2407 Keene
Houston, Texas 77009
Phone (713) 223-9428
Cell (281) 685-4719
E-mail address: daisybus@pdq.net
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION:
College of Art 1982-1985 University of Houston
College of Art 1973-1974 Memphis State University
GRANTS / AWARDS:
2009 Semi-finalist for Chickasaw Heritage Park Project, Urban Art Commission, Memphis, TN
2004 First Prize, Orange Show Art Car Parade, Houston, Texas
2002 Judges’ Choice, Orange Show Art Car Parade, Houston International Festival, Houston, Texas
1997 First Prize, Orange Show Art Car Parade, Houston International Festival, Houston, Texas
1992 First Prize, Orange Show Art Car Parade, HIF, Houston, Texas
1989 Mid-America Arts Alliance – NEA Regional Fellowship
1989 Cultural Arts Council Houston Grant
EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES:
2010 Smackdown II, Mighty Fine Arts & El Centro College, Dallas, Texas
District 18, Nauhaus Gallery, Houston,Texas
2009 The Great Texas Sculpture Roundup, Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas
Dias de Los Muertos, Las Manos Magicas, Houston, Texas
Art Crawl Houston, Hardy Studios, Houston, Texas
2008 Art on the Avenue, Avenue CDC, Winter Street Studios, Houston, Texas
Commissions for Dana Hotel, Architectural screen under staircase, metal sculpture, Chicago, IL.
Shadowboxes, Presidential Suite, Chicago, Illinois
2007 Commissions for Madison Hotel, Front Entrance exterior, metal sculpture, Memphis, TN
Buffalo Soldier, Sculpture Garden at Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, Texas
2006 Still Making Art, Rebud Gallery, Houston, Texas
Chalice Performance Sculpture, Burning Flipside Festival, Dripping Springs, TX
2005 Still Crazy, 25th Anniversary, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
2002 Buffalo Soldier, Buffalo Bayou Art Park Directors Show, Houston, Texas
Commission for Madison Hotel, Front Entrance interior, Stair & Elevator Hand Railing, Memphis, TN
Instrument Panel, Lobby area artwork, Madison Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee
2001 Commission for Doubletree Hotel and Convention Center, Bar Interior, Plano Texas
2000 Xmas Show, Buffalo Bayou Art Park, Houston, Texas
1999 Mars Millennium Project, Fifth Ward Teen Enrichment Program, Houston, Texas
Exhibit, Children's Museum, Houston, Texas
2 Person Show, Octillo Gallery, Houston, Texas
History of the World and the Last Sculpture Show, Redbud Gallery, Houston, Texas
1998 Houston Brewery Show, Houston Brewery, Houston, Texas
Outdoor Sculpture Show, Blossom Street Gallery, Houston, Texas
Exhibit, Folk Art Conference, Warwick Hotel, Houston, Texas
Group Show, Buffalo Bayou Art Park, Houston, Texas
1997 2 Kings Live – Jesus and Elvis, Lesikar Gallery, Houston, Texas
Group Show, Buffalo Bayou Art Park, Houston, Texas
Art Crawl, Mother Dog Studios, Houston, Texas
Group Show, Blossom Street Gallery
1996 Bad Taste Bar B Que, Orange Show Art Car Parade, HIF, Houston, Texas
Yard Art, CH Art Studios and Gallery, Houston, Texas
Bar Art, (Guest Curator), Art Guys World Headquarters, Houston, Texas
Keep It Stupid, Simple, Octillo Gallery, Houston, Texas
8 x 10, CH Art Studios and Gallery, Houston, Texas
1995 Small Works, with Carter Ernst, CH Art Studios and Gallery, Houston, Texas
One Man Show, Ferguson Gallery, Houston, Texas
Furniture as Art, Dakota Gallery, Houston, Texas
Spring Show, Buffalo Bayou Art Park, Houston, Texas
Texas Furniture, Museum of Fine Arts, New Orleans, Louisiana
1993 Lawndale Live Exhibit, Lawndale Art Annex, Houston, Texas
Holiday Art, Houston Downtown District, Houston, Texas
1992 Bar B Que, Devil Dog Gallery, Houston, Texas
Road Kill, Orange Show Art Car Parade, HIF, Houston, Texas
1991 The Tim And Noah Show, Museum of Fine Art Guise, Houston, Texas
Landscapes, Buffalo Bayou Art Park, Houston, Texas
1990 Untitled Tornado, Buffalo Bayou Art Park, Houston, Texas
Death By Stupidity, Orange Show Art Car Parade, HIF, Houston, Texas
1989 Watermelon Flats, Outdoor Sculpture Show, Houston, Texas
Los Dias de los Muertos, Market Square, Houston, Texas
1988 Houston Area Exhibition: Lawndale Saturday Night, Blaffer Gallery at University of Houston, Houston,TX
Fish Box, Contemporary Art Museum, consignment, Houston, Texas
COMMISSIONS:
Sanford McCormick, Houston, Texas
Guy and Darla Comeaux, Houston, Texas
Marilyn Oshman, Houston, Texas
Doubletree Hotel and Convention Center, Plano, Texas
Rick Linklatter, Houston, Texas
Jay Wehnert and Victoria Harrison
Dana Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
COLLECTIONS:
Nancy Keinholtz, Houston, Texas
Roy and Mary Cullen, Houston, Texas
Ivan Kershner, Los Angeles, California
Nora Halpern, Weisman Collection, Los Angeles, California
Marilyn (Lubetkin) Oshman, Houston, Texas
Dr. Guy and Darla Comeaux, Houston, Texas
Sanford McCormick, Houston, Texas
RD Gasperi, New Orleans, Louisiana
Ruth Braunstein Gallery, San Francisco, California
Lucinda Barnes, CSU Gallery, Long Beach, California
Leslie Muth, Leslie Muth Gallery, Houston, Texas
Jay Wehnert and Victoria Harrison
Ann and James Harithas, Houston, Texas
CURATED EXHIBITIONS:
Wheels and Tires, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas
Fresh Starts, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas
LU, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas
Love of Art, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas
Reconstruction, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas
Rust Bucket, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas
Calacas, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas
Barbara Jones: Her Life in Paint, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Selected bibliography
John Crawford, “Art Cars Start Plenty of Conversations as They Roll Down the Street,” Roadking,
Dec. 2006.
Ramon Martin, “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” Envy, Vol.31, August 2006, 32-33.
Kelly Klaasmeyer, “The Way We Were,” Houston Press, October 13, 2005
Staff, “Here Come the Art Car Winners,” Houston Chronicle, May 11, 2004, 9.
Patricia Johnson, “Browse Galleries to Enjoy Wide Range of Art,” Houston Chronicle, June 27, 2002, 12.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Board of Directors, Buffalo Bayou Art Park, Houston, Texas
Judge Official, Orange Show Art Car Parade, Houston, Texas
EMPLOYMENT:
2002-Present Director / Curator, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas
1997-Present Freelance Artist, Houston, Texas
1996-1997 Terrell Alternative Middle School - Artist in Residence, Houston, Texas
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