Houston, Texas.

Education

Master of Fine Arts, University of Houston. Houston, TX. 2008.

Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of North Texas. Denton, TX. 2005. 

2019-2022                      Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, TX. 

2013-2020                      University of Houston. Affiliate Professor. Houston, TX.

2013-2016                       Houston Community College. Adjunct Faculty. Houston, TX.

2013-2015                       Art Institute of Houston. Adjunct Faculty. Houston, TX. 

2013                                 Lonestar College. Adjunct Faculty. Cypress, TX.

2011-2012                        Long Beach City College. Adjunct Faculty. Long Beach,CA.

2022       We Don't Sleep  Cris Worley Fine Arts. Dallas, TX. 

2020       Performance Anxiety Cris Worley Fine Arts. Dallas, TX. 

2017        Sappers and Miners  Cris Worley Fine Arts. Dallas, TX. 

2015        Recital    McClain Gallery. Houston, TX. 

2014        Myth Maker  Cris Worley Fine Arts. Dallas, TX.

2011         Pulse Miami Art Fair Samuel Freeman Gallery.  Miami, FL.

                A Function of Identity Samuel Freeman Gallery. Los Angeles, CA.

2009      What You Do To Me McClain Gallery. Houston, TX.

               Stop Looking At Me  Roswell Museum of Art. Roswell, NM.

               Awarded solo show for the Texas Biennial:

               Big Medium Gallery. Austin, TX.  Curated by Michael Duncan.

2008     Surface   University of Houston Project Gallery. Houston, TX. 

2007     Kelli Vance: Interiors   Joan Wich & Co. Gallery. Houston, TX.

2021     VAA Juried Exhibition. Juror: Harry Cooper, Ph.D., Senior Curator National Gallery of  

             Art. Washington, D.C. 

             Valdosta National. 

             Valdosta State University.Valdosta, GA.

2020    Texas National Competition 

             Stephen F Austin University. Nacogdoches, TX. 

2018    Vignette Art Fair. 

             Women’s Museum. Dallas, TX. 

2017     Referendum. 

             Flight gallery. San Antonio, TX. 

            The Reflection in the Sword of Holofernes

             Galveston Artist Residency. Galveston, TX.

             32nd Annual International Exhibition

             University of Texas at Tyler. Tyler, TX. 

2016     Contemporary Portraiture 

             The Gallery at UT Arlington. Arlington, TX. 

             Homelife  

             Inman Gallery. Houston, TX. 

            8th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition and Exhibition

             Lore Degenstein Gallery. Selinsgrove, PA. 

2015    Painting and Sculpture 

            Artscan Gallery. Houston, TX.

            Wet   

            Williams Tower. Houston, TX.

2014    Faculty Art Exhibition 

            Houston Community College. Houston, TX.

            Draped Up and Dripped Out. 

            Mountain View College Gallery. Dallas, TX. 

            Artspace111 Regional Juried Exhibition

            Artspace 111. Fort Worth, TX.

            On Your Mark: Opus I

            Cris Worley Fine Arts. Dallas, TX.

2013    More Than A Likeness 

            McClain Gallery. Houston, TX.

            Austere Measures.  

            Oak Cliff Cultural Center. Dallas, TX.

            Texas Biennial: New and Greatest Hits. 

            Big Medium. Austin, TX.

2012    Power of Paint 

            Avis Frank Gallery. Houston, TX.

2011     Oye Chica  

            Mission Projects. Chicago, IL. 

            Spectrum  

            Avis Frank Gallery. Galveston, TX.

           Opening Exhibition  

           Avis Frank Gallery. Galveston, TX.

2010   20 on Paper  

           Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX.

           Texas Biennial Alumni Show. 

           Big Medium, Austin, TX. 

           SICA Annual Juried Exhibition. Winner: Best in Show

           SICA. Long Branch, NJ.

2009  A Room Of Her Own  

           McClain Gallery. Houston, TX. 

           In The Dark    

           McClain Gallery project space. Houston, TX.

2008  Thrive   

           Diverseworks. Houston, TX. 

           Curated by MaryRoss Taylor. 

           Points of Convergence College Art Association Exhibition. 

           The Gallery at University of Texas at Arlington. Arlingto

2017 Individual Artist Grant, Houston Arts Alliance and the City of Houston

2014 Hunting Art Prize Finalist

2013 Hunting Art Prize Finalist

2009  Louis Comfort Tiffany Award Nominee

2008 Roswell Artist-In-Residence, Roswell, New Mexico

-  New American Paintings #150. Curated by Suzanne Weaver. 

-  “The State of the Art: Contemporary Artists in Texas” ebook by June Mattingly.

- Oxford American. Photo pg 16.

- The Pulse. Chattanooga. Cover photo.

- “100 Under 100. Art Superstars of the South”. Oxford American Magazine.2012.

- Colpitt, Francis. “Texas Biennial” Art In America. June 2009.

- Riley, Jamie. “Art Houston 2007.” H Texas Magazine. July 2007. Pg 18  (photo)

- Cook, Sandra. “It’s a Wonderful Home”. Houston House and Home. December 2006. Pg 43 (photo)

Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art. Roswell, New Mexico.