Hailey E. Herrera

hailey.art@gmail.com

Education

Watermedia, self directed, 2011-current
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 2004–2005 (under maiden name)
Ph.D. Texas A&M University, College Station, 2004 (under maiden name)

Career Highlights

2024 Featured in Voyage Houston magazine, January edition, North Loops’s Rising Stars
2023 The 1st place and Jerry’s Artarama Award, The ARTS International 2023-Road Trips, ARTS Gorman Gallery, Schulenburg, TX
2023 Published in: The Art of Texas State Parks, A Centennial Celebration, 1923-2023, TAMU Press, Andrew Sansom and Linda J. Reaves
2021-current Selected as a featured artist among 1+ million artists and displayed on the front page of artist directory in Fine Art America
2021 Featured in Sourthwest Art magazine, March/April edition, Deep in the Heart: 12 Texas Artists to Collect
2020 The 1st place, Water Challenge Art Show, Houston Art Society
2020 Best of Show, DEGART 2020: the 1st International Art Exhibition and Competition
2020 One of 15 chosen artists, HeARTbeat of Bryan Art Project, Bryan, TX
2020 Cover arts for Natural Awakenings magazines: South Carolina Edition, and Metro Phoenix & Northern Arizona Edition
2019 Recognized as a Centennial Artist, Art of Texas Parks Project
2018 Cover art for the Blue Jay Jazz Festival, San Bernardino Mountains
2016 Co-author of The Art of Painting Sea Life in Watercolor: Master Techniques for Painting Spectacular Sea Animals in Watercolor (Lake Forest, California: Walter Foster Publishing)
2015 Published in: Splash 16-The Best of Watercolor: Exploring Texture, North Light Books, Rachel Rubin Wolf, ed. and featured in Southwest Art Magazine
2015 Chosen as the featured artist by Willow Pond Aqua Farm, Canadaigua, NY
2014 Featured on the front page of Fine Art America and Pixel licensing
2014 Best in Show, Texas Reds Steak and Grape Festival, 2013 and featured on billboard for Texas Reds Steak and Grapes Festival, Bryan
2012 Herweck’s Award, Texas Watercolor Society
2012 Best of Show, Brazos Valley Art League/Lone Star Art Guild Judged Show

Solo Exhibitions

2023 Invitational, Color Harmony and Beauty in Nature, Cultural Activity Center, Temple, TX
2022 A stroll through Texas parks and nature, Degallery, Bryan, TX
2020 Invitational, Nature’s Brilliance: Contemplations of Color and Seasons, SEAD Gallery, Bryan, TX
2019 Invitational, A Certain Light in Spring, Satori Gallery, Houston, TX
2018 Rhapsody in Hue, The Gallery Downtown, Navasota, TX
2017 Invitational, Fresh Paint: Watermedia Abstracts, Elm Street Studio, Keller, TX
2017 Invitational Calligraphy+Color, SEAD Gallery, Bryan, TX
2016 Into the Woods, SEAD Gallery, Bryan, TX
2013 Brazos Valley Council of Governments, Bryan, TX
2013 Invitational, Experiments in Watermedia, Art979 Gallery, Bryan, TX

