EDUCATION
AFA, Studio Art. Montgomery College. Rockville, Maryland | 2017
AAS, Digital Animation, Montgomery College. Rockville, Maryland | 2019 (forthcoming)
SELECT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1966-68 Drawing and Painting with Bertha Gómez Palacio, Graciela Aguirre and Dora de la Peña (mentees of Spanish painter and activist José Bardasano Baos). Mexico City, Mexico
1979 Figure Drawing. Glasgow School of Art. Glasgow, Scotland
2014-16 Pastel Painting with Jean Hirons. Washington ArtWorks. Rockville, Maryland
2015-17 Potluck Critiques. Montgomery College. Rockville, Maryland
2017 Mudhouse Art Residency. Agios Ioannis, Crete
2018 Immersion Workshop in Alla Prima Painting. Cafrits Foundation Art Center, Silver Spring, Maryland
2018 Plein Air Painting Workshop with Susan Abbott, Marshfield, Vermont
AWARDS/GRANTS/HONORS
1975 “Best Students of Mexico” Award, National University of Mexico. Mexico City, Mexico
(BSc in Chemical Engineering, Graduation 1975).
1976-79 British Council Scholarship. Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland
(MSc in Environmental Control Engineering and Resources Utilization, Graduation1979).
2016-18 Dean’s List. Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland
2017 “Arturito”, Assemblage acquired for Montgomery College’s permanent art collection, Rockville, Maryland
2017-18 Dr. Harry Harden Jr. Student Academic Excellence Award. Montgomery College. Rockville, Maryland
ASSOCIATIONS
2015-17 Member of the Student Art League. Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland
2016-17 Member of the International Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
2016-17 Member of the Society for Industrial Archaeology
2018 Member of the National Space Association
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 “The Best of Our Best”, VisArts Gallery, Rockville, Maryland
2014 -17 “Student Exhibition”, Sara Silberman Art Gallery – Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland
2015 “DC Realists”, Artworks Studio, Bethesda, Maryland
2017 "Artwalk". Montgomery College. Rockville, Maryland
2017 Residents' Exhibition. Mudhouse Art Residency, Agios Ioannis, Crete
2018 Social Sciences Annual Exhibition, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland
2018 Graphic Design Department Exhibition, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Athie, Mauricio. “The first EIR of an Art Work: The Running Fence.” 34th Annual Conference Proceedings. International Association for Impact Assessment, Fargo, North Dakota, 2014. Web, 3 Feb. 2017 http://conferences.iaia.org/2014/final-papers.php
2015-17 Athie, Mauricio. Various articles in Spectrum, Editions 7-10, Montgomery College, Rockville Campus, Fall 2016
2011-15 Athie, Mauricio. Various sketchbooks published in The Sketchbook Project. Web, 3 Feb. 2017
https://www.sketchbookproject.com/library
2017-18 Athie, Mauricio. Various artworks published in They Draw and Cook. Web, 10 Aug. 2018 https://www.theydrawandcook.com/search/
2018 Athie, Mauricio. "Bad Hombre" illustration. The Red Jacket. Montgomery College. Roockville, Maryland
PRESENTATIONS
2014 Athie, Mauricio. “The first EIR of an Art Work: The Running Fence.” Paper presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment, Villa Del Mar, Chile http://conferences.iaia.org/2014/documents/Finalpro_14%20web.pdf
BLOG
Mauricio Athie, Postcards from Improbable Places. http://improbablepaces.blogspot.com
TRAVEL AND LANGUAGES
Long term residency:
Mexico (birth country), Scotland (2 years), Honduras (3 years), England (6 years), Chile (3 years), Brazil (4 years), USA (19 years)
Worldwide travel on environmental engineering work
Languages
Bilingual English/Spanish. Fluent in Portuguese