Glasstire’s Best of 2020
Glasstire staff and contributors share which Texas-based shows, events, and works made their personal “best” lists for this incredibly weird and worrisome year. As you may imagine, most of us stuck pretty close to home…
Inner Vistas: Charlie Kitchen’s “On the Mountain at Dawn”
On some level, all photography is manual. A thumb presses the shutter; a finger taps the small white disk at the bottom of the phone screen to capture a fleeting moment…
San Antonio Photographer Charlie Kitchen Showcased in Solo Exhibition at Presa House Gallery
For any shutterbugs in San Antonio looking to enjoy art through a different lens, Presa House Gallery is hosting a solo photo exhibition by local photographer Charlie Kitchen…
Glasstire’s Top Five: August 27, 2020
Brandon Zech and Christina Rees on an acclaimed painter’s collage work, an incendiary welcome mat, and show that went from 67 works to nearly 2000. “This is the expanded…. the MUCH expanded online version of it.”
Laredo Artist Gil Rocha’s ‘The Things We Carry’ Debuts at Presa House Gallery Next Month
We all have our burdens to bear — sometimes physically and sometimes emotionally. Evoking the title of Texas-based author Tim O’Brien’s famous 1990 novel, Laredo artist…
Presa House Gallery Goes 3D to Survive, Support Artists
For art destinations, from large museums to small galleries, the coronavirus shutdown has meant the loss of the only thing more valuable to these institutions than the art…
Artist doesn’t let coronavirus keep her from showing her work
This art exhibit pulls no punches. Created by San Antonio artist Gabi Magaly. “Yo no nici para aguantar a nadie, which translates into I wasn’t born to put up with anybody,”…
Presa House Gallery Gives College Art Students a Helping Hand
Magaly was a sophomore at Bryan Collegiate High School when a professor suggested art school as her higher learning path. “And she told me, ‘You know you can go to school for this,’…
Presa House Gallery Named ‘Best Art Gallery’ by San Antonio Magazine
Presa House Gallery has been nominated as a finalist in San Antonio Magazine’s “Best of the City 2020” for “Best Art Gallery.” This is the second nomination…
Purchase Our Official Presa House T-Shirt
Purchase our Official Presa House T-Shirt illustrated by artist Albert Alvarez. A prolific draftsman and painter, Alvarez’s meticulously composed works have been exhibited throughout San Antonio and are in the permanent collection…
‘Four Rooms’ Offers Heartbreak, Visual Narrative, Family, and Fantasy
A show at Presa House gallery titled Four Rooms is one of the more immersive and unconventional exhibitions the small Lavaca district house gallery has hosted to date.
Presa House Gallery Highlights Local Artists of All Backgrounds
Lewis Rodriguez ventured into photography in the late ’90s, when his first camera was a disposable Kodak. Rodriguez was one of two artists featured at Presa House Gallery, a small space nestled in Southtown…
Glasstire’s Best of 2019
Glasstire staff and contributors share which Texas-based shows, events, and works made their personal “best” lists for 2019. Jose Villalobos’ performance art is rigorous and densely coiled with ideas and symbols.
Visually Employing a First Person Narrative with Eva Marengo Sanchez
You might know Eva Marengo Sanchez from her recent mural at the San Antonio International Airport featuring “the rise of the concha,” but if anything is on the rise, it’s her!
Honoring Resilience with Galileo Gonzalez
As a first-generation Salvadoran-American, born and raised in Southeast Los Angeles, Galileo Gonzalez explores honor, resilience, and memory in his upcoming exhibition at Presa House Gallery…
Roundup: Three Current San Antonio Shows
Corpus Christi has an emerging (and delightfully surprising) graphite scene. There’s Ashley Thomas, whose exquisitely detailed dreamy works of botanica candles…
Useless Systems: Robert Jackson Harrington and Hector Hernandez
There is a ceaseless, almost hungry quality to the creativity of Robert Jackson Harrington. He paints or draws every single day, runs the Museum of Pocket Art…
Presa House Gallery Brings Night of Art, Live Music and Halloween Costumes for Closing Reception
If you like your costumed revelry served with a side of conceptual enlightenment, look no further than this multipurpose pre-Halloween gathering at Presa House.
