SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020 The Distance Between, BOX 13 ArtSpace, Houston, TX. September-November.
2018 Routine Fables, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. May-June. With Sara Cress.
Masks, Bill’s Junk, Houston, TX. January-February.
2017 So All Of This Is My Fault?, Space 204, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. October- December.
2016 Untitled, Texas Arts and Music Festival, Brenham, TX. October.
2014 Mask, The Front, New Orleans, LA. August – September.
Ceremonial Concealment, Picture Gallery, Saint-Gaudens Memorial, Cornish, NH. May-July.
Doppelgänger, Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University. February- March. With Bari Ziperstein.
2013 Ceremonial Concealment. Settlement Goods, Houston, TX. September-October.
The Wedding Party, The Project Room, Art Palace Gallery, Houston, TX. June- August.
2012 Stylish Breed, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL. January-April. With Megan Greene.
2011 The Sidereal, Blaffer Art Museum’s Window Into Houston, Houston, TX. April- June.
2010 The Museum of Unnatural History, Mary Matteson-Parrish Art Gallery, Lone Star College, Montgomery, TX. November- December.
2009 The Museum of Unnatural History, ArtLeague, Houston, TX. January-February.
2008 Fictitious Realities/Realistic Fictions, Art Palace Gallery, Austin, TX. September-October. With Seth Mittag.
Ersatz Nature, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX. January- February. With Shawn Smith.
2007 Locked Horns and Shed Antlers, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. November.
Crocheting Deer, Hidden Squirrels, Cactus Bra, San Antonio, TX. October.
New Work, Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO. August-September.
Freaks of Nurture, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX. February.
2006 Outside In, Okay Mountain, Austin, TX. August. With William Hundley.
2005 Rear Bumper Sweater, Seth’s Bumper Gallery, Houston, TX. April.
2004 Domestic Camouflage, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. October-December.
2003 Small Comforts, Other Worlds, East Gallery, Fullerton, California. August- September.
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Altamira, SITE Gallery, Houston, TX. October. Collaboration with Emily Link.
2020 Repose, Artists for Artists Virtual Exhibition. July- September.
More is More, Contemporary Art Museum Plainview, Plainview, TX. March.
The Tiny Show, Texas Art Asylum, Houston, TX. February-March.
2019 Texas Vignette, The Women's Museum at Fair Park, Dallas, TX. April 10-14. Curated by Leslie Castro.
2017 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. July- August.
McCheeks, Bill’s Junk, Houston, TX. July.
The Cat Art Show, Texas Art Asylum, Houston, TX. June.
2015 It Came From CalArts, CentralTrak, Dallas, TX. August- September.
Animalia, Gensler Architecture, Houston, TX. February – June.
Green Valentine, G Gallery, Houston, TX. February.
2014 Light Rail Art Trail, Space City Credit Union, Houston, TX. September- November.
Summer Salts. Art Palace, Houston, TX. July – August.
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. July-August.
2013 Trojan Box. Art League, Houston, TX. August-September.
Needled: Contemporary Needle Art. Handmade in America Gallery, Asheville, NC. June- September.
2012 In Heaven, Everything Is Fine. Public Works SF's Roll Up Gallery, San Francisco, CA. October-November.
Captured: Specimens in Contemporary Art. Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts. Walnut Creek, CA. September- November.
Diaspora Vibe 2.0, Levitas Center for the Arts, Southampton, NY. August.
Voices of Home, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA. March-April.
New York, NY. January- February.
2011 Extreme Materials 2, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY. October- January.
In Residence 2010, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX. October – December.
Crafting Live(s): 10 Years of Artists-in-Residence, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX. June- September.
Edge of Life: Forest Pathology Art. Cole Art Center, Stephen F. Austin State University. Nacogdoches , TX. January- February.
2010 High Fiber & Raw Materials, Invitational exhibition, The Arts Alliance Center at Clearlake. Clearlake, TX. August- October.
Ladies First, Art Palace Gallery, Houston, TX. March – May.
Earthbound, Art Museum of South Texas. Corpus Christi, TX. March- May.
Sur Le Fil, Musée International des Arts Modestes, Sete, France. December-April.
2009 Domestic Animals, Webb Gallery, Waxahachie, TX. November- January.
Sur Le Fil, Maison Folie Wazemmes, Lille, France. October- November.
30th Anniversary Exhibition Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. Curated by Clint Willour. August- September.
Animal Attraction, Ambient Art Projects, Las Vegas, NV. June-August.
