CURRICULUM VITAE
MALÚ COLORÍN —
María de Lourdes Ramírez Cruz
August 7, 1989 | Mexico City-+52 (181) - 1662 - 4302
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I’m a Mexican graphic designer, art enthusiast and world-traveller. I’m passionate about life, exploring, learning and solving
new challenges. I’m distinguished for being an open, tolerant and respectful person. I’m always excited to work as part of a
multidisciplinary team. I’m available for part-time work, as well as freelance projects, commissions and collaborations. I can
work long-distance.
EDUCATION —
UNIVERSITY OF MONTERREY
San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
— BA Visual Arts (Cum Laude)
January 2009 – December 2014
Leeds BECKETT University
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
— Student exchange & final degree project
BA (Hons) Graphic Arts and Design
— BA Graphic Design (Cum Laude)
January 2014 – May 2014
— Student exchange
BA (Hons) Graphic Arts and Design
August 2008 – May 2014
— High performance painting group
January 2011 – June 2011
September 2011 – May 2012
— High performance contemporary dance group
January 2010 – March 2011
— High performance publication design group
August 2010 – December 2010
WORK EXPERIENCE —
— TERAN\TBWA
Freelance web designer
May 2017 - Currently
— Quilters de México
Graphic design & exhibition management
October 2013 - Currently
— Freelancer
Graphic design & bookbinding
January 2010 - Currently
— Princess Cruises
Photographer
August 2016 - February 2017
— Galería Machete
— Idecasa
Assistant gallery director
August 2015 - August 2016
Real estate photographer
December 2012 & June 2013
— Don’t Be a Tourist
— Oz Branding
Travel photographer
January 2012 – March 2012
Jr. graphic designer
January 2015 - March 2015
— Roberto Ortiz Giacomán
Photography editing assistant
October 2013 - January 2014
— Omnívoro
Jr. graphic designer
September 2012 – August 2013
SKILLS AND QUALITIES —
LANGUAGES —
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Photography
HTML
CSS
Wordpress
Bookbinding
Adaptability, problem-solving skills, attention to detail,
organisation, responsibility, punctuality, good spelling
and grammar.
— Spanish
native tongue
— English
TOEFL 119 — read 30 | listen 30 | speak 30 | write 29
— French
read 50% | listen 30% | speak 20% | write 20%
— German
read 20% | listen 15% | speak 10% | write 5%
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS —
2014— Cum Laude; recognition awarded by the University of Monterrey to those with outstanding academic merit.
2012— 3rd Photography Contest ‘A Flash of Citizenship’; second place winner; State Electoral Commission; Monterrey, NL, Mexico.
Edna Lumb Travel Prize; travel grant project winner; Leeds Metropolitan University; Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
2011— The United Kingdom Through Your Eyes; first place photography winner; British Embassy in Mexico; Mexico City, Mexico.
The World of Books; best undergraduate student photograph; Central Library of the University of Monterrey; San Pedro
Garza Garcia, NL, Mexico.
2010— Creating Art With the Heart in Your Hands; second place winner in intervening a clay heart; Artemanos, Mexican craft shop;
Monterrey, NL, Mexico.
The Act of Reading; honorable mention for photography; Central Library of the University of Monterrey;
San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, Mexico.
PUBLICATIONS —
2014— The Merrion Centre: The First Fifty Years; photography; published by Town Centre Securities, PLC.
2011— From Night to Noches; photography, illustration & graphic design; published by Atelier Allograph.
EXHIBIT ORGANIZATION —
2015— Mexican Sayings and Proverbs; Festival of Quilts, National Exhibition Centre; Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom.
Museography and mounting.
Expo Patchwork & Quilt Mexico City 2015; World Trade Center; Mexico City, Mexico.
Organization, graphic design and mounting.
2014— My Pittsburgh – Leeds; White Cloth Gallery; Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
Organization, graphic design and mounting.
2013— Breadths of Hope; Centro Cultural Plaza Fatima, San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, Mexico.
Organization, graphic design and mounting.
GROUP SHOWS —
2014— Ticket to Fly; Centro Roberto Garza Sada UDEM; San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, Mexico.
DepArt – Leeds Met Degree Show; Broadcasting Place; Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
My Pittsburgh – Leeds; White Cloth Gallery; Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
2013— Breadths of Hope; Centro Cultural Plaza Fatima, San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, Mexico.
GRDTN Art Festival; Prepa UDEM USP; San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, Mexico.
2012— A Flash of Citizenship; State Electoral Commission; Monterrey, NL, Mexico.
The Sketchbook Project; USA, Canada & England; permanent collection of the Brooklyn Art Library; Brooklyn, NY, USA.
2011— The United Kingdom Through Your Eyes; Lunario del Auditorio Nacional; Mexico City, Mexico.
Strive for Essence; Darbuka Bar; San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, Mexico.
The World of Books; UDEM; San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, Mexico.
The Sketchbook Project; touring show across the USA; permanent collection of the Brooklyn Art Library; Brooklyn, NY, USA.
DAAD Final Exhibition; UDEM; San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, Mexico.
2010— Open Studio; UDEM; San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, Mexico.
Creating Art With the Heart in Your Hands; Galerias Valle Oriente; Monterrey, NL, Mexico.
Black in Black; Central Public Library Fray Servando Teresa de Mier; Monterrey, NL, Mexico.
The Act of Reading; UDEM; San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, Mexico.
