MARCH 8 - OCTOBER 27, 2025
In celebration of our 45th anniversary, our intent with Reflections of Nature (March through October) is to uplift mural art as it relates to themes of nature and its intersection with humankind. The purpose of this exhibition is to create and present an entirely original mural display of the highest caliber at the San Antonio Botanical Garden, honoring our region’s rich mural art history with themes of nature, plants, animals, and the vibrant diversity of the people of our region. We want our community to see themselves and their region in these murals while they explore nature throughout the Garden, providing a unique experience compared to conventional indoor museums. Visitors will walk the Garden and view art inspired by nature with the beauty of nature all around them
Curated in collaboration with Bridge Projects.
The images shown are mockups and references that represent the artists’ envisioned murals. These concepts provide a glimpse of the creative direction and inspiration behind each piece. Final murals may vary as the artists bring their unique styles to life on-site.
There will be 12 large-scale murals installed across our 38 acres, their impact elevated by the addition of curated plant collections selected specifically for each mural. Determined to present the works of the most respected and talented regional muralists, we commissioned the accomplished Bridge Projects team to manage the exhibition.
The diversity of identity, cultures, and experiences is embraced by Reflections of Nature, giving these artists the unique opportunity to share their stories in murals set in a venue that none of the 12 have ever experienced before. The mediums for the murals promise to be as diverse as the artists themselves.
Lucas Aoki
Lucas Aoki began his artistic journey in his hometown of Cordoba, Argentina, where he studied multimedia design. In 2011 he relocated to Austin, Texas to pursue work as a self-taught artist. Since then, he started working on large-scale projects and translating his ideas into murals. Fascinated by the challenge of scale and the transformative power of public art, he explores the connection between art, community, and shared spaces. Aoki’s work continues to grow through constant research, experimentation, and collaboration as an internationally exhibited artist.
Lucas Aoki
Lucas Aoki began his artistic journey in his hometown of Cordoba, Argentina, where he studied multimedia design. In 2011 he relocated to Austin, Texas to pursue work as a self-taught artist. Since then, he started working on large-scale projects and translating his ideas into murals. Fascinated by the challenge of scale and the transformative power of public art, he explores the connection between art, community, and shared spaces. Aoki’s work continues to grow through constant research, experimentation, and collaboration as an internationally exhibited artist.
Christin Apodaca
Christin Apodaca is a multidisciplinary artist from El Paso, Texas. Their work explores themes of resilience, connection, and identity through vibrant, narrative-driven creations. Rooted in community engagement, their projects range from public murals and installations to collaborative zines and exhibitions. By blending bold imagery with meaningful storytelling, Apodaca invites viewers to reflect on their own connections to culture, nature, and the human experience.
Christin Apodaca
Christin Apodaca is a multidisciplinary artist from El Paso, Texas. Their work explores themes of resilience, connection, and identity through vibrant, narrative-driven creations. Rooted in community engagement, their projects range from public murals and installations to collaborative zines and exhibitions. By blending bold imagery with meaningful storytelling, Apodaca invites viewers to reflect on their own connections to culture, nature, and the human experience.
Kat Cadena
Kat Cadena is a multimedia artist, celebrated muralist, and independent illustrator. She was raised by multiple generations of strong, proud and fierce mestiza women in San Antonio, Texas. Cadena’s brightly colored portraits and larger than life murals depict unflinchingly emotional subjects. Surrounded by monumental, flowing medicinal herbs and flowers, her works are a nod to a simultaneous keeping of tradition and an intentional breaking of cycles.
Kat Cadena
Kat Cadena is a multimedia artist, celebrated muralist, and independent illustrator. She was raised by multiple generations of strong, proud and fierce mestiza women in San Antonio, Texas. Cadena’s brightly colored portraits and larger than life murals depict unflinchingly emotional subjects. Surrounded by monumental, flowing medicinal herbs and flowers, her works are a nod to a simultaneous keeping of tradition and an intentional breaking of cycles.
Rudy Herrera
Rudy M. Herrera was born in El Paso, Texas, where he resided until moving to San Antonio, Texas with his family at age nine. The transition was difficult. However, he later embraced San Antonio as his home. It offered him stability for the first time. Rudy has been a practicing artist for most of his life, even when his craft wasn’t financially sustainable. He focuses on pushing boundaries with bold and colorful imagery. He often creates large-scale works using acrylic, spray paint, and mixed media as well as digital and commercial work for local businesses. He enjoys addressing his peers, especially those who might not gravitate to traditional museums or galleries. The artist is of Native Tigua descent. Herrera’s work welcomes and sometimes challenges that perspective.
