Resume CV
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Education
Corcoran School of the Arts and Design @ George Washington University
MFA Social Practice
with an emphasis on Public Policy
May 2022
The University of Texas @ Austin
BFA Studio Art
BA Studio Art
May 2008
Honors & Awards
Martha Von Hirsh Memorial Scholarship
Morris Louis Scholarship
Mei Yuen Hoover Scholarship
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Creative Access Fellowship 2019
Santa Fe Art Institute
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Featured Artist - Sabine Street
Sawyer Yards
Houston, TX
PRIDE Houston Featured Artist 2019
Houston City Hall
Exhibitions
2022
-Desiderium II - Portico Gallery - Brentwood, MD
-The Gender Within - Dupont Underground - Washington, D.C.
-NEXT - Corcoran School of the Arts & Design - Washington, D.C.
-Desiderium - Gallery 102 - Washington, D.C.
2021
-The Fearless Artist Pop Up Gallery - Art Basel - Miami, FL
-Solo Lab 5 - VisArts - Rockville, MD
-The BIG Show - Lawndale Contemporary Art Center - Houston, TX
-Reflections (of a Surface or a Body) - The Silos @ Sawyer Yards - Houston, TX
-BO/DY - Nefarious Contemporary - Baltimore, MD
-Invierno - Sabine Street Studios - Houston, TX
2020
-What Are Your Plans This Fall? - Bill Arning Exhibitions - Houston, TX
-New Beginnings - Gallery ONE - Houston, TX
-JJ Baker Presents: Portraits & Artists - Hardy & Nance - Houston, TX
-Kaleidoscope - Sabine Street Studios - Houston, TX
-The Many Faces of Bill Arning - Andrew Edlin Gallery - New York, NY
-Exquisite Drawing Redo - G Spot Gallery - Houston, TX
2019
-Stonewall 50/50 - Gallery 1969 - New York, NY
-Texas Extravagant Drawings - Fiendish Plots - Lincoln, NE
-More Texas Queers (Than You Can Handle) - Horse Shed - Manchester, UK
-No Trigger Warnings - Flatbed Gallery - Houston, TX
-Metamorphosis: Art + Disability - Sabine Street Studios - Houston, TX
-Mix It Up - Insomnia Gallery - Houston, TX
-Abundance - Sabine Street Studios - Houston, TX
-Not Gay As In Happy, But Queer As In Fuck You - Alabama Song - Houston, TX
-Restoration In Motion - Rick Smith Gallery - Texas Medical Center - Houston, TX
-Refresh/Renew - Sabine Street Studios - Houston, TX
-PRIDE Houston Art Exhibit - Houston City Hall - Houston, TX
-Boundless - Sabine Street Studios - Houston, TX
2005- 2018 (Highlight Exhibitions)
-Retablos 31 - MECA - Houston, TX
-Teacher Appreciation - Katy Contemporary Art Museum - Katy, TX
-Staff Show - Katy Visual and Performing Arts Center - Katy, TX
-Retablo Project - Lawndale Art Center - Houston, TX
-Five x Seven 2012 - ArtHouse at The Jones Center - Austin, TX
-State Fair, CelebriTEA - DiverseWorks Art Space - Houston, TX
-Five x Seven On The Road - Talley Dunn Gallery - Dallas, TX
-I’ll Be Your Mirror - Pump Project Art Complex - Austin, TX
-Salon de Refusés - M Squared Gallery - Houston, TX
-Five x Seven - ArtHouse at the Jones Center - Austin, TX
-Empty Box - BOX 13 Gallery - Houston, TX
-ArtErotica: Let Them Eat Cake - Seaholm Power Plant - Austin, TX
-Postcard Project What is Disability? - JFK Center for Performing Arts - Washington, D.C.
-SKIN - The United States Art Authority - Austin, TX
-Figure It Out - Blue Ocean Gallery - Austin, TX
-Driven - Smithsonian Museum – Ripley Center - Washington, D.C.
-Up & Coming - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - Washington, D.C.
Related Work Experience
Program Director/Instructor
Opening ARTS & Minds - United Spinal Houston
November 2018-2021
Teaching Artist & Volunteer Manager,
ARTreach
January 2016-Present
Instructor, Arts In Medicine Program,
Texas Children’s Hospital
January 2013-2021
Instructor, Painting & Drawing Workshops,
Katy Contemporary Art Museum
May 2015-2017
Visual Arts Director & Instructor,
Katy Visual and Performing Arts Center
December 2011-2016
Bibliography
Newspaper articles, television interviews, websites include:
KTRK ABC 13
OUTSmart Magazine
New Mobility Magazine
My Gay Eye I Mein schwules Auge
The Daily Texan
Cakecrushonthetown.com
The Greater Houston Weekly
The Katy Times
The Republic of Austin - Art Blog
KRIV FOX 26