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Education2021 Masters of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison Wisconsin
Program: Printmaking
 
2020 Masters of Arts (M.A.) | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Program: Printmaking
 
2018
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) | Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois.
Major: Graphic Design Minor: Marketing
 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
 
2024 – Present   Adjunct: Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
 
2022 – 2023      Adjunct: University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
                           Continuing Education in Printmaking and Design
2022/ Fall          Lecturer: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
 
2022/Spring      Specialized Arts Instructor: Madison Metropolitan School District, Madison, WI
                          Teaching beginning Serigraphy and Printmaking methodology.


WORK EXPERIENCE
2021 - Present  
Preparator:
University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Human Ecology,
The Center for Material Design and Culture, Madison, WI
Exhibit installation, Fabrication, Light Design, and Textile conservation.
2019- 2020
Project Assistant:
To Professor John Hitchcock, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Teaching, administration, exhibit installation, studio assistant, community
engagement.
 
2020/Fall
Ruth Davis Design Gallery Assistant:
University of Wisconsin Madison,
Madison, WI. Curating, fabricating, graphic design.
2019/Summer
Andares del Arte Popular (Oaxaca) International Internship:
Oaxaca de Juarez, Oax, Mexico. Graphic designer, Photographer, Web designer,
promotions and Marketing working with indigenous artisans.
 
2018 – 2019
Marketing Intern:
Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
Administration and Community Engagement.
 
2015 – 2018 Sculpture Assistant:
Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois.
Fabrication, welding, casting, public art.
 
 
 

INSTRUCTED WORKSHOPS
2023
Introduction to Printmaking, Horace Mann Elementary School, Milwaukee, WI
Printmaking Workshop Screenprint and Relief Intro, Jefferson High School, Jefferson, WI
Intro to Collagraph, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL
Summer Screenprint, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
 
2022
Mark Making: Creating Community Through Screen Printing, Culture Works, Holland, MI
 
 
 
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
 
2023     Mi Casa Es Su Casa / My Home is Your Home, The Gallery at Truax, Madison, WI
             Movement with the Mark, De Pree Gallery, Hope College, Holland, MI
2022     Movement in the Markings / Movimiento en las Marcas,
             Foundation Gallery, University of Wisconsin Parkside
             CLANDESTINE, Edgewood College, Madison, WI
             Roberto Solo Art Exhibition, Giant Jones, Madison, WI
2021     Untethered: Our Journey Beyond Borders, MFA Solo Exhibition, Garfield Gallery, Chazen
             Museum of Art, Madison, WI
2020     UNCERTAIN PASSAGE, Master of Arts solo Exhibition, UW Madison, WI
2018     Mata Solo Exhibition, Annex Gallery, Macomb, Illinois
             Ancestral Union Installation, Student Union, Macomb, IL
2016     SIN FRONTERAS, Garwood Gallery, Macomb, Illinois
 
Group Exhibitions
 
2025
          A Year of Histories, Mystic Desert Studio, EL Paso, TX
          MINI Gems, SAGA Gallery, New York City, NY
          89th Annual Members Exhibition 2024, The Art Center at Governers Island, New York City, NY
 
