Art for me is the power of expressing ourselves freely. When I am working, I tend to forget that the world exists. I enter a space where everything is at peace, place my soul into that moment and give a part of my being with every stroke of my brush. I would like to contribute with my perspective to an aesthetic movement that promotes hope. SELECTION OF COLLECTIVES AND EXPOS - 08 / 2020 – Selected to represent Mexico in “Latin America, what unites us”, UNESCO 08 / 2020 – Collective Expo “Puerta 31 – Helping Fundación Amigos Kaleidoscopio” Mexico City 08 / 2020 – Collective Expo “Breathe, then exist”, Mexico City 08 / 2020 – Collective Expo “Ayotl, save the turtles”, Oaxaca, Mexico 07 / 2020 – Virtual Expo “Philately”, Buenos Aires, Argentina 06 / 2020 – Virtual Gallery ”Ayud – Arte, Art in Times of Covid – 19, Mexico City 05 / 2020 – Exhibitor, International Museum Day, Zanbatha, Valley of the Moon Museum, Mexico 03 / 2020 – Asimmetry , Gallery Museum of Mexican Art Bicentenial Towers, Toluca, Mexico 12 / 2019 – Trin¡bute to Leonardo Da Vinci, Florence, Italy 10 / 2019 – Day of Day, Tradition and Culture of Mexico, In – Spire Galerie, Dublin, Ireland 08 / 2019 – Great Art Auction, Gran Hotel, Mexico City 07 / 2019 – July 14 Celebration, Collective Expo, Club France, Mexico City 05 – 11 / 2019 - Murals in Blue, Self Portraits, Itinerant Collective Expo 06 / 2019 – Brighten with Art for Autism, Auction, Mexico City 02 / 2019 – Synergies, Collective Expo, Mexico City SELECTION OF PUBLICTATIONS - 2019 (October) Angel Metropolitano - Abstracto, Ángel Metropolitano, no. 153, Front page and pages 14 y 15 2019 (October) - https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/artes/celebran-a-da-vinci/ 2019 (July) - http://issuu.com/revistamentesmaestras/docs/revista_mentes_maestras_catalogo_de_obra_gran_suba 2019 (June) - http://inusualmx.postach.io/post/gretchen-velarde SELECTION OF COURSES AND STUDIES Art as a Profession, Mixed Media Techniques, Art Assesment, Margarita Chacón Color Theory, Contents and Composition, Technical Composition Process, Cristina Torres Epoxic Resin, Eco Printing, Monotype, Cold Wax, Laura Méndez Encaustic Course, Gabriela Sánchez Workshop Fluid Acrylic Art, Krysia González Sculpture, Plastic Arts and Crafts Independence Center, Antonio Pimentel Painting Masterclass, Mónica Loya Pictoric Techniques, Preparation of Pictoric Supports, Nahiko Azurmendi Mixed Techniques, Gabriela Villarreal Collage I and II, Linoleum Engraving, Gorka Larrañaga Mixed Techniques, Lourdes Cervantes ASSOCIATIONS – ARTAC , AIAP, ONG associated to UNESCO COLECTIVO PUERTA 31