Art has always been my passion. I grew up in an environment of architects and artists. I have enjoyed, studied and appreciated the Fine Arts since I was a child. I worked for a decade in Mexico at the Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM) and also taught at the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) and at the University of Oklahoma as a graduate assistant, where I initially studied as a Fulbright Scholarship Grantee. I am currently involved in teaching drawing and watercolor. I am an Art Instructor at the Des Moines Art Center and also an Adjunct Instructor at Drake University.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE. Fine Arts and Art History.
Adjunct Instructor Drawing. DRAKE UNIVERSITY. Department of Art and Design
Fall 2021- Present
Observational Drawing and Concepts on Drawing.
Art Instructor. DES MOINES ART CENTER
Fall 2018- Present
Studio Art courses such as Beginning Watercolor, Intermediate and Advanced Watercolor and Drawing.
Adjunct Professor. UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY (UDEM)
Aug.2006- Dec. 2009.
Teaching Graduate Courses such as the Master in Graphic Design: Image Lab and History of Graphic Design and Undergraduate Courses: Drawing, Foundations 2D, Foundations 3D, Museum Internship, History of Graphic Design, Culture and Civilization, Color Theory and Techniques.Illustration, Theory in Graphic Design.
Adjunct Professor. INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES DE MONTERREY (ITESM)
Jan. 2008- May 2009.
Teaching Art Studio and Art History Courses (such as Foundations in Design, Art History, 19th and 20th Century Art.
Graduate Assistant. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA. School of Art.
Fall 2001- Spring 2002.
Teaching courses: Drawing I & Foundations Drawing.
Adjunct Professor. UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY (UDEM)
Jan.1996- May 1999.
Teaching Courses such as Color Theory and Techniques, Human Figure Drawing, Still Life Drawing, Watercolor, Architectural Rendering, Animation, Composition 2D, Composition 3D, Introduction to Composition, and Theory and History of Composition.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE. Language.
Brandywine School District, Wilmington, DE.- English as a Second Language
(ESL) Tutor Aug. 2011- June 2016.
WORK EXPERIENCE. MANAGEMENT
Graduate Assistant. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA. School of Art.
Slide and Media Library. 2000- 2003
Management, Registrar & Curator of the Slide & Media Library.
Administrative Assistant. SEDYCO, RESIDENCIAL (Construction Company in Northeastern Mexico).
1991-1995. Accounting, sales and purchases.
EDUCATION
GRADUATE STUDIES
2001-2003 University of Oklahoma. School of Art.
Master of Fine Arts. Emphasis in Visual Arts.
Thesis Exhibition Show. August 2003. “Art and Architecture, my life”.
Graduation date: December 2003.
1999-2001 University of Oklahoma. School of Art.
Master of Art, in Art. Emphasis in Art History.
Master Thesis:
The Jacobin Church: The Dominican Mother Church in Toulouse and its Questionable Doubled-Naved Scheme.
Graduation date: July 2001.
1996-1999. Universidad de Monterrey.
Master of Business Administration. Emphasis in Management.
Graduation date: August 1999.
EDUCATION
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
1991-1992. Universidad de Monterrey. Studies in Fine Art.
1990. University of Houston. Graphic Communications.
1985-1990. Universidad de Monterrey.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, emphasis in Graphic Design.
Graduation date: May 1989.
Thesis: Guide for the Industry in Monterrey.
SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
Scholarship:
August 1999- July 2001 Fulbright Scholarship / LASPAU Garcia Robles Scholarship
Grants:
2000-2003 – Graduate Assistantship, School of Art - University of Oklahoma
2002- University of Oklahoma. Graduate College- Grant.
1996-2001 Universidad de Monterrey. Graduate College Grant.
Awards:
2018 Artwork selected by the Clive Public Arts Commission to be purchased and added to the City of Clive’s permanent art collection.
2002 Artwork Adquisition. University of Oklahoma's President, David Lyle Boren received an artwork as a gift from Chicago's art collectors, Richard and Ellen Sandor.
2000 Fred Jones Junior Museum of Art. Norman, Oklahoma. Award for Creative Excellence.
PRESENTATION
13th Annual Oklahoma Conference of Art Historians: The Jacobin Church:
The Dominican Mother Church in Toulouse and its Questionable Doubled-
Naved Scheme.
PUBLICATION
Cervantes, M. (2001). The Jacobin Church: The Dominican Mother Church in Toulouse and its Questionable Doubled-Naved Scheme.
Cervantes, M. (2001). Artwork used as cover for the LASPAU 2000 Annual Report: Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas.