| BelindaShinshillas BELINDAFINEARTGALLERY BIOGRAPHY |
Belinda attended the oldest art academy in the Americas, National School of Visual Arts, Old Academy
of San Carlos in Mexico City. There Belinda studied under renowned masters Gilberto Aceves and Luis
Rene Alva. She also studied under the well known Mexican muralist Manuel Guillen and Dr. Teresa del
Conde at the Rufino Tamayo Museum in Mexico City.
Belinda has been included in selective group and solo exhibitions for more than twenty years throughout
Mexico and the United States.
Belinda is a signature member of The National Acrylic Painters Association, a member of The
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club in New York City, an active member of the Federation of Canadian
Artists, a member of The Academie Europeenne Des Arts in Belgium, and a former member of the
Advisory Board of the El Paso Museum of Art, among others.
RESUME
EDUCATION
2002 - Attended the course “Getting It” with artist and Professor Becky Hendrick at the El Paso
Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
1994 - Studied at the atelier of Professor Luis Rene de Alva at the National School of Visual Arts,
Mexico City.
1994 - Attended the course “Women in the Mexican Visual Arts” with Leticia Ochairan, Mexico City.
1993 - Studied the course Social Art and Literature History at the National School of Visual Arts,
Mexico City.
1992 - Studied at the atelier of Gilberto Aceves (National School of Visual Arts) in the disciplines of
free drawing.
1991 - Studied at the atelier of Professor Begona Zorrilla (National School of Visual Arts)
developing a project of mixed techniques in painting.
1990 - Attended the National School of Visual Arts (Old Academy of San Carlos), Mexico City.
1990 - Attended the course “Painting of the XX Century - Historic Beginning and Consequences” with
Dr. Teresa del Conde at the Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico City.
1989 - Studied at the atelier of muralist professor Manuel Guillen in the disciplines of human figure
drawing and acrylic techniques of the Mexican School of Painting.
1986 - Studied human figure drawing with Professor Sergio Alonso in the Centro Novarte, Mexico City.
1983 - Studied the disciplines of oil painting and naturalist drawing with Argentinean professor Dolores
Bermudez.
AWARDS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS
Special recognition award of participation in the IV Women’s International Conference 2003, Cuenca,
Ecuador.
Special recognition award and Certificate of Appointment at the El Paso Museum of Art Advisory Board,
El Paso, TX.
ART EXHIBITIONS
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 -"Perspectives" Exhibition. Galerie Royale, New Orleans, LA, USA
2003 - December 2003, Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy.
Exhibition by invitation only.
2003 - Sierra Providence Health Network and El Paso Art Association, 36th Annual Arts
International Exhibition. The Centre Building. Downtown El Paso, TX
2003 - Up In Frames Fine Art Gallery, El Paso, TX, USA.
2003 - JME Studios Fine Art Gallery, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
2003 - Women’s Internacional Conference and Exhibition, Cuenca, Ecuador
2002 - Sierra Providence Health Network and El Paso Art Association, 35th Annual Arts
International Show. International Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas, USA.
2002 - Sun Bowl Art Exhibit, International Juried Competition, The International Museum of Art, El
Paso, Texas, USA.
2002 - River People-Winter Art Exhibition. El Paso County Court House. El Paso, TX, USA.
2002 - National Acrylic Painters Association 6th annual International Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
USA
2002 - Ysleta Cultural Center. La Galeria de la Mision de Senecu, El Paso, Texas, USA.
2002 - JME Studios Fine Art Gallery, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
1996 - Art Fair at the American School of Mexico, Mexico City.
1994 - Exhibition at the Gallery of the National School of Visual Arts, Mexico City.
1993 - Exhibition at the Centro Cultural Novarte, Mexico City.
1992 - Centro Cultural Jaime Torres Bodet, Unidad Cultural Zacatenco, Instituto Politecnico Nacional,
Mexico City.
1991 - Auction for the benefit of School of Santa Maria A.C., Mexico City.
