EDUCATION

Master of Arts, Falmouth University, Cornwall, UK, Anticipated Summer 2027

Teacher Institute in Contemporary Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, summer 2013

New York University, New York, NY, summer 2009

Bachelor of Arts, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, May 2005

Major: Studio Art, Focus: painting and sculpture

Minor: Art History                

Study Abroad, La Escuela de Ceramica de la Moncloa, Madrid, Spain, spring 2004

Study Abroad, La Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, summer 2003

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025        COSMIC DANCE, South Texas College, McAllen, TX (solo)

                  LAGUNA MADRE, Art Center of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX (solo)

2024        COASTAL, Brownsville Museum of Art, Brownsville, TX (solo)

2022        SOPHIA’S SONG, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX (solo)

2021        OBSERVATION LANDSCAPES, The South Texas College Library Art Gallery, McAllen, TX

2019        SACRED WISDOM, San Benito Cultural Heritage Museum, San Benito, TX (solo)

2018        ANCIENT WISDOM, McAllen Public Library, McAllen, TX (solo)

2017        ART ECOLOGIC, Upper Valley Art League, Mission, TX (solo)

2016        ARTE NATIVO, Quinta Mazatlan World Birding Center, McAllen, TX

Early Exhibitions, 2000–2015
Solo and group exhibitions at Southwestern University, McAllen Creative Incubator, International Museum of Arts and Science, and other gallery, museums, and cultural centers across Texas.

COLLABORATION & INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS

·       Ongoing collaborative field studies with photographers, naturalists, and educators focused on ecological observation and interpretation

·       Collaborative workshops integrating art, meditation, and environmental awareness in partnership with cultural and nature-based institutions

·       Interdisciplinary projects exploring relationships between art, ecology, and emerging technologies

·       Group exhibition and project development with international artists through remote and site-responsive collaboration (ongoing)

CURATION & PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

·       Development and coordination of solo and group exhibitions within institutional and community-based contexts

·       Collaborative curatorial planning for interdisciplinary and international artist projects

·       Facilitation of dialogue between artists, institutions, and public audiences through exhibitions, talks, and workshops

·       Integration of ecological context and place-based research into exhibition frameworks

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Quinta Mazatlán World Birding Center, McAllen, TX — 2024

·       Led art and meditation workshops integrating creative practice with native ecology and environmental awareness

South Texas High School for Health Professions (STISD), Mercedes, TX — 2007–2013

·       Full-time High School Art Teacher (Art I & Art II)

·       Developed curriculum integrating perception, creative practice, art history, and critical evaluation

·       National Blue Ribbon School (2010)

·       U.S. News & World Report Top 100 National High School (2004–2010)

Juan Diego Academy, Mission, TX — 2013–2014

·       Taught Intro to Art and Intro to Design

Dougherty Art School, Austin, TX — 2006–2007

·       Instructor for elementary after-school and summer arts programs

International Museum of Arts & Sciences, McAllen, TX — 2003

·       Led short-term children’s workshops in painting and sculpture

Upper Valley Art League, Mission, TX — 1998–2006

·       Private art instruction for adults and children 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

UTRGV Students in ARTS 6354, A Graduate Seminar in Latin American Art History, ‘Visiting Sophia’s Song by Jessica Monroe’ RGVision Magazine, November 1, 2022

Lopez, David, ‘Spiritual Language: Artist exhibits Valley Landscapes’ San Benito News, October, 24, 2019     

Moyer, Nancy, ‘Exhibit a Plea to Enhance Awareness of Fragile Native Environment’ The Monitor, March 26, 2018

Moyer, Nancy, ‘New Series of Paintings Beautifully Depicts Local Ecology’ The Monitor, September 18, 2017

Elizalde, Justin, ‘A World of Her Own’ Beyond Arts Magazine, January 2016          

Moyer, Nancy, ‘Monroe’s World: Artist’s work reflects observation of natural world’ The Monitor, November 9, 2015
  

ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

2024                          Artist Residency, Quinta Mazatlan World Birding Center, McAllen, TX

                                    South Texas Artist Residency, Corpus Christi, TX

2015                          Artspace111 Regional Juried Exhibition finalist 

                                    Art in the Park, National Butterfly Center, First Place                           

2014                          Gulf Coast Juries Exhibition finalist 

SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
RGV Arts Council Grant recipient (multiple years), King Creativity Grant, National Coca-Cola Scholar, Southwestern University Dixon Scholarship, Presidential Scholarship, and Art Department Scholarship