curriculum vitae
as I drifted off, oil on canvas, 36"x 48"
Education:
1979 M A Humanities, University of Houston-Clear Lake, TX
1977 B A Applied Design and Visual Arts, University of Houston-Clear Lake, TX (Summa cum Laude)
1971 B A Psychology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX,
Other Educational Experiences;
1999 - 2005 Glassell School, Studied primarily with Terrell James and Brian Portman
1976 - 1993 University of Houston-Clear Lake, 27 post graduate hours in visual art
1981 - 1982 Teacher’s Certificate, All-level Art, University of Houston
Teaching Experience:
2013 - 2019 Art Content Tutor for Houston Community College, Houston TX
2000 - 2003 La Porte ISD, Visual Arts Coordinator, La Porte, TX
1983 - 2003 La Porte ISD, Art Instructor, La Porte, TX
1979 -1983 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Art, Alvin Community College, Alvin, TX
Gallery Representation: 2008 - to present Archway Gallery, Houston, TX
Social Practice
1997 - present
Archway Readers Cofounder and facilitator of monthly readings by local writers.
Selected Exhibitions:
2023
No Matter What, Keep the Hand Moving, solo show Archway Gallery, Houston, Tx
Politics of Sex, curator: Suzette Mouchaty, G Contemporary Art Gallery, Houston, Tx
Blue, Open Show, Art Car Museum, Houston, Tx
2022
Light Around the World, Pixels+Silver, FotoFest, 3x5' Images displayed on the fences surrounding St.Andrew Episcopal Church, Houston, Tx
Visual Arts Alliance 38th Juried Membership Exhibition, Juror: Lester Marks, Sabine Street, Houston, Tx
ThinkINK 2022 Membership Exhibition, The Silos, Houston, Tx
2021
Exploring Paint, shirl riccetti/donna e perkins, Front Gallery, Archway Gallery, Houston TX
What I Did on my Covid Vacation, 15th Annual Open Call, Art Car Museum, Houston, Tx
Awakening, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts Juror: Rosa Ana Orlando, Virtual
VAA's 37th Juried Open Exhibition, Visual Art's Alliance, Juror: Harry Cooper, Senior Curator fo the National Gallery of Art, Virtual
2020
#Black Lives Matter - Time for Change, Archway Gallery, Houston TX
Compassion, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts and Holocaust Museum Houston, Virtual
Pixels+Silver Group Show FotoFest 2020, Christ Church Cathedral, Houston TX
37th Juried Membership Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Juror: Shana Nys Dambrot, Virtual
2019
Spill, solo show, Front Gallery, Archway Gallery, Houston TX
INK&IMAGE 2019: Red ...or not, group show of six artists, Archway Gallery, part of PrintHouston2019
2018
In the Eye of the Beholder, Pixels and Silver Art Group, 1100 Louisiana, FotoFest Participating Space Houston TX
Vignette Art Fair, The Woman's Building at Fair Park, Dallas TX
Touch Series, Kam's Wok/Wine/Dine, Curated by Harold Joiner, Houston TX
2017
The Art Cycle Project, Trump THIS!, The Art Car Museum, Houston, TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Juror Toby Kamp, Houston, TX
Becoming Paint, solo show, Archway Gallery, Houston TX
Archway Goes French, Alliance Française de Houston TX
The First 100 Days: Artists Respond, The Silos on Sawyer, Houston TX
Røpost Houston, City Hall, Houston TX
2016
Pixels+Silver: Group Dynamics, FotoFest 2016, Aker Imaging Gallery, Houston TX
Røpost Denmark, Esbjerg City Hall, Esbjerg, Denmark
Røpost Denmark, Arier Gammeltorv at UCSyd (University), Esbjerg, Denmark
Røpost Houston, Art Car Museum, Houston TX
2015
Shimmer, solo show, Archway Gallery, Houston TX
596 Miles, Art Chatter Critique Group, International Woman's Foundation, Marfa TX
Ink&Image 2015, PrintHouston, Archway Gallery, Houston, TX
re.in.car.na.tion, 10th Open Call Exhibition, Art Car Museum, Houston TX
Open Air ArtFest, the mariago collective, Houston TX
2014
Touch, solo show Curated by Elise Arnoult Miller, Nos Caves Vin (Frostwood location) Houston TX
Obsession and Grace, Stark Naked Theater Company & Spring Street Studios, Houston TX
Art Chatter Uncorked, Nos Caves Vin (Woxton location) Houston TX
