EDUCATION
2005 MFA, Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi
1993 BFA, Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, TX
PROFESSIONAL POSITION:
5/01/17 – Current
Associate Professor of Art Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Joe Peña: Nocturnal Musings, Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX. (November 2022)
2021 Joe Peña: Nightscapes, Victoria College, Victoria, TX
2020 Joe Peña: The Last Stop Series, Presa House Gallery, San Antonio, TX
(Received Contemporary Art Month “2020 Cammie” excellence award by the
San Antonio Museum of Art)
Joe Peña: Corpus Nocturns, KSpace Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
Joe Peña: Nightfall, University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Tx
2019 Joe Pena: A Sense of Place, Laredo College, Laredo, TX.
2018 Joe Peña: Summer Nocturnes, Houston Community College, Houston, TX
Camaradas: Pena and Ricardo Ruiz, Mi Vida Loca Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
2017 Joe Peña: Texas Nocturnes, University of Mary Hardin – Baylor, Belton, TX
Joe Peña: Last Stop, Sul Ross University, Alpine, TX
Joe Peña: Food Trucks at Night, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
Voracious Spaces, Rockport Art Center, Rockport, TX
Joe Peña: Lineage, College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX
2016 Corner Nocturnes in Ink, Leal Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2015 Studio Orbits: Ruiz & Pena (two person exhibition), Art Museum of
South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX2014
Invisible Territory, Avis Frank Gallery, Houston, TX
2012 Joe Peña: Recent Work, Islander Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
2011 Of Figures and Flesh, Talento Bilenque de Houston, Houston, TX
2006 Joe Peña: Transitions, Kucera Gallery, Art Center of Corpus Christi, TX
2005 Joe Peña: Penetrating the Landscape, Islander Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
2002 Joe Peña: Recent Works, IV Artspace, San Antonio, TX
2001 Resistance, 26th ST. Gallery, New York, NY
2000 New York Portraits, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Soy de Tejas, Centro de Artes, San Antonio, TX (February 2023). Upcoming
invitational with artists selected by Pressa House Gallery, San Antonio, TX.
2022 The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside,
CA.
2021 De Colores: Recent work by Latinx Artists, Johns Creek Art Center, Johns Creek,
GA (Awarded 2nd place)
Viewing Room: Presa House Fifth Year Anniversary Exhibition, Presa House Gallery, San
Antonio, TX
Los Camaradas: Six Texas Painters, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
Is Texas Painting? Painting Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Re-Mastered, Galeria Galvan, Corpus Christi, TX
2020 Bruno Andrade: The Legacy of an Artists-Educator, South Texas College,
McAllen, TX
2019 Guadalupe, Mi Vida Loca Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
Joe Peña: Remembering Bruno, Mi Vida Loca Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
Open 30 Juried Exhibition, Laredo College, Laredo, TX
Confluence: The Art Faculty Biennial, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX.
Selections from the Collection: Latino and Latina Heart Work, Art Museum of South
Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
2018 Remembering Bruno, Mi Vida Loca Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
Portrait Society of America: Texas Exhibition, Breckenridge Fine Arts Center,
Breckenridge, TX.
Los Tejanos: Chicano Art from the Collection of Cheech Marin, Art Museum of South
Texas, Corpus Christi, TX (Traveling Exhibition)
K Space in the House, Presa House Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2017 Texas Biennial 2017, Austin, TX
Mexican-American Perspectives, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
Tidal Shift: Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Art Faculty Biennial, Art Museum
of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
IV ArtSpace Retrospective, Presa House Gallery, San Antonio, TX
51st Small Sculpture and Drawing Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX.
Hambidge 2017 Art Auction and Gala, Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and
Sciences, Atlanta, GA.
2016 Hambidge 2016 Art Auction and Gala, Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and
Sciences, Atlanta, GA
2015 Chicanitas: Small Paintings from the Cheech Marin Collection, Art Museum of South
Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
Selecciones de la Coleccion Permanente, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
2015 Human Rights & Hispanic Experience Exhibition, Kean University, Union, NJ
2014 Obras de Papel Pequeños, Oaxaca, Mexico
2013 Hispano-Epiphany, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
Corpus Pluralis: The Department of Art Faculty at TAMUCC, Art Museum of South Texas; Corpus Christi, TX
2012 The Power of Paint, Avis Frank Gallery, Houston, TX
We Are You, Kenkeleba Gallery, NY, NY. Traveling exhibition. Venues included New York,
Puerto Rico, Cuba, Brazil, and Mexico.
2012- Chicanitas: Small Paintings from the Cheech Marin Collection (Traveling),
2011 Museum of Monterey, Monterey CA.; Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mexa, AZ.; Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2011 Lone Star College Exhibition, University of Houston-CL, Houston, TX
2010 Drawn Out Death, Talento Bilenque de Houston, Houston, TX
Past, Present, and Future, KSpace Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
2008 Del Otro Lado, Art League of Houston, TX.
Hunting Art Prize Exhibition, Hunting, Inc., Houston, TX
New Art / Arte Nuevo: San Antonio 2008, University of Texas at San Antonio,
Jurors: Benito Huerta and Kathy Vargas, San Antonio, TX
Cataclysm and Creativity: Art in the Age of Uncertainty, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia (February 2008); traveling to Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, TX (September 2008)
2007 10 Printmakers, Art Center of Corpus Christi, TX
Comadres and Amigos, Galería Galván, Corpus Christi, TX
K Space at the Galería Galván, Galería Galván, Corpus Christi, TX
2006 Yla No.10: The 10th Annual Young Latino Artist Exhibition, Mexic-Art
Museum, Austin, TX., traveling to Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, TX
2006 New Work, (3 person Show) KSpace Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX.
2006 Rock, Paper, Scissors, (3 person show) Arbor Art House, San Antonio, TX.
2005 39th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College,
Corpus Christi, TX
2004 National Annual Juried Exhibition, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
Visual Perspectives: Selecions Hispanas, Del Mar College
Dimensions, Art Center of Corpus Christi, TX (Honorable Mention)
Coastal Connections, Weil Gallery, Texas A&M University -Corpus Christi, Tx
2003 Behind the Green Door III, Green Door Gallery, New York, NY
The Dubious Alphabet, Tompkins Square Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary Artists From South Texas, Simon Michael Gallery, Coastal
Bend College, Beeville, TX.
2002 Holiday Exhibition, Babcock Galleries, New York, NY
21th Annual Metro Show, National Juried Exhibition, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ. Traveling to Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ; Les Malaut Art Gallery, Union, NJ; Palmer Museum, Springfield, NJ; Johnson Public Library, Hackensack, NJ.
Little Gems, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, Tx
Take Heart, Wilhelmi/Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
2001 Masterpieces, South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, TX
XMust, Wilhelmi/Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
2000 21th Annual Metro Show, National Juried Exhibition, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ. Traveling to Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ; Les Malaut Art Gallery, Union, NJ; Palmer Museum, Springfield, NJ; Johnson Public Library, Hackensack, NJ. Best of show
In the Pink, South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, TX
1999 2 + 1, MB Modern Gallery, New York, NY
Now My Chaparral, Wilhelmi/Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
Preview the New, Wilhelmi/Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
1998 Reaction, 26th Street Gallery, New York, NY
Dia De Los Muertos, Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX
Artist Among Us, Wilhelmi/Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
Ballads and Sweet Dreams, Wilhelmi/Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
1997 Nature and Spirit: Three Artists in the ‘90’s, 26th ST. Gallery, New York, NY
Great Expectations, Wilhelmi/Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX
31st Annual Nation Small Drawing and Sculpture Show, Del Mar College,