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Mago Gil Alvarez

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Multidisciplinary artist sharing stories, emotions, and form.

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Our final exhibition celebrating the creativity, experimentation, and storytelling possible through paper-based art: In Paper We Trust.
Thank you to the City of Houston and the Houston Arts Alliance @houstonartsalliance for supporting this project through their generous grant and for continuing to invest in local artists and creative communities.

A very special thank you to our curator, Maria Chevez @artspace.chez whose guidance helped shape this experience from beginning to end.

Check out our amazing artists👇

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In Paper We Trust Open Call 2026 has invited Houston-based artists to exhibit small-fomat works on paper and the exhibition will take place inside a converted box truck serving as a mobile gallery.

We are very pleased to share our participation in the Art Car Parade on April 11, this Saturday!

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My heart was so full this day. 🥹
As part of our programming for the Roots in Motion exhibition, we’re hosting one more guided tour (in Spanish) this Saturday at 1pm at the Glassell School of Art | MFAH.   Espero verte allí. 🪞

Thank you to my partner and talented photographer @hailens.y for documenting these moments.

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Tours!
It’s been so special to share the stories behind the work of: Roots in Motion. If you haven’t seen it yet, there’s still time! The exhibition is open to the public through April 12th Come experience it while it’s still on view.

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Artist: Michelle Andrea

Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Andrea is a visual artist exploring the theme of: Life Between Cultures; a study of heritage and belonging. She holds a BFA in Painting from Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN (2021) and an MBA in Art & Cultural Management from UIC Barcelona, Spain (2022). Andrea’s work is held in private collections, such as Eskenazi Health Grande Campus which acquired her series in 2023, and highlighted in publications such as Voyage Houston, IndyStar, and Open Bach Paris Gallery catalog.

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Artist: Rigo Miller
Born in Southern California to a Mexican American family with roots in Michoacán and Sinaloa, Rigo Miller studied at Otis College of Art and Design, California State University, Fullerton, and the Glassell School of Art. His background in Chicano culture informs his development of Chicano Abstract, a practice blending text, memory, and gestural abstraction. Using plexiglass to compress layered paint, he echoes the
pressures shaping Latino identity in the US. His work has appeared in regional museums, cultural institutions, and University of Houston public projects.

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Artist: Annalie Juan
Born in Houston, Texas to Mexican immigrant parents, Annalie is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and DJ who earned her Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Storytelling at Loyola
Marymount University. Her practice operates at the intersection of sound, text, image, and physical form, blending experimental and traditional techniques. And has occupied
spaces from the Centro Cultural Cinematográfico de México, the Laband Art Gallery in Los Angeles, and the airwaves of Ice House Radio.

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Artist: Nora Benalcazar
Born in Quito, Ecuador, based in the United States since 2004. She began studying art in 2012 at the Glassell School of Art, where her practice emerged from a healing process and evolved into a sustained artistic commitment. Working across painting and ceramics, she explores materiality, intuition, and emotional memory through abstraction. Benalcazar received her Painting Certification in 2024 and has exhibited at the Glassell School of Art Annual Student Exhibition, Kinder Morgan, and with LAWAH (Latin American Women Artists in Houston)

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Our exhibition is now open to the public. Featuring a compelling group of Latino artists, this presentation brings together diverse perspectives, narratives, and contemporary practices that explore culture and lived experience.

On view through April 12. We invite you to experience the work in person.

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Artist: Bibi Zambrano

Born in Monterrey, Bibi received a BFA from the University of Monterrey and a Post-Baccalaureate in New Genres of Art at the San Francisco Art Institute. She has exhibited her works and collaborated in various art projects in México. In Houston she has exhibited at Lawndale Art Center and Hardy & Nance studios. Bibi has been living in Houston for 25 years and is also a recording artist, a vegan chef and a yoga instructor.

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Artist: Hailey Reyes
Born and raised in Alief, Texas, Hailey Reyes is an artist whose practice examines immigrant narratives, memory, and cultural identity through archival collection, photojournalism, and image-making. Drawing from her family’s migration history across North and Central America, her work foregrounds personal and collective storytelling
shaped by movement and belonging. Reyes has participated in the Floyd Newsum Summer Studios Art Residency at Project Row Houses and was the inaugural Artist-in-Residence for the Casa Luz Spotlight Residency Program.

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Artist: Mago Gil
Born in Jalisco, Mexico. She has studied for six years at the Glassell School of Art and completed an artist
residency at the Burren College of Art in Ireland in 2023. In 2025, her painting Memories for Majua received
an award at Lawndale Art Center’s The Big Show. She is a figurative artist whose painting practice explores
Latin American identity as a living, evolving force.

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#raicesenmovimiento
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