Hailey E. Herrera
hailey.art@gmail.com
Education
Watermedia, self directed, 2011-current
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 2004–2005 (under maiden name)
Ph.D. Texas A&M University, College Station, 2004 (under maiden name)
Career Highlights
2024 Featured and interviewed in Texas A&M Today, Aggie Artist Revisits Site of Artwork Painted to Honor Texas State Parks
2024 Featured in Voyage Houston magazine, January edition, North Loops’s Rising Stars
2023 The 1st place and Jerry’s Artarama Award, The ARTS International 2023-Road Trips, ARTS Gorman Gallery, Schulenburg, TX
2023 Published in: The Art of Texas State Parks, A Centennial Celebration, 1923-2023, TAMU Press, Andrew Sansom and Linda J. Reaves
2021-current Selected as a featured artist among 1+ million artists and displayed on the front page of artist directory in Fine Art America
2021 Featured in Sourthwest Art magazine, March/April edition, Deep in the Heart: 12 Texas Artists to Collect
2020 The 1st place, Water Challenge Art Show, Houston Art Society
2020 Best of Show, DEGART 2020: the 1st International Art Exhibition and Competition
2020 One of 15 chosen artists, HeARTbeat of Bryan Art Project, Bryan, TX
2020 Cover arts for Natural Awakenings magazines: South Carolina Edition, and Metro Phoenix & Northern Arizona Edition
2019 Recognized as a Centennial Artist, Art of Texas Parks Project
2018 Cover art for the Blue Jay Jazz Festival, San Bernardino Mountains
2016 Co-author of The Art of Painting Sea Life in Watercolor: Master Techniques for Painting Spectacular Sea Animals in Watercolor (Lake Forest, California: Walter Foster Publishing)
2015 Elected as a signature member, Watercolor Art Society - Houston, TX
2015 Published in: Splash 16-The Best of Watercolor: Exploring Texture, North Light Books, Rachel Rubin Wolf, ed. and featured in Southwest Art Magazine
2015 Chosen as the featured artist by Willow Pond Aqua Farm, Canadaigua, NY
2014 Elected as a signature member, Texas Watercolor Society
2014 Featured on the front page of Fine Art America and Pixel licensing
2014 Best in Show, Texas Reds Steak and Grape Festival, 2013 and featured on billboard for Texas Reds Steak and Grapes Festival, Bryan
2013 The 1st place, Brazos Valley Art League Judged Show, College Station, TX
2012 Herweck’s Award, Texas Watercolor Society
2012 Best of Show, Brazos Valley Art League/Lone Star Art Guild Judged Show
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Invitational, Color Harmony and Beauty in Nature, Cultural Activity Center, Temple, TX
2022 A stroll through Texas parks and nature, Degallery, Bryan, TX
2020 Invitational, Nature’s Brilliance: Contemplations of Color and Seasons, SEAD Gallery, Bryan, TX
2019 Invitational, A Certain Light in Spring, Satori Gallery, Houston, TX
2018 Rhapsody in Hue, The Gallery Downtown, Navasota, TX
2017 Invitational, Fresh Paint: Watermedia Abstracts, Elm Street Studio, Keller, TX
2017 Invitational Calligraphy+Color, SEAD Gallery, Bryan, TX
2016 Into the Woods, SEAD Gallery, Bryan, TX
2013 Brazos Valley Council of Governments, Bryan, TX
2013 Invitational, Experiments in Watermedia, Art979 Gallery, Bryan, TX
Group Exhibitions
2024-2025 Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX
2024 The Old Jail Museum, Albany, TX
2024 Eclipse: Shining Shadows, Art Center Waco, Waco, TX
2024 The Art of Texas State Parks, A Centennial Art Exhibition, J Wayne Stark Galleries, Texas A &M University, College Station, TX
2024 A Collection of Perspectives, Texas State University at Round Rock, TX
2023-2024 Art of Texas Parks, Honoring Texas State Parks through a Contemporary Lens, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX
2023 Noun: People, Places, Things, Ardest Gallery, The Woodlands, TX
2023 ARTS International - Road Trips, ARTS Gorman Gallery, Schulenburg, TX
2023 Art of Texas Parks, Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX
2023 Art of Texas Parks, Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, TX
2023 Art à la Carte, Waco Art Center, Waco, TX
2022 (Three person) Invitational, The Colors and Nature and Music, The Arts Council of Brazos Valley, College Station, TX
2022 The Art of Texas Parks, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, TX
2022 Professional Artists of Central Texas, The Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
2022 Each of Us…All of Us, Cultural Activity Center, Temple, TX
2022 The Bryan-College Station Community Showcase, James R. Reynolds Gallery, College Station, TX
2022 Fresh Paint 2022, Bryan Contemporary Artists, Degallery, Bryan, TX
2021 Happy Birthday Texas-All the symbols in Texas in art, Degallery, Bryan, TX
2020 DEGART 2020: 1st International Art Exhibition & Competition, Bryan, TX
2020 Invitational, Summer Showcase, Ross Gallery at Arts for Rural Texas, Fayetteville, TX
2019 Invitational, Summer Art Show, Cultivate 7Twelve, Waco, TX
2018 (Three Person) Invitational, Retrospective, SEAD Gallery, Bryan, TX
2017-2018 (Two Person) Invitational, Satori X SEAD: an artistic collaboration, Satori Gallery, Houston, TX
2017 Invitational, Visions and Voices of Festival Hill, Round Top Festival Institute, TX
2017 Fusion—Music for the Eyes II, The Gallery at Round Top, Round Top, TX
2016 Birds of a Feather, Keller Town Hall, Keller, TX
2016 Invitational, Artists Changing Tomorrow International Exhibition, Fayetteville, TX
2015 The annual National Juried Show, National Society of Artists, Clute, TX
2015 Valley Impressions, Beyond Arts Gallery, Harlingen, TX
2015 (Five Person) Views of The Valley though Artists Eyes, SEAD Gallery, Bryan, TX
2015 (Five Person) Papillon’s Spring Art Show, Waco, TX
2014 Annual International Exhibition, Watercolor Art Society-Houston (WAS-H)
2014 One View, Many Viewpoints, Ross Gallery at Arts for Rural Texas, Fayetteville, TX
2014 Texas Watercolor Society National Exhibition, The Radius Center, San Antonio, TX
2013 Annual International Exhibition, Watercolor Art Society-Houston (WAS-H), Houston, TX
2013-2014 College Station: A Community History, George H. W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum, College Station, TX
2013 Woman’s Work: The Power and The Beauty, The Gallery at Round Top, Round Top, TX
2013 Texas Watercolor Society National Exhibition
2012 Texas Watercolor Society National Exhibition, San Antonio Art League and Museum, San Antonio, TX
Magazine, book, and Media
Aggie Artist Revisits Site of Artwork Painted to Honor Texas State Park, Texas A&M Today, 20204
Traveling Art Exhibition Honoring 100 Years Of Texas State Parks Comes To Texas A&M, Story - Texas A&M University, April, 2024
How to Sell Art Online in 2024: The Ultimate Guide, CNN, April 22, 2024
Voyage Houston magazine, January edition, North Loops’s Rising Stars,2024The Art of Texas State Parks, A Centennial Celebration, 1923-2023, TAMU Press, Andrew Sansom and Linda J. Reaves, 2023
ARTS Gorman Gallery holds International Show opening, The Schulenburg Sticker, July 25, 2023
Exploring Wimberley, The Edible Austin, Sep. 2023
The Heart of Art: Hailey E. Herrera - Watercolor Multimedia Artist, July 13,2022
Deep in the Heart: 12 Texas Artists to Collect, Sourthwest Art magazine, March/April edition, 2021
“SEAD Gallery Exhibit: “Natures Brilliance”, Maroon Weekly, Vol. 16, No.15, 2020
Cover arts for Natural Awakenings magazines: South Carolina Edition, and Metro Phoenix & Northern Arizona Edition, 2020
Artist Spotlight: Hailey Herrera, SEAD magazine, 2020
Cover art for the Blue Jay Jazz Festival, San Bernardino Mountains,2018
SATORI X SEAD: An artistic collaboration, INSITE Brazos Vallery magazine, October 5, 2017
The Art of Imperfection: Herrera’s art to cover SEAD Gallery, The Eagle, July 20, 2017
SEAD Gallery Presents Hailey Herrera’s “Calligraphy + Color: Watermedia Abstracts”, Insite Brazos Vallery magazine, July 11, 2017