Raised in Craftivity, Wignall Museum/Gallery, Rancho Cucamonga, CA. January-March.
2008 Skin Trade, Chashama ABC, New York, NY. October-November.
UnBOXed, Crazywood Gallery, Huntsville, TX. October- November.
Cohesive Discord, Space 125, Houston, TX. June-August.
Un-Natural Disaster, University of Texas at Dallas. Dallas, TX. March-April.
2007 Raised in Craftivity, Greenlease Gallery, Kansas City, MO. September.
More Art, Less Filler, Space 204, Ingram Studio Art Center, Vanderbilt University. August-October.
White Trash Heroes, Texas Firehouse Gallery, Long Island City, NY. August.
High 5: Emerging Art in America. The CW Corporate Headquarters, Burbank, CA. June-Aug, 2007.
New Works, Hardin Simmons University, Abilene, TX. January –February.
2006 Fall Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY. November-December.
Embroidered Stories/Knitted Tales, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA. September-November.
Sculpture Now, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX. September-October.
BEAST, Finesilver Gallery, Houston, TX. September-November.
Crafty, MassArt, Boston, MA. September-October.
Quiver, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. May- June.
BMG Artists’ Annual, BLK/MRKT Gallery, Culver City, CA. January- February.
2005 Hanging by a Thread, The Moore Space, Miami, FL. September-October.
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. July.
Texas Biennial, Austin, TX. March.
2004 Empty Nest, Sweetboy Projects Home Base, Los Angeles, CA. July.
Arboretum, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. July-August.
BID Show, Guaranteed Vacuum, Arroyo Arts Collective, Highland Park, CA. May. Juried by Liz Larner.
Pleasure Garden, Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood, CA. April.
Girls Who Wear Glasses, Crazy Space, Santa Monica, CA. March.
2003 Trail Mix: A Mile of Art, Hahamongna Watershed Park, Pasadena, CA. November. Selected by New Town Pasadena.
In the Nursery, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA. October- January.
Armory Outdoor Sculpture Installational, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA. July. August.
Space Invaders, Six Months, Los Angeles, CA. May.
Emergence, Track 16, Santa Monica, CA. March.
2002 Old Town Newhall Art Walk, Jazmin’s Bakery, Newhall, CA. December. Commissioned by City of Santa Clarita, California.
Soft, Time & Place Gallery, Gorman, CA. November-January.
2000 Passing Through Walls: An Art Exhibition Inside an Architecture Building, Sutton Hall, The University of Texas, Austin, TX. December.
Revelation, Texas, International Sculpture Conference, Houston, TX. May- June. Juried by Dr. Frances Colpitt,Luis Jimenez, and Sharon Engelstein.
1999 Surface Tension: An Art Exhibition Inside a Swimming Center, The Texas Swimming Center, Austin, TX. December.
BIOGRAPHY
2003 Masters of Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts, May.
2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art, The University of Texas at Austin, May.
1977 Born in Taft, TX
COMMISSIONS
2019 Who says chickens can't fly, or money can't fall from the sky. Commissioned for HEB Houston Heights, through Weingarten Art Group. Houston, TX. Permanent.
2015 Birds of a Feather, Making a Mark, Periwinkle Foundation at Texas Children’s Hospital. September.
Masking, Community Supported Art Program through Fresh Arts, Houston, TX.
2014 PODA (Portable On-Demand Art), Houston, TX. With Emily Link. Commissioned through the Houston Arts Alliance.
2011 Insperity Golf Experience, Discovery Green, Houston, TX September – November.
2010 Pachikadi and His Flying Friends, Civic Art Commission for the Vinson Neighborhood Library through City of Houston and the Houston Arts Alliance, Permanent.
AWARDS/HONORS
2008 Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist Fellowship Grant
2007 Best Work of Art. Austin Critics Table Awards
2005 Jurors Choice Award. Texas Biennial
RESIDENCIES/FELLOWSHIPS
2018-Present Sandhills Institute, Rushville, NE.
2011 Many Mini Residency, Skydive Artspace, Houston, TX. July 10-11, 2011.
2010 Houston Center of Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX. January-August.
ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AFFILIATIONS
2008- 2014 BOX 13 ArtSpace Houston, TX. President (2011-2014) Exhibition Coordinator (2008-2010).
2009- 2012 Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. Programming Committee.
2007- 2012 Diverseworks Art Space. Houston, TX. Artist Board.
2007-2008 Buffalo Bayou Art Park, Houston, TX. Executive Director.
