Texas Emerging | Volume V Featuring Layla Bispo, Christopher Cascio, Louise Pennebaker, Benji Stiles & Terry Suprean
On view September 7 - October 5, 2024
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7th, 2-4pm
Artist Panel & Closing Reception: Saturday, October 5th, 2-4pm
Opening September 7, 2024, Foltz Fine Art will present Texas Emerging: Volume V, the fifth iteration of an annual exhibition featuring emerging visual artists across disciplines from the state of Texas, co-curated by artist, Jonathan Paul Jackson.
In Volume V, Foltz Fine Art is proud to showcase five exceptional artists, all living and working in Houston. Though the artists all share Houston as a home base, their art practices are varied: from the assemblages of Layla Bispo (sculpture/mixed media), to the quilted paintings of Chris Cascio (painting/fiber art/mixed media) the collagebased work of Louise Pennebaker (mixed media/collage), the gestural abstractions of Benji Stiles (interdisciplinary artist), and the geological paintings of Terry Suprean (painting/mixed media), Volume V will serve as an introduction to each artist, while also being an exciting group exhibition.
Texas Emerging: Volume V will be on view at Foltz Fine Art starting on September 7th, with opportunities to meet the artists during the opening reception as well as the artist panel discussion on the afternoon of October 5th.
About the Texas Emerging Exhibition Series: Texas Emerging is an ongoing series of group exhibitions, featuring emerging visual artist of all disciplines from the state of Texas, organized by Foltz Fine Art and co-curated by artist Jonathan Paul Jackson. The first Volume of Texas Emerging came on the heels of the global Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. With the ability to plan exhibitions in advance a near impossible task, gallery owner Sarah Foltz and artist Jonathan Paul Jackson realized they had the space to dream up a new kind of exhibition for Foltz Fine Art.
The intent of the show was two-fold: Texas Emerging allowed Foltz the opportunity to support the continuation of Texas art history by working with contemporary, Texas based artists while simultaneously uplifting the local artist community that had been struggling for opportunities during the pandemic. With the pace of life back to normal, the Texas Emerging Exhibition Series has continued into the present day, with the goal of bringing together the most exciting, emerging artists working within the state.
LaylaMoreiraBispo(b.1994)
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BorninRecife,Brazil,in1994,LaylaBispo(they/them)receivedtheirMFAinIPEF(InterdisciplinaryPracticesin EmergingFormsin2023)andtheirbachelor'sdegreeinCreativeWriting(2016)fromtheUniversityofHouston.Before earningtheirMFA,BispoworkedasadocentforyearsattheBlafferArtMuseumandwentontowintheMinnetteand JeromeRobinsonScholarshipforDocentsin2022.Bispowasalsoanartist-in-residenceattheHardy&NanceStudios (2015)andnowworksasanadministratorattheHoustonCenterforContemporaryCraft.
Artist Statement
LaylaMoreiraBispo(they/them)isanartistandeducatorfromHouston,Texas.Bornin1994inRecife,Brazil,Bispo’s familyimmigratedtoHoustonin1997inpursuitofabetterlife.Asachild,Bisporemembersrarelyplayingwithtoysand insteadoptingforthehobbyoftakingthingsapartandglueingthembacktogether.Armedwithdollar-storesuperglueandan eyeglassrepairkit,Bispowouldtakeapartalarmclocks,jeans,trash,dollsandlittledollar-storetrinkets,beforegluingthem alltogetherinanewway.Theactofgluingdisconnecteditemstogetherassignednewmeaningandrelevancetophysical objectsinthesamewaythatanimmigrantchildoftenmustorganizeandassembleforeigninformationtomakemeaningful distinctions.Thismaterialtranslationhasevolvedtoincludeminiaturetoys,miscellaneousjewels,textilesamples,andother objectsrepresentativeofboth(a)atimelineofatransformingpsycheand(b)thede-valorizationofmaterialsoncesomething hasbecomebroken,orsingular,orusedordiscarded.Thisbodyofworkquestionscapitalisticvalueandrepositionsamelee offoundobjectsintorepresentativemonumentserectedtoreflectthefantasyofbuildingtheAmericanDream.
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2023MFA,StudioIPEF:InterdisciplinaryPracticesandEmergingForms,UniversityofHouston
2016BFA,English,CreativeWriting,UniversityofHouston
AWARDS
2022Minnette&JeromeRobinsonScholarshipforDocents,Blaffer
EXHIBITIONS
2024Neighbors,group,“Gaza,Tigray,Sudan&Congo:ArtAuctionBenefit”
2024BigMedium,group,“Crossroads,EastwardImprints:HoustonArtistsinAustin”
2023ElChanteCasadeCulturaArtGallery,group,“BeyondtheCurrenciesofLatinxArt”
2023BlafferArtMuseum,group,“ThesisShow”
2023BlafferArtMuseum,group“AnnualStudentShow”
2023ElginStreetStudios,group,“Woman.Life.Freedom.”
