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Years

  • 2003 - 2004 Center for Conciliation and Arbitration, Chamber of Commerce Costa Rica.
  • 2004 - 2005 Manager, Plaza Rohmoser Mall.
  • Part-owner of an art gallery - Urban Gallery.
  • 2006 - 2012 Manager, Art Division, Jiménez and Tanzi-Pebeo. A company with 12 stores which sells art products. Responsible for selecting and importing art materials for sale in stores.
  • 2009 - 2012 Committee member of National Institute of Learning with regard to content of art curriculum. The Institute provides education in many technical areas including art.
  • 2007 Paid teacher by Ministry of Education for workshop "Pedagogy of The Plastic Art", University of Sciences and Art, Costa Rica. 5-8 November.
  • 2009 Paid teacher by Ministry of Education for workshop "Pedagogy of The Plastic Art", University of IberoAmericana. September.
  • 2009 Commissioned by Costa Rican and North American Cultural Center to make The Pig Parade. A collection of 50 unique clay pigs which were all sold. (See Press Reports in PowerPoint Presentation).
  • 2010 Created and organized an international art contest between Costa Rica and France supported by Jimenez & Tanzi and Pebeo companies. Bienal de las Aguas.
  • 2011- 2012 Manager of art merchandise purchase and sales for Guilá Group of 10 stores.
  • 2011 Organized charity art auction at Studio Art Hotel, San José. October.
  • 2012 Coordinator and organizer of an exhibition "Vanguardia Popular", Museum of Contemporary Art, San José. February 23.
  • 2012 Organizer of internal art competition "HP Young Picaso" for Hewlett Packard, San José.
  • 2012 - 2013 Manager of marketing and sales for the magazine Art Signs.
  • 2012 Event organizer for Art Signs exhibition and charity auction MERI-Art. August 28.
  • 2012 - Director and owner of small private art school "BodegART School of Art, Costa Rica". Ten students of 3 hours each per week in small classes: painting, oil, acrylic, watercolor, collage, use of mixed media. Specialist techniques of the impressionist masters. Management of textiles, dyeing. Etching techniques, sculpting with nontraditional waste materials, Teaching children in tempera engraving.
  • 2014 - 2017 Created a cultural link between the cities of Omaha, NE and San Jose, Costa Rica with 3 cultural exchanges being held - two Costa Rican exhibitions - one at Nicholas Gallery in Hot Shops Art Center and one at Artists’s Cooperative, Old Market, Omaha. Third exhibition was by Omaha artists in Costa Rica at the North American Cultural Center (Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano CCCN).
  • 2016- Member of the Artists’ Cooperative Fine Art Gallery, Omaha, NE.
  • 2017 - Member of Hot Shops Art Center in Omaha, NE with own Studio in room 310.

Years

  • Dec 12 2001 - Melico Salazar Gallery, San José.
  • Aug 13 2009 - Costa Rican North American Cultural Center - Pig Parade.
  • Aug 11 2011 - Costa Rican North American Cultural Center to make the second Pig Parade. A second collection of 50 unique clay pigs.
  • Aug 26 2011 "Faces" in the House of Carthaginian Culture, Cartago.
  • Sept 5 2013 - Center for Conciliation and Arbitration, Chamber of Commerce Costa Rica funded my exhibition of paintings in Hotel San Jose Palazio and also commissioned me to create 7 prizes, shoe scupltures, for the winners of the Best Woman in Business 2013.
  • Oct 2 2015 - The Diner, Omaha, Nebraska.
  • Oct 9 2017 - JCC Jewish Community Center

