Mónica Catalán

Visual Artist | Creative Facilitator
🌐 www.monacreativestudio.com
📍 Forest Grove, Oregon
✉️ monacreativestudio@icloud.com

Professional Profile

Mexican visual artist based in Oregon. My work explores the connection between emotional, symbolic, and natural realms through mixed media techniques, including digital illustration, alcohol inks, and intuitive creative processes. With over a decade of experience in the arts and cultural communication, I combine personal art practice with community-based projects that promote emotional wellbeing and inclusive access to the arts.
Earned with Distinction from UCLA Extension's Visual Arts program.

Education

  • Certificate in Visual Arts and Communication, UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, CA
    Earned with Distinction

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communication, Centro Cultural Universitario Justo Sierra, Mexico City.

Selected Exhibitions

  • Mundo de las Mujeres – Milagro Theatre, Portland, OR (March 2025)

  • Women’s History Month Group Show – (March 2025)

  • KBOO Art Walk Exhibition – KBOO Community Radio, Portland, OR (November 2024)

  • Portals – Currents Gallery, McMinnville, OR (2024)

  • Annual Artist Event – Valley Art Association, Forest Grove, OR (2024)

  • Hispanic Heritage Art Showcase – Group exhibition (2024)

  • 35x35: 200 Years of Diplomatic Relations Between Mexico and the U.S. – Los Angeles, CA (2023)

  • The Stories We Tell – Valley Art Association, Forest Grove, OR (2023)

  • The Red Book Project –Women Salon L.A & Japan. Collaborative art project. Los Angeles, CA (2020)

Community Projects & Collaborations

  • Hilanderos de Plata – Founder and coordinator of an art and resilience program designed for elders and underserved Hispanic communities.

  • Workshops with Adelante Mujeres, Centro Cultural, and Valley Art – Facilitated community art classes for children, women, and seniors.

  • Board Member and Affiliated artist, Valley Art Association (since 2023)

Professional Experience

  • Artist and Workshop Facilitator
    Leads private and community-based art classes in watercolor, digital illustration, intuitive art, portraiture, and collage.

  • Communications Department – Consulate of Mexico in Los Angeles (2006–2021)
    Designed visual content, coordinated cultural events, and supported institutional communication serving the Mexican community in California.

Skills & Tools

  • Software: Procreate, Photoshop, Canva, Squarespace, iMovie

  • Languages: Spanish (native), English (advanced)

  • Basic photography, video recording, and editing for creative processes

Website & Social Media