2022ElginStreetStudios,solo,“SeaofSerotonin”
2022BlafferArtMuseum,group,“AnnualStudentShow”
2022Hardy&NanceStreetStudios,group,“AbstractShow”
2022FlatlandGallery,group,“WhatHaveIBecome?”
2022ElginStreetStudios,group,“G5Collective”
20221810Ojeman,group,“HolyofHolies(fundraiser)”
Layla Bispo
Ungendered Vulva, In Repose, 2024
Granite sample, broken quartzite, insulation material, tile sample, broken tile, faux flowers, Brillo pad
7 x 4 x 4 in $400.00
www.foltzgallery.com
Layla Bispo
A Midnight Rose Blooms Opens Her Legs and Licks Her Lips, 2024
Gifted broken granite, broken tile, textile sample, broken concrete, rusty nail head, faux flowers, chandelier crystals, pearls, Brillo pad
5.50 x 5.50 x 9.75 in
$650.00
Layla Bispo
To One Obsidian Collapse, 2024
Broken granite, broken quartzite, textile samples, fixture sample, faux grass, faux flowers, bleached coral, lego, pearl
4.25 x 3.50 x 6.25 in
$375.00
Layla Bispo
Midnight Roses in Dozens in Unison Sprint Asylum on Thorned Feet, 2024
Broken granite, broken tile, antique hinge, leather cord, faux grass, faux flowers, Brillo pad, chandelier crystals, hematite stars, pearls.
2 x 6.50 x 10 in
$600.00
Layla Bispo
The Floodgate Beseeched ‘Quererme en la Luz', 2024
Broken tile, broken quartzite, textile samples, faux grass, faux flowers, Brillo pad, red ocean jasper, lego, pearl, leather cord
4.50 x 6.50 x 7 in
$400.00
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Layla Bispo
To Mature Under the Flareless Sun, 2024
Broken granite, broken tile, textile sample, faux grass, chain, drink stoppers, bone, chain, bleached coral, Brillo pad, red ocean jasper, copper wire, pearl, faux flowers.
4.50 x 6.50 x 6.75 in
$625.00
Layla Bispo
Friendship as Self-Care, 2024
Tile samples, broken tile, red ocean jasper, faux grass, Brillo pad, leather, hinge, faux flowers, pearl, textile samples
4.50 x 4 x 4 in
$350.00
Layla Bispo
Silk Moth Pheromones into the Ebony Wind, 2024
Broken tile, broken marble, broken coral cabochon, broken turquoise cabochon, opalite cabochon, hematite stars, antique door hinge, mesh, pearl, lego, Brillo pad, faux moss, faux flowers, leather cord
10 x 7.50 x 5.75 in
$650.00
Layla Bispo
She Grows Jade Dwelling Underground, 2024
Broken concrete slab, broken quartzite, broken textile sample, plastic bottle cap, chandelier crystal, mesh, copper wire, faux grass, faux pearl, hematite star.
3.25 x 2.50 x 3.75 in
$350.00
Layla Bispo
Come and Take It, 2024
Gifted broken marble, broken tile, textile samples, tile, shotgun shells, lighting fixture, wooden star, rose quartz, pearl, Alasha agate bead, opalite cabochon, Brillo pad, chandelier crystals, pearl, lego.
5.50 x 11 x 9.50 in
$725.00
Layla Bispo
Deep in the Crystalline Thicket, 2024
Tile sample, broken tile, textile samples, insulation material, chandelier crystal, plastic bottle cap, Brillo pad, faux flowers, leather cord, chain, bone, pearl.
3.50 x 8 x 8 in $575.00
Layla Bispo
Aspirational Graveyard, 2024
Broken tile, tile samples, brokem quartzite, vintage hinge, copper wire, faux grass, faux flowers, pearls, leather cord, Brillo pad
8.75 x 8.50 x 4 in $625.00
Layla Bispo
Queer Underworld, Refused, 2024
Broken quartzite, title samples, turquoise cabochons, hematite beads, faux grass, faux flowers, Brillo pads, textile samples, lego, pearl, bone, chain
9.75 x 7.50 x 4 in
$625.00
Layla Bispo
Mini No. 4, 2024
Broken tile, broken granite, chain, faux flowers, faux pearl. 2.75 x 1.50 x 1.50 in $150.00
Layla Bispo
Mini No. 1, 2024
Broken tile, broken granite, chain, faux flowers, faux pearl. 2.75 x 1.50 x 1.50 in $150.00 17.
