About
Colombian born Artist. Hilda was trained as a petroleum engineer with a master’s degree in International Business. She worked in the Oil field for several years, but her passion was always the visual and literary arts. She changed carriers and studied art at Glasell School Houston, Calgary Arts, Canada, and with the recognized Brazilian artist, Augusto Sousa Rodriguez. She has received instruction from Rob Liberace, Carolyn Anderson, Huihan Liu, Clayton Beck and other masters. Currently resides in Houston, where she has her studio. Hilda is an active member of several art organizations that contribute to the promotion of education in the visual arts. She also writes poetry which sometimes is incorporated into her paintings. Her art is in private collections in Canada, Brazil and The United States. She has exhibited in several countries and her work has received multiple awards and positive critic review. Hilda currently teaches art and languages in school and private settings.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Art is the universal language that transcends geographical borders, ethnicity, religion and time. My art is inspired both by the dramatic play of light and peasant scenes of classical paintings such as the works of Vermeer and Caravaggio and by the bold, impressionistic, more modern art of Spanish painter Joaquin Sorolla and Russian painter Nicolai Fechin.
My human figures are not simply a representation of an individual. They are soul portraits of the deep emotions, feelings and passions that every human being goes through in their existence. I intend through strong colors and textures, bold brush stroke and composition communicate to the viewer the emotional clues the model portraits in his/her manner and demeanor, many times bringing to mind a particular subject or theme of the past. These emotional clues, the energy of happiness and sadness, the suffering and ecstasies and all the mixtures that constitute the wonderful tapestry of life, are not unique to the model but are instead universal to all of us, and I aim through paint and words to awaken a sense of connection and interrelation between the viewer and the model.
exhibitions
THE UNSEEN ART, 2009, at ART POINT GALLERY, Calgary, Canada
CALGARY SCHOOL OF ART, Calgary, Canada, 2010.
Gallery of the CENTRO CULTURAL ANGLO AMERICANO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2011
ACADEMIA MACONICA DE ARTES CIENCIAS E LETRAS DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO, earning the medal REDENTOR DO RIO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2011
CENTRO CULTURAL DE PIRACICABA, Piracicaba, Brazil. 2011
Art-Café COUVE-FLOR, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2012
LINUS GALLERY, “Nude but not rude”, California 2012
DAVINCI ARTIST GALLERY, Tomball, Texas, 2013-2015
DAVIS AND COMPANY CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY, Old Town Spring, 2014-2015
JUNG CENTER, Houston, 2014
WILLIAMS TOWER GALLERY, Houston, March 2015
AVIS FRANK GALLERY, January 2015
BAYOU ART FESTIVAL, Houston, April 2015
HUBBEL AND HUDSON, The Woodlands, January 2016
JO-MAR ART GALLERY, Houston, 2016
DISCOVERY GREEN ART FESTIVAL, Houston, November 2016
H-E-B WINE WALK, The Woodlands Arts Council, The Woodlands, June 8, 2017
SAMPLE A TASTE OF THE WOODLANDS WATERWAY ART FESTIVAL, The Woodlands, April 2018
BAYOU ART FESTIVAL, Houston, April 2018
INSTITUTE OF HISPANIC CULTURE, Houston, April 2020
WOMAN’S HOSPITAL OF TEXAS, Houston, July-August 2020
BAYOU ART FESTIVAL, Houston, Oct. 2021
BAYOU ART FESTIVAL, Houston, April 2022
WATERWAY ART FESTIVAL, The Woodlands, April 2022
PUBLICATIONS
Magazine Espaço das Artes, Rio de Janeiro 2011
Catalogue “Nude but not Rude” exhibition. Linus Gallery, California, 2012
No Where but Texas, Artist of Texas, 2013
Community Impact Magazine, Sept 2016
Oil Painters of America, Blog articles 2014, 2015
Voyage Houston Magazine, Oct. 2018