2012 MFA - Painting - Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi - Corpus Christi, TX
2008 BFA - Double Major: Studio Art, Communication Design - Texas State University - San Marcos, TX
Academic Employment
2021 – Present Senior Lecturer of Art & Design, University of Houston - Clear Lake, Houston, TX
2015 – 2021 Lecturer of Art & Design, University of Houston - Clear Lake, Houston, TX
2012 – 2015 Adjunct Professor: Drawing I & II, Lonestar College - North Harris, Houston, TX Adjunct Professor: Art History 1, Art Appreciation, Drawing, San Jacinto College - North Campus, Houston, TX
Adjunct Professor: Art Appreciation, Lone Star College - Victory Center, Houston, TX
2010 – 2012 Instructor of Record, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX
Exhibitions
2024
(Solo) Bits and Pieces, Baugh Center for the Visual Arts, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, Texas
Faculty Exhibition, University of Houston - Clear Lake, Houston, Texas
2023
LBIF Works on Paper, Juror: Marilyn Symmes, Independent Curator in New York City, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
National Collage Society 39th Annual Juried Exhibition, Jurors: Cynthia Behr, Professor of Art History at College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, Jeff Katzin, Senior Curator, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH, Cory Peeke, Professor of Art and Director of the Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR, Liberty Hall Academic Center Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ
11th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Ray Kass, Professor Emeritus in the School of Visual Arts at Virginia Tech, Bower Center for the Arts, Bedford, VA
25th Annual Rio Brazos Exhibition, Juror: Daniel Blagg, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX
36th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, Juror: Johanna Gosse, Assistant Professor of Art History & Visual Culture, University of Idaho and Executive Editor of Media-N: Journal of the New Media Caucus, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Cerulean Arts’ 11th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Bill Perthes, The Bernard C. Watson Director of Adult Education at the Barnes Foundation, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA
San Antonio Art League & Museum’s 93rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Catherine Walworth, Ph.D., the Jackye and Curtis Finch Jr. Curator of Drawing at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Art in Little Rock, AR, San Antonio Art League, San Antonio, TX
2022
Works on Paper 2022, Juror: Esther Adler, Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints at MoMA, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJFALC 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Jennifer Dasal, former Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina, and host of the independent podcast ArtCurious, Fine Arts League of Cary, Cary, NC
National Collage Society 38th Annual Juried Exhibition, Jurors: Mary St. George, Professional Collage Artist, Lisbon, Portugal. Christian Siroyt, Curator, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada. Mary Reynolds, Founder and Director, Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art, Buffalo, New York, The Coburn Art Gallery at Ashland University in Ashland, OH
BAAC 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Kim Kitada, contemporary art curator and Jedel Family Foundation Curatorial Fellow at Charlotte Street Foundation, BAAC Gallery, Batesville, AR
CAL National 2022, Juror: Megan Olivia Ebel, gallery director, curator, and appraiser at Heidi Vaughan Fine Art in Houston, Texas, Madeley Gallery, Conroe Art League, Conroe, TX
Bower Center 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Nancy Dahlstrom, Professor Emerita and former Professor of Art at Hollins University, Bower Center for the Arts, Bedford, VA
A Sense of Place, 40th National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Erin Dunn, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Telfair Museums in Savannah, GA, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
Mark Arts Abstract National, Juror: Dominic Chambers, Mary R Koch Arts Center, Glady’s and Karl T. Wiedemann Gallery, Wichita, KS
Invitational: Big Bend Conservancy 25th Anniversary Gala, Hotel Saint George, Marfa, Tx
2021
2020 Contemporary Art Survey, Juror: Zoey Frank, The Lincoln Center,Fort Collins, CO
Paint 2021, Curated by Michelle Y. Loh, a New York based art advisor, gallery director, and curator, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
41st Annual Faber Birren Color Award Exhibit, Juror: Michael Neumeister, Assistant Curator at the American Federation of Arts, New York, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT
2021 Southworks National Juried Art Exhibition, Juror: Jennifer A. Smith, Gallery & Marketing Director at The Arts Center of Greenwood, SC, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
National Collage Society 37th Annual Juried Exhibition, Jurors: Lisa Tremper Hanover, Interim Director of Operations Philip & Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
Daniel Burke, Professor Emeritus in Art, Mercyhurst University, Erie, Pennsylvania. Katherine Chang Liu, MS, University of California, Berkeley, award winning internationally renowned watercolor and collage artist.BAAC 9th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Landon Perkins, interdisciplinary artist Preparator at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, AR), Batesville Area Arts Council, Batesville, AR