Group Exhibitions

2024-2025 Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX
2024 The Old Jail Museum, Albany, TX
2024 Eclipse: Shining Shadows, Art Center Waco, Waco, TX
2024 The Art of Texas State Parks, A Centennial Art Exhibition, J Wayne Stark Galleries, Texas A &M University, College Station, TX
2024 A Collection of Perspectives, Texas State University at Round Rock, TX
2023-2024 Art of Texas Parks, Honoring Texas State Parks through a Contemporary Lens, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX
2023 Noun: People, Places, Things, Ardest Gallery, The Woodlands, TX
2023 ARTS International - Road Trips, ARTS Gorman Gallery, Schulenburg, TX
2023 Art of Texas Parks, Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX
2023 Art of Texas Parks, Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, TX
2023 Art à la Carte, Waco Art Center, Waco, TX
2022 (Three person) Invitational, The Colors and Nature and Music, The Arts Council of Brazos Valley, College Station, TX
2022 The Art of Texas Parks, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, TX
2022 Professional Artists of Central Texas, The Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
2022 Each of Us…All of Us, Cultural Activity Center, Temple, TX
2022 The Bryan-College Station Community Showcase, James R. Reynolds Gallery, College Station, TX
2022 Fresh Paint 2022, Bryan Contemporary Artists, Degallery, Bryan, TX
2021 Happy Birthday Texas-All the symbols in Texas in art, Degallery, Bryan, TX
2020 DEGART 2020: 1st International Art Exhibition & Competition, Bryan, TX
2020 Invitational, Summer Showcase, Ross Gallery at Arts for Rural Texas, Fayetteville, TX
2019 Invitational, Summer Art Show, Cultivate 7Twelve, Waco, TX
2018 (Three Person) Invitational, Retrospective, SEAD Gallery, Bryan, TX
2017-2018 (Two Person) Invitational, Satori X SEAD: an artistic collaboration, Satori Gallery, Houston, TX
2017 Invitational, Visions and Voices of Festival Hill, Round Top Festival Institute, TX
2017 Fusion—Music for the Eyes II, The Gallery at Round Top, Round Top, TX
2016 Birds of a Feather, Keller Town Hall, Keller, TX
2016 Invitational, Artists Changing Tomorrow International Exhibition, Fayetteville, TX
2015 The annual National Juried Show, National Society of Artists, Clute, TX
2015 Valley Impressions, Beyond Arts Gallery, Harlingen, TX
2015 (Five Person) Views of The Valley though Artists Eyes, SEAD Gallery, Bryan, TX
2015 (Five Person) Papillon’s Spring Art Show, Waco, TX
2014 Annual International Exhibition, Watercolor Art Society-Houston (WAS-H)
2014 One View, Many Viewpoints, Ross Gallery at Arts for Rural Texas, Fayetteville, TX
2014 Texas Watercolor Society National Exhibition, The Radius Center, San Antonio, TX
2013 Annual International Exhibition, Watercolor Art Society-Houston (WAS-H), Houston, TX
2013-2014 College Station: A Community History, George H. W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum, College Station, TX
2013 Woman’s Work: The Power and The Beauty, The Gallery at Round Top, Round Top, TX
2013 Texas Watercolor Society National Exhibition
2012 Texas Watercolor Society National Exhibition, San Antonio Art League and Museum, San Antonio, TX

Selected Public Collections

Duke’s Texan BBQ in Heredia, Costa Rica
Texas A&M University Press, The Frank H. Wardlaw Collection of Texas Art
Cork & Bull, M&M Hospitality Group, Suffolk, VA
Laser Answering Service, College Station, TX
Art for Rural Texas, Fayetteville, Texas
Perception, Inc. Seoul, South Korea
Margaritaville Lake Resort, Lake Conroe|Houston
Texas A&M Student Business Services, College Station, Texas
St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
The Buffalo Coalition Neighborhood Association, Las Vegas, Nevada
Numerous installations via independent designers or designer companies

Selected Private Collections

Amite, LA; Asheville, NC; Austin, TX; Breckenridge, TX; Bryan, TX; Cataula, GA; Charlotte, NC; College Station, TX; Corinth, TX; Dallas, TX; Fayetteville, AR; Fermandina Beach, FL; Flower Mound, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Frisco, TX; Fullerton, CA; Harlingen, TX; Keller, TX; Houston, TX; Kingsland, TX; Lattingtown, NY; Manor, TX; Lubbock, TX; Milano, TX; Morgantown, PA; New York, NY; North Zulch, TX; Norristown, PA; Round Rock, TX; Round Top, TX; Saint Simons Island, GA; San Antonio, TX; San Marcos, TX; Santa Fe, TX; Short Hills, NJ; Sparks, NV; Seoul, South Korea; Spring, TX; Suffolk, VA; Troy, TX; Twin Cities, MN; WACO, TX; West Berlin, NJ; Williamsburg, VA; Wodinville, WA;

Teaching/Work Experience

Watercolor instructor, Degallery / DEGA International Art Association, 2019-current
Watercolor instructor, City of College Station Parks & Recreation, 2012-May 2024
Watercolor instructor, Purple Turtle Art Studio, 2015-2017
Family workshop instructor, Stark Gallery, Texas A&M University, 2013

Current Affiliations

DEGA International Art Association
Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art
Professional Artists of Central Texas
Signature member of Artists Changing Tomorrow
Art Center Waco
Bryan Contemporary Artists

Past Affiliations

Houston Art Society
Big Medium
Signature member of Texas Watercolor Society
Signature member of Watercolor Art Society-Houston
Brazos Valley Art League

Current Gallery Representations

HeH: Herrera Collection and Studio, Bryan, TX
Degallery, Bryan, TX
220 Fine Art Gallery, Wimberley, TX
Mill Street Art Gallery, New Braunfels, TX
The Frame Gallery Downtown, Bryan, Tx
The Arts Council Community Gallery at the Hilton, College Station, TX
SAATCHI ART

Past Gallery Representations

The Gallery at Round Top, Round Top, TX
Weiler House Fine Art Gallery, Forth Worth, TX
SEAD Gallery, Bryan, TX
The Frame Gallery, Bryan, TX

Artist Statement

https://www.haileyherrera.com/artists-statement