GINA HERRERA
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TV Debut:
Featured on Peacock TV
"The Empress is Waiting" made her debut on "Bel-Air" episode "PA to LA" that began streaming on Feb 24, 2022

Featured on 23 Morning News
www.turnto23.com/entertainment/kern-county-artists-work-featured-in-bel-air-tv-show

Article
Bakersfield Californian: www.bakersfield.com/entertainment/arts-theater/local-sculptors-work-featured-on-tv-in-new-show-at-bird-dog-arts/article_0ff68d8e-c5a7-11ec-ae3b-1fc6ee6c3d37.html
Shout out LA: shoutoutla.com/gina-herrera-artist/

Voyage LA: voyagela.com/interview/meet-gina-herrera-gina-herrera-artist-southern-california-bakersfield/
Balisle Blog: RISE
balisle.com/2018/07/22/rise/
Record Searchlight: "3D Artist Strives to Inspire" by Julie Marsh
www.redding.com/story/entertainment/2017/04/18/artist-spotlight-3-d-artist-strives-inspire/100604820/

Current Shows
Torrance Visitor Center, Del Amo Shopping Center, Torrance, CA (April - June 2022) 
"Abstract Art", Golden Pine Gallery, Idyllwild, CA (May 13 - June 20, 2022)
"Travel Distance", Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX (June 3 - September 25, 2022)
"37th Annual All Media Show", Lancaster Art Museum, Lancaster, CA (June 4 - July 31, 2022)
 
Upcoming Shows
"All Media 2022", Irvine Arts Center, Irvine, CA (July 9 - October 8, 2022)

2022 News
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Awarded Norman Levan Summer Grant for Bakersfield College Faculty
​"The Empress is Waiting" made her debut on "Bel-Air" episode "PA to LA" that began streaming on Feb. 24
Awarded full online fellowship for Ox-Bow's Conversation in Practice with Allison Glenn
​Awarded full fellowship to attend Studio Midwest Residency, Galesburg, IL
www.galesburgarts.org/studios-midwest-artist-residency

2021
Awarded Veteran's Atelier Art Residency at Self Help Graphics in Los Angeles, CA
Awarded fellowship to participate in Artist Lab: Art Meets History in New Mexico 

2020
Selected to be part of Prospectus #254 Native and Indigenous Artists Purchase Initiative
Awarded Norman Levan Summer Grant for Bakersfield College Faculty

2019
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Awarded Norman Levan Summer Grant for Bakersfield College Faculty
Awarded Helen Longmire Award

www.stlouisartistsguild.org/ann-metzger-biennial-exhibition/

2018
Awarded Norman Levan Summer Grant for Bakersfield College Faculty
​Cover photo for Folios Body (War, Literature & The Arts)
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2017
Awarded Puffin Foundation Grant for 2017
Showcase Winner for Art Slant Sixth Round
Showcase Winner for Art Slant Fourth Round

Chosen for a 2 year exhibition at South Bend Art Museum called "Sightlines"
Honorable Mention Winner for "A  Mystified Prancer" in Artist Portfolio Magazine Q1 Competition
​Finalist for HERstory, Manhattan Arts Online Exhibition

Showcase Winner for Art Slant Third Round
Showcase Winner for Art Slant Second Round

2016 
Awarded The Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation Grant for 2016
Awarded a Peripheral Vision Arts Fully funded Publication Fellowship for Emerging Women Artists
Juried Winner for "Tree Whisperer"
Full Summer Arts Faculty Fellowship,Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI
United States Veteran Fellowship, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA
Showcase Winner for "Rocking for the Future" in Art Slant Round 1
Featured in Fresh Paint Magazine, April 2016
Solo Shows
Procession: Gallery 825

Invoking the Unseen Temporary Public Art Exhibition at Valencia Town Center, Santa Clarita, CA
Group Shows:
Chaos National Juried Exhibition, Arc Gallery and Studios, San Francisco, CA
Annual Contemporary Art Survey, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA

Made In California, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
The Foolish Game, Gallery 825, Los Angeles 
Smaller Footprints: Women Respond to Climate Change, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
Festoon, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Recycled, Repurposed, Recovered, A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC

2015
Awarded Honorable Mention (Top 25) from Dave Bown Projects 11th Semiannual Competition
(Curators: Katherine Pill, Ron Platt, Kelly Shindler)
Showcase Winner for "Matrimony" in Art Slant Round 6
Showcase Winner for "Out of Frequency" in Art Slant Round 5
Awarded a Merit Award by Juror, Charles Long on www.artkudos.com
Publication in the Winter Edition of "Studio Visit"  
Awarded partial fellowship to attend VCCA in Amherst, VA
Publication in the Spring Edition of "Studio Visit"  



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