Layla Bispo
Mini No. 2, 2024
Broken tile, broken granite, chain, faux flowers, faux pearl. 2.75 x 1.50 x 1.50 in
$150.00 18.
Layla Bispo
Mini No. 5, 2024
Broken tile, broken granite, chain, faux flowers, faux pearl. 2.75 x 1.50 x 1.50 in $150.00
Layla Bispo
Mini No. 3, 2024
Broken tile, broken granite, chain, faux flowers, faux pearl. 2.75 x 1.50 x 1.50 in
$150.00
*The Anti-Monuments (or pieces 2-9, 11) are named after Farrah Fang’s poem, “Love Me In The Light”.
ChristopherCascio
ChristopherCasciowasborninNewOrleans,andlivesandworksinHouston.HereceivedhisBFAattheSanFranciscoArt InstituteandMFAfromtheUniversityofHouston.Overthepastdecadehisarthasdealtwiththemesofobsession, compulsion,andritualpractice.Theworknowprimarilyconsistsofhard-edgeabstraction(paintings)andisinfluencedby traditionalquiltingdesigns.Coloranditstransformativeeffectsonthehumanpsycheareparamount.Thepaintingscomefrom aspiritualplaceandserveasafountofpositiveenergyforthosewhotakethetimetolookdeeply.Theactofpaintingis curativeandcreatesanauraofhealingaroundthework.
Whilethepaintingsarelargelymadeusingmaskingtapeandaerosolacrylicpaint,Cascio’smostrecentbodyofworkis constructedfromhisownsewntogethert-shirtswhichareoftenwell-usedaspaintingrags.Hesupplementshisartmaking practicebyregularlyselfpublishingbooksandzines.CascioisanAssistantProfessorofStudioArtattheSamHoustonState UniversitySchoolofArtandhastaughtattheHighSchoolforthePerformingandVisualArtsinHouston.Heismarried,has aseven-year-old,andcohabitateswithtworescuedtabbycats.
ArtistStatement
Iamamid-careerartistwhowasborninNewOrleans,LAandlivesinHouston,TX.Overthepastdecademyarthasdealt withthemesofobsession,compulsion,andritualpractice.Theworknowprimarilyconsistsofhard-edgeabstraction (paintings)andisinfluencedbytraditionalquiltingdesigns.Coloranditstransformativeeffectsonthehumanpsycheare paramount.Thepaintingscomefromaspiritualplaceandserveasafountofpositiveenergyforthosewhotakethetimeto lookdeeply.
Theworkcombinescomplexcolortheoryandmotifsbasedontraditionalquiltingpatternsintopaintedgeometricabstraction. Whilemypracticeistypicallymadeusingmaskingtape,aerosol,andacrylicpaint,thenewworkismadeentirelyofsewn clothing.Thisbringsthepracticefullcircle,tomakingpainting-likequilts(insteadofquilt-likepaintings)thatarestretched ontoframes.Theyfunctionaspaintingseventhoughtheyaremadeentirelyfromfabricandthread.Inowusemyownwornoutclothesandthoseofmywife,son,extendedfamily,andfriendsasmaterialfortheseworks.
Quiltingitselfdealswithtimeandmemory,andmyfiber-basedworksarenodifferent.Myinterestinquiltingbeganwiththe showsoftheGee’sBendquiltersattheMuseumofFineArtsHouston.Theshowshadaprofoundeffectonmeaesthetically andspirituallyaswell.Istartedresearchingthestylesandpatternsofthe“modern”quiltaswellasthetraditionsofAmish quiltersintheNortheast,whoseabstractpatternsaretrulyremarkable.
Asahoarderandrecyclerofmaterials,Iamparticularlydrawntotheuseofoldclothing,feedsacks,andotherremnantsin quilting.Thesematerialskeeptheirreal-worldsignificanceandareimbibedwithaphysicalmemoryoftheirpastlives.
