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JOHN GAUNT
BIOGRAPHY:
1954 Born, Key West, Florida 1976 B.S. Advertising, The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 1986 Studio Courses, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 1990 M.F.A., East Texas State University, Commerce, TX. 1993 Texas Public School K-12 Art Education Certification,
EXHIBITIONS:
1997 "New Texas Talent" Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX "Lesson Cycle: Counting to Ten" Solo Exhibition, Art League of Houston, Houston, TX "X-Select", 4-Person Show, 500X, Dallas, TX "Fourteenth Annual Juried Exhibition" Visual Art Alliance, Houston, TX
1996 "Hope & Horror from the Ashes of Yugoslavia" Bosniac Cultural Center, New York, NY "New Texas Talent" Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX "Critic's Choice" Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX "Houston Area Exhibition" Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston "Turnstyles" Commerce Street Art Warehouse, Houston, TX "Fourth Annual Art Crawl" Purse Building Studios, Houston, TX "Dia de los Muertos" Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, TX "Phenomenon" Art League of Houston, TX "Salon des Oeuvres Refuses" The Women's Caucus for Art, Firehouse Gallery, Houston, TX
1995 "Solo Exhibition" Urban Art Bar, Houston, TX "Open Studios" Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, TX "Dia de los Muertos" Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, TX
1994 "Black Velvet Show, Benefit for Arte Vivo" Brazil, Houston, TX "Dia de los Muertos" Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, TX 1993 "Hair Ball - Benefit" Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, TX "Dia de los Muertos" Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, TX
1992 "H.I.S.D. Faculty Art Show" Jackson Middle School Gallery, Houston, TX "Dia de los Muertos" Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, TX
1991 "Everything Can Be Explained" Two-Person Show, R.E.F. Studios, Houston, TX "Dia de los Muertos" Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, TX
1990 "Rich's Art Bar" Solo Exhibition, Houston, TX "Houston Art Educator's Association - Small Works" Houston Public Library - Main Branch "500X Open Show" Dallas, TX "Graduate Thesis Show - Solo Exhibition" East Texas State
University,
HONORS:
1996 Honorable Mention - "Houston Area Exhibition"
1995 "Everyday Hero" Award, KTRH News Radio
1992 First Place Painting, H.I.S.D. Faculty Art Show,Jackson Middle School Houston, TX
1990 First Place Graduate Painting - "Annual Student Exhibit"
East Texas State
EXPERIENCE:
1990 to present Visual Art Teacher, James S. Deady Middle School, H.I.S.D., Houston, TX Director and Sponsor of Deady After School Anti-Gang Visual Art Program 1995 Contemporary Arts Museum Education Advisory Committee,Houston, TX 1992 to present Supervising Teacher - Student Teacher Training, University of Houston
Assistant Instructor, East Texas State University, Commerce, TX
OTHER:
1997 Interviewed by PBS and Students Featured in Frank Stella - University of Houston Documentary Elected to Board of Directors, Artists Board, Art League of Houston
1996 Interviewed on ABC Good Morning America, National Television Panel Reviewed in Public News, May 29, 1996 Awarded Lead Teacher Position, Deady Middle School, H.I.S.D. Students Employed at Glassell Junior School - Summer Program Established Art Gallery at Deady Middle School, H.I.S.D. Students Awarded Scholarships to Glassell Junior School
1995 Students Participated in Youth Violence Prevention Art Show, City Hall Students Awarded Scholarships to Glassell Junior School
1994 Southeast District Fine Arts Committee, H.I.S.D., Houston, TX Supervised Creation of Art Car (with students and Joy Mullett), Annual Art Car Parade, Houston, TX Deady Art Program Awarded Grant from the Houston Art Symposium Students Awarded Scholarships to Glassell Junior School
1993 Docent for Visiting School Superintendents, Great City's School
Awarded Impact-II Grant, H.I.S.D.
1992 Artwork Published in Sulphur River Literary Review, Austin, TX |