FALC 26th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Ryan Fox - artist, Fine Arts League of Cary, Cary, NC
Merged II: d’Art’s Second National Exhibition of Collage and Assemblage, Juror: Andy Harris Norfolk-based artist and arts educator, D’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
2020
Town and Country: 2020 Texas Painting Symposium Juried Show, Juror: Chad Dawkins - Curator and Director of Exhibitions, Southwest School of Art (San Antonio, TX), HDJ Studio Gallery at Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX35th Annual Texas and Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition, Juror: Kristin Rivas - Director, Samuel Lynne Galleries in Dallas, TX, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX
Southworks 2020 National Juried Art Exhibition, Juror: Chris Clamp - Artist, art handler and consultant in fine art services, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
BAAC 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Eric Freeman - painter, poet, musician, and photographer, Batesville Area Arts Council, Batesville, AR
Providence Art Club National Open Juried Exhibition 2020, Juror: Matthew Hargraves, PhD, Chief Curator of the Yale Center for British Art, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
Bower Center 8th National Juried Exhibition 2020, Juror: Deborah McLeod - Director of Chroma Projects Art Laborator, Bower Center for the Arts, Bedford, VA
2020 BOA National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Brandon Cordrey - Executive Director of VAE Raleigh, Bank of the Arts, Craven Arts Council, New Bern, NC
AOY 9th Annual Juried Show, Juror: Jennifer Hansen Rolli - artist, author, illustrator, AOY Art Center, Yardley, PA
Art Alliance’s 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Red Bank Gallery, Art Alliance of Monmouth County, Red Bank, NJ
Mark Arts Abstract National, Juror: Roberta Dyer, Mary R Koch Arts Center,
K.T. Wiedemann Gallery, Wichita, KSMonochrome 2020, Juror: John Manno, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2019
CASPFEST: National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Christina Rees, Editor-in-Chief of Glasstire, Charles Adams Studio Project, 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, TX2019 Cimarron National Works on Paper Exhibition, Jodi Throckmorton - Curator of Contemporary Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Gardiner Gallery of Art at the Bartlett Center at Oklahoma State University - Department of Art, Graphic Design and Art History, Stillwater, OK
Bellingham National Juried Art Exhibition 2019, Juror: Bruce Guenther, Independent Curator and Art Historian, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
30th National Drawing and Print Exhibition, Juror: Ginevra Shay, Artist and Curator, Former Artistic Director of The Contemporary, Gormley Gallery, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, MD
47th International Art Show, Jurors: Mauricio Saenz: isual artist and filmmaker, MA in Artistic Production from Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain and Joe Harjo: visual artist, MFA from the University of Texas San Antonio, and Professor of Photography at Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX
TRAHC’s 31st Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Dr. InJeong Yoon, Assistant Professor of Art Education - University of Arkansas, Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council Arts Center, Texarkana, TX
National Collage Society 35th Annual Juried Exhibition, Jurors: Janet Maher, Professor Emeritus of Art from Loyola University, Baltimore, Maryland, Chuck Scalin, Professor emeritus and former assistant chair of the Communication Arts + Design Department at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, Anderson Turner, Director School of Art Collection & Galleries, Kent State University, Manager of the NCS Signature Members Permanent Teaching Collection, Kent, Ohio, Cummings Gallery at Mercyhurst University in Erie, PA
A Sense of Place - 39th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Anne Marchand, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
Bower Center’s 7th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Linda Atkinson, art consultant, fine art appraiser and former sculpture professor at University of California-Santa Cruz. She also taught as a visiting lecturer for Hollins University, Radford University, Virginia Western Community College and Roanoke College, where she was Gallery Director and Curator for 11 years. Bower Center for the Arts, Bedford, VA
The Schwa Show National Juried Art Exhibition, Juror: Kiki Farish - artist and educator, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
11th Annual Juried Art Show, Juror: Joseph Krakora - former Executive Officer for External and International Affairs at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, Riverview Artspace, Lynchburg, VA
2018
NCS 34TH Annual Juried Exhibition, National Collage Society, Jurors: Gianna Commito, Associate Professor of Art Kent State University, Kent, OH, Catherine Nash, MFA University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Cecil Touchon, Founding Member of 1987 Post-Dogmatist Group, International Society of Assemblage & Collage Artists, Santa Fe, NM. nationalcollage.com/2018
2018 UHCL Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, Lone Star College - North Harris, Houston, TX
2018 UHCL Faculty Exhibition, University of Houston - Clear Lake, Houston, TX
2017
Dialogist, Vol. IV, Issue II, Quarterly journal of poetry and art.
