Verónica Gaona (b. 1994) is a Mexican American artist from Brownsville, Texas, based in Houston. Gaona received an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Houston and a BA from The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley. Gaona was awarded the Latinx Fellowship Award (2023), the Chispa Award (2022), by The US Latinx Art Forum, and Artadia Award (2021). She participated in Monumentality in Art: Memory, History, and Impermanence in Diaspora panel at the CAA conference in Chicago, Illinois (2022) and was selected to take part in Engaging Latinx Art: National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (2022). Gaona attended the Desert Unit for Speculative Territories in Marfa (2019), Lawndale Art Residency in Houston (2022-2023), PAC Residency in Houston (2024), and will be participating in the International Studio & Curatorial Program in Brooklyn, New York (2024).

Verónica Gaona (n. 1994) es una artista Mexico Americana de Brownsville, Tejas, trabajando en Houston. Gaona recibió una maestría en Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Houston y una licenciatura de la Universidad de Texas en Rio Grande Valley. Gaona recibió el Latinx Fellowship Award (2023), el Chispa Award (2022), de The US Latinx Art Forum, y el Artadia Award (2021). Participó en el panel Monumentality in Art: Memory, History, and Impermanence in Diaspora en la conferencia CAA en Chicago, Illinois (2022) y fue seleccionada para participar en Engaging Latinx Art: National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute en el Museum of Fine Artes Houston (2022). Gaona asistió a la Desert Unit for Speculative Territories in Marfa en Marfa (2019), Lawndale Art Residency en Houston (2022-2023), PAC Residency en Houston (2024), y participará en el International Studio & Curatorial Program en Brooklyn, Nueva York ( 2024).