Rate My Professor Nabil Gonzalez

Nabil Gonzalez serves as Associate Professor of Instruction in Printmaking in the Department of Art at the University of Texas at El Paso. She earned a Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2016, a double Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking and Graphic Design from the University of Texas at El Paso, and an Associate of Arts degree from El Paso Community College. Gonzalez teaches courses including Printmaking I through VII, Basic Design I, and Graphic Design I: Computer Graphics. Her instructional role at UTEP encompasses studio-based learning in print media, fostering student engagement through hands-on projects and exhibitions.

Gonzalez's artistic practice focuses on social and political themes affecting the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, exploring the erasure and reestablishment of identity via repetition and layering of images, marks, and materials. Her prints and artist books address violence against minority groups, advocating for victims of injustice. Key solo exhibitions include "Where Are You?" (2024, El Paso, TX) and "Who Are You?" (2021-2022, El Paso, TX). She has participated extensively in group and competitive exhibitions, such as the 2025 UTEP Faculty Biennial (El Paso, TX), Irene Rosenzweig 2025 Juried Biennial (Pine Bluff, AR), 2025 Third Coast Biennial (Corpus Christi, TX), 39th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition (Peoria, IL), Túnel Gráfico (Ciudad Juárez, MX), Who Slept with Your Print? (2024), Sanctuary: Who Belongs Here? (2024), Grafica Libre (2024 and 2023), 2023 UTEP Faculty Biennial, Nexo Entre Raíces/Nexus Between Roots (multiple venues 2023-2025), and The Printmaker’s Ball (2022). Her works appear in collections across the U.S., including university libraries and museums in Newark, DE; Irvine, CA; Boston, MA; Providence, RI; and others. Gonzalez contributes to print exchanges like 100 Estampas/100 Prints US/MX (2025), Preface portfolio (2025), and 8x8 Bucket Prints (2022). She engages in public panels, such as Conversations in Practice (2025) and artist talks at the Rubin Center.