New Texas Talent XXIV, Juror: Katherine Wagner - CEO of Business Council for the Arts, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
37th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Juror: Devon Zimmerman - Ph.D. candidate, former Director’s Assistant at Pace, Modern and Contemporary Art Department, Research Assistant at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and MoMA, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT
Valdosta National 2017, Juror: Bryce Speed - Assistant Professor of Art, University of Alabama,Valdosta State University, Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery,
Valdosta, GANew Directions 2017: 33rd Annual National Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition, Juror: Ruth Erickson, Associate Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Barrett Art Center/DCAA, Poughkeepsie, NY
Horizon: Contemporary Landscape Juried Exhibition 2017, Juror: Kensuke Yamada - Visiting Assistant Professor at Centre College, Danville, KY, Community Arts Center, Danville, KY
“Let It Enfold You” Summer Juried Exhibition 2017, E3 Convergence Gallery, Missoula, MT
South Cobb Arts Alliance 30th National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Joe Remillard - Professor of Drawing and Painting at Kennesaw State University, Mable House Arts Center, Mableton, GA
Art of the South 2017, Number Inc, Juror: Mark Scala, Ground Floor Gallery, Nashville, TN
2016
27th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Juror: Tumelo Mosaka, Independent Curator, formerly Curator at Krannert Art Museum and Associate Curator at the Brooklyn Museum, Viridian Artists Contemporary Art Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Jax Juried Exhibition, Juror: Stefanie Fedor, Executive Director at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA
29th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, Juror: Brooke Davis Anderson - Executive Director, U.S. Biennial (Prospect New Orleans), McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
In, On, Of Paper, Juried Exhibition, Jurors: Tom Balbo - Artistic Director at the Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland, OH and Dr. Robert J. Lang - Origami master, physicist and engineer, Paper Circle: Southeast Ohio's Center for Paper and Book Arts, Nelsonville, OH
CAC 2016 National All Media Juried Exhibition, Juror: DeWitt Cheng - San Francisco-based critic, curator and educator, Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
64 ARTS National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Lonnie Eugene Stewart - International artist and sculptor, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
ART7 Gallery: 2016 Regional Juried Exhibition, Juror: Nancy Lamb, ART7 Crockett
Community Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
2015
35th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Juror: Beth Grabowski,
Professor and Assistant Department Chair at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Bradley University Galleries, Peoria, IL
Southworks, National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Will South, Chief Curator for
Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina, The Oconee Cultural ArtsFoundation, Watkinsville, GA
Studio Visit Magazine, v. 29-30, Spring Edition, International Juried Exhibition,
Juror: Michael Lash, Independent Curator & Former Director of Public Arts forthe City of Chicago
2014
2014 MarinMOCA Summer National Juried Exhibition, Juror: Catherine Clark,
Director/Owner of the Catherine Clark Gallery, Marin Museum of Contemporary
Art, Novato, CA
Williams Prize in Drawing for Emerging Artists, Exhibiting Artist, Juror: Fred Wessel, The Artist for Artists Project, Simsbury, CT