CurriculumVitae
EDUCATION
2013MFA,Painting,UniversityofHouston,TX
PaintingDepartmentandPresidentialScholarships TeachingFellowship
1999BFA,Painting/Drawing,SanFranciscoArtInstitute,SanFrancisco,CA
SobelMeritScholarship,4years
1995VisualArt,HighSchoolforthePerformingandVisualArts,Houston,TX
SELECTEDSOLOEXHIBITIONS
2023StacksonStacksonStacks,RuthStreetProjects,Houston,TX
2023DeadSoldiers,CardozaFineArt,Houston,TX
2023IWentIntoAK-HoleAndAllIGotWasThisLousyT-Shirt,Wrong,Marfa,TX
2022OpticPathways,OtraVox,LosAngeles,CA
2022Ascent,IvesterContemporary,Austin,TX
2143Westheimer|Houston,TX77098|713.521.7500|www.foltzgallery.com
2021Portals,PinwheelsandProcessPaintings,BillArningExhibitions,Houston,TX
2019GetWavy,SabahHouse/12.26Gallery,Dallas,TX
2019SlipAway,FaceGuts,LosAngeles,CA
2019SawtoothWaves,FrontGallery,Houston,TX
2018ChrisCascioSellsT-Shirts,ZinesandPrintsWhilePlayingTetris,BSProjects,Houston,TX
2017XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX,GalvestonArtsCenter,Galveston,TX
2016FullMelt,MaitlandFoley,LosAngeles,CA
2015CurrentObsessionsII,DevinBordenGallery,Houston,TX
2014CurrentObsessionsI,McKinneyAvenueContemporary,Dallas,TX
2014AndHowAreWeFeelingToday?,Makebish,NewYorkCity,NY
2014NewWork,WedgeSpace,HCCSoutheast,Houston,TX
2013ColorSickness,RiceUniversity,Houston,TX
2013CalmDown,CardozaFineArt,Houston,TX
2013SelectionsfromtheHoard,ProjectGallery,UniversityofHouston,TX
2012ChristopherCascio,FrontGallery,Houston,TX
2012SpringBreak,CardozaFineArt,Houston,TX
2011SoundWorks,UTSASatelliteSpace,SanAntonio,TX
2010HarmonicSpheres(w/AnneRegan),LawndaleArtCenter,Houston,TX
2008Obsessive,Compulsive,Awesome(w/AB),ArtStorm,Houston,TX
SELECTEDGROUPEXHIBITIONS
2024TexasEmerging:VolumeV, FoltzFineArt,Houston,TX
2023Contact,AdhesionandRupture,BillArningExhibitions,Kinderhook,NY
2022FiveArtistsFiveRooms,ReevesArt+Design,Houston,TX
2022DimensionalDisposition,JosephStaleyProjects,Houston,TX
2022ForEllen,Hardy&NanceStudios,Houston,TX
2021TheHappening:HSPVA50thAnniversary,Diverseworks,Houston,TX
2021Chromania,BillArningExhibitionsatDallasArtFair,Dallas,TX
2021SHSU61stAnnualFacultyExhibition,UniversityGallery,SamHoustonStateUniversity,Huntsville,TX
2021CollectItForTheCultureIII,1201MainStreet,Houston,TX
2018EntropyHouston,GalleryFlatland,Houston,TX
2017OnRepeat,Clarke&Associates,Houston,TX
2017SelectionsonPaper,DevinBordenGallery,Houston,TX
2016PaydayLenders,CardozaFineArt,Houston,TX
2016SHSU56thAnnualFacultyExhibition,GaddisGeeslinGallery,Huntsville,TX
2014OutsidetheLines:RitesofSpring,ContemporaryArtMuseum,Houston,TX
201335thMasterofFineArtThesisExhibition,BlafferMuseum,UniversityofHouston,TX
20133Cowboys,2DrugsandaSkater,NewImageArt,LosAngeles,CA
2012HOWBOUTNOW,4411Montrose,Houston,TX
2011Dis,Dat,DeezandDoz,TheJoanna,Houston,TX
2010Props,PartisanGallery,SanFrancisco,CA
2008TheBigShow,LawndaleArtCenter,Houston,TX
2007InauguralExhibition,ArtStorm,Houston,TX
2006MonsterShowI,Domy,Houston,TX
2002SuperHero,NewImageArt,LosAngeles,CA
2002LittleAmerica(performance),NewImageArt,LosAngeles,CA
2001ThePortraitShow,NewImageArt,LosAngeles,CA
20012001:ADrawingOdyssey,NewImageArt,LosAngeles,CA
200020DollarDrawings,TheLuggageStore,SanFrancisco,CA
2000TheMonsterShow,CaliforniaInstituteoftheArts,Valencia,CA
1999SpringShow,DiegoRiveraGallery,SanFranciscoArtInstitute,SanFrancisco,CA
1998America’sNotFunnyVideos,Artist’sTelevisionAccess,SanFrancisco,CA
1997H.S.P.V.A.25Years,DiverseWorks,Houston,TX
1995XMarkstheSpot,DiverseWorks,Houston,TX
TEACHINGEXPERIENCE
2022-PresentAsst.ProfessorStudioArt,SamHoustonStateUniversity,Hunstville,TX 2014-2022 AdjunctFacultyPainting,SamHoustonStateUniversity,Hunstville,TX 2013-2022 ConsultantFacultyPainting,HighSchoolforthePerformingandVisualArts,Houston,TX 2011-2013 AdjunctFacultyPainting,UniversityofHouston,TX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Boyd,Robert,ChrisCascioAgain,thegreatgodpanisdead.com,October30,2023. Boyd,Robert,DeadSoldiers:ChristopherCascio’sparaphernalia collections,thegreatgodpanisdead.com,February22,2023. Boyd,Robert,WatchingArtistsAsTheyAge,thegreatgodpanisdead.com,September24,2022. Purcell,Barbara,ItStartsattheEdgeandMovesIn:ChristopherCascio’s“Ascent,”Glasstire.com,May23,2022. Cascio,Christopher,PsychicDistortions,2021.Print.