Years

  • Jun 27 2001 - Opening of "Angels" paintings, Sala Jardines del Recuerdo, Desamparados, CR.
  • Oct 20 2006 - Opening of Urban Gallery, a collective of 7 artists, San José.
  • Apr 21 2007 - Expression of Human Naked Exposure. Artist Refuge Gallery, 26 exhibitors. One month followed by two month Road Show with the presentation at CUP College Gallery, Puntarenas and Casa del Artista Gallery, Heredia.
  • Oct 10 2007 - Art Nature group of artists in The Museum de la Carta Fabriano, Italy.
  • Oct 16 2007 - Art Nature group of artists in Lavior Municipal Gallery, Gemenos, Marseille, France.
  • Dec 4 2007 - Art Nature group of artists in the National Gallery, Costa Rica.
  • Apr 2008 - International Festival of the Arts (FIA), CR.
  • Jun 7 2008 - Exhibition and Inauguration of Art Visions Gallery, CR.
  • Oct 23 2008 - Inauguration of the Group of 20 Artists, Art Now Gallery, Plaza Tabriz, Escazu, CR.
  • Nov 20 2008 - Inauguration of the Group of 20 Artists, Art Visions Gallery, CR.
  • Mar 2009 - Group of 20 Artists in Embrujarte Fair, Escazu.
  • May 21 2009 - Group of 20 Artists exhibition of "Cave Paintings", Hotel Corteza Amarilla Art Lodge & Spa, Cuidad Colon.
  • May 26 2009 - Group of 20 Artists exhibition of new "Cave Paintings", Instituto de México, CR.
  • Oct 5 2009 - Group of 20 Artists exhibition "Tribute to Osa", CR.
  • Nov 2 2009 - Group of 20 Artists exhibition in Embrujarte Fair, CR.
  • Nov 17 2009 - Group of 20 Artists exhibition in Union Club, CR.
  • May 27 2010 - Group of 20 Artists exhibition of recycled materials, CR.
  • Aug 8 2010 - Group of 6 artists participated in a Symposium of Painting and Sculpture "The Spirit of Diversity of our Fragile Planet", Toronto, Canada.
  • Aug 20 2010 - Group of 6 artists exhibited paintings in Leonardos Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
  • Nov 18, 2010 - The 20 Artists Group Exhibition, Gallery Genesis “CONTRASTES” Workshop, San José, CR.
  • Oct 2011 - Participant at Public Auction for THIAGO Studio Art Hotel, San José, CR.
  • July 2012 - Participant in the exhibition NATIONAL OPEN of painting, National Museum of Costa Rican Art, La Sabana, San José CR.
  • Oct 11, 2012 - Gallery House of Culture José Ferrer Figuérez exhiibition of Group UNARVI Artists Association.
  • Oct 18, 2012 - Erotic Art collective exhibition "WHISPERS-ME" Brazilian Cultural Center Gallery in Santa Ana, San José.
  • Jun 6, 2013 - Juan Santamaría Museum, group art exhibition "Plastic Window" Collective Meeting, Alajuela, CR
  • Aug 13, 2013 - Brazilian Cultural Foundation Center Gallery, exhibition "BRAZIL WOMAN", Paseo Colón, San José.
  • Oct 18, 2013 - "Susurra-me", Fudacion de Cultura difusion y Estudios Brasilanios, San Jose, CR.
  • Dec 5, 2013 - "Encuentro cultura", Restaurant Antologia, San Jose, CR.
  • Mar 4 2014 - Collective Exhibition,” Women's Footprints”, Gallery of National Training Institute INA, CR. Three weeks.
  • Sep 12, 2014 - Costa Rican exhibition in Art in Motion Gallery, New York, NY.
  • Sep 26, 2014 - Multicultural Contemporary Art Exhibition, Old Library Gallery, Pawnee City, NE.
  • Mar 2, 2015 - Palacio Legislativo "Despues del Estio", Morelia, Michoachan, Mexico.
  • Mar 11, 2015 - "Favelas", Fundacion de Cultura difusion y Estudios Brasilanos, San Jose, CR.
  • Jun 12-14, 2015 - Contemporary International Artists of the Museum of the Americas at Le Louvre, Paris, France.
  • Oct 9-24, 2015 - Paul Fisher Gallery, "Contemporary Art Projects USA", West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
  • Nov 20- Dic 2, 2015 - Heights Studio and Gallery "A Tribute to Javier Carbonell" Houston, Texas USA
  • Feb 20 Mar 9, 2016 - Museum of the Americas "Woman in Art 2016" Institute of Hispanic Culture Houston,Texas, USA.
  • May 2 Contest 2016 - "Old Market Business Association" 2nd Place.
  • May 28-Apr 29, 2016 - "Power Color" Micholas Gallery, Hot Shops Art Center, Cultural Exchange Omaha- Costa Rica. Omaha, NE
  • Jun 3- 26, 2016 - Fine Art Gallery "Life in Color" Artists' Cooperative Omaha, Cultural Exchange
  • Set 18 to Oct 17 2016 - Impressions of Costa Rica "Pura Vida" Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha NE
  • Nov 29 2016 -1 Jan 2017 - Every Face Tell a Story, Artist's Cooperative Fine Gallery, Omaha NE
  • Nov 19, 2016 - 29 Jan 2017 - Primiun Art Basel Season 2016 Curator's Voice Art Proyect. Curator Dr. Milagros Bello's.
  • Nov 30- Dic 4 2016 - Spectrum Art Basel Booth 807, Miami Florida
  • Dic 3 2016 to 3 Jan 2016 - "Symbols" Cultura Exchange Omaha Costa Rica. Omaha, NE
  • Jan 26 to March 27, 2017 - Temtation, Flirtation & Crazy Love, Nicholas Gallery at Hot Shops Art Center.
  • April to May 2017 - Vision Gallery openning Canada Toronto
  • June 9 to 11 2017 - Gallery One, First National Bank, Omaha Art Fair.
  • Sep 2 to Oct 30 2017 - Costa Rica: Pura Vida, Rialito Center Fort he Arts Atlanta, Georgia
  • Oct 3 to 29, 2017 - Veau Trevail ACG Artist’s Cooperative Fine Gallery Omaha, Nebraska
  • 2 Dic 2017 - Opening Exhibition Studio 310 Art Morera Studio Hot Hops Art Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
  • 5 January 2018 - Artist Choosing Artists, Gallery The Burkholder Project, Lincoln, Nebraska.
  • 7 March 2018 - 17 Lunas, International Woman Day,Costa Rican Woman Colective Exhibition, Bogarte Gallery, Plaza Antares.
  • 6-7 -8 April, 2018 - CenturyLink Art Exhibition.
  • 28-29 April 2018 - Spring Open House, Hot Shops Art Center.
  • 21 May -June 2018 - The Burkholder Project Opening

Years

  • Oct 3, 2006 - Tico Times Newspaper inauguration Urban Gallery.
  • Oct 21, 2006 - The Nation newspaper page 20 A, Aldea Global, article: Art Gallery offers, Workshops and Culture
  • Apr 24, 2007 - "La Nación" Aldea Global section 20 A, item name, "Exhibition Presents nudes without prudishness"
  • 2007 - Styles & Homes Magazine Edition No. 51 page 394, item name, "Naked Beauty Flor de Piel"
  • 10 Nov 2008 - Newspaper La República, Magazine section, title name, "Birth of the 20 Artists' group."
  • Nov 18, 2008 - Newspaper La Prensa Libre page 19, name of title "Painters and Sculptors come together and form a group of artists." The 20 Artists.
  • Nov 2008 - Newspaper La Nación, Aldea Global section page 20, title name, "New Artists Collective exhibits their first exhibition." The 20 Artists.
  • Nov 2008 - Newspaper La Extra, page 18, "Sculptors and Painters bind." The 20 Artists.
  • Jan 2009 - Magazine Styles & House # 58, "20 reasons to support art." The 20 Artists.
  • May 2009 - Styles & Home Issue # 59, page 375 and 367, report "Pebeo 2008 Alliance Française Prize award."
  • 2009 - Styles & Homes, Edition 60, page 338 and 339, exhibition Rupestre.
  • 2009 - Styles & Homes, Edition 62, the report, La Chanchada.
  • May 22, 2009 - La Nación newspaper, section Arts and Letters 17 A, page 22 A, report, La Chanchada.
  • Oct 9, 2009 - La República newspaper page 9, title name, "Tribute to Osa."
  • Jun 2013 - Magazine of the newspaper La República, page 13, report "National Talent."
  • Jul 12 20013 - Newspaper La Prensa Libre, section Actualidad, page 17, report "Art Alborada prize award, made by Elisa Morera."
  • Nov 5, 2013 - La Prensa Libre newspaper, People section, page 5, report on works by Elisa Morera, title, "Corporal Sensuality in Harmony with Nature."
  • May 6, 2016 - World Herald "Artwork set of banners at Ms Pub Suite"
  • Jun 10, 2016 - The Reader, "Life in Color" Omaha, NE.
  • The Reader Article
  • Nov 2016 - Important World Artist Vol. 2 Pag 74, 75
  • Important World Artist

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