TRAHC 26th Annual Juried Exhibition, Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council, Texarkana, TX
2014 National Juried Art Exhibit "Incite Insight", Juror: Ivar Zeile, Owner/Director
of Plus Gallery, Denver, CO, Fort Collins Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, COThird Coast National, Fourth Place Award, Juror: Mark Bradford,
K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX2014 Beaumont Art League National Exhibition, Juror: Vera Barnett,
Beaumont, TXFaculty Exhibition, San Jacinto College - North Campus, Houston, TX
Faculty Exhibition, Lone Star College - North Harris, Houston, TX
2013
2013 Hunting Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Houston, TX
1st Bi-annual Juried International Art Competition, Honorable Mention Award,
Four Points Contemporary, Houston, TX
The Art of it All 2: All Media International Juried Exhibition,
Shy Rabbit Contemporary Art, Pagosa Springs, CO
Dames 2013, Texas All-Women’s Art Exhibition, Group Show, Bryan, TX
Faculty Show, Lone Star College - North Harris, Houston, TX
2012
12x12 Show, Betz Gallery, Houston, TX
Rising Eyes of Texas: Statewide Juried Exhibition, Rockport Center for the Arts,
Rockport, TX
TAMUCC Graduate Exhibition: Festival of the Arts, Art Center of Corpus Christi,
Corpus Christi, TX
Fluxus: MFA Solo Thesis Exhibition, Texas A&M University - CC,
Corpus Christi, TX
2011
45th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College,
Corpus Christi, TX
Rome Art Coterie: 10th National Juried Show, Rome, GA
37th Annual Juried Student Art Show, First Place, Texas A&M University,
Corpus Christi, TX
Small Wonders National Juried Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art,
Annapolis, MD
TAMUCC MFA Exhibition - Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi,
Corpus Christi, TX
2010
Rising Eyes of Texas - Statewide Juried Exhibition, Rockport Center for the Arts,
Rockport, TX
Awards
2022 Second Place, BAAC 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition, BAAC Gallery, Batesville, AR
2019 Third Place, 47th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX
2014 Fourth Place, Third Coast National, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
2008 Juror’s Merit Award, All Student Juried Exhibition at Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2006 First Place: Oil Painting, Victoria Art League, Victoria, TX,
2006 Second Place: Mixed Media,Victoria Art League, Victoria, TX
2005 First Place: Oil Painting, Victoria Art League
Bibliography & Publications
All She Makes, Issue 6, 2023
Horyczun, Mike. Paint Exceeds Medium in New Silvermine Show.
https://www.silvermineart.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/PAINT-TCP_2021_04_25_Page_43-1.pdf, April 25, 2021
A5 Magazine Portfolio #25, April, 2019, United Kingdom
Creative Quarterly 53 - The Journal of Art & Design, 2018, Runner-up, Fine Art: Professional
Dialogist, Vol. IV, Issue II, 2017, A quarterly journal of poetry and art
Studio Visit Magazine, v. 29-30, Spring Edition, International Juried Exhibition, Juror: Michael Lash, Independent Curator & Former DIrector of Public Arts for the City of Chicago
The Artist For Artists Project 2014 Winner’s Catalog, 2014 Williams Prize in Drawing for Emerging Artists
2014 Kalos Foundation Visual Art Prize, Finalist, Juror: Mary McCleary, Ruminate Magazine, Winter Issue
Ramirez, Kathleen. “Art From the Heart: Fluxus” Island Waves 2012
Reese, Elizabeth B., Ph.D. “Yandell’s ‘Fluxus’ exhibit at Weil Gallery offers beauty, bright imagery.” Caller Times 2012
Reese, Elizabeth B., Ph.D. “Paint Studios at Hamlin Center for Grad Students.” Caller Times 2010
Reese, Elizabeth B., Ph.D. “Rising Eyes on Display in Rockport.” Caller Times 2010