Art Exhibit: Fresh Paint | Hailey Herrera, Art News DFW, DADA DAllas Dealers Association, Feb. 22, 2017
Art show to benefit Valley proud environmental council, Valley Star Inspire Magazine, May 7, 2016
The Art of Painting Sea Life in Watercolor: Master Techniques for Painting Spectacular Sea Animals in Watercolor (Lake Forest, California: Walter Foster Publishing) , 2016
Cover art for The One in the Cherry Tree, Jan Robert Sailor, samosabooks.eu
Catalog, 38th International Exhibition, Watercolor ARt Society-Houston, 2015
Splash 16-The Best of Watercolor: Exploring Texture, North Light Books, Rachel Rubin Wolf, ed. and featured in Southwest Art Magazine,|2015
Catalog, 65th Annual Exhibition, Texas Watercolor Society, 2014
Catalog, 37th International Exhibition, Watercolor Art Society-Houston, 2014
“Downtown art fair showcases community talent”, The Battalion, p.2, 2014
Catalog, 36th 2013 International Exhibition, Watercolor Art Society-Houston, 2013
Catalog, Texas Watercolor Society, San Antonio Art League & Museum, p.17, 2012
Selected Public Collections
BDO USA, San Antonio, TX
J. Wayne Stark Galleries Permanent Collection, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Duke’s Texan BBQ in Heredia, Costa Rica
Texas A&M University Press, The Frank H. Wardlaw Collection of Texas Art
Cork & Bull, M&M Hospitality Group, Suffolk, VA
Laser Answering Service, College Station, TX
Art for Rural Texas, Fayetteville, TX
Perception, Inc. Seoul, South Korea
Margaritaville Lake Resort, Lake Conroe|Houston
Texas A&M Student Business Services, College Station, TX
St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
The Buffalo Coalition Neighborhood Association, Las Vegas, Nevada
Numerous installations via independent designers or designer companies
Selected Private Collections
Amite, LA; Asheville, NC; Austin, TX; Breckenridge, TX; Bryan, TX; Cataula, GA; Charlotte, NC; Chuncheon, Kangwon-Do, South Korea; College Station, TX; Corinth, TX; Dallas, TX; Fayetteville, AR; Fermandina Beach, FL; Flower Mound, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Frisco, TX; Fullerton, CA; Gloucester Point, VA; Harlingen, TX; Keller, TX; Houston, TX; Kingsland, TX; Lattingtown, NY; Manor, TX; Lubbock, TX; Milano, TX; Morgantown, PA; New York, NY; North Zulch, TX; Norristown, PA; Round Rock, TX; Round Top, TX; Saint Simons Island, GA; San Antonio, TX; San Marcos, TX; Santa Fe, TX; Short Hills, NJ; Sparks, NV; Seoul, South Korea; Spring, TX; Suffolk, VA; Troy, TX; Twin Cities, MN; WACO, TX; West Berlin, NJ; Williamsburg, VA; Wodinville, WA;
Teaching/Work Experience
Watercolor instructor, Degallery / DEGA International Art Association, 2019-current
Watercolor instructor, City of College Station Parks & Recreation, 2012-May 2024
Watercolor instructor, Purple Turtle Art Studio, 2015-2017
Family workshop instructor, Stark Gallery, Texas A&M University, 2013
Current Affiliations
DEGA International Art Association
Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art
Professional Artists of Central Texas
Signature member of Artists Changing Tomorrow
Art Center Waco
Bryan Contemporary Artists
Past Affiliations
Houston Art Society
Big Medium
Signature member of Texas Watercolor Society
Signature member of Watercolor Art Society-Houston
Brazos Valley Art League
Current Gallery Representations
HeH: Herrera Collection and Studio, Bryan, TX
Degallery, Bryan, TX
220 Fine Art Gallery, Wimberley, TX
Mill Street Art Gallery, New Braunfels, TX
The Frame Gallery Downtown, Bryan, Tx
The Arts Council Community Gallery at the Hilton, College Station, TX
SAATCHI ART
Past Gallery Representations
The Gallery at Round Top, Round Top, TX
Weiler House Fine Art Gallery, Forth Worth, TX
SEAD Gallery, Bryan, TX
The Frame Gallery, Bryan, TX
Artist Statement
https://www.haileyherrera.com/artists-statement