2024
         Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenale Nord, Venice, Italy
         El Paso Museum of Art, Nexo Entre Raíces / Nexus Between Roots, El Paso, TX Shop
         Swap, Litho Werkstatt Berlin, Berlin, Germany
         SHOW PROSPECTUS, #Hashtag Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
         SHOW PROSPECTUS, Palazzo Pisani Revedin, Venice, Italy
         Gallery Nina, Anchor Press, Paper. And Print, Milwaukee, WI
         New Terrain, 12th Annual Juried Exhibition Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
         International Print Triennial, Rynek Glowny 29, Krakow, Poland
         Wisconsin Arts Biennial, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
2023 No Rest, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Chicago, IL
         Tzompantli Grafico Monumental, Antigua Academia de San Carlos, Mexico City, Mexico
         The Art of Belonging, You Belong Here, San Diego, CA
         Manhattan Graphics Center, New York City, NY
         El Paso Print Pachanga, El Paso Museum of Art, EL Paso, Texas
         Nexo, Entre Raices / Nexus Between Roots, Art Museum and Visual Arts of the NHCC,
         Albuquerque, NM
         Nexo, Entre Raices / Nexus Between Roots, Kent State University, Kent, OH
         Artivism, The Disruption Network Lab, Berlin, Germany
         36th Annual McNeese Works on Paper exhibition, Shearman Fine Annex, Lake Charles, LA
         Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Sky, Climate Transformed, Cedarburg Art Museum, Cedarburg, WI
         New Energy, La Esquina Community Center, Chicago, IL
         Print Austin, Blue Genie Art Bazaar, Austin, TX
2022 Aqua Art Miami, Jill Krutick Fine Art Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
         SAGA, The Metropolitan Art Museum, The Gallery at The MET Store, New York City, NY
         Annual Members Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York City, NY
         Exquisite Corpse, Jill Krutick Fine Art Gallery, Mamaroneck, NY
         No Rest, Washakie Museum & Cultural Center, Worland, WY
         Graphica Creativa Print Triennial, Jyväskylän Art Museum, Kauppakatu, Finland
         Dia De Los Muertos, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
         The Dream, Spazio SV, Venice, Italy
         The Dream, Fortezza Orsini, Sorano, Italy
         Focus On Five: Printmakers from the Vox Populi Print Collective: Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI
         NEXT: A Biennial of Contemporary Print, Ellio Fine Art Gallery, Houston, TX
         THE SHAPE OF THE ENVIRONMENT, Art Literature + Lab, Madison, WI
         No More Stolen Sisters, Rahr West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI
         Screenprint Biennial, Opalka Gallery, Albany, NY
         INTERCAMBIOS: Art, Stories, and Comunidad, School of Human Ecology, University of
         Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
         10th Anniversary Bridgeport Art Center, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
         Four River Print Biennial, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale, IL
         Printmaking: A Social Practice, UW-Madison Alumni Exhibition, Madison, WI
         Reunion III, Overture Arts Center, Madison, WI
         Bridges Not Borders /// Puentes No Fronteras, Dark Horse, Madison, WI
2021 CAJA DE VISIONES: arte moderno y contemporáneo de México en Medio Oeste de los
         Estados Unidos, BOX OF VISIONS: Modern and Contemporary Art from Mexico in the
         Midwest, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
         Unidad, Kent State University School of Art, Payto Gallery, Kent, OH
         Decolonize Public Art: Parte Dos, El Chante: Casa de Cultura LLC, Albuquerque, NM
         Everything COVID, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
         Devil's Dictionary, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Annex Gallery, WI
         Hyphenated Exhibition, UW Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
         ReVision! Vox Populi Print Collective, BBam Gallery, Montréal, Quebec
         Relief Conspiracy: The Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME
         Art Exhibit University Hospital, Madison, WI
         27th Parkside National Print Exhibition, Kenosha, WI
2020 Crossings: Chazen Museum of Art – Window Exhibition, Madison, WI
         Community Alter Project – Garver Feed Mill, virtual exhibition – Madison, WI
         Murmuracion Card Exchange, Toronto, Canada
         LUX Center for the Arts: Surface Impressions, Lincoln, NE
         Paper & Clay Exhibition, Logan, UT
         Big Ten Print Exchange, Providence, RI
         Mid America Print Council open portfolio Virtual, OH
         Carpeta Grafica: Eastern Washington University Gallery of Art, Cheney, WA
         Center of Visual Arts: Roots Up Rooted, Wausau, WI
         Madison Municipal Building 2020 Exhibition, Art & Nature, Madison, WI
         Design 2020 Exhibition, Madison, WI
         The Year of the Environment, Overture Center of the Arts, Madison, WI
         Madison Music Experience, Café Coda, Madison, WI
         Progress: A survey of the 2020 UW Graduate Printmaking Students, Madison, WI
         Overture Center: Earthly Kin, Madison, WI
         Wally Douma Gallery, Madison, WI
2019 Synergy: From Manila to Acapulco, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
         39th Annual Secura Fine Arts Exhibition, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
         Cuentos, Mtos, y Leyendas Exchange, Spokane, WA
         Campus Art Exchange, Union South, Madison, WI
         PRINTMAGEDDON Annual Grad Print Show: 7th floor Gallery, Madison, WI
         On the Level: A Group Assemblage Tangent, 7th floor Gallery, Madison, WI
         PrintFest: International Print Center New York, New York City, New York
         Second Year Review Show, Art Lofts, Madison, WI
         DEVIL'S DICTIONARY traveling exhibition, Vox Populi Print Collective, Madison, WI
         Make a Good Impression: Abel Contemporary Gallery, Stoughton, WI
         Art Beyond Borders, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
         First Year Show, Art Lofts, Madison, WI
         Grand Challenges, School of Education, Madison, WI
         Tangible Gestures, Terrain Gallery, Spokane, WA
         Public Print, Overture Community arts Center, Madison, WI
         Nine by Nine: Portfolio Exchange and Performances, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, Tennessee
         Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
         Southern Printmaking Conference International, Dallas, Texas
         Alumni Invitational Exhibition, Macomb, IL
         University Wisconsin of Madison and University of Tennessee Exchange, Madison, WI
         WUD Art 91st Student Art Show, Madison, WI
         GIBs Emergence Exhibition, Madison, WI
2018 College Invitational Juried show, Figge Art Museum, Davenport
         Dia De Los Muertos Exhibition, Higher Art Gallery, Traverse City, Michigan
         Printfest: International Print Center New York, New York City, New York
         Community Alter Project: Remembrance & Celebration 2018, Ruth Davis Design Gallery,
         Madison, WI
         Advance Sculpture Exhibition, Annex Gallery, Macomb, IL
         Rocky Community Project, Macomb, IL
2017 Day of the Dead, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa
         Senior Show, Main Gallery, Macomb, IL
         Western Illinois University Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Macomb, IL
2016 16th Annual Postcard Print Exchange, University Print Society, Ames, Iowa
 
