store in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Ruiz de Velasco signed several hundred autographs. Nordstrom of the Gallería also held a fashion show with their top clothing lines with Ruiz de Velasco's art images used as a photographic backdrop. In 1997, Mrs. Nancy Hamon asked Ruiz de Velasco to create a mural for the Nancy and Jake L. Hamon Biomedical Research Building at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. The mural was 3 meters by 4 meters. It was inaugurated by Nancy Hamon and the Director of the Medical Center, Dr. Kern Wildenthall. In April 1999, Ruiz de Velasco held an exhibition at the Florence Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas. In July 1999, the Beaux Art at the Dallas Museum of Art chose Ruiz de Velasco to provide several of her paintings to auction off for charity. In October, she held an individual exhibition at the Irving Arts Center (Museum) in Irving, Texas. Calendar Archive In April 2000, Ruiz de Velasco held an exhibition at the Mission Gallery in Highland Park, Texas. In 2003, she created two murals and donated them to the Beaty Early Childhood School in Plano, Texas. In 2005 she painted an airplane hung from the ceiling of the new International Terminal at the Dallas–Fort Worth Airport. In 2007, she painted the front cover of the September/October 2007 edition of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. In 2009, Veronica Ruiz de Velasco is one of five Mexican artists selected to create a painting representing Mexico at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. In 2019, Veronica Ruiz de Velasco is interviewed on the TV Show "Estamos Unidos America" which will air on Mega TV. In November 2020, Veronica Ruiz de Velasco opened her own art gallery in Palm Beach on Worth Avenue. In 2021, Judge Jeanine Pirro interviewed her about her career inside her gallery and posted it to her Instagram site. In January 2022, Judge Jeanine Pirro thanked her for creating a masterpiece on her three dogs, Ted , Red and Stella on her national Foxnews show called The Five. References External links 1968 births Living people Mexican women painters Contemporary painters Mexican muralists Artists from Mexico City Women muralists Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" alumni 20th-century Mexican women artists 21st-century Mexican women artists