2020 The Distance Between, BOX 13 ArtSpace, Houston, TX. September-November.
2018 Routine Fables, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. May-June. With Sara Cress.
Masks, Bill’s Junk, Houston, TX. January-February.
2017 So All Of This Is My Fault?, Space 204, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. October- December.
2016 Untitled, Texas Arts and Music Festival, Brenham, TX. October.
2014 Mask, The Front, New Orleans, LA. August – September.
Ceremonial Concealment, Picture Gallery, Saint-Gaudens Memorial, Cornish, NH. May-July.
Doppelgänger, Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University. February- March. With Bari Ziperstein.
2013 Ceremonial Concealment. Settlement Goods, Houston, TX. September-October.
The Wedding Party, The Project Room, Art Palace Gallery, Houston, TX. June- August.
2012 Stylish Breed, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL. January-April. With Megan Greene.
2011 The Sidereal, Blaffer Art Museum’s Window Into Houston, Houston, TX. April- June.
2010 The Museum of Unnatural History, Mary Matteson-Parrish Art Gallery, Lone Star College, Montgomery, TX. November- December.
2009 The Museum of Unnatural History, ArtLeague, Houston, TX. January-February.
2008 Fictitious Realities/Realistic Fictions, Art Palace Gallery, Austin, TX. September-October. With Seth Mittag.
Ersatz Nature, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX. January- February. With Shawn Smith.
2007 Locked Horns and Shed Antlers, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. November.
Crocheting Deer, Hidden Squirrels, Cactus Bra, San Antonio, TX. October.
New Work, Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO. August-September.
Freaks of Nurture, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX. February.
2006 Outside In, Okay Mountain, Austin, TX. August. With William Hundley.
2005 Rear Bumper Sweater, Seth’s Bumper Gallery, Houston, TX. April.
2004 Domestic Camouflage, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. October-December.
2003 Small Comforts, Other Worlds, East Gallery, Fullerton, California. August- September.
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Altamira, SITE Gallery, Houston, TX. October. Collaboration with Emily Link.
2020 Repose, Artists for Artists Virtual Exhibition. July- September.
More is More, Contemporary Art Museum Plainview, Plainview, TX. March.
The Tiny Show, Texas Art Asylum, Houston, TX. February-March.
2019 Texas Vignette, The Women's Museum at Fair Park, Dallas, TX. April 10-14. Curated by Leslie Castro.
2017 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. July- August.
McCheeks, Bill’s Junk, Houston, TX. July.
The Cat Art Show, Texas Art Asylum, Houston, TX. June.
2015 It Came From CalArts, CentralTrak, Dallas, TX. August- September.
Animalia, Gensler Architecture, Houston, TX. February – June.
Green Valentine, G Gallery, Houston, TX. February.
2014 Light Rail Art Trail, Space City Credit Union, Houston, TX. September- November.
Summer Salts. Art Palace, Houston, TX. July – August.
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. July-August.
2013 Trojan Box. Art League, Houston, TX. August-September.
Needled: Contemporary Needle Art. Handmade in America Gallery, Asheville, NC. June- September.
2012 In Heaven, Everything Is Fine. Public Works SF's Roll Up Gallery, San Francisco, CA. October-November.
Captured: Specimens in Contemporary Art. Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts. Walnut Creek, CA. September- November.
Diaspora Vibe 2.0, Levitas Center for the Arts, Southampton, NY. August.
Voices of Home, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA. March-April.
New York, NY. January- February.
2011 Extreme Materials 2, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY. October- January.
In Residence 2010, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX. October – December.
Crafting Live(s): 10 Years of Artists-in-Residence, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX. June- September.
Edge of Life: Forest Pathology Art. Cole Art Center, Stephen F. Austin State University. Nacogdoches , TX. January- February.
2010 High Fiber & Raw Materials, Invitational exhibition, The Arts Alliance Center at Clearlake. Clearlake, TX. August- October.
Ladies First, Art Palace Gallery, Houston, TX. March – May.
Earthbound, Art Museum of South Texas. Corpus Christi, TX. March- May.
Sur Le Fil, Musée International des Arts Modestes, Sete, France. December-April.
2009 Domestic Animals, Webb Gallery, Waxahachie, TX. November- January.
Sur Le Fil, Maison Folie Wazemmes, Lille, France. October- November.
30th Anniversary Exhibition Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. Curated by Clint Willour. August- September.
Animal Attraction, Ambient Art Projects, Las Vegas, NV. June-August.
