Zulma Vega is a Houston-based artist whose sculptures and installations explore ancestral cultures, our connection to the land, and the relationships between humans and non-human beings. Her work is rooted in the belief that all beings are active participants in a living, evolving world.
Vega was awarded a spot in Round 19 of the Lawndale Art Center Artist Studio Program in Houston (2024–2025). She has exhibited at numerous venues throughout Texas, including the Holocaust Museum Houston, the Glassell School of Art, the Blaffer Art Museum, the Houston Symphony, the Modern Art Gallery, the Amarillo Museum of Art (Biennial 600), and Contemporary at Blue Star in San Antonio (Contemporary Month Perennial, 2024).
She received the Cynthia Wood Mitchell Fellowship (2022–2023) and holds an MFA from the University of Houston. Vega also serves as a teaching artist at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Selected Exhibitions & Festivals
December 13th-February 28th 2026
From Houston with Love. Prauper Studios
October 16th-December 1st 2025
BLOCK 10
Glassell School of Art.
March 22nd - April 6th 2024
46th Annual MFA Thesis Exhibition
Blaffer Art Museum
March 1st - June 9th 2024
Contemporary at Blue Star
San Antonio, Texas
January 25th - March 9th 2024
East Gallery, Sabine Street Studios
Houston, Texas
Rockin' Rollin' Prints 2023 - PrintMatters Houston
October 14th-December 30th 2023
AMoA Biennial Group Show
Amarillo, Texas
April 4th - April 14th, 2023
Solo Show - Betwixt and Between
Elgin Street Studios, Houston
February 5th - March 30th, 2023
Glory Exhibition
Modern Art Gallery, Houston
January 15th - 20th, 2023
Women, Life, Freedom
Elgin Street Studios, Houston
October 4th - 14th, 2022
Solo Show - Vernacular System
Elgin Street Studios, Houston
September 17th - December 3rd, 2021
Block XXI
Susan and Fayez S. Sarofim Campus
Glassell School of Art
May 28th -August 8th 2021
CoA (Certificate of Achievement)
Bucher Gallery, Glassell School of Art
April 30th -September 27th 2021
Withstand: Latinx Art During Times of Conflict The Holocaust Museum Houston. Juror: Susana Monteverde
November 1st - December 1st 2019
Convergence/Convergencia
The Glassell School of Art. Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Juror: Arielle Masson.
October 4th 2019
Fiesta. Art Houston Magazine, Amegy Bank. Hispanic Heritage Month
Amegy Tower. Houston, TX. Juror: John Bernhard
May 15–August 14 2019
Annual Student Exhibiton
The Glassell School of Art. Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Juror: Susan Budge, Charlotte Cosgrove, Suzanne Manns.
March 24th - May 19th, 2019
Color Outside the Lines: Latino Art Now
George Memorial Library
Richmond, TX
November, December 2018
VAA 36th Juried Membership Exhibition. Juror: Laura Rathe
Silver Street Studios.
Houston, TX
March, 2017
Group Exhibition
Jones Hall For the Performing Arts. Juror: Carlos Botero, Vicky Dominguez
Houston Symphony
Houston, TX
June 2014, June 2015
Group Exhibition.
Glassell School of Art
Houston, TX
Grants, Residencies & Awards
2024-25
Round 19 Lawndale Art Center Artist Studio Program
2022-23
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center Scholarship Recipient
2022
DUST Program Fieldwork Marfa
Marfa, TX
2020
Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) Advanced Studio BLOCK limited enrollment program. Jurors Joel Havel, Patrick Palmer, Francesca Fuchs
2017
Houston Symphony
Selected Artwork for Beethoven 6th &7th Symphony Concerto.
2015
Scholarship
Glassell School of Art