Rudy Herrera
Rudy M. Herrera was born in El Paso, Texas, where he resided until moving to San Antonio, Texas with his family at age nine. The transition was difficult. However, he later embraced San Antonio as his home. It offered him stability for the first time. Rudy has been a practicing artist for most of his life, even when his craft wasn’t financially sustainable. He focuses on pushing boundaries with bold and colorful imagery. He often creates large-scale works using acrylic, spray paint, and mixed media as well as digital and commercial work for local businesses. He enjoys addressing his peers, especially those who might not gravitate to traditional museums or galleries. The artist is of Native Tigua descent. Herrera’s work welcomes and sometimes challenges that perspective.
Jennifer Khoshbin
Jennifer Khoshbin is a San Antonio public artist, having exhibited in cities, galleries, and museums throughout the US, and published and written about widely. She is committed to beautiful artistry and community engagement through thoughtful public and private art installations and collections. Born in Philadelphia, she was exposed to art at an early age through her extended family of contemporary and craft artists. Khoshbin studied at the University of Texas, Austin, and the University of Kentucky, graduating with degrees in Sociology and Art.
Jennifer Khoshbin
Jennifer Khoshbin is a San Antonio public artist, having exhibited in cities, galleries, and museums throughout the US, and published and written about widely. She is committed to beautiful artistry and community engagement through thoughtful public and private art installations and collections. Born in Philadelphia, she was exposed to art at an early age through her extended family of contemporary and craft artists. Khoshbin studied at the University of Texas, Austin, and the University of Kentucky, graduating with degrees in Sociology and Art.
Rhys Munro
Rhys Munro is a Mexican American artist based in San Antonio, Texas. Her work explores identity, liminality, geometry, and architecture, creating a dialogue between structure and environment. She relies on composition, color, and light as dynamic elements rather than static forms, constructing rhythmic, immersive spaces that shift with time and perception. Her minimalist approach reflects a deep connection to cultural memory, with color acting as a bridge between history and experience, inviting reflection and discovery.
Rhys Munro
Rhys Munro is a Mexican American artist based in San Antonio, Texas. Her work explores identity, liminality, geometry, and architecture, creating a dialogue between structure and environment. She relies on composition, color, and light as dynamic elements rather than static forms, constructing rhythmic, immersive spaces that shift with time and perception. Her minimalist approach reflects a deep connection to cultural memory, with color acting as a bridge between history and experience, inviting reflection and discovery.
Mitsumasa Overstreet
A distinguished artist renowned for his expertise in public art, Mitsu Overstreet is committed to fostering connections and engagement within diverse communities. While providing a platform for individuals to express their identities, he aims to facilitate learning, healing, and personal growth. His installations have been showcased widely, including in Santa Fe, San Francisco, and Atlantic City. He recently completed a highly acclaimed mural installation covering 7,500 sq ft for the City of El Paso, and a 22 ft long terrazzo bench featuring educational augmented reality technology for La Nube, the El Paso Children’s Museum.
Mitsumasa Overstreet
A distinguished artist renowned for his expertise in public art, Mitsu Overstreet is committed to fostering connections and engagement within diverse communities. While providing a platform for individuals to express their identities, he aims to facilitate learning, healing, and personal growth. His installations have been showcased widely, including in Santa Fe, San Francisco, and Atlantic City. He recently completed a highly acclaimed mural installation covering 7,500 sq ft for the City of El Paso, and a 22 ft long terrazzo bench featuring educational augmented reality technology for La Nube, the El Paso Children’s Museum.
Steve Parker
Steve Parker is an artist, musician, and organizer based in Austin, Texas. Parker makes social sculptures: large-scale performances that facilitate meaningful exchanges between the public, densely layered sculptural objects, and the environment. His projects include an outdoor opera for 1.5 million bats, megaphone choir, and echolocation devices; a constellation of suspended instruments that plays a composition made from brain waves; and sonic healing meditations played by NCAA marching bands. Parker is the recipient of the Rome Prize, the Pollock-Krasner Award, and is currently a Fulbright Scholar at National Taiwan University.