SaintMaison,Archive02(AmericanEdition),2020,117.Print.
Middendorf,Paul,“’ChrisCascioSellsTShirts,Zines,andPrintsWhilePlayingTetris:’AnInterview,”Glasstire.com,August8,2018. Rubinstein,Raphael,OnRepeat,Houston:Clarke&Associates,2018.Print. Cascio,Christopher,EggchiladasforOne,2017.Print.
Day,Karen,“ThisExhibitionPairsPotPaintingsWithTheirOwnStrainofWeed,”The CreatorsProject,Vice.com,April30,2016.
MacDonell,Allan,“5Questions,15Images;ChristopherCascio’sArtofPreciseConsumption,”thekindland.com,April29, 2016.
Rubinstein,Raphael,“ChristopherCascio:DevinBorden,”ArtinAmerica,September2015,155.Print. “ChrisCascio:DrugMap#6(Weed),”photo,SneezeMagazine,No.23,Holiday2014,A6.Print. BillArning,ValerieCassel-OliverandDeanDaderko.OutsidetheLines,Houston:ContemporaryArtsMuseumHouston, 2014.Print
DebraBarrera,“35thAnnualMaster’sThesisExhibitionatBlafferArtMuseum,”Glasstire.com,April10,2013. RobertBoyd,“ChristopherCascio’sObsessiveBehavior,”thegreatgodpanisdead.com,May11,2012. EvanJ.Garza,“ForArtists,ByArtists,”002Magazine,March2008. BillDavenport,“ObssvvCompulsuvAwesum,”Glasstire.com,March2008. DustiRhodes,“ObsessiveCompulsiveAwesome,”TheHoustonPress,March6,2008,26.
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ChristopherCascio OuterVault,2024
acryliconsewncanvas 73x49in
$6,500.00
ChristopherCascio HangTen,2023
t-shirts,acrylic,andthreadonwoodframe 60x48in
$6,000.00
ChristopherCascio CitrusGrove,2023
t-shirtsandthreadonwoodframe 60x48in
$6,000.00
ChristopherCascio
Untitled(Large80PinwheelGrid),2024
acryliconcanvas 50x40in
$4,500.00
ChristopherCascio MediumSawtooth,2024
$4,000.00
$2,00000
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ChristopherCascio YellowBoat,2023
t-shirtsandthreadonwoodframe 11x9in
$90000
ChristopherCascio 1980sMTV,2023
t-shirtsandthreadonwoodframe 11x9in
$90000
ChristopherCascio BrownShadow,2023
t-shirts,acrylic,andthreadonwoodframe 11x9in
$90000
ChristopherCascio PettibonWaves,2023
t-shirts,chinos,tonertransferoncanvasandthreadonwoodframe 11x9in
$90000
ChristopherCascio Monolith,2023
chinos,canvas,acrylicandthreadonwoodframe 11x9in
$900.00
ChristopherCascio RedMonochrome,2023
t-shirtsandthreadonwoodframe 11x9in
$900.00 26.
ChristopherCascio GreenMonochrome,2023 t-shirtsandthreadonwoodframe 11x9in
$90000 27.
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ChristopherCascio HandballCourt,2023 t-shirtsandthreadonwoodframe 11x9in
$90000
ChristopherCascio MiamiVice,2023
t-shirts,shorts,andthreadonwoodframe 11x9in
$90000
ChristopherCascio Fountain,2023
$90000
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ChristopherCascio
Untitled(SmallCastOffSawtoothVII),2024 mixedmediaonpaper 25x19in
$800.00
ChristopherCascio
Untitled(LargeCast-OffSawtoothVI),2024 mixedmediaonpaper 25x19in
$80000
ChristopherCascio
Untitled(LargeCast-OffSawtoothQuilt),2024 mixedmediaonpaper 25x19in
$80000
ChristopherCascio
Untitled(SmallCastoffSawtoothVI),2024 mixedmediacollageonpaper 12x9in
$450.00
Louise Pennebaker (b. 1983)
LouisePennebaker(she/her)obtainedherBachelorofFineArtsdegreeinpaintingfromSavannahCollegeofArtandDesign, followedbyaMasterofFineArtsdegreeincommunicationdesignfromTexasStateUniversity.Duringherundergraduate studies,shedelvedintoprintmakingandmixedmediainconjunctionwithherpaintingpractice.Ingraduateschool,herfocus shiftedtocommunicationdesign,broadeninghercreativescopetoencompassgraphicanddigitaldesign.