1990 - Gallery Capilla Britanica, Centro Cultural Juan Ruiz de Alarcon, Mexico City.
1989 - Juried Exhibition of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Centro Cultural Mexiquense, Mexico City.
1988 - Confrontation 88, Mexico City.
1987 - Exhibition at the Centro Cultural Novarte, Mexico City.
1986 - Art Fair, Delegation Benito Juarez, Mexico City.
1985 - Itinerant Exhibition, INBA. Mexico City.
1984 - Festival Pictorico, Acapulco, Gro. Mexico.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003 - August 9, 2003 One Woman Exhibition, Latino Art Museum. Pomona, CA, USA
2003 - June 6, 2003 One Woman Exhibition, General Consulate of Mexico. El Paso, Texas
2002 - One Woman Exhibition. Carabeux Galleries, Galerie Royale. New Orleans, LA.
1992 - Centro Cultural Jaime Torres Bodet, Unidad Cultural Zacatenco. Instituto Politecnico Nacional,
Mexico City.
1991 - Gallery of the National School of Visual Arts, Mexico City.
1990 - Gallery Capilla Britanica, Centro Cultural Juan Ruiz de Alarcon.
Mexico City.
1989 - Centro Cultural San Angel. Mexico City.
1988 - Art and History Center of Guadalajara, Jal. Mexico.
1987 - Art Salon Ateneo de Cuernavaca, Mor. Mexico.
1986 - Centro Cultural Novarte, Mexico City.
of San Carlos in Mexico City. There Belinda studied under renowned masters Gilberto Aceves and Luis
Rene Alva. She also studied under the well known Mexican muralist Manuel Guillen and Dr. Teresa del
Conde at the Rufino Tamayo Museum in Mexico City.
Belinda has been included in selective group and solo exhibitions for more than twenty years throughout
Mexico and the United States.
Belinda is a signature member of The National Acrylic Painters Association, a member of The
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club in New York City, an active member of the Federation of Canadian
Artists, a member of The Academie Europeenne Des Arts in Belgium, and a former member of the
Advisory Board of the El Paso Museum of Art, among others.
RESUME
EDUCATION
2002 - Attended the course “Getting It” with artist and Professor Becky Hendrick at the El Paso
Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
1994 - Studied at the atelier of Professor Luis Rene de Alva at the National School of Visual Arts,
Mexico City.
1994 - Attended the course “Women in the Mexican Visual Arts” with Leticia Ochairan, Mexico City.
1993 - Studied the course Social Art and Literature History at the National School of Visual Arts,
Mexico City.
1992 - Studied at the atelier of Gilberto Aceves (National School of Visual Arts) in the disciplines of
free drawing.
1991 - Studied at the atelier of Professor Begona Zorrilla (National School of Visual Arts)
developing a project of mixed techniques in painting.
1990 - Attended the National School of Visual Arts (Old Academy of San Carlos), Mexico City.
1990 - Attended the course “Painting of the XX Century - Historic Beginning and Consequences” with
Dr. Teresa del Conde at the Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico City.
1989 - Studied at the atelier of muralist professor Manuel Guillen in the disciplines of human figure
drawing and acrylic techniques of the Mexican School of Painting.
1986 - Studied human figure drawing with Professor Sergio Alonso in the Centro Novarte, Mexico City.
1983 - Studied the disciplines of oil painting and naturalist drawing with Argentinean professor Dolores
Bermudez.
AWARDS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS
Special recognition award of participation in the IV Women’s International Conference 2003, Cuenca,
Ecuador.
Special recognition award and Certificate of Appointment at the El Paso Museum of Art Advisory Board,
El Paso, TX.
ART EXHIBITIONS
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 -"Perspectives" Exhibition. Galerie Royale, New Orleans, LA, USA
2003 - December 2003, Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy.
Exhibition by invitation only.
