Carlos Limas
(b.1970, México)
Limas received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Graphic Design from the Instituto Profesional de Arte y Diseño, Monterrey, México, and a BA in Studio Art from l’Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium. He completed a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), Edinburg, TX. He participated in a conceptual art residency at the Accademia di Brera in Milan, Italy, with artists Luciano Fabro and Diego Esposito. His primary media are photography, painting, and video. He has exhibited in solo and group art exhibitions at regional, national, and international levels, including México, Belgium, Slovakia, Italy, France, China and the USA.
He presented his 2021 solo show, “STILLNESS,” at the International Museum of Arts & Science, McAllen, TX, and “INTANGIBLE” in 2023 at Rusteberg Gallery, UTRGV, Brownsville, TX. He served as Chair of the School of Art Escuela Adolfo Prieto at CONARTE from 2006 to 2011 in Monterrey, México, creating multiple projects for the artistic community, including art workshops, artists' talks, and artist interviews for a local TV show. Limas lives and works in McAllen, Texas, teaching Digital Photography at South Texas College, and is the current Visual Arts Coordinator for the Visual Arts Department.