Zulma Vega

Artist-in-Residence

Zulma Vega

Zulma Vega is a Colombian Houston-based artist who creates sculptures and installations that explore ideas around migration, ancestral culture and human experience. Her work has been exhibited in several juried exhibitions in Houston, including the Holocaust Museum, The Glassell School of Art, the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, the Houston Symphony, and The Modern Art Gallery. Recently, Vega's art has been showcased in the Biennial 600 at the Amarillo Museum of Art and the Contemporary Month Perennial exhibition of 2024 in San Antonio, Texas at Contemporary at Blue Star Museum. Vega holds a BA degree from Politecnico Grancolombiano (Bogota, Colombia) and a MFA in sculpture from the University of Houston. Vega also serves as a teaching artist at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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