EDUCATION
2009 MFA of Drawing/Painting Southern Illinois University Carbondale IL
2005 BFA of Graphic Design at Lamar University of Beaumont TX
EXHIBITIONS
2022
Non-Normative, Bill Arning Exhibitions, Houston TX (solo)
2020
Plans for the Fall, Bill Arning Exhibitions, Houston TX
The Many Faces of Bill Arning, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York NY
Texas Extravagant Drawing, Fiendish Plots, Lincoln NE
Drawing Extravaganza, G-Spot Gallery, Houston TX
2019
Liminal Stages, G-Spot Gallery, Houston TX (solo)
Glassell Faculty Show, Kinder Morgan Building, Houston TX
2015
Divine Intervention, GalleryHOMELAND, Houston TX (solo)
2014
Trivial Pursuits: Obsession’s Allure, Acadiana Center of Arts, Lafayette LA
Artist's Picks, Alliance Gallery, Houston TX
Church of Man Love, BOX13 ArtSpace, Houston TX,
Wythe Hotel Pride Celebration, Wythe Hotel, Queens NY, Curator: Jonathan Caouette
2013
TX Biennial, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio TX
CHAOS!, R02 Gallery, Dallas TX
Mortal Men, Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Do It: Houston, Alabama Song Art Space, Houston TX
Box of Trojans, Art League Houston, Houston TX
Help Yourself, EMERGEncy Room, Rice University, Houston TX
2012
Houston Fine Art Fair, Reliant Center, Houston TX
The Unit Store, Sonja Roesch Gallery, Houston TX
The Right to Assemble, Texas State University, Gallery I, San Marcus, TX
2011
A Time To Celebrate, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
BOX of Curiosities, Displayed at Discovery Green, Houston TX
2010
Relativity, Dishman Gallery, Beaumont, TX
2009
Relativity, The Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, IL
Relativity, Paducah Arts Center, Paducah, KY
2008
A Life Full of Introspection is a Life Full of Impotence, Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, IL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor of Digital Media and Photography, Museum of Fine Art Houston, Glassell Studio School of Art, Houston TX • 2014 - Present
Visual Art Consultant , Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston TX • 2016 - Present
Contract Educator: Drawing with a Narrative, Young Audience of Houston: Roberts Elementary, Nasa Johnson Space Center, Garden Oaks Montessori, St. Stephens High School • 2014 - 2020
Assistant to Adventure Playground, The Parish School, Houston TX • 2012 - 2014
Adjunct Professor of Drawing and Design, San Jacinto College South, Houston TX • 2010 - 2012
Visiting Professor of Graphic Design, Lamar University of Beaumont, TX • 2009 - 2011
Educator on Record of Drawing, Southern Illinois University of Carbondale, IL 2006-2009
PRESS
OUTSmart, October 2019
Glasstire Top Five, 2014
002, September 2013
AWARDS
2014 Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant
2012 Houston Arts Alliance Artist Fellowship Grant
LECTURES
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville TX
CAMH Slide Jam, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Artists Lecture, Houston, TX
Acadiana Center of Arts, Lafayette LA
COMMUNITY
2012-2015 Exhibition Coordinator, Box13 ArtSpace, Houston, TX
2013-2016 Gallery Registrar, Devin Borden Gallery
2012-2016 CALL Specialist: DiverseWorks: Terrell James