Zita Giraldo

“Provocative and beautiful, Zita Giraldo’s work carries a lamp of feminist inquiry into the shadowy corners of domestic life.”
— Elizabeth Gregory
(Author of Ready: Why Women Are Embracing the New Later Motherhood)

1948	Born Zita Giraldo Garcia in Montería, Colombia, S. A.
1961 - 66	Attended boarding school in Bogotá, Colombia Graduated from high school.
1967 - 68	Came to the United States Attended Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI. Studied English as a Foreign Language.
1968 - 71	Attended Oakland University, Rochester, MI. Graduated with a B.A. degree in Painting and Art History
1970	Received prize for best painting in the Student Art Exhibit.
1970	Resident Assistant in care of a dormitory floor of 56 students
1971	First individual exhibit Oakland University, Union Center. First art student to exhibit her work individually at this university.
1971 - 72	Attended L’Ecole Nat. Des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France. Painting and painting theory courses. Studied French at the Sorbonne, Paris. Traveled Europe. Second individual exhibit, Latin American House, Paris, France.
1972	Third individual exhibit. Hotel Sinú, Montería, Colombia. Fourth individual exhibit. Museo Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia.
1973 - 75	Worked as Visual Merchandise Assistant. Jacobson’s Store, Ann Arbor, MI.
1975	Received Honorable Mention in Visual Merchandising. National Competition, House Beautiful Magazine. Won a sex-discrimination landmark case in Ann Arbor, MI.
1975 - 76	Attended Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI. Graduate courses in Painting and Art History.
1978 - 80	Worked in visual merchandising. Bonwit Teller, Troy, MI.
1980	Julia C. Lang is born.
1982	Trevor A. Lang is born.
1989	Attended University of Houston, Houston, TX. Graduate courses in Painting.
1990	Group exhibit. Institute for the Hispanic Culture, Houston, TX.
1992	Group exhibit. Firehouse Gallery, Houston Women’s Caucus for Art, Houston, TX.
1993	Group exhibit. Conception / Preconceptions - Images of Women’s Bodies. Firehouse Gallery, Houston Women’s Caucus for Art, Houston, TX.
1993	Group exhibit. Living with AIDS. Firehouse Gallery, Houston Women’s Caucus for Art, Houston, TX.
1993	Group exhibit. Day of the Dead Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX
2005	Group exhibit The Everybody Art Show Vine Street Studio, Houston, TX