HerartisticendeavorsfrequentlydelveintothemythologyandfantasyassociatedwithTexasandtheAmericanWest, drawinginspirationfromvintagephotographs,aridlandscapes,andtheexpansiveskiesofthewesternregion.Pennebaker gravitatestowardssubjectsthatlendthemselvestonewnarratives,possessingcompositionsandqualitiesthatcanbe reimaginedintosomethingmoremodern,vibrantandplayful.AHoustonnativeandmotheroffourboys,Louiseisanartist partnerofMontArtHouseandistheownerandoperatorofFern’sGallop,anartandobjectboutiquelocatedintheHouston Heights.
EDUCATION:
2014-MasterofFineArts-TexasStateUniversity
2006-BachelorofFineArts-SavannahCollegeofArtandDesign
SOLOEXHIBITIONS:
2022- Making From Breaking,GGallery,HoustonTX
2006- Miniature Madness,DesotoRowGallery,Savannah,GA
GROUPEXHIBITIONS:
2022- SIN REY, SIN LEY,SíGalleryinAustin,TX
2022- Night Visions,CoconinoCenterfortheArts,FlagstaffAZ.May21-August27.
2021- Making Lemonade, GGallery(groupexhibitionandcurator).
2018- Fall Biannual Art Show,SawyerYards
2018- INSPIRATUS,SawyerYards
2008-EducateandCelebrate:TopreservetheculturalvibrancyofNewOrleansandreplenishtheGulfCoast,NewOrleans, LA
PreservationSociety,BoysandGirlsClubofJerseyCity,JerseyCity,NJ
2007- Practice Makes Perfect,EmilyGrenader’sStrangerDrawingProject,GlassellSchoolofArt,Houston,TX
2005- Centennial Alumni Exhibition,KinkaidSchool,Houston,TX
2004- Small Works,RedGallery,Savannah,GA
WORKEXPERIENCE
Jan2024toPresent-ownerandoperatorofFern’sGallopCreativeStudio
2009toPresent-FreelanceArtistandDesigner:clientsinclude,butnotlimitedto,ScardioPrinting,MontArtHouse,Nancy LittlejohnFineArt,TransparentSunglasses,BeekmanNYC,Selects,andArtDirectionwithWyattandCreativeCo,OCD Texas.
2009-2010UniversityofTexasSystem-CommunicationsSpecialist
2007-2009MuseumofFineArtsHouston-ExecutiveAssistantandDevelopmentSpecialEvents
AWARDS:
-CreativeSummitXXVI2012
-CertificateofExcellence
-TheCovetedMemorialRalphAward
-PostersforTomorrow2011
-Top100posterincollaborationwithChuckSanders
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LouisePennebaker
CactuswithSnake,2024 oiloncanvas 36x48in
$3,200.00
LouisePennebaker
Cactus,2023
oiloncanvas 40x30in
Framed42x32in
$2,800.00
LouisePennebaker
OurLittleLady,2022
mixedmediacollageonpanel 30x20in
$2,800.00
LouisePennebaker
ShootingStar,2024
mixedmediacollageonpanel 16x29in
Framed18x30.50in
LouisePennebaker
FlyingShards,2024
Mixedmediacollageonpanel 18.50x24.25in
Framed19.25x25in
$2,500.00
$2,200.00
LouisePennebaker
ShardShooter,2024
mixedmediacollageonpanelinvintagetrampartframe 1550x11in
Framed21x16in
$2,00000 7
LouisePennebaker
HorseshoeSaloon,2024
mixedmediacollageonpanel 18x24in
Framed1925x2550in
$1,800.00 8.
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LouisePennebaker
BullriderNo.5,2024
mixedmediacollageonpanel 20x16in
Framed22x18in
$1,60000
LouisePennebaker
GoodnightMoon,2024
mixedmediacollageonpanel 1675x2050in
Framed1750x2175in
$1,50000
LouisePennebaker
ThisisthePlace,2024
mixedmediacollageonpanelinvintagetrampartframe 11x8in
Framed16x1150in
$1,25000 11
LouisePennebaker
AWildRide,2024
mixedmediacollageonpanel 11x15in
Framed15x19in
$1,20000
DayDreaming,2024
mixedmediacollageonpanelinvintagematchstickframe 7.50x9.50in
Framed11.50x13in
$1,100.00
LouisePennebaker
Caked,2024
mixedmediaonvintagespurs
8x5x3.50in
$850.00
BenjiStiles
713.521.7500 www.foltzgallery.com
BorninNewOrleans,RobertBenjaminStiles(Benji)isaninterdisciplinaryartistandeducatorwholivesandworksin Houston,Texas.HeholdsaBAfromtheUniversityofSt.Thomas,withamajorinArtHistoryandaminorinStudioArtand iscurrentlyanMFAcandidateatMICA(MarylandInstituteCollegeofArt).
