Gloria Abella Ballen studied at SUNY-Buffalo and the National School of Anthropology andHistory in Mexico City and did additional studies with Larry Rivers andJohn Cage. She has exhibited internationally and has received awards for her workfrom UNESCO, Latin American Graphics Biennial, National Endowment for the Arts,the Pan American Graphics Portfolio Award, and the British Council.Her work is in the collections of museums, corporations and private individualsinternationally. She has been invited as a visiting artist in England (University of Essexand the Camberwell School of Art), in China (University of Xinjiang), and in Israel(Mishkan Omanim in Herzliya) among others. In addition to the United States she hastaught at universities in Puerto Rico and Colombia.