The VCR Show: Vision. Collaboration. Retrospection, A Twentieth Anniversary Celebration, Curated by
Kellye Sanford,18 Hands Gallery, Houston TX
2013
Visual Arts Alliance 30th Open Exhibition, Juror Diane Barber, Three Allen Center, Houston TX
Back to Black and White, Kam's Wok/Wine/Dine, Houston TX
Coming Undone, solo show, Archway Gallery, Houston TX
Freeing The Word In Small Spaces, WIVLA, Juror Orna Feinstein, Museum of Printing History, Houston
2012
Exposure, solo show, Wagner Sousa Modern Art, Galveston TX
Acker Imaging Open Photo Show, Acker Imaging, Houston TX
Fieldwork Showcase, Diverse Works, (two videos), Houston TX
Venturing Out, Big Range Dance Festival, Program C, collaboration with jhon r stronks, Barnevelder A
Complex, Houston TX
Art Chatter Critique Group, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston TX
Uncharted Territory, WIVLA Print Show, Museum of Printing History, Houston TX
Visual Arts Alliance 2nd Invitational Juried Exhibit, Juror Janet Blocker, Second Place Award
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Juror Marco Antonini, Houston TX
2011
Caliente: Full Frontal Color, solo show, Archway Gallery, Houston TX
Caliente Dos, solo show, Nos Caves Vin, Houston, TX, Curator Elise Arnout
Finding Balance, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Museum of Printing History, Houston, Juror
Christine Jelson West
Venturing Out, collaboration with jhon r stronks, Barnevelder Arts Complex, Houston TX
Reconstruction, Open Call, Art Car Museum, Houston TX
iPhone Invitational, Total Plaza, Houston, Curator Matt Adams
2010
Stealing Lines, Lone Star College, Tomball Campus, Tomball TX
Cubism, Stages Theatre for run of A Picasso, Houston TX
Articulation 2010, Group Exhibition by Art Chatter, Audley Society, Houston TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Juror Paul Middendorf
Black and White and Wood All Over, Bogan Gallery, Galveston TX
2009
Wheels and Tires, six person show, Art Car Museum, Houston TX
Entanglements, solo show, Archway Gallery, Houston TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Juror Laura Fried
Wheels and Tires, The Beeville Art Museum, Beeville TX
2008
Intersections, Art Chatter Critique Group, The Jung Center, Houston TX
Visual Arts Alliance 25th Juried Open, Williams Tower, Houston, Juror Sally Sprout, Honorable Mention
Open Door Series Summer Juried Exhibition, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake
New Texas Talent XV, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas TX
VAA 26th Juried Membership Exhibition, Bank of America, Houston, Juror Megan Whitenton
2007
10 Women/10 Perspectives, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake
Fragile, two person show with Kamila Szczesna, College of the Mainland, Texas City TX
Summer Juried Exhibition, The Arts Alliance Center of Clear Lake
Juried Exhibition, Live Oak Art Center, Columbus TX, Melissa Miller juror
25th Juried Membership Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, One Allen Center, Houston TX
2006
It’s Your Deal, Inner Art Corridor, Best of Show, juror Brian Portman
Featured Artist, Lee College, Baytown TX
Five Course Love, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Stages Theatre, Houston TX
24th Juried Membership, Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, juror Clint Willour
Figurative Show, Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake juror Mark Greenwalt, Second Place, Body of Work
Juried Exhibition, Live Oak Art Center, Columbus TX, Richard Stout juror
Summer Open, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake
The Suitcase Show, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Brazosport Art League
2005
One Person Show at Voices Breaking Boundaries Office, Project Row Houses, Houston TX
New Works, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Mind Puddles Gallery, Houston TX
22nd Juried Open, Visual Arts Alliance, The Continental Building, Houston TX
