Theresa Herrera

Baton Rouge Gallery Artist Member since: 1992

Education:
Masters of Fine Art, University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelors of Art, University of California, Los Angeles

Biography:
Theresa Herrera is a multimedia artist who oftentimes focuses specifically on socially conscious subject matter. Herrera often sources femininity, motherhood, sacred geometry as well as circular mandala patterns, hieroglyph, Celtic spirals and medieval labyrinths are familiar forms in her works which are created using transparent overlapping layers of various materials.

In the summer of 2005, ten students (from the New Orleans Dryades YMCA Andrew Young Leadership Academy), assisted her in designing and painting two murals for a public school in Bahia de Kino, Sonora, Mexico. Herrera has also worked as the Lead Artist in the creation of a 24 foot by 72 foot mural for the Bohn Ford Building owned by the Rhodes Family of Businesses in New Orleans .She again worked with a team of twelve public high school students and a few volunteers from the city of New Orleans.

“Katrina Ankh”
Pastels/Acrylics
48" x 48"
2006



“Mystery of Grace”
Pastels/Acrylics
48" x 48"
2006



“Surviving on Hope”
Pastels/Acrylics
48" x 48"
2006