Juan Velez

Born in Brownsville, Texas (USA), 1962.

Raised in Madrid (Spain), I returned to my hometown, Brownsville, after fifty years to get to know it better. The unique melting pot of cultures, unique to Brownsville since its founding, is a constant source of inspiration and a positive influence to know other places, new challenges.

I work with watercolors by placing the paper vertically and in different ways. The wet-on-dry technique allows me to control the pigment, while I achieve chance through semi-transparent layers and or dripping using the wet-on-wet technique.

My watercolors are traces of a life in the exceptional place where I live, where limits and potentialities coexist. I want to awaken memories and moods in the viewers.

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Public Collections
Brownsville Museum of Fine Art
Brownsville Historical Association.

Private Collections:
Wells Fargo Advisors
McNair Family

2014 Bach. Architect UEM, Spain
2012 Master of Arts in Education (Technology),
UNIR, Spain
2011 B. Sc. on Building Engineering, UEM, Spain
1986 Associate's degree, EUATM, Spain

• Solo Exhibitions
Charros, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art (BMFA), Brownsville, TX (2019)
Impressions from Brownsville, Heritage Museum - Vezzetti Room, Brownsville, TX (2019)
Entre el Manzanares y El Bravo, Feria Internac. Tamaulipas, Matamoros, Mexico (2015)
Exposicion de Acuarelas, Museo Fuerte Casamata, Matamoros, Mexico (2015)
Madriz, Espacio Holmes, Madrid, Spain (2014)
Toma del Palacio de Comunicaciones, Espacio Holmes, Madrid, Spain (2013)
Mappings, Espacio Holmes, Madrid, Spain 2012

• Selected Juried Exhibitions
6th Annual Resaca Exhibition, BMFA, Brownsville, TX. Juror: Constanza Miner (2024). 2nd Award
48th International Art Show, BMFA, Brownsville, TX. Juror: Chistina Rees (2023). 2nd Award Watercolor Category
5th Annual BMFA Members Exhibition, BMFA, Brownsville, TX. Curator: Teodoro Estrada (2023)
4th Annual BMFA Members Exhibition, BMFA, Brownsville, TX. Curator: Karl J. Lieck (2022)
3rd Annual BMFA Members Exhibition, BMFA, Brownsville, TX. Curator: Karl J. Lieck (2020)
Our Voices, Our Heritage, Brownsville Historical Museum, Brownsville, TX. Juror and Curator: Becky Arguelles (2020)
Brownsville Resaca Exhibition, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX. Juror: Alejandro Macias;...