Gabriella B Scott

Born and raised in Italy, Gabriella Boschi Scott moved to Monterrey, Mexico and subsequently to San Antonio, TX, where she has resided since 1986. Following work as an international retail and marketing consultant, she earned a Master’s degree in Art History from the University of Texas at San Antonio and has participated in research and curatorial work on Latin American modern and contemporary art. She is currently Adjunct Professor of Art History at the University of the Incarnate Word.

• M.A., Art History, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2014
• B.A., Art History, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2009
• B.A., Finance, University of Texas at San Antonio, 1994

Curatorial:

October 12 – November 21, 2016 - Curator – UTSA Main Gallery – “Jorge Yázpik: From Sacred Geometries to Modern Topographies.” First U.S. exhibition of works by Mexican sculptor Jorge Yázpik. https://issuu.com/utsaart/docs/yazpik_catalog_issuu

Spring 2012: Assistant Curator to Dr. Teresa Eckmann for the UTSA 2012 Exhibition “Posada´s Broadsheets – Of Love and Betrayal”. https://issuu.com/utsaart/docs/posadacat

Fall 2010: Exhibition Neo-Mexicanism, A New Figuration: Mexican Art of the 1980s at the Instituto Cultural de México in San Antonio, curated by Dr. Teresa Eckmann. Contributed two catalog essays and translated object labels from English to Spanish.

Museum/Gallery Experience:

Spring 2011: Internship at the San Antonio Museum of Art under the supervision of Dr. Marion Oettinger, Kelso Curator of Latin American Art.

Fall 2008: Internship at The Blue Star Contemporary Art Space of San Antonio under the supervision of Bill FitzGibbons, Executive Director.

Teaching:

January 2016 to Present: Adjunct Professor of Art History at The University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX. Courses taught: Ancient to Medieval Art Survey, Renaissance to Modern Art Survey, Survey of Modern Art, Modern to Contemporary Mexican Art, Contemporary Art, Issues in Contemporary Art.

Fall 2015 – Winter 2016 - Art Institute of San Antonio – Instructor – Course taught: Renaissance to Contemporary Art Survey.

Spring 2011: Teaching Assistant to Dr. Teresa Eckmann for a Modern Art Survey class at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Business:

1991-1998 Vice-President, Marketing CIBOLO GROUP, San Antonio, TX International Exports and Retail Consulting – Latin American Market

1989-1991 General Manager INDUSTRIAS BASICAS INTL.(A Division of VitroCorp.)

1986-1989 Marketing Manager INDUSTRIAS BASICAS INTL.(A Division of VitroCorp.) San Antonio, TX Marketing of Industrial Equipment, Chemicals and Raw Materials

November 7, 2015: Lecturer – The Day of the Dead Tradition in Mexican Art. Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin. Lecture and panel discussion on topics related to the Day of the Dead tradition.

August 31, 2015: Lecturer – Modern and Contemporary Mexican Art as seen through the SAMA collection. Lecture for the San Antonio Museum of Art docent education seminar.

October 11, 2011: Lecturer – ‘Cadáveres de madre e hija’ de José Guadalupe Posada: violencia, género y espacio en el contexto de la producción del miedo, presented at the IV Encuentro de Investigación y Documentación de Artes Visuales. Tiempos oscuros. Violencia, Arte y Cultura – CENIDIAP (Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes México) – Mexico City (subsequently published by CENIDIAP).

Windsurfing, kayaking, fitness, reading (science fiction, history), opera, travel, cooking, graphic novels, board games and of course, art, spectacle and visual culture in any shape and form.

OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT LIFE AWARD by the College of Fine and Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at San Antonio, 2013

UTSA COLLEGE OF LIBERAL AND FINE ARTS CONFERENCE 2011
Graduate Research paper – 5th Place

UTSA COLLEGE OF LIBERAL AND FINE ARTS CONFERENCE 2010
Graduate Research Paper – 2nd Place

Languages:

• Italian and Spanish: fluent in reading, writing, and speaking;
• French: reading comprehension level.
• Latin: reading comprehension level and some translations.

• Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art
• Global Contemporary Art/Post-colonial modernism
• American Scene (Regionalism/Precisionism/Social realism)

• Art History Survey 1 - Ancient to Medieval Art
• Art History Survey 2 - Renaissance to Modern
• History of Modern Art (from Realism to Pop)
• Modern to Contemporary Art of Mexico
• Contemporary Art
• Topics in Contemporary Art - Seminar