EDUCATION

2014 MFA Studio Art (Printmaking) University of Arizona 2010
2010 MA Studio Art (Printmaking) University-Corpus Christi 2003
2003 BA Art (Drawing) The University of the Incarnate Word, Cum Laude 

RESIDENCIES

2017 Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX
2014 Changarrito Artist Residency, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
2013 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 

ONE & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2023 Lisette Chavez: From the Horses’s Mouth, Savior Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2021 From the Horses’s Mouth, Gallery 100- Palo Alto College, San Antonio, TX

2018 Cafeteria Catholic, Resonator Art Space, Norman, OK

2017 Angel Baby, Lady Base Gallery, San Antonio, TX 
Cafeteria Catholic, Guadalupe Cultural Art Center, San Antonio, TX

2016 Three Hail Marys, Two Our Fathers, Provenance Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Dolores de Crecimiento, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX

2015 Cecily Ferguson & Lisette Chavez, The Lullwood Group, San Antonio, TX

2014 My First Confession -MFA Thesis Exhibition, University of Arizona
Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

2012 La Bella Mort, The Dream Factory, Frankfurt, Germany 
Gone, Visual Arts & Research Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2011 Early Mourning-MA Thesis Exhibition, TAMUCC-Islander Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX

2008 Sweet Dreams & Nightmares, Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum, Harlingen, TX 

2007 Whistling in the Dark, University of the Incarnate Word-Semmes Gallery, San Antonio, TX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2024 Founder/Editor, Show Me Your Print Shop (2014- Present)
Visiting Artist Lecture, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO (Virtual)

2023 Panelist, MAPC Print Stream Studio Tour- Mid America Print Council, (Virtual)

2022 Visiting Artist Lecture, Department of Art & Design- California State
University Fresno, CA (Virtual)
Panelist, Storytellers, Southern Graphics Council International- University of
Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI

2021 Visiting Artist Lecture/Demonstration, Artist Talk/Plática & Zine Workshop, Palo
Alto College, San Antonio, TX (Hybrid)
Visiting Artist Lecture, Department of Art- Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK

2020 Visiting Artist Lecture/Demonstration, Department of Art- Northwest
Vista College, San Antonio, TX
Panelist, The Contemporary Print Panel, Big Medium, Austin, TX

2019 Panelist, Latinx Printmaking, SGCI 2019: Tex-change Printmaking Conference, Dallas, TX

2018 Artist Talk, YLA 23: Artist Talk, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
Workshop Instructor, Bubbles & Bling Workshop, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX 
Artist Talk, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Illustrator, Cenzontle, BOA Editions
Panelist, Mujeres del Sur: Mujeres Speak, The Union HTX, Houston, TX

2017 Panelist, A Woman's Place, Centro de Artes, San Antonio, TX
Visiting Artist Lecture, Core Drawing Guest Speaker, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Guest Editor, Mid America Printmaking Council Journal Magazine 

2016 Presenter, The Printmaker as Collector, Mid America Print Council Conference-
Southeast Indiana University, IN
Presenter, Lithography Obra Grafica, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
Panelist, Latino/a Roundtable Discussion, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX
Visiting Artist Lecture, Printmaking Department-Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX

2015 Presenter, Slide Lecture, The Contemporary Austin Museum, Austin, TX
Teen Artist Mentor, The Contemporary Austin Museum, Austin, TX
Teaching/Printing Assistant, Lithography Workshop- Black Bone Press, Austin, TX
Workshop Instructor, The Contemporary Austin, TX

2014 Contributor, Printeresting Blog, Austin, TX

2013 Printing Assistant, LVIS Press owned by Andy & Kathryn Polk, Tucson, AZ
Organizer/Curator, Women of the West Print Portfolio Exchange for the Rocky
Mountain Print Alliance Symposium, Salt Lake City, UT
Artist Talk, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Assistant Curator, Pop-Up Exhibition, 4th Ave. Warehouse, Tucson, AZ

2012 Visiting Artist Lecture/Demonstration, The Dream Factory, Frankfurt, Germany
Artist Talk/Demonstration, Davis Dominguez Gallery/University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Organizer/Printing Assistant, Visiting Artist: Daniel Martin Diaz, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Artist Talk/Demonstration, Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM 

