Selected Exhibitions

1998

Blurred Boundaries
Fotofest Exhibition
Winter Street Art Center, Houston, TX

Enough to Make You Sick
Solo Exhibition, Purse Building Studios,
Houston, TX
website

MSC Visual Arts Exhibition
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX

Bucking the Texan Myth III
Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX,
Chuck Cooper, Peter Mears, and
Jill Robertson Oleson, Jurors (catalogue)
website

The Big Show
Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, TX,
Claudia Gould, Director, Artists Space,
New York, New York, Juror

13th Annual Main Street Exhibition
Contemporary Art Center of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX,
Vernon Fisher, Juror

Larry Graeber, Jack Stenner: New Work
Craighead-Greene Gallery, Dallas, TX

1997

The Big Show
Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, TX,
Don Bacigalupi, Director, Blaffer Gallery,
University of Houston, Juror

New Texas Talent 1997
Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas,
Philip Van Keuren, Director, The Gallery, Meadows School of Arts,
Southern Methodist University, Juror

Annual Showcase Exhibition
The Alternative Museum, New York, NY,
Romy Phillips, Director; Elisa White, Curatorial Assistant

Visual Arts Alliance Fourteenth Annual Open Juried Exhibition
1100 Louisiana Building, Houston, TX,
James Surls, Sculptor, Juror

Main St. Fort Worth, 12th Annual Festival Exhibition
The Contemporary Art Center of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX,
Charles Wylie, Curator of Contemporary Art,
Dallas Museum of Art, Juror

Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art '97
Cullen Center, Houston, Texas
David A. Ross, Director, Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York, New York, Juror

Main St. Fort Worth, 12th Annual Festival Exhibition
The Contemporary Art Center of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX,
Charles Wylie, Curator of Contemporary Art,
Dallas Museum of Art, Juror

1996

Numb
Solo Exhibition, Purse Building Studios,
Houston, Texas

Visual Arts Alliance Annual Juried Membership Exhibition
First City Main Street Building, Houston, TX,
Clint Willour, Executive Director, Galveston Arts Center, Juror*

Best In America
Invitational Exhibition, The Stones Gallery,
San Francisco, CA

Designing Men
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts,
San Angelo, TX, Four Person Exhibition,
Howard Taylor, Museum Director

12th Annual National Juried Exhibition
Berkeley Art Center Association,Berkeley, CA,
Geno Rodriguez, Director of the Alternative Museum,
New York, NY, Juror

The Big Show
Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, TX,
Laurence Miller III, Director - Artpace, San Antonio, Juror

Bucking the Texan Myth: Scouting the Third Frontier
Austin Museum of Art,Austin, TX,
Daniel E. Stetson, Jill Robertson Oleson, Jurors
(catalogue) website

The 39th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art
Chautauqua, NY,John D. O'Hern, Director-Arnot Art Museum,
Elmira, NJ, Juror (catalogue)

Visual Arts Alliance Open Juried Exhibition
Transco Tower, Houston, TX,
Dr. William Otten, Director, Art Museum of South Texas, Juror

1996 Main St. Fort Worth Fine Arts Exhibition
Continental Plaza Building,Fort Worth, TX,
Barry Whistler, Owner/Director, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX, Juror

1996 Houston Area Exhibition
Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX,
Dana Friis-Hansen, Luis Jimenez, Mary Miss, Jurors (catalogue)

Texas National 96 Exhibition
Stephen F. Austin Gallery,
Nacogdoches, TX, Faith Ringgold, Juror (catalogue)

FotoFest 96
Site Specific Installation,
If We Tend The Garden, The Flowers Will Bloom
Nelson Building, Houston, TX (catalogue)

1995

National Fine Arts Exhibition, Main St. Fort Worth
Sue Graze, Juror

Urban Suburban Rural
Art League of Houston,
Annual Juried Membership Exhibition, Ibsen Espada, Juror

Sleepless Nights
Art League of Houston, Invitational

Third Annual Warehouse Art Crawl
Purse Building Studios, Houston, TX

1994

Materials + Form 2
Art League of Houston,
Janice Rudy, Juror

Texas Association of Museums Tour
Eerie City Iron Works Gallery, Houston, TX

Second Annual Warehouse Art Crawl
Purse Building Studios, Houston, TX

Rush Hour Art Stop
Eerie City Iron Works Gallery, Houston, TX

1993

First Annual Warehouse Art Crawl
Eerie City Iron Works Gallery,Houston, TX

360 Degrees of Perception: The Circles and Spheres Show
Westside Art Studios, Houston, TX, Invitational

 

1985 - 1991 Practicing Architect

Affiliations/Activities

Board of Directors, Buffalo Bayou Artpark
1998 - present

Artist Assitant, Frank Stella Mural,
Moores School of Music,
University of Houston, Houston, TX

Webmaster, Purse Building Studios
1996 - present

Vice President, Co-Chair Artist Directors, Art League of Houston,
1995 - 1997

Member, Lawndale Art and Performance Center

Member, TALA

Member, Texas Fine Arts Association

Registered Architect, State of Texas

Education and Honors

*Third Place Award, The Big Show,
Lawndale Art and Performance Center,
Houston, Tx
Claudia Gould, Artist Space, NY, NY, juror
1998

Creative Artist Grant
Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County
1997

*First Place Award, Visual Arts Alliance Annual Juried
Membership Exhibition, Houston, TX
Clint Willour, Executive Director, Galveston Art Center, juror
1996

Award of Merit
Coconut Grove Art Festival, Coconut Grove, Florida
Dr. Christina Orr-Cahill, Director,
Norton Gallery of Art, juror
1995

Edward J. Romieniec Award for Outstanding Senior Designer

John E. O'Brien Scholarship in Environmental Design

Bachelor of Environmental Design , 1985, Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX

 

Selected Bibliography

Johnson, Patricia. "Loft Ambitions,"
The Houston Chronicle, 18 August, 1998.
website

Anspon, Catherine. "The Big Show: Still Big, Better Still,"
Public News, Issue #837, 8 July, 1998.
website

Tyson, Janet. "Main Street 13th Annual Festival Exhibition,"
Star-Telegram, 17 April, 1998.
website

Brown, April, "UpFront-See It,"
The Met, Volume 5, no. 10, 11 March, 1998.

Anspon, Catherine. "Dia De Los Muertos, Lawndale's
Lively Version of Death's Remembrance,"
Public News, Issue #751, 30 October 1996.

"'Designing Men' Step Out In Latest SAMFA Exhibit,"
San Angelo Standard Times, 6 September 1996.

Lark, Laura. "Jack Stenner -If We Tend The
Garden, The Flowers Will Bloom,"
Artlies, Issue #11, June - September 1996.

Childers, Carol. "Blaffer Exhibit Puts Spotlight on Local Talent,"
The Houston Chronicle, 2 March 1996.