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Meet Julio Suarez


Julio Suarez
Visual Artist and Art Educator

Julio Suarez recalls drawing pictures
of animals on small colored paper pads
at age four. Throughout his educational
and professional life, he has integrated his
interest in art through drawing, designing
and painting. The Cuban-American artist
was raised in New York and graduated
from New York University and moved to
Plano, Texas in 1988.

His artwork primarily involves painting in
acrylic and watercolor in the style of the post-impressionists and Fauvists, particularly Matisse. Mixed media works, printmaking and graphic design are also part of his work.

As an illustrator, he has created personal greeting cards and marketing products. His artwork has been exhibited in galleries throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area and his paintings are part of private collections throughout the United States, Canada, China and Japan.

Julio specializes in teaching children and youth in diverse educational settings both in the public and private sectors. He has been teaching art for twenty years through various programs and is a member of the faculty at Holy Rosary Catholic School in Arlington, TX. He is an artist-in-residence with Big Thought (Young Audiences of North Texas) since 1995 and with Young Audiences of Northeast Texas in Tyler since 2007. Julio works annually with special needs children through the Plano Parks and Recreation Therapeutic program for over ten years. He has been an art enrichment teacher and mentor for private students.

Julio has recently conducted visual storytelling workshops with teens at the Allen Public Library in instructing students in creating one-panel cartoons for publication. He also works in digital storytelling educational programming with CAMP (Collaborating Artists Media Project) in Dallas. He is a contributing illustrator for the poetry book, Translating the Prairie: Plano, Texas in Words and Pictures, published in 2009.

Julio has presented lectures, teacher training and art-related workshops for many organizations including The Texas Alliance for Education, Texas Commission Against Drugs and Alcohol, City of Plano Arts Council, City of Dallas, Tyler ISD, Texas Association for Environmental Education and Very Special Arts Texas. He has served as art juror with Dallas Business Committee on the Arts, Plano ISD, Dallas ISD and in private and public schools in Texas. He works with the Navarro Council of the Arts directing annual children arts festivals in Corsicana, Texas. He is an active member of the Texas Commission on the Arts.


Julio Suarez
Artista Visual / Educador de Arte


Julio Suarez recureda haber dibujado animales en un cuaderno de papeles
de muchos colores a los 4 anos de edad. Durante todo su vida educacional y profesional, el ha integrado su interes en el arte haciendo dibujos, disenos y pinturas. El artista cubano-americano se crio en Nueva York y se graduo de NYU. En el 1988 se mudo para Plano, Tejas.

Las materias que el utiliza en sus obras de arte son pinturas acrilicas y de acuarelas principalmente. Su estilo de expresarse visualmente es como los artsitas de posimpresionismo y los ‘Fauvists”, especialmente Matisse. Ilustraciones de ‘mixed media’ (usando mas de una material en una obra de arte) , tecnicas de impresion y diseno grafico son partes de sus obras. Como ilustrador, el ha creado tarjetas de felicitacion y varios productos de comercializacion. Sus obras de arte se han exhibido en galerias por todo el area de Dallas y Fort Worth y sus pinturas se encuentran en colecciones privadas por todo los Estados Unidos, Canada, China y el Japon.

Julio se especializa en la ensenaza de ninos y jovenes en varios ambientes educacativos, en escuelas publicas y privadas. El ha ensenado el arte por veinte anos en varios programas y es miembro de la facultad de Holy Rosary Catholic School en Arlington, TX. El es un artista en residencia con la organizacion prestigiosa Big Thought ( Young Audiences of North Texas) desde 1995 y es un instructor de arte y conferenciante con Young Audiences of Northeast Texas en Tyler desde 2007. Julio da clases de arte terapeutico con ninos que requieren atencion especial en el Departemento de Parques y Recreacion de Plano desde 1991. El tambien continua dando clases privadas.

Julio presento un cursillo, ‘Visual Storytelling” (Contando Historias Visualmente) con adolecentes en la Allen Public Library donde el enseno el proceso de crear caricaturas para publicacion. Tambien, el trabaja con la organizacion CAMP en Dallas en ‘Digital Storytelling’ (Contando Historias Digitalmente) que usa tecnicas de fotografia digitales en proyectos narativos originales, combinando el arte visual con fotografia, musica, cinematografia y otras formas de arte. Se puede encontrar su ilustracion en el libro de poesia, Translating the Prairie: Plano, Texas in Words and Pictures, ,publicado en 2009.

Julio ha presentado conferencias, cursillos para profesores y cursos de muchos temas de arte para varias organizaciones incluyendo: The Texas Alliance for Education, Texas Commission Against Drugs and Alcohol, City of Plano Arts Council, City of Dallas, Tyler ISD, Texas Association for Environmental Education y Very Special Arts Texas. Suarez ha sido jurador de arte con Dallas Business Committee on the Arts, Plano ISD, Dallas ISD y en escuelas publicas y privadas en Texas. Colaborando con the Navarro Council of the Arts, Suarez ha dirijido diez festivales de arte para la comunidad escolastica de Corsicana, Texas. El es un miembro activo de Texas Commission on the Arts.




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