Hisworkrangesfromnon-representationalpaintingfocusingondiversemarkmakingandcolortheory,toconceptual sculpture,assemblage,andinstallationworkusingavarietyofmediaincludinghistoricalandfoundobjects.
In2004StilesbeganacareerineducationasaphotographyinstructorattheMuseumofFineArtsHoustonGlassellSchool beforetransitioningtothepublicschoolsettingteachingartclassesrangingfromintroductoryleveltoadvancedAPand InternationalBaccalaureatecourses.
Since2020,StileshasestablishedasuccessfulpracticeatHardyandNanceStudioswhileexhibitingworkthroughoutthe regionincludingnumerousgroupshowsandfoursoloexhibitions.
Hehasseveralcuratorialcreditswithdiversegroupsofrecognizednationalandregionalartists,including:RiseandFall Show(Hardy&NanceStudios-maingallery,2020),WholeinPieces(MonterrosoGallery,2022).Stileshastwiceexhibited workattheContemporaryArtsMuseumHouston:April2023fortheCAMH’sannualauctionandMay2022throughthe CAMHLabresidencyprogramwithagroupofeducatorsandstudentsasleadcurator.
TwoworksbyStilescanbefoundinthepermanentcollectionoftheMuseumofFineArts,Houston.
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2025 MFACandidate,MarylandInstituteCollegeofArt(MICA),Baltimore,MD
1999 BA, ArtHistory,UniversityofSaintThomas,Houston,TX
SELECTEDSOLOEXHIBITIONS
2023 A Human Day,ReevesArt+Design,Houston,TX
2022 Formal/Informal,GContemporaryGallery,Houston,TX
2021 Happy Days,LoneStarCollege,Montgomery,TX
2020 A selection of paintings and Installed Objects,MainGallery,Hardy&NanceStudios,Houston,TX
SELECTEDGROUPEXHIBITIONS
2024 Texas Emerging: Volume V,FoltzFineArt,Houston,TX
2023 Crossroads - Eastward Imprints: Houston Artists in Austin,BigMedium,Austin,TX
Curator:JohnPaulJackson.
2023 ContemporaryArtMuseumHouston,TX
2023 Outside In, LeidyGallery, Baltimore,MD
2022 Septet,ReevesArt+Design,Houston,TX
2022 MICA-LazarusCenter-ExhibitionSpace,Baltimore,MD
2022 27th Annual VAA Show,VisualArtsAlliance,Houston,TX
Curator:AlisondeLimaGreene
2022 For Ellen,Hardy&NanceStudios,Houston,TX
Curator:MattMessinger
2022 CAMHLAB,ContemporaryArtMuseumHouston, T X
2021 26th Annual VAA Show,VisualArtsAlliance,Houston,TX
2021 13th Annual Competition,ArchwayGallery,Houston,TX
Curator:WayneGilbert
2021 The Big Show,LawndaleArtCenter,Houston,TX
Curator:CeciliaFajardo-Hill.
2021 Collect it for the Culture III,DowntownArtSpace,Houston,TX
Curator:RobertHodge
CURATORIALPROJECTS
2022 TAG Show,CAMHLAB,ContemporaryArtMuseumHouston,TX
2022 Whole in Pieces,MonterrosoGallery,Houston,TX
2021 Rise &Fall,Hardy&NanceStudios,Houston,TX
PUBLICCOLLECTIONS
MuseumofFineArts,Houston,TX
AbstractPeriodQuotes,2024
LandscapewithDots,2023
$4,500.00
Untitled,2024
,2024
BenjiStiles
Untitled,2024
$3,40000
BenjiStiles
Untitled,2024 oiloncanvas
$3,20000 7
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BenjiStiles
GrayAbstract#3,2024 oiloncanvas 40x30in
$2,80000
BenjiStiles
Memo,2024 acrylic,vinylonwoodenpanel 20x16in
$1,20000
BenjiStiles
Stack,2024 acrylic,vinylonwoodenpanel 16x20in $1,20000
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AbstractPunkParty,2024 oiloncanvas 14x11in
$75000
BenjiStiles
FigureLandscape#2,2024 oilandgraphiteoncanvas 10x10in
$650.00
BenjiStiles
LandscapewithPinkBar,2024 oilonboard 11x8x3in
$65000
TerrySuprean
TerrySuprean(he/him)isanartist,artsorganizer,andeducatorbasedinHouston,Texas.Hespenthisyouthembeddedin theactivistpunkmovementsofthe90’splayinginbandsandshowpromotinginhishometownofNewOrleansbefore movingtoHoustoninhisearly20’s.BeforebeingturnedontovisualartbyHoustonartistVirgilGrotfeldtinundergraduate school,hewasaphysicsmajor—aninfluencestillfelthisexperimental,process-basedapproachtopaintingandpaint making.