Steve Parker
Steve Parker is an artist, musician, and organizer based in Austin, Texas. Parker makes social sculptures: large-scale performances that facilitate meaningful exchanges between the public, densely layered sculptural objects, and the environment. His projects include an outdoor opera for 1.5 million bats, megaphone choir, and echolocation devices; a constellation of suspended instruments that plays a composition made from brain waves; and sonic healing meditations played by NCAA marching bands. Parker is the recipient of the Rome Prize, the Pollock-Krasner Award, and is currently a Fulbright Scholar at National Taiwan University.
Chris Sauter
Chris Sauter works across media exploring the interplay of history, biology, scientific discovery, and material culture. Based in San Antonio, Texas, Sauter has been an artist in residence and exhibited internationally. Over the past 30 years, he has created work that studies agriculture, history, science, and religion to draw connections between material, understanding, and the conclusions we make about these processes. Sauter’s art challenges what we know and take for granted about the worlds and environments that we exist within. Sauter is a professor at the University of Texas in San Antonio and a member of M12, a collective of practitioners focused on rural issues.
Chris Sauter
Chris Sauter works across media exploring the interplay of history, biology, scientific discovery, and material culture. Based in San Antonio, Texas, Sauter has been an artist in residence and exhibited internationally. Over the past 30 years, he has created work that studies agriculture, history, science, and religion to draw connections between material, understanding, and the conclusions we make about these processes. Sauter’s art challenges what we know and take for granted about the worlds and environments that we exist within. Sauter is a professor at the University of Texas in San Antonio and a member of M12, a collective of practitioners focused on rural issues.
Kathy Sosa
An artist from the Texas borderlands, Kathy Sosa brings to life bold portraits that are inspired by Latinx culture, women, and the people she meets. She is internationally recognized for her paintings which carry her own sense of style, color, and brushstroke, with a mix of modern and traditional techniques. Kathy often includes iconic cultural imagery such as trees of life, huipiles, and butterfly wings to adorn the people she paints.
She is the author of Mestizaje: The Feminist Art of Kathy Sosa and the co-editor and illustrator of Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico: Portraits of Soldaderas, Saints, and Subversives. Kathy Sosa lives in San Antonio, Texas, and Querétaro, Mexico.
Kathy Sosa
An artist from the Texas borderlands, Kathy Sosa brings to life bold portraits that are inspired by Latinx culture, women, and the people she meets. She is internationally recognized for her paintings which carry her own sense of style, color, and brushstroke, with a mix of modern and traditional techniques. Kathy often includes iconic cultural imagery such as trees of life, huipiles, and butterfly wings to adorn the people she paints.
She is the author of Mestizaje: The Feminist Art of Kathy Sosa and the co-editor and illustrator of Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico: Portraits of Soldaderas, Saints, and Subversives. Kathy Sosa lives in San Antonio, Texas, and Querétaro, Mexico.
Holly Veselka
Holly Veselka is a conceptual new media artist living and teaching in San Marcos, Texas. She uses ecological research in combination with emerging technologies to address the ongoing challenges of biodiversity loss and climate change on our planet. Veselka’s artworks have included the use of artificial intelligence, 3D-printers, and contemporary video to explore humanity’s complicated relationship with nature.
Holly Veselka
Holly Veselka is a conceptual new media artist living and teaching in San Marcos, Texas. She uses ecological research in combination with emerging technologies to address the ongoing challenges of biodiversity loss and climate change on our planet. Veselka’s artworks have included the use of artificial intelligence, 3D-printers, and contemporary video to explore humanity’s complicated relationship with nature.
Tabria Williford
Tabria Williford is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Austin, Texas, and founder of @tawathreads. Her work is defined by an adventurous spirit, with a focus on captivating audiences through bold, vibrant colors. She draws inspiration from the textures, organic shapes, and striking hues found in nature to create work that is both visually striking and emotionally resonant. She enjoys exploring different mediums, including textiles, prints, sculptures, and more, believing each process helps to tell a different story.
Tabria Williford
Tabria Williford is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Austin, Texas, and founder of @tawathreads. Her work is defined by an adventurous spirit, with a focus on captivating audiences through bold, vibrant colors. She draws inspiration from the textures, organic shapes, and striking hues found in nature to create work that is both visually striking and emotionally resonant. She enjoys exploring different mediums, including textiles, prints, sculptures, and more, believing each process helps to tell a different story.
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