Veronica is an affiliate professor in the Visual Art Program teaching courses in drawing and painting. She holds a BFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio and an MFA from the University of Colorado Boulder. She has exhibited in numerous exhibitions nationally. Some notable places she has exhibited include the Museo de las Americas, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, CU Museum of Natural History, and the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities.
Herrera is best known for her colorful, abstract works. She finds inspiration in her everyday surroundings, and looks to re-interpret her memories through color, repetition, and pattern. Color interaction and repetition of shapes are at the forefront. Color mixing and creating color schemes are part of her art-making process. Veronica looks for ways to make color pop by selecting florescent, highly saturated or complementary color pairs, and muting areas of her paintings with tints, shades and tones. Themes that reoccur in her artwork include self-portraiture, Hispanic cultural pieces and abstraction.