 

CURATED EXHIBITIONS
 
2022   DIA DE LOS MUERTOS: Madison Story, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
           MARK OF EMPOWERMENT, Emily Davis Gallery, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
2021   OAXACA: Life on Paper, Arts Literature-Laboratory, Madison, WI
           INTERCAMBIOS: Art, Stories, & Comunidad, Ruth Davis Gallery, School of Human
           Ecology, Madison, WI
 
 
 

AWARDS
 
2024   Arte Laguna Prize, Venice, Italy
2022   Gabriele S. Haberland Graduate Student Printmaking Award, Madison, WI
2021   Russell and Paula Panczenko MFA Prize, Madison, WI
2020   Creative Arts Awards, Madison, WI
           Dang! Arts Grant, Madison, WI
           3Arts, Chicago, IL
2019   Grant Development Award, Madison, WI
           Speedball Art Award, Statesville, NC
           Blick Purchase Award, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
2018   Juror 1st Place, Macomb, IL
           Art Departmental Scholar, Macomb, IL
           American Advertising Federation Award, Chicago, IL
 
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
 
2019    Dane Arts Grant, Madison, WI
            Paul M. Binzel Grant, Madison, WI
            IAP Graduate and professional Student Abroad Scholarship, Madison, WI
            Ed-GRS Fellowship, Madison, WI
            Bridge to Success Scholarship, Madison, WI
2017    Tuition Waiver, Macomb, IL
            Patricia Bulkeley Scholarship, Macomb, IL
2016    Talent Grant, Macomb, IL
            Tuition Waiver, Macomb, IL
2015    Talent Grant, Macomb, IL
            Tuition Waiver, Macomb, IL
 
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
2023 Racine Art Museum, WI
2022 The University of Akron, Akron, OH
2022 Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
2022 Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
2021 Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
2020 The Kohler Art Library, University of Wisconsin- Madison, WI
2020 The University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
2020 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2020 Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN
2019 Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
2019 The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2018 Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
 
 

PRESENTATIONS
 
2024            Social Activism & Migration Through Print, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2023            Spoken Word, Madison Area Technical College
                    Movement with the Marks, Artist Talk at Hope College
2022           110th CAA annual Conference, Prints of Persuasion.
                   Surface Design Association, Intercambios artists talk and the importance of collaboration.
2021           Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Artist Talk
                   Chazen Museum of Art, Our Kind of Happy Hour: Untethered: Our Journey Beyond Borders.
2020           Mid America Print Council, Panel discussion, Issues on environmental migration.
                   Chazen Museum of Art, Our Kind of Happy hour: Community Alter Project, Panel Discussion.
 
PUBLICATIONS
 
Caja De Visiones / Box of Visions: Modern and Contemporary Art from Mexico in the Midwest. Publication
of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art in conjunction with of the same name. (September 17,
2021, to January 23, 2022).
 
The Capital City Hues, Vol. 16 No. 20 · October 4, 2021
Isthmus, Roberto Torres Mata, 2021 https://isthmus.com/events/roberto-torres-mata-panczenko/
artdaily.com, Roberto Torres Mata is the Chazen Museum of Art’s 2021 Panczenko MFA Prize Winner,
2021
 
https://artdaily.com/news/135300/Roberto-Torres-Mata-is-the-Chazen-Museum-of-Art-s-2021-Panczenko-
MFA-Prize-winner
Tone Madison, Roberto Torres Mata explores migration in an immersive Chazen Show, Elizabeth Lang,
2021,
 
https://www.tonemadison.com/articles/roberto-torres-mata-explores-migration-in-an-immersive-chazen-sh
ow
On Wisconsin, pg. 19 Exhibition Campus Art Exchange, 2019
Western Illinois University Department of Art 2016-2017 Yearbook, Through www.Blurb.com 2018
 
 
 
                       

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