Supreanhasworkedsince2014asanartorganizerandcurator;firstthroughCivicTV,anartist-rungalleryspacehefounded inHouston’swarehousedistrictdedicatedtocollaborativecuratorialpracticesandexhibitingnewmediaartandexperimental music.AfterCivicTVclosedduringthepandemic,heopenedRuthStreetProjectsin2022—asmallcommunity-centered galleryrunoutofaspareroominhishome.RuthStreetProjectsiscurrentlyactiveproducingexhibitionsforHouston-based artistsseveraltimesayear.Theseartorganizingprojects,influencedbyJosephBeuys’“SocialSculpture”model,havebeen asimportantandessentialtoSuprean’spracticeashisstudiowork.
ArtistStatement:
Suprean'spaintingprocessisbestunderstoodasanexperimentalapproachtothematerialnatureofpaintitself,andthe paintingsasagenreofdiaphanouslandscapepaintingsituatedwithinthebeginningmomentsoftheAnthropocene.His practicestartswiththemanufacturingofacrylicpaintsmadefromexperimentalbindersthatallowforthedevelopmentof paintingprocesses(whatSupreancallsPaintSystems)thatreflectenvironmentalprocesses,andpigmentsthataremineralbasedandsourcedfromtheearth(i.e.mineralandgoldduststhatemitaglittery,holographicglow).
Thesepaintshavevariousviscositiesandchemicalpropertiesandareappliedlayerbylayertocanvaseslaidflat.Inthisway thepaintingsbuildupslowlyovertimelikesedimentarylandscapes—bymanipulatingthewayeachlayerofpaintinteracts withanother(orwater)thepaintingprocessesbegintomirrorgeologicalforces;suchasthewaytectoniclayersshift,oceans carveshorelines,orthewaywaterevaporationeffectsthelifecycleofglaciers.EverythingseeninSuprean’spaintingsare resultsoftheseprocesses(nobrushesareusedintheircreation)—althoughsomepaintingshavemorefiniteshapes,theseare createdbytearinguplayersofpaint.Suprean’spaintingsrecordahighlyphysicalinteractionbetweentheartistandthe canvasaseachlayerofhishighlyfluidpaintismanipulatedthroughthelifting,titling,pushing,andanglingofthecanvas— andattimes,afterthepainthasdried,therippingupoflayerstoexcavatewhatisunderneath.Suprean’spaintingstake inspirationfromlandscapesasdiverseastheGulfCoast,glaciers,imagesfromtheMarsRover,aswellassatelliteimaging ofearth.
CurriculumVitae
EDUCATION
2005 M.F.A.Painting, TexasChristianUniversity, Fort Worth, TX
2003 BAEnglish&BAStudioArt, Houston BaptistUniversity, Houston, TX
SELECTEDSOLOEXHIBITIONS
2023 Futurescapes–ReevesArt&Design,Houston,TX
2022 FiveArtistsFiveRooms–ReevesArt&Design,Houston,TX(fivesimultaneoussoloshowsinthegallery'sfive rooms)
2021 OurSecretSadness–BillArningExhibitions,Houston,TX
2018 SpectralDregs&ReflectiveTopographies–PabloCardozaGallery,Houston,TX
2015 RadiantBeingsofNewFlesh–CivicTVCollective,Houston,TX
2014 BeingInDanger–PevetoFineArt,Houston,TX
2010 Genesis–TheTemporarySpace,Houston,TX
2006 WateryDomestic–HollyJohnsonGallery,Dallas,TX
2005 WorksFrom2005–TexasChristianUniversityGallery,FortWorth,TX
2019 EarthlyDelights–withMelindaLaszczynski–ARCHouse,Houston,TX
2014 BeforeDisappearingIntoTheWilderness–withAndyGrotfeldt–BeefhausCollective,Dallas,TX
2009 WeBuyGold–withAndyGrotfeldt–TheGrotfeldtEstate,Houston,TX
2004 Fishtanks–withBlakelyDadson–TCUCampus-DepartmentofArtandArtHistory,FortWorth,TX
SELECTEDGROUPEXHIBITIONