Michal Romero

Michal Durham Romero was born in 1983 in east Texas and has been drawing since the age of 4. Her creative approach derives from her intuitive sense of how she perceives her surroundings. She is influenced by Post-War American Counter Culture, nature, and individual spirituality. Michal's work combines multiple styles and media in order to unify the present with the past and dreams with waking life, thus, giving the overall effect of her aesthetic a dreamy, Surreal effect. She received her BA at the University of Texas from Austin in 2007 and her MFA from the University of Texas at Tyler in 2012, with an emphasis in drawing and painting. In 2021, after 7 years of teaching art at the college and high school levels, Michal is focusing solely on her artwork. She lives and works in Fort Worth, Texas.

Artist Statement: I am interested in sentience. I create space using diagonals and geometric shapes to house specific imagery. Imagery represents memories, relationships, and dreams--both unconscious and conscious--visually set alongside one another. Abstraction and figuration exist simultaneously. Color creates mood and vibrancy. Layering indicates distortion and the effect time has on memory. Text lingers and interacts with the images...

MFA - UT Tyler 2012
BA - UT Austin 2007

2021 - The Other Art Fair DFW, October 21-24
-Texas Now, Texas Artist Showcase, Online Group Exhibition, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, TX
- Prism II, Juried, Envision Arts, Denton, TX

2017 -Art Boom Charity Show, Filter Building at White Rock, Dallas, TX

2014 - MFA Alumni Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, UT Tyler

2013 - Two-Person Exhibition, Austin Arts Alliance, Austin, TX
- Reverie,Two-Person Exhibition, Frames of Reference, Austin, TX
- Group Exhibition, Juried, 211 Gallery, Athens, TX

2012 - Artists and Wine: Group Show Benefitting the Athens Food Pantry, 211 Gallery, Athens,TX - FBCA Loving the World Series, Group Exhibition, Athens, TX
- Group Show, ArtMatters Cooperative Gallery, Athens, TX
- Phantasmagoria, MFA Thesis, Solo Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, UT Tyler

2011 - Art Walk Houston via JoMar Visions Juried Exhibition, Hardy and Nance Studios, Houston, TX -Juried Group Show, Revolving Door Gallery, Austin, TX
- Solo Exhibition, Hyde Park Series, Downtown Tyler, TX
- Solo Exhibition, Tyler Junior College, Tyler, TX
- Annual National Visual Arts Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Society of
Texas, Juror: Benito Huerta, Meadows Gallery of the Center for the Visual ...