Raised in Craftivity, Wignall Museum/Gallery, Rancho Cucamonga, CA. January-March.
2008 Skin Trade, Chashama ABC, New York, NY. October-November.
UnBOXed, Crazywood Gallery, Huntsville, TX. October- November.
Cohesive Discord, Space 125, Houston, TX. June-August.
Un-Natural Disaster, University of Texas at Dallas. Dallas, TX. March-April.
2007 Raised in Craftivity, Greenlease Gallery, Kansas City, MO. September.
More Art, Less Filler, Space 204, Ingram Studio Art Center, Vanderbilt University. August-October.
White Trash Heroes, Texas Firehouse Gallery, Long Island City, NY. August.
High 5: Emerging Art in America. The CW Corporate Headquarters, Burbank, CA. June-Aug, 2007.
New Works, Hardin Simmons University, Abilene, TX. January –February.
2006 Fall Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY. November-December.
Embroidered Stories/Knitted Tales, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA. September-November.
Sculpture Now, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX. September-October.
BEAST, Finesilver Gallery, Houston, TX. September-November.
Crafty, MassArt, Boston, MA. September-October.
Quiver, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. May- June.
BMG Artists’ Annual, BLK/MRKT Gallery, Culver City, CA. January- February.
2005 Hanging by a Thread, The Moore Space, Miami, FL. September-October.
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. July.
Texas Biennial, Austin, TX. March.
2004 Empty Nest, Sweetboy Projects Home Base, Los Angeles, CA. July.
Arboretum, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. July-August.
BID Show, Guaranteed Vacuum, Arroyo Arts Collective, Highland Park, CA. May. Juried by Liz Larner.
Pleasure Garden, Barnsdall Art Park, Hollywood, CA. April.
Girls Who Wear Glasses, Crazy Space, Santa Monica, CA. March.
2003 Trail Mix: A Mile of Art, Hahamongna Watershed Park, Pasadena, CA. November. Selected by New Town Pasadena.
In the Nursery, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA. October- January.
Armory Outdoor Sculpture Installational, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA. July. August.
Space Invaders, Six Months, Los Angeles, CA. May.
Emergence, Track 16, Santa Monica, CA. March.
2002 Old Town Newhall Art Walk, Jazmin’s Bakery, Newhall, CA. December. Commissioned by City of Santa Clarita, California.
Soft, Time & Place Gallery, Gorman, CA. November-January.
2000 Passing Through Walls: An Art Exhibition Inside an Architecture Building, Sutton Hall, The University of Texas, Austin, TX. December.
Revelation, Texas, International Sculpture Conference, Houston, TX. May- June. Juried by Dr. Frances Colpitt,Luis Jimenez, and Sharon Engelstein.
1999 Surface Tension: An Art Exhibition Inside a Swimming Center, The Texas Swimming Center, Austin, TX. December.
BIOGRAPHY
2003 Masters of Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts, May.
2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art, The University of Texas at Austin, May.
1977 Born in Taft, TX
COMMISSIONS
2019 Who says chickens can't fly, or money can't fall from the sky. Commissioned for HEB Houston Heights, through Weingarten Art Group. Houston, TX. Permanent.
2015 Birds of a Feather, Making a Mark, Periwinkle Foundation at Texas Children’s Hospital. September.
Masking, Community Supported Art Program through Fresh Arts, Houston, TX.
2014 PODA (Portable On-Demand Art), Houston, TX. With Emily Link. Commissioned through the Houston Arts Alliance.
2011 Insperity Golf Experience, Discovery Green, Houston, TX September – November.
2010 Pachikadi and His Flying Friends, Civic Art Commission for the Vinson Neighborhood Library through City of Houston and the Houston Arts Alliance, Permanent.
AWARDS/HONORS
2008 Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist Fellowship Grant
2007 Best Work of Art. Austin Critics Table Awards
2005 Jurors Choice Award. Texas Biennial
RESIDENCIES/FELLOWSHIPS
2018-Present Sandhills Institute, Rushville, NE.
2011 Many Mini Residency, Skydive Artspace, Houston, TX. July 10-11, 2011.
2010 Houston Center of Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX. January-August.
ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AFFILIATIONS
2008- 2014 BOX 13 ArtSpace Houston, TX. President (2011-2014) Exhibition Coordinator (2008-2010).
2009- 2012 Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. Programming Committee.
2007- 2012 Diverseworks Art Space. Houston, TX. Artist Board.
2007-2008 Buffalo Bayou Art Park, Houston, TX. Executive Director.