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2020 The Contemporary Print Exhibition, Big Medium, Austin, TX
XicanX: New Visions, Centro de Artes, San Antonio, TX

2014 Cabinet of Curiosities, Haunted Hands Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2013 Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance Regional Juried Print Exhibition, Gittins Gallery-
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Printocracy, Asheville BookWorks, Asheville, NC
23rd Parkside National Print Exhibition, UW-Parkside Gallery, Madison, WI
International Small Print Show, El Minia University/International Art Conference, Cairo, Egypt

2012 National Small Works, Washington Printmaker’s Gallery, Silver Spring, MD
Americas 2012: Paperworks, Northwest Art Center- Minot State University, Minot, SD
Paper in Principle, Lionel Rombach Gallery- University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 TBA- Cuentos & Arte, Centro de Artes, San Antonio, TX 

2024 Mid America Print Council Conference 2024, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Creating Encuentros: Changarrito 2012- 2024, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX

2023 Now Let Us Shift, Del Mar College: Cain Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
Spring Break Art Show: Portal to the Other Side, Skylight, Los Angeles, CA

2022 Drawn in San Antonio—Today, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Last Laugh, SP/N Gallery- The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX

2021 Connect: Collect, Oklahoma City University: Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK

2020 Latinx Artists in Printmaking, La Pena Gallery, Austin, TX
XicanX: New Visions, Centro de Artes Gallery, San Antonio, TX

2019 City of Service, City of San Antonio: Culture Commons Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Crossing the Line, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
Frontera, Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC
Transmissions from Pressure Island, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 
Transmissions from Pressure Island, Lewis Carnegie, Austin, TX  
Intersections, Presa House Gallery, San Antonio, TX

2018 Mujeres del Sur/Women of the South, The Union HTX, Houston, TX
Common Currents, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
Right Here, Right Now: San Antonio, Contemporary Art Museum Houston, Houston, TX
Flatline: 2D & the New Depthiness, Remarque Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 
Frontera Portfolio Exhibition, Mid America Print Council Conference: University
of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Escape from Pressure Island, Lewis Carnegie, Austin, TX
Young Latinx Artists 23: Beyond Walls, Between Gates, Under Bridges, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX

2017 En Bola, de stijl- Podium for Art, Austin, TX
A Woman’s Place Is…, Centro de Artes, San Antonio, TX
Nasty Woman, Gallery 214, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL; Frogman’s Workshop,
University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
Fine Print, Mini-Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Arrivals & Departures, Leeds Print Workshop, Leeds, UK

2016 Changarrito En Acción-12 Años, Museum de la Ciudad de México, Ciudad de Mexico
Dolores de Crecimiento, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX
The Red Death, Hoofprint Workshop, Chicago, IL
Obra Gráfica: Selections from the Print Collection, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
POP-UP Exhibition, Progresso Gallery-Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX

2015 POP/ Swap- 10 Year Anniversary, Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
A’ l’arrache 4 - American Print Coalition, Les Abattoirs, Riom, France
Invasive Paper Project, Barry Center, Laramie, WY
Selections from the Changarrito Collection, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX

2014 Corridos del Gigante Dormido, Tennessee Tech University- Appalachian Center
for Craft, Smithville, TN
The Skull Show, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Print, Printed, Printmaking III- Printmaking Conference, New Mexico Highlands
University, Las Vegas, NM

2013 First International of Contemporary Miniprint, Artfest-Albizu University, Miami, FL 2013
PrintED: HERE - Contemporary Prints from the US, Turkey and Ireland, Limerick School
of Art and Design, Limerick, Ireland 
An Altering Role, UNF Art Gallery- University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL

2012 Midnight Madness, Dream Factory Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
First International Contemporary Mini Print Show, Lauderhill Arts Center, FL
Death in the Details, Studio Two Three, Richmond, VA
Printmaking in Graafika Festival: Live Brain Branding. Parnu Linnagalerii Kunstnike Majal
Galerii Saal. Parnu, Estonia
Les Outlaws de L’Estampe. A L’Arrache: Rencontre Autour de la Gravure. Exposition Franco 
Americaine. Les Abattoirs. Riom, Auvergne, France; Le Centre Cultrel Le Bief. Ambert,
Auvergne, France 
Oso Bay Biennial XVII, Produce Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
Carnival of Ink, Old Iron Works, New Orleans, LA
Print, Printed, Printmaking, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM 

