Lorena Fernandez – Artist in Residence
Lorena Fernandez, Ph.D., is a multidisciplinary artist and poet whose artworks are exhibited and collected internationally. She is Associate Faculty of Person-Centered Expressive Arts, and Member of the Board at the International Expressive Art Therapy Association, IEATA, where she Chairs the Artists Committee. She has been a reader for the Flamenco Poets Society since 2012.
Lorena was born and raised in the Andes Mountains of Venezuela, and moved to the United States at age 18. She has studied and worked in Texas, California, Singapore, and Switzerland. Currently, Lorena lives between Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Houston, Texas, USA.
Lorena has been always interested in poetry and art-based collaboration. She is inspired by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Frida Kahlo, Yayoi Kusama, and Jean-Michel Basquiat.