2003 - Sierra Providence Health Network and El Paso Art Association, 36th Annual Arts
International Exhibition. The Centre Building. Downtown El Paso, TX
2003 - Up In Frames Fine Art Gallery, El Paso, TX, USA.
2003 - JME Studios Fine Art Gallery, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
2003 - Women’s Internacional Conference and Exhibition, Cuenca, Ecuador
2002 - Sierra Providence Health Network and El Paso Art Association, 35th Annual Arts
International Show. International Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas, USA.
2002 - Sun Bowl Art Exhibit, International Juried Competition, The International Museum of Art, El
Paso, Texas, USA.
2002 - River People-Winter Art Exhibition. El Paso County Court House. El Paso, TX, USA.
2002 - National Acrylic Painters Association 6th annual International Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
USA
2002 - Ysleta Cultural Center. La Galeria de la Mision de Senecu, El Paso, Texas, USA.
2002 - JME Studios Fine Art Gallery, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
1996 - Art Fair at the American School of Mexico, Mexico City.
1994 - Exhibition at the Gallery of the National School of Visual Arts, Mexico City.
1993 - Exhibition at the Centro Cultural Novarte, Mexico City.
1992 - Centro Cultural Jaime Torres Bodet, Unidad Cultural Zacatenco, Instituto Politecnico Nacional,
Mexico City.
1991 - Auction for the benefit of School of Santa Maria A.C., Mexico City.
1990 - Gallery Capilla Britanica, Centro Cultural Juan Ruiz de Alarcon, Mexico City.
1989 - Juried Exhibition of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Centro Cultural Mexiquense, Mexico City.
1988 - Confrontation 88, Mexico City.
1987 - Exhibition at the Centro Cultural Novarte, Mexico City.
1986 - Art Fair, Delegation Benito Juarez, Mexico City.
1985 - Itinerant Exhibition, INBA. Mexico City.
1984 - Festival Pictorico, Acapulco, Gro. Mexico.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003 - August 9, 2003 One Woman Exhibition, Latino Art Museum. Pomona, CA, USA
2003 - June 6, 2003 One Woman Exhibition, General Consulate of Mexico. El Paso, Texas
2002 - One Woman Exhibition. Carabeux Galleries, Galerie Royale. New Orleans, LA.
1992 - Centro Cultural Jaime Torres Bodet, Unidad Cultural Zacatenco. Instituto Politecnico Nacional,
Mexico City.
1991 - Gallery of the National School of Visual Arts, Mexico City.
1990 - Gallery Capilla Britanica, Centro Cultural Juan Ruiz de Alarcon.
Mexico City.
1989 - Centro Cultural San Angel. Mexico City.
1988 - Art and History Center of Guadalajara, Jal. Mexico.
1987 - Art Salon Ateneo de Cuernavaca, Mor. Mexico.
1986 - Centro Cultural Novarte, Mexico City.
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BELINDA SHINSHILLAS
Belinda Shinshillas is an artist born in Mexico City in 1967
and a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana. Belinda’s work is
of a contemporary character and highly influenced by
surrealistic tendencies.
Belinda's devotion for art began at an early age, continued
and developed through studies of art history and analysis of
the masters’ works in America and Europe. Belinda’s work
transforms a spiritual art through vibrant colors, as an
element of value, into a visual experience. This
transformation allows the display of sensations and
emotions that carry the observer to an apparent tranquility
while meeting the delirious happiness represented by
expressing our observations.
Belinda Shinshillas is an artist born in Mexico City in 1967
and a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana. Belinda’s work is
of a contemporary character and highly influenced by
surrealistic tendencies.
Belinda's devotion for art began at an early age, continued
and developed through studies of art history and analysis of
the masters’ works in America and Europe. Belinda’s work
transforms a spiritual art through vibrant colors, as an
element of value, into a visual experience. This
transformation allows the display of sensations and
emotions that carry the observer to an apparent tranquility
while meeting the delirious happiness represented by
expressing our observations.
