Since 1986
Meet dina
dina’s story
Dina Perlasca is a Mexican American artist from The Paso del Norte Region, where she grew up on the border of Mexico and the U.S. Dina lives with her children in El Paso Texas, border of Cd. Juarez Chihuahua Mexico, to where she travels often for family visits. Dina has an active studio practice at Bravo Studios in the Research Interdisciplinary Building at The University of Texas at El Paso.
She obtained her BFA in Ceramics form The University of Texas at El Paso and her MFA in Ceramics at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces NM.
Dina has had the opportunity to work in diverse institutions and places that are convergent with her creative lifestyle and path. She has been a ceramic sculpture instructor at the El Paso Museum of Art in her undergraduate years as well as an Art Consultant in the Gadsden District in Santa Teresa NM.
Dina has also ventured into personal creative adventures such as being the ranch manager for 2 years at her grandfather’s Hacienda Xicalango in the middle of the Huastecan jungle mountains, at the heart of the Mexican Republic in the State of Hidalgo.
She is currently holds the position of Assistant Professor of Instrution at The University of Texas at El Paso in El Paso TX where she teaches undergraduate Ceramics and Design.
Perlasca is constantly exhibiting her artwork. Her most recent exhibition at a regional level was Force Fields: A solo exhibition at the Roswell Museum in Roswell NM in the summer of 2023. Most recent group exhibition a national level was Circuit: Virtual Clay Collective, a group exhibition during March of 2023 at the NCECA National Conference in Cincinnati Ohio. Most recent invitational international exhibition was the 60th Anniversary of the Cd Juarez Museum in Cd. Juarez Chihuahua Mexico. She is also the recipient of the 2023Texas Ceramic BIPOC Emerging Artist Award.
She recently ended her term as the Student Director At Large position for the 2021 – 2023 National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts (NCECA), and is now serving as Secretary on the Artaxis Board.
She is currently working towards:
- 2025 El Paso local clay research project – Co-leader with Ceramic Associate Professor Vincent Burke in El Bravo Studios clay research and El Paso community outreach projects in the Interdisciplinary Research Center at The University of Texas at El Paso in El Paso TX.