Show, Juried by Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 2nd place

2012                

  • Unibrow II - Best in Show

2009                 

  • Scholarship Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Lakewood, CO 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS 

2016                 

  • The Denver Post, February 14, 2016, Denver, CO


2015                 

  • Metrosphere, Arts and Literary Magazine, Volume 33, Issue 2, Denver, CO

2014                 

2013                 

  • The Metropolitan, Volume 35, Issue 23, Denver, CO

2001                

  • La Voz, Volume XXVII, NO. 39, Denver, CO

 

COMMISSIONS 

2018                 

  • Tiffany Dunlap, Thornton, CO

2017                 

  • Katelyn Memmer, Commerce City, CO

  • Matt Maes, Louisville, CO

2016                 

  • Mandi Rio, Westminster, CO

  •  Brittany Nguyen, Denver, CO

  • Sandy Gladden, Ruidoso, NM

  • Barbara Jaramillo, Denver, CO

  •  Consuelo Edmister, Taos, NM

  • Magdelena Sanchez, Albuquerque, NM

2015                

  • Viola Brunkow, Denver, CO

  • Holly Mackay, Brighton, CO

  •  Mark Huerta, Brighton, CO

  • Melissa Rio, Denver, CO

  •  Nancy Cathey, Katy, TX

  •  Mandi Rio, Denver, CO

  • Cathy Dorsey, Thousand Oaks, CA

  •  Magdelena Sanchez, Albuquerque, NM

2014                

  • Kaitlin Behan, Denver, CO

  • Consuelo Edmister, Taos, NM

  •  Ross Montour, Germany

  • Samuel Garcia, Westminster, CO

  • Margaret McFalls, Denver, CO

2013                

  •  Mental Health Center of Denver, Voz y Corazon Mural, Denver, CO

                       

JUDGING

2013                 

  • Judge for the Journey Through Our Heritage Cultural Expressions Mural and Skit, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Department of Chicana/o Studies

2012                 

  • Judge for the Journey Through Our Heritage Cultural Expressions Mural and Skit, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Department of Chicana/o Studies

PAINTING LESSONS/DEMOS

2019                 

  • Monterey  Community School – Face Paint/ SFX Makeup Demo

2014                 

  •  Mehrnaz A. Habibi - 15 hours of private lessons focusing on oil painting portraiture 

2013                 

  • Presentation of Under Painting to Painting 1 class, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO