Xochi Solis
I Was Supposed to be Having the Time of My Life, 2011, gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board, 7 x 5 in.
The Wild Side of Life, 2012, gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board, 5 x 3.5 in.
If Everyone Was Happy There Would Never be a Love Song, 2011, mixed media on paper, 5 x 7 in.
An Accidental Touch, 2011, mixed media on paper, 5 x 7 in.
Mountainsides Put Their Hands Around Unsuspecting Cities, 2012, gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board, 7 x 5 in.
I’ve Lived Like a Beggar but I’ve Loved You Like a King, 2013, gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board, 5 x 7 in.
The Eclipse Has Come, 2012, gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board, 5 x 5 in.
Starlight, 2012, gouache, acrylic, acetate, colored paper and found images on museum board, 3.5 x 4.25 in.
About The Artist
Xochi Solis is a painter living and working in Austin, Texas. In addition to her studio practice, she is also the Director of Events and Public Programming at the Visual Arts Center, University of Texas at Austin. She received her B.F.A in Studio Art from the University of Texas in 2005. Concentrating on painting during her undergraduate career, she gained experience and insight by a semester abroad in Tuscany, as part of UT’s College of Fine Arts Study in Italy program, as well as a semester in Mexico City. In 2011, Solis exhibited a solo project at SOFA Gallery entitled All the Clouds Turn to Words and in January 2013 has a forthcoming solo exhibition—Rivers of our Vision—in Houston, TX at the Lawndale Art Center. Her group exhibitions include the 2008 edition of New Art in Austin: 20 to Watch at the Austin Museum of Art, and the 13th Annual Young Latino Art Exhibition at Mexic-Arte Museum. Previous to her work at the University of Texas, she was the Executive Director of the 2009 Texas Biennial and is currently an active member of MASS Gallery, an artist run project space in East Austin.
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