2011 Neofuturism- The Dirty Printmakers of America, Printmaking Festival, Parnu, Estonia

2010 Drive By Press National Tour, Austin City Limits Festival, Austin, TX

HONORS & AWARDS

2021 City of San Antonio Individual Artist Grant, San Antonio, TX

2020 SA Cares 4 Art Grant, City of San Antonio, TX
NALAC- Actos de Confianza Grant, San Antonio, TX

2017 Artist Lab Residency, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX

2016 Artist Lab Fellowship, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX

2014 Penland Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2013 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT
Lasting Impressions Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Suzanne Hesh Endowed Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Medici Scholar Grant, College of Fine Arts-University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Best of Show, Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Kenosha, WI
Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant, Johnson, VT 

2012 College of Fine Arts Grant, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2nd Place, Paper in Principle, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Edward Francis Dunn Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2011 Anne Moreton Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

PUBLISHED INTERVIEWS & REVIEWS OF ARTWORK

2024 Interview: Meet Lisette Chavez, Canvas Rebel

2022  7 Questions with Artist Lisette Chavez, Department of Arts & Culture, City of San Antonio

2021 Death and the Devil Are Always Lurking: Lisette Chavez’s Very Catholic Body (of Work)
            by Ruben Cordova, Glasstire

2020 Episode 73 | Lisette Chavez, Podcast Interview, Hello, Print Friend

2019 San Antonio Artist: Lisette Chavez, Brian Rindfuss, San Antonio Current
Texas Studio: Audrya Flores and Lisette Chavez, Laura August, Arts & Culture Texas Magazine

2018 Art Daybook: Dude Looks Like San Antonio, Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle
Mujeres del Sur, Meghan Henley-Lopez, The Houston Review
‘Dreaming of Our Abuelitos: YLA 23’ at Mexic-Arte Museum Explores Border Identity,
                 Lindsey Reynolds, Sightlines Magazine
Review: Young Latinx Artists 23, Melanie Jean, Austin Chronicle
‘Right Here, Right Now: San Antonio’ Locates a Vibrant Arts Center,
                  Caitlin Greenwood, Sightlines Magazine

2017 Review of En Bola, Sam Anderson-Ramos, Austin Chronicle
Artists Give the Devil A Feminist Spin, Elda Silva, Express-News
Artists Lisette Chavez and Audrya Flores Reimagine the Urban Legend of the
            Dancing Devil,  Bryan Rindfuss, San Antonio Current

2016 Showcase Gallery: Artist Lab 2016, Robbie Rodgers, CO-LAB Magazine
Artists Play Up Their Strengths in Artist Lab Show, Elda Silva, Express-News
Lisette Chavez’s ‘Three Hail Marys, Two Our Fathers,’ Jack Arthur Wood, AEQAI Magazine
July Exhibition, Stephanie Torres, Art & Provenance Blog

2016 Three Hail Marys, Two Our Fathers, James Courtney, San Antonio Current
A Shrine To An Uneasy Feeling, Elda Silva, Express-News

PUBLICATIONS

2025    TBA- Exhibition, City of San Antonio, Exhibition Catalog
2024 Dreams, Visions, Other Worlds: Interviews with Texas Artists, Texas A&M University Press
2021 Fuck it! Is this too much?, Craft Desert, Zine
2020 From the Horse’s Mouth, Smart Press, Exhibition Catalog
The Contemporary Print, Exhibition Catalog
2018 Cenzontle, Cover Illustrator, BOA Editions, Ltd.
Right Here, Right Now: San Antonio Exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum
Houston, Exhibition Catalog
2017 En Bola Exhibition, De Stijl Gallery, Exhibition Catalog
A Woman’s Place is… Exhibition, City of San Antonio, Exhibition Catalog
2016 Lonjas, Legs Y Labios, Color Photo, St. Sucia’s Issue VII Zine

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas
El Minia University, Minia, Egypt
Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Limerick School of Art & Design, Limerick, Ireland 
Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Monash University, Gippsland, Australia
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico 
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, Christchurch, New Zealand
Proyecto Ace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York
University Print Collection, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Drive-By Press Print Collection (Traveling Collection)
Mini-Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
City of San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
Mid-America Print Council Archives