The Current See of Art, Waterstop Gallery, Marfa Studio of Art, Marfa, TX
Confessions of Imago, group instillation, Commerce Street Artist’s Warehouse, Houston TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX
Summer Open Juried Exhibition, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake, Third Place
Hello Again (using the found & recycled), The Arts Alliance at Clear Lake, Invited Artist
23rd Juried Membership, Visual Arts Alliance, Bank of America, Houston TX
2003
Flow, a Collage of Sights& Sounds, Voices Breaking Boundaries, Diverse Works, Houston TX
2002
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX
Group Show, Brun Street Gallery, Houston TX
Crossings, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Jung Center, Houston TX
2001
Creative Crossroads, Four person show, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake, Houston TX
Reflections on Nature: Drawings, Commerce Street Art Warehouse, Houston TX
2000
Miniatures, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Bruce Mauldin Gallery, Houston TX
1999
The Mayor’s Summit on Women, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston TX
Cafe Art Gallery for the Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Omni Houston Hotel, TX
Visual Art Showcase, Women’s Play Fest/1999, Rice University, Houston TX
Print Show, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, The Museum of Printing History, Houston TX
Segue to a New Century, Bay Area Artists Colony, University of Houston Clear Lake, Houston TX
Juried Open Exhibition, Bay Area Artist’s Colony, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake
Two Woman Show, New Heights Theatre, Houston TX
1998
Mixed-Media Juried Exhibition, Bay Area Artists Colony, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake
Membership Exhibition, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Houston TX
Segue III, Bay Area Artists Colony, University of Houston Clear Lake
Publications:
2016
Anatomy of a Collaboration: An Insider's View of the Rørpost Project, Renata Lucia,
ArtHouston. Fall/Winter 2016-2017, Issue 3
The Rørpost Collaboration Project, Art - Energy Collaboration Project, Esbjerg - Houston
2013
Coming Undone, Archway Gallery, Modern Luxury Houston Magazine, September
Coming Undone: Explosive Mix image used in the heading Houston Press Arts Guide
2012
Lynne McCabe discusses one of my group's performances from her Social Sculpture Class,
University of Houston Magazine Fall
Leaving the Silo, Artists on Seeing Other Disciplines, Nancy Wozny, Art + Culture Houston,
February
Lawndale Big Show Highlights 2012, Both my sculpture and my video were included,
Review by Kelly Klaasmeyer, Glasstire
"The Big Show" at Lawndale Returns, Not as Big But With Plenty to Like, by Meredith Deliso,
Houston Press
Artist Member Q & A with Donna E. Perkins, by S. Tintem, included photos of my paper
sculptures and discussion of my collaborations with jhon r. stronks, Fresh Arts Interview
1979 M A Humanities, University of Houston-Clear Lake, TX
1977 B A Applied Design and Visual Arts, University of Houston-Clear Lake, TX (Summa cum Laude)
1971 B A Psychology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX,
Other Educational Experiences;
1999 - 2005 Glassell School, Studied primarily with Terrell James and Brian Portman
1976 - 1993 University of Houston-Clear Lake, 27 post graduate hours in visual art
1981 - 1982 Teacher’s Certificate, All-level Art, University of Houston
Teaching Experience:
2013 - 2019 Art Content Tutor for Houston Community College, Houston TX
2000 - 2003 La Porte ISD, Visual Arts Coordinator, La Porte, TX
1983 - 2003 La Porte ISD, Art Instructor, La Porte, TX
1979 -1983 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Art, Alvin Community College, Alvin, TX
Gallery Representation: 2008 - to present Archway Gallery, Houston, TX
Social Practice
1997 - present
Archway Readers Cofounder and facilitator of monthly readings by local writers.
Selected Exhibitions:
2023
No Matter What, Keep the Hand Moving, solo show Archway Gallery, Houston, Tx
Politics of Sex, curator: Suzette Mouchaty, G Contemporary Art Gallery, Houston, Tx
Blue, Open Show, Art Car Museum, Houston, Tx
2022
Light Around the World, Pixels+Silver, FotoFest, 3x5' Images displayed on the fences surrounding St.Andrew Episcopal Church, Houston, Tx
Visual Arts Alliance 38th Juried Membership Exhibition, Juror: Lester Marks, Sabine Street, Houston, Tx
ThinkINK 2022 Membership Exhibition, The Silos, Houston, Tx
2021
Exploring Paint, shirl riccetti/donna e perkins, Front Gallery, Archway Gallery, Houston TX
What I Did on my Covid Vacation, 15th Annual Open Call, Art Car Museum, Houston, Tx
Awakening, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts Juror: Rosa Ana Orlando, Virtual
VAA's 37th Juried Open Exhibition, Visual Art's Alliance, Juror: Harry Cooper, Senior Curator fo the National Gallery of Art, Virtual
2020
#Black Lives Matter - Time for Change, Archway Gallery, Houston TX
Compassion, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts and Holocaust Museum Houston, Virtual
Pixels+Silver Group Show FotoFest 2020, Christ Church Cathedral, Houston TX
37th Juried Membership Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Juror: Shana Nys Dambrot, Virtual
2019
Spill, solo show, Front Gallery, Archway Gallery, Houston TX
INK&IMAGE 2019: Red ...or not, group show of six artists, Archway Gallery, part of PrintHouston2019
2018
In the Eye of the Beholder, Pixels and Silver Art Group, 1100 Louisiana, FotoFest Participating Space Houston TX
Vignette Art Fair, The Woman's Building at Fair Park, Dallas TX
Touch Series, Kam's Wok/Wine/Dine, Curated by Harold Joiner, Houston TX
2017
The Art Cycle Project, Trump THIS!, The Art Car Museum, Houston, TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Juror Toby Kamp, Houston, TX
Becoming Paint, solo show, Archway Gallery, Houston TX
Archway Goes French, Alliance Française de Houston TX
The First 100 Days: Artists Respond, The Silos on Sawyer, Houston TX
Røpost Houston, City Hall, Houston TX
2016
Pixels+Silver: Group Dynamics, FotoFest 2016, Aker Imaging Gallery, Houston TX
Røpost Denmark, Esbjerg City Hall, Esbjerg, Denmark
Røpost Denmark, Arier Gammeltorv at UCSyd (University), Esbjerg, Denmark
Røpost Houston, Art Car Museum, Houston TX
2015
Shimmer, solo show, Archway Gallery, Houston TX
596 Miles, Art Chatter Critique Group, International Woman's Foundation, Marfa TX
Ink&Image 2015, PrintHouston, Archway Gallery, Houston, TX
re.in.car.na.tion, 10th Open Call Exhibition, Art Car Museum, Houston TX
Open Air ArtFest, the mariago collective, Houston TX
2014
Touch, solo show Curated by Elise Arnoult Miller, Nos Caves Vin (Frostwood location) Houston TX
Obsession and Grace, Stark Naked Theater Company & Spring Street Studios, Houston TX
Art Chatter Uncorked, Nos Caves Vin (Woxton location) Houston TX
The VCR Show: Vision. Collaboration. Retrospection, A Twentieth Anniversary Celebration, Curated by
Kellye Sanford,18 Hands Gallery, Houston TX
2013
Visual Arts Alliance 30th Open Exhibition, Juror Diane Barber, Three Allen Center, Houston TX
Back to Black and White, Kam's Wok/Wine/Dine, Houston TX
Coming Undone, solo show, Archway Gallery, Houston TX
Freeing The Word In Small Spaces, WIVLA, Juror Orna Feinstein, Museum of Printing History, Houston
2012
Exposure, solo show, Wagner Sousa Modern Art, Galveston TX
Acker Imaging Open Photo Show, Acker Imaging, Houston TX
Fieldwork Showcase, Diverse Works, (two videos), Houston TX
Venturing Out, Big Range Dance Festival, Program C, collaboration with jhon r stronks, Barnevelder A
Complex, Houston TX
Art Chatter Critique Group, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston TX
Uncharted Territory, WIVLA Print Show, Museum of Printing History, Houston TX
Visual Arts Alliance 2nd Invitational Juried Exhibit, Juror Janet Blocker, Second Place Award
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Juror Marco Antonini, Houston TX
2011
Caliente: Full Frontal Color, solo show, Archway Gallery, Houston TX
Caliente Dos, solo show, Nos Caves Vin, Houston, TX, Curator Elise Arnout
Finding Balance, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Museum of Printing History, Houston, Juror
Christine Jelson West
Venturing Out, collaboration with jhon r stronks, Barnevelder Arts Complex, Houston TX
Reconstruction, Open Call, Art Car Museum, Houston TX
iPhone Invitational, Total Plaza, Houston, Curator Matt Adams
2010
Stealing Lines, Lone Star College, Tomball Campus, Tomball TX
Cubism, Stages Theatre for run of A Picasso, Houston TX
Articulation 2010, Group Exhibition by Art Chatter, Audley Society, Houston TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Juror Paul Middendorf
Black and White and Wood All Over, Bogan Gallery, Galveston TX
2009
Wheels and Tires, six person show, Art Car Museum, Houston TX
Entanglements, solo show, Archway Gallery, Houston TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Juror Laura Fried
Wheels and Tires, The Beeville Art Museum, Beeville TX
2008
Intersections, Art Chatter Critique Group, The Jung Center, Houston TX
Visual Arts Alliance 25th Juried Open, Williams Tower, Houston, Juror Sally Sprout, Honorable Mention
Open Door Series Summer Juried Exhibition, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake
New Texas Talent XV, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas TX
VAA 26th Juried Membership Exhibition, Bank of America, Houston, Juror Megan Whitenton
2007
10 Women/10 Perspectives, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake
Fragile, two person show with Kamila Szczesna, College of the Mainland, Texas City TX
Summer Juried Exhibition, The Arts Alliance Center of Clear Lake
Juried Exhibition, Live Oak Art Center, Columbus TX, Melissa Miller juror
25th Juried Membership Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, One Allen Center, Houston TX
2006
It’s Your Deal, Inner Art Corridor, Best of Show, juror Brian Portman
Featured Artist, Lee College, Baytown TX
Five Course Love, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Stages Theatre, Houston TX
24th Juried Membership, Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, juror Clint Willour
Figurative Show, Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake juror Mark Greenwalt, Second Place, Body of Work
Juried Exhibition, Live Oak Art Center, Columbus TX, Richard Stout juror
Summer Open, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake
The Suitcase Show, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Brazosport Art League
2005
One Person Show at Voices Breaking Boundaries Office, Project Row Houses, Houston TX
New Works, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Mind Puddles Gallery, Houston TX
22nd Juried Open, Visual Arts Alliance, The Continental Building, Houston TX
The Current See of Art, Waterstop Gallery, Marfa Studio of Art, Marfa, TX
Confessions of Imago, group instillation, Commerce Street Artist’s Warehouse, Houston TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX
Summer Open Juried Exhibition, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake, Third Place
Hello Again (using the found & recycled), The Arts Alliance at Clear Lake, Invited Artist
23rd Juried Membership, Visual Arts Alliance, Bank of America, Houston TX
2003
Flow, a Collage of Sights& Sounds, Voices Breaking Boundaries, Diverse Works, Houston TX
2002
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX
Group Show, Brun Street Gallery, Houston TX
Crossings, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Jung Center, Houston TX
2001
Creative Crossroads, Four person show, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake, Houston TX
Reflections on Nature: Drawings, Commerce Street Art Warehouse, Houston TX
2000
Miniatures, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Bruce Mauldin Gallery, Houston TX
1999
The Mayor’s Summit on Women, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston TX
Cafe Art Gallery for the Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Omni Houston Hotel, TX
Visual Art Showcase, Women’s Play Fest/1999, Rice University, Houston TX
Print Show, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, The Museum of Printing History, Houston TX
Segue to a New Century, Bay Area Artists Colony, University of Houston Clear Lake, Houston TX
Juried Open Exhibition, Bay Area Artist’s Colony, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake
Two Woman Show, New Heights Theatre, Houston TX
1998
Mixed-Media Juried Exhibition, Bay Area Artists Colony, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake
Membership Exhibition, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Houston TX
Segue III, Bay Area Artists Colony, University of Houston Clear Lake
Publications:
2016
Anatomy of a Collaboration: An Insider's View of the Rørpost Project, Renata Lucia,
ArtHouston. Fall/Winter 2016-2017, Issue 3
The Rørpost Collaboration Project, Art - Energy Collaboration Project, Esbjerg - Houston
2013
Coming Undone, Archway Gallery, Modern Luxury Houston Magazine, September
Coming Undone: Explosive Mix image used in the heading Houston Press Arts Guide
2012
Lynne McCabe discusses one of my group's performances from her Social Sculpture Class,
University of Houston Magazine Fall
Leaving the Silo, Artists on Seeing Other Disciplines, Nancy Wozny, Art + Culture Houston,
February
Lawndale Big Show Highlights 2012, Both my sculpture and my video were included,
Review by Kelly Klaasmeyer, Glasstire
"The Big Show" at Lawndale Returns, Not as Big But With Plenty to Like, by Meredith Deliso,
Houston Press
Artist Member Q & A with Donna E. Perkins, by S. Tintem, included photos of my paper
sculptures and discussion of my collaborations with jhon r. stronks, Fresh Arts Interview