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Published on: 6/22/2006
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ROLANDO REYNA: SELECTED DRAWINGS FROM RANCHOVERSE Artist Rolando Reyna Exhibit at Galeria Galvan
Corpus Christi, TX.-The City of Corpus Christi is pleased to announce an exhibition of the internationally recognized Texas artist Rolando Reyna.The exhibition will be on view at the Galería Galván located inside the Galván House at Heritage Park.The exhibition will open on Thursday, July 6 and will run until Wednesday, August 2, 2006.
Rolando Reyna was born in Victoria, Texas, in 1971.He received a BFA from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and the MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro as a Holderness Fellow where he studied for two years with New York-based painter Cora Cohen.Since 2001, he has traveled every year to Oaxaca, Mexico, where he explores the indigenous cultures of both the Zapotec and the Mixtec.
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Reyna returned to teach in South Texas in 2000.Since then, he has taught at the University of Texas-Pan American, Coastal Bend College, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, and La Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez Escuela de Artes Plásticas in Oaxaca, México.
Currently, Reyna lives and works in his studio in Live Oak County.
Meet the Artist: On July 6, 2006, from 6pm to 8pm, a reception for Rolando Reyna will be held at the Galería Galván.