Education
2008 Art course with Mexican artist Roberto Cortazar
2007 Art course with Mexican portrait artist Enrique Estrada
2006 Iberoamericana University, Mexico City, Postgraduate Diploma in Abstract Art
1995 Sinclair College, Dayton, OH, Postgraduate Diploma in
Multimedia
1994 Iberoamericana University, Mexico City, Postgraduate Diploma in Art
1993 Anahuac del Sur University, Mexico City, Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design
Awards
2021 Best of Category, Gold Coast Art Fair, Chicago, IL
Award of Excellence, Arts, Beats and Eats,
Royal Oak, MI
2019 Best of Show, Millennium Art Festival, Chicago, IL
Award of Excellence, Ford Art, Beats and Eats, Royal Oak, MI
Purchase Award, Art Comes Alive, Academy Awards, Cincinnati, OH
2018 Award of Excellence, Ford Art, Beats and Eats, Royal Oak, MI
Best of Category, Millennium Art Festival, Chicago, IL
Outstanding Achievement, Gold Coast Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2017 Best of Show, ArtFest Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
Best of Category, Gold Coast Art Fair, Chicago, IL
Best of Category, Millennium Art Festival, Chicago, IL
Purchase Award, Art Comes Alive, Academy Awards, Cincinnati, OH
2016 Best of Show, Promenade of Art, Arlington Heights, IL
Best of Category, Art & Big Fork, Evanston, IL
Outstanding Achievement, West Loop Art Show, Chicago, IL
Publishing Award, Art Comes Alive, Academy Awards, Cincinnati, OH
2015 Latina Trailblazer “Ladies that Lead” by Hispanic Pro, Cuvee, Chicago, IL
2014 Outstanding achievement, Millennium Art Festival, Chicago, IL
2013 Outstanding achievement, Glencoe Festival of Art, Glencoe, IL
Outstanding achievement, Promenade of Art, Arlington Heights, IL
Outstanding achievement, Millennium Art Festival, Chicago, IL
Publications and Tv interviews
Fox6 news, live tv interview at Bayshore art show, Milwaukee, WI, Oct 4, 2020
Fox2 Detroit live tv interview, AB&E art show, Detroit, MI, Sept 15, 2020
Univision Chicago, Primera hora, live tv interview, Chicago, IL, Aug 19,2019
WGN9 news, live tv interview, Millennium art show, Chicago, IL, July 13, 2019
NBC news, live tv interview, Edina art show, Edina, MN, June 25, 2018
Artfinix studios online interview at One of a Kind Chicago, IL, May 18, 2018
The North Shore Weekend Magazine, Lifestyle and Arts "Port Clinton Art Festival, Aug. 25, 2017
Northbrook Patch Newspaper, "Lakeview east festival of the arts", Aug. 25, 2017
Featured at ABC Chicago News, ArtFest Michigan Avenue, July 22, 2017
"To Chicago my Muse" Beauty Atlas Magazine, Volume II, July 2017
TV interview for WGN TV Chicago news, April 10, 2017
Musician BlauDiss "Pour Down" EP Cover, 2017
"Blink" art catalog, Back Cover, ADC Art Design Consultants, 2017
“East on Central,” Journal of Art, Highland Park, IL, 2017 (also in 2015-2012, 2010-2008)
"The Art of Books", The North Shore Weekend Newspaper,
Cover story and Center, North Shore Chicago, IL, March 11, 2017
"Female Artist you should know", National Museum of Women in the Arts, March 2017
Radio interview at "Vive La Noche", Radio Vive TV, Chicago radio, Oct. 12, 2016
“The Color of life” Reflejos Newspaper, Cover story and Center, Chicago, IL, Sep. 18, 2016
“Latinas that Lead” Reflejos Newspaper, Center spread “The Color of life”, Chicago, IL, Sep. 11, 2016
"Karina Llergo Best Show award”, Chicago Tribune Newspaper, Chicago, IL, June 13, 2016
“A beautiful day to celebrate art”, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper, St. Louis, MO, May 2016
"Blink" art catalog, Art Design Consultants, 2015, 2016
"Archaeology for the Woman's Soul", poetry book, Chicago, IL , 2014
Woman Art 278 Magazine, Feb. 2014
Cover on “East on Central,” Journal of Art, Highland Park, IL, 2012
Solo and Group Exhibitions
2021 Gallery five, Highland Park, IL
Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL
Village fine art gallery, Detroit, MI
2019 Art Comes Alive ACA show, ADC’s Gallery in the Sky, Cincinnati, OH
Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018 Village fine art gallery, Detroit, MI
2019 Studio Show, Northbrook, IL (also 2015-2018)
2017 East on Central Water creative exchange, Highland Park, IL
Artist in residence Art exhibit, Northbrook Library, IL
Art in City Hall: The artwork of East on Central, Highland Park, IL
2016 Art Comes Alive ACA show, ADC’s Gallery in the Sky, Cincinnati, OH
2015 12th annual Originals Juried Art Exhibit, Northbrook Library, IL
2014 11th annual Originals Juried Art Exhibit, Northbrook Library, IL
2014 Village Hall, Northbrook, IL
2013 Hispanic Heritage, Global Latino Fest, Germania Palace, Chicago IL
2013 8th Global Latino Fest, Museum of Broadcast Communications, Chicago, IL
2012 Life Dance, Gallery G, Glencoe, IL
Face to face, Boocoo Cultural Center, Evanston, IL
2008 Las Guadalupanas, Scalenus Gallery, Mexico City
Quatro, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
2007 Emartea VIII, Ataranzas Cultural Center, Veracruz, MX
Milleret, Colegio Asunción, Mexico City
2006 Woman in Art, Colegio de las Vizcainas, Mexico City
Juried Art Fair Exhibitions
2021 The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival, The Woodlands. TX (also 2019)
Alexandria Old Town Art Festival, Alexandria, VA
Art fair on the square, Madison, WI (also 2018)
ArtiGras Fine Art Festival, Jupiter, FL (also 2020)
Bayou City Art Festival, Houston, TX (also 2019)
ArtFest Fort Myers, Fort Myers, FL
Naples National art show, Naples FL (also 2020)
Shadyide Art Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
Lakeview east Festival of arts, Chicago, IL (also 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013)
Sarasota Festival of the Art, Sarasota, FL
Gold Coast Art Fair, Chicago, IL (also 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012)
Wells street art festival, Chicago, IL (also 2015)
Ford Art, beats and eats, Royal Oak, MI (also 2019, 2018)
Millennium Art Festival of arts, Chicago, IL (also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013)
Southport Art Festival, Chicago, IL
2020
Port Clinton Art Festival, Highland Park, IL (also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2014, 2013)
Mount Dora arts festival, Mount Dora, FL
Glencoe Festival of Art, Glencoe, IL (also 2013)
Evanston Art Festival, Evanston, IL (also 2016, 2015)
2019 Old Town Art Fair, Chicago IL