Glasstire’s Top Five: October 3, 2019 with Seth Mittag
Brandon Zech and artist and Glasstire programmer Seth Mittag run down a host of shows in San Antonio, the meaning of a “good crisis,” and how to win a wad of cash by hacking into Glasstire’s database. “Even more…
Presa House Gallery Celebrating Third Anniversary with Opening of ‘Useless Systems’ and ‘Gacho Style’ Exhibitions
Presa House Gallery is celebrating its third birthday with two exhibitions featuring new work by three Texans. Austin-based artists Robert Jackson Harrington and…
UNFILTEREDSA.com – Naín León: Between Reality and Fiction
As we continue to make our way through the 21st century, we are increasingly made aware of the significance of technology and social media have on our daily lives. Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram battle for our attention…
Celebrate All Things Photographic This First Friday with Five Innovative Exhibitions
From a traveller standing on sand dunes littered with ephemera cast out from a giant’s pockets to a person prostrated nude before the LED screen of a smartphone displaying the unmistakeable F of Facebook’s logo…
Last Chance: Three Shows to Catch in San Antonio This Month
Presa House continues to be the prime gallery in San Antonio for showcasing a daring and original array of Latinx artists. Treviño is an artist who is emblematic of the renaissance of a generation of young artists…
Presa House Gallery Welcomes Artists Jesus Treviño, Alán Serna for ‘Behind Our Walls’ and ‘Casa de Cambios’ Exhibitions
As we mentioned in the Around Town section of this year’s Best of San Antonio issue, Southtown’s award-winning Presa House Gallery…
Presa House Gallery voted Best Art Gallery in the San Antonio Current’s Best of San Antonio® 2019 poll.
Presa House Gallery was selected as the winner of Best Art Gallery in the Around Town Category in the San Antonio Current’s Best of San Antonio® 2019 poll
Presa House Gallery to Open ‘War Tuba Recital’
Austin-based artist, musician and curator Steve Parker has earned considerable accolades for projects that blur boundaries between disciplines and often turn viewers…
Big Medium Announces 2020 Tito’s Prize Curatorial Panelist, Rigoberto Luna
We’re excited to announce that Presa House Gallery Director, and Curator Rigoberto Luna has been selected as a 2020 Tito’s Prize Curatorial Panelist…
Presa House visits KRTU 91.7FM
Presa House Live @ KTRU 91.7, recorded May 27, 2019 on the campus of Trinity University. Hosted by Marco Brotello, and Guest Curated by Rigoberto Luna of Presa House Gallery.
Presa House Gallery Celebrates NALAC’s 30th Anniversary with the Group Exhibition ‘A Common Vision’
Proof that big things can indeed come in small packages, Southtown’s quaint and homey Presa House Gallery…
Jose Villalobos at the Luna Ranch
Jose Villalobos was born and raised in the El Paso/Juarez region, steeped in the canonically masculine and generally conservative western and Norteño culture. His current show, Cicatrices, at Presa House Gallery…
Glasstire’s Top Five: March 14, 2019
Brandon Zech is with guests Adrian Aguilera, Tammie Rubin, and Betelhem Makonnen to talk about their show in Austin called constant escape, an important group show in College Station, and an alternative art fair…
FOX 29 San Antonio Proud: Local artist on track to big leagues
A man who may be beating the odds and is now following his dreams Fox San Antonio’s David Norris tells us why people are taking notice…
Award-winning San Antonio Artist Jose Villalobos Tackles Toxic Masculinity in New Solo Exhibition ‘Cicatrices (Scars)’
The trappings of South Texas Latino culture get an irreverant, flamboyant spin in the work of multimedia artist…
Presa House Exhibition “Cicatrices” Focuses on Work by Gay Artist Jose Villalobos
Work by gay San Antonio artist Jose Villalobos will take center stage at the Presa House Gallery in an exhibit that opens on March 1…
Glasstire’s Top Five: January 31, 2019
Rainey Knudson, the outgoing publisher of Glasstire, and Brandon Zech, the incoming publisher, run down the top five art events in Texas this week. Also: the first work by a Texas artist that Rainey ever bought.
