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BORN: 1950 Corpus Christi, Texas
   
EDUCATION: B.F.A., University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, 1978
A.A., El Centro College, Dallas, Texas, 1975
   
EXPERIENCE: Lived and worked in Pietrasanta, Italy, 1979-1980
Apprenticeship under Luis Jiménez in El paso, Texas 1978-1979


ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2007
Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, Texas
The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
Ellen Noel Museum of Art, Odessa, Texas
Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas
The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas

2006
"City-Scape," Untitled [Artspace], Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
"Moroles: Paper & Granite," Ellen Noel Art Museum of the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas

2005
"Small Sculptures," Artyard, Denver, Colorado
"Musical Granite Dreamscape,"" Weil Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
"20th Anniversary Exhibition of Sculpture," Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso Texas
"Small Works," LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
"Simplemente," New World Museum, Houston, Texas
Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas

2004
"Broken Earth," Arthur Roger, New Orleans, Louisiana
"Heaven Dreamscapes," Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas
"Broken Earth," LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
"Earth Dreamscapes," Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas
"Rock, Roll and Play," Dallas Museum of Art, Fina Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, Texas
"Moroles Figurative," McKinney Avenue Contemporary in partnership with the Belo Foundation, Dallas, Texas

2003
"Moroles Broken Earth Sculpture," McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas
"Artworks 2003" Holland Hall School, Walter Arts Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
"Jesús Moroles Granite Sculpture," Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Olson Gallery, Bethel College, St. Paul, Minnesota

2002
Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
"New Inspirations," Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas
J. Cacciola Gallery, Bernardsville, New Jersey
J. Cacciola Gallery in conjunction with Gallery Henoch, New York, New York
LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
"Harmony in the Stone," Hall of State at Fair Park, Dallas, Texas
"New Granite Sculpture" Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina

2001
"Harmony in Stone," (Untitled) Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
"China Revisited," McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas
"Harmony in Stone," Vanier Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, New York
LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
"Harmony in Stone," Ellen Noel Art Museum of the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas

2000
"Sacred Spaces," Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas
J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, New York
LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
"Big Red: Carved in Stone," Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin
"Contemporary Art Houston" Shanghai Art Museum (in partnership with Redbud Gallery, Houston, Texas,) Shanghai, China
"Art in the Garden: Sculpture/Escultura," San Antonio Botanical Gardens, San Antonio, Texas
"Past Poster Artists," Rockport Center For the Arts, Rockport, Texas
"ArtChicago 2006," Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Artyard, Denver, Colorado
"A Prelude to Sculpture: Drawings & Maquettes by Sculptors," Strake Jesuit Preparatory School, Houston Texas

2005
Hawthorne Gallery, Big Sur, California
Houston Art Dealers Association, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas
"2005 Art Festival Poster Artist," Rockport Center For the Arts, Rockport, Texas
"Art in the Garden; Sculpture/Escultura" San Antonio Botanical Gardens, San Antonio, Texas
"Color/Pattern/Grid," Austin Museum of Art-Downtown, Austin, Texas
"Red Dot" Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas

2004
"Waco Outdoor Exhibition," Baylor University, Waco, Texas
"ArtChicago 2004," McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas
"Around the World in Forty Years," Art in Embassies Program, State Department, Washington, DC
"Abstract Concepts," Stephen F. Austin University Gallery, Nacogdoches, Texas

2003
"Grand Opening," Art Center of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas
Monument Builders of North America, Nashville, Tennessee
"Objects," LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sculptors Dominion Invitational "gods of alfresco," A San Antonio Outdoors Sculpture Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
"25th Anniversary," Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
"Past Poster Artists," Rockport Center For the Arts, Rockport, Texas
"Stone," Instituto Cultural de Mexico, Miami, Florida
"Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian American ArtMuseum," continues through 2007

2002
"Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum," traveled to:
    Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California
    Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
    Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
"7th Anniversary" Hawthorne Gallery, Big Sur, California
AHORA: New Mexican Hispanic Art, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
"South Texas Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition," International Sculpture San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
"In the Abstract," McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas
"San Francisco International Art Exposition," Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Art Chicago 2002, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas

2001
Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Florida
"Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum" traveled to:
    The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Florida
    Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois.
"Celebración," Buddy Holly Center, Fine Arts Gallery, Lubbock, Texas
"Sixth Anniversary" Hawthorne Gallery, Big Sur, California
"Currents," Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas
San Francisco International Art Exposition, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
"Art and Soul in the Workplace," Hall Office Park Celebration for the "Texas Sculpture Garden," Frisco, Texas
"30th Anniversary Invitational Outdoor Sculpture Show: The Fires of the Bronze
"Age...Burning Since 1971," Shidoni Gallery, Tesuque, New Mexico
Art Chicago 2001, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas
"The Box," Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas
"Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Building the Collection," University of Texas, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas

2000
"La Luz: Contemporary Latino Art in the United States," National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
"Beyond Bounds 5 OFF the Record," Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas
"Fifth Anniversary," Hawthorne Gallery, Big Sur, California
San Francisco International Art Exposition, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Art Chicago 2000, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas
"Crossing State Lines: Texas Art from the Museum of Fine Arts," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
"Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum,"
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida
"20 Years of Outdoor Sculpture in Abilene 1981-2001," Abilene Cultural Affairs Council, Abilene, Texas
"Summer Group Show," J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, New York
"Prints and Sculptures," Redbud Gallery, Houston, Texas
"Sculpture 2000," McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas
Art Chicago 2000, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
"New Sculpture," Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas
"Miniatures: Smallest, Smaller, Small," Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas

SELECTED HONORARY POSITIONS
Appointed to the Visual Arts Advisory Board at the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 2001 to the present
Appointed to the Board of Commissioners of the National American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 1996 to the present
Appointed to the Board of Trustees for the Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas 1993-1996
Appointed to the Board of Directors for the International Sculpture Center, Washington, D.C. 1988-1997

SELECTED AWARDS
Texas Cultural Trust, Texas Medal of Arts Award for Visual Arts, Austin, Texas 2007
University of North Texas, Denton, North Texas Exes/Gulf Coast, Martha Turner Award of Distinction, Houston, Texas, 2006
The Outstanding Citizen, Corpus Christi, Texas, 2004
Colorado Chapter of Landscape Architects award for the Vail Sculpture Plaza, Vail, Colorado 1999
American Institute of Architects, Award of Merit for Veteran's Memorial, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1998
Multicultural Educational Center for the Arts, Artist Award, Houston, Texas 1997
Alumni Association of the University of North Texas, Denton, Distinguished Alumni Golden Eagle Award 1996
American Institute of Architects Award, Houston chapter, Houston, Texas 1995
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, President's Citation Award 1992
Texas Artist of the Year, Art League of Houston 1989
National Endowment of the Arts, Matching Grant, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Birmingham, Alabama 1984
Award in the Visual Arts Fellowship 1982, part of Visual Art 2, funded by Equitable Life
Assurance Society, the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts

SYMPOSIUMS
Beijing International City Sculpture Exhibition and Symposium, Central China Fine Art Institute, Beijing, China, lecturer 2002
International Stone Sculpture Symposium, Goa, India 2001
Southwest Stone Carving Symposium, Jemez, Mexico 2001
Yanqing International Sculpture Symposium, Yanqing, China 2001
Changchun International Sculpture Symposium, Changchun, China 2000
City of Dallas, "New Mundo 2000: Latino Identity in the New Millennium," Dallas, Texas, lecturer 2000
Aswan International Sculpture Symposium Aswan, Egypt 1999
Changchun International Sculpture Symposium, Changchun, China 1999
Changchun International Sculpture Symposium, Changchun, China 1998
Smithsonian Museum of American Art Symposium, 1992
Symposium Invitational Exhibition, Elizabeth Nye Museum, Austin, Texas, lecturer 1983
Fourth Texas Sculpture Symposium, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, lecturer 1983

SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas
South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, Texas
Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Birmingham, Alabama
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
Fondazione Umberto Severi, Capri, Italy
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman Oklahoma
Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas
Jesuit Dallas Museum, Dallas, Texas
McAllen International Museum, McAllen, Texas
Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas
Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas
Museum of Contemporary Art, Osaka, Japan
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
New Orleans Museum of Fine Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida
Robert & Ryda Levi Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland
Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, Texas
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
Virlane Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana

SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
American Airlines, Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, Dallas, Texas
American General Corporation, Houston, Texas
American Republic Insurance, Des Moines, Iowa
Andrews & Kurth, Houston, Texas
AT&T Prudential, Pleasanton, California
AT&T Prudential, Dallas, Texas
Bank South, Atlanta, Georgia
Billingsley Company, Dallas, Texas
BMC Software, Inc., Houston, Texas
Caltex Petroleum, Las Colinas, Texas
Capital National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas
Chevy Chase Building, Bethesda, Maryland
Credit Suisse, Chicago, Illinois
Credit Suisse, Houston, Texas
Credit Suisse, New York, New York
Desert Mountain Corporation, Carefree, Arizona
E.F. Hutton/ CBS, New York, New York
Equitable Life Assurance, Fresno, California
Gulf Canada Resources Limited Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C.
Hall Financial Group, Frisco, Texas
Hyatt Regency Hotel, San Antonio, Texas
I.B.M., Raleigh, North Carolina
King James Group, Independence, Ohio
Nabisco Brands, East Hanover, New Jersey
National Health Insurance, Dallas, Texas
Newsweek, Mountain Lake, New Jersey
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Pacific Enterprises, Los Angeles, California
Piedmont Associates, Atlanta, Georgia
Southwestern Bell, San Antonio, Texas
Sullivan Corporation, Dallas, Texas
Texaco, Houston, Texas
Texas Commerce Bank, Arlington, Texas
Trammel Crow Associated Companies, Dallas, Texas
United Jersey Bank, Preston, New Jersey
Viacom, New York, New York (commissioned by CBS)
Vantage Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia
Woodlands Corporation, Woodlands, Texas

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
A.H. Belo Corporation, Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
China International City Sculpture, Beijing, China
City of Albuquerque, Veteran's Memorial, Albuquerque, New Mexico
City Hall of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas
City of Rockport, Little Bay, Rockport, Texas
Corpus Christi City Hall, City of Corpus Christi, Texas
Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, City Park, New Orleans, Louisiana
City of Houston, Hermann Park, Houston, Texas
Houston Police Officers Memorial, Houston, Texas
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Robert & Ryda Levi Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland
Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, Texas
Saint Thomas Presbyterian Church, Houston, Texas
Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall, Scottsdale, Arizona
Strake Jesuit Preparatory School, Houston, Texas
University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas
University of Houston, Houston, Texas
Xiadu Park, Yanqing, China
World Towers One, Houston, Texas


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