Biography

Amorette V. Garza-Morales (born: November 24, 1972) earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. She has work in the permanent collection of the Art Museum of South Texas, in Corpus Christi, Michael Manjarris, Paulette and Max Kluge collections and the Cheech Marin collection. Amorette is a full time Professor of Art at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas, her hometown.

Amorette’s work ranges in media from traditional wood and steel, to the more temporal such as paper, candy and gum.  The materials are conducive to the content of her work and reflect her personal experiences and memories that are influenced by her background, cultural heritage (South Texas) and religion, specifically Catholic imagery and iconography.  Altering and/or manipulating discarded materials and objects is a recurring theme, with a strong drive to “recreate” - taking existing objects and altering them to be seen in a new light and possibly even sacred.