Ctrl+A: Presa House in Corpus Christi
San Antonio-based artist-run space Presa House Gallery was founded in late 2016. In Corpus Christi, at K Space Contemporary, there’s an exhibition titled Ctrl+A, which is the second part of a gallery exchange…
Glasstire’s Top Five: January 31, 2019
Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on a show that calls for flash photography in Houston, all women of color exhibit in San Antonio, an explosion of prints in Austin, and a retrospective of Sterling Ruby’s work in Dallas.
Toro y Moi Offshoot Kid Trails to Play Intimate Southtown Gig Following Sold-Out Paper Tiger Show
Although often considered a solo endeavor for singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Chazwick Bradley Bundick, hard-to-categorize Toro y Moi…
30+ Local Artists Repping San Antonio in Sprawling Exhibition Opening Friday in Corpus Christi
Beyond consistently highlighting the work of local artists via exhibitions year-round, Presa House co-directors Rigoberto Luna and Jenelle Esparza do a commendable…
San Anto Cultural Arts, Former Students Come Together with Weekend Events Dedicated to Manny Castillo
Founded in 1993 by the community-minded trio of Manuel Diosdado Castillo, Cruz Ortiz and Juan Miguel Ramos…
Presa House Gallery Partners with The Projecto to Unveil ‘Degradado’ Exhibition
In addition to their commendable efforts to showcase the work of established, emerging and practically unknown San Antonio artists…
‘Different Skin’ at Presa House: A Tribute to Carlos G. Gómez
The Texas-Mexico border has taken on multi-level heft since the election of Donald Trump. There is the racist myth…
Glasstire’s Top Five: October 11, 2018
Neil Fauerso, Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on a museum that fits in your wallet, a long-awaited retrospective, and a drawing show in San Antonio…
Glasstire’s Top Five: September 13, 2018
Glasstire Editor-in-Chief, Christina Rees and News Editor, Brandon Zech on the evolution of a Texas sculptor, a rising star in Houston, and a much-anticipated show…
Presa House at UTSA Football Fan Day
Presa House Gallery particapated in UTSA Football Fan Day on Saturday, Aug. 25th at the Alamodome. A collaboration between UTSA Athletics, the Alamodome…
Glasstire’s Top Five: August 23, 2018
Glasstire’s guest editor Neil Fauerso and San Antonio-based Artpace resident Jenelle Esparza on an exhibition of works inspired by the culture of Mexico…
Presa House Gallery nominated “Best Art Gallery”
For the past 28 years the San Antonio current has held their annual Best of San Antonio® Readers’ Choice poll. Current readers were…
Artpace Announces Summer 2018 International Artist-In-Residence, Jenelle Esparza
We’re excited to announce that Presa House Gallery co-owner, co-director, and artist Jenelle Esparza has been selected as a recipient of Artpace San Antonio’s…
Down Home with John Dalton Atkins
Around 20 years ago, Saturday Night Live ran one of my favorite sketches, a fake gameshow called Who’s More Grizzled. The contestants (Will Ferell as a kind of Grizzly Adams, Robert Duvall as basically himself) answered questions demonstrating their…
Presa House Gallery Exhibit Explores Vibrant Works Influenced by Border Culture
Opening on First Friday and on view throughout April, Presa House’s latest exhibit, whether intentionally or not, pairs…
Presa House Gallery Celebrates the 40-Year Career of Artist Joan Frederick
An Oklahoma native with a strong background in Native American art history, artist Joan Frederick moved to San Antonio in 1986 and taught at Taft High School…
Glasstire’s Best of 2017
There is a real seriousness to Jimmy James Canales’s playfulness. His videos, object mutations, installations, and endurance performances put on airs of self-deprecation, but Canales’ work knocks over masculine…
Presa House Gallery Nominated for ‘Best Art Gallery’
Presa House has been nominated as a finalist in San Antonio Magazine’s “Best of the City 2018” for “Best Art Gallery.” Vote for all your local favorites, Dec. 1 through Dec. 22, 2017
Southtown Favorite Presa House Gallery Gets Its Groove Back
Despite its melancholy overtones and references to “bad memories” and a relationship that never was, the dreary Smiths classic “Back to the Old House”…
Jimmy Canales @ Fl!ght Gallery (Presa House Pop Up Series)
Canales’ playful and brilliant show, Para Chrome, cleverly finds the patterned bridge of the vanity of male fantasia, one that spans science fiction and south Texas…
Jimmy James Canales’ Para Chrome Exhibit Takes Fl!ght (Presa House Pop Up Series)
To call local artist Jimmy James Canales a “wildcard” might distract from the conceptual depth and technical mastery of his work, but it accurately alludes to the fact that he’s…
Glasstire’s Top Five: October 19, 2017
Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on death row last suppers, how to stage a massive video show, and sex in Fort Worth.
#4 Jimmy James Canales: Para Chrome, presented by Presa House Gallery @FL!GHT (San Antonio), October 6 – October 29, 2017
Presa House Gallery takes part in the McNay’s Art to the Power of Ten
Presa House Gallery has been invited to participate in this year’s 7th annual Art to the Power of Ten hosted by the McNay Art Museum. This one night event benefiting the McNay’s acquisition fund…
Kristeen Young Releases New Music Video, Filmed at Presa House Gallery
Kristeen Young new video “You Always Win,” directed by Jenn Alva of FEA and Girl in a Coma and recorded Presa House Gallery. The video features artwork of Suzy González and Allison C Valdivia.
20 Ways to Actually Have Fun in San Antonio Without Alcohol
With the St. Mary’s Strip, a lively downtown and several dive bars throughout the city, it’s never a challenge to find a place to find a drink in San Antonio. Finding sober ways to have fun, however, can sometimes be a challenge…
Presa House Gallery Partners with San Anto Cultural Arts to Present Month-long Youth Exhibition
For some youth artists at San Anto Cultural Arts, the first time they’ll be inside of an art gallery will also be the first time they’ll sell a piece of their own artwork…
Presa House Recognized at the 2017 Cammie Awards
Every year, CAM recognizes excellence and diversity throughout the city’s rich landscape with the presentations of the CAMMIE Awards. We are excited to announce the following cultural organizations as judges…
The Low Down on San Antonio’s Essential Galleries
Despite an unassuming facade one could easily mistake for a private residence (built in 1910), Presa House Gallery packs a well-executed punch with monthly offerings…
Presa House Gallery Debuts New Rolando Briseño Exhibit
Over the weekend, Presa House Gallery in Southtown celebrated an opening of critically acclaimed San Antonio painter. Our John Salazar was there to listen to artist Rolando Briseño talk about his retrospective…
Presa House Gallery Unveils New Briseño Exhibit
On January 6, Presa House Gallery will unveil a new exhibit, Sex, Race, Science, featuring works by San Antonio artist Rolando Briseño.
‘Borderwavve’ at Presa House Gallery
Borderwavve, the current exhibition at San Antonio’s Presa House Gallery, features abstract paintings and assemblage works by four Texas-based artists who have strong ties to the Texas/Mexico border.
Morrissey plays muse in S.A. art exhibit at Presa House
Fans of British emo icon Morrissey are famous for the depths of their devotion. With a sold-out show by the former Smiths frontman coming up at the Tobin Center…
‘November Spawned a Moz Show’ Is the Art Exhibit Morrissey Fans Deserve
As excitement builds for a rare, already-sold out Morrissey show at The Tobin Center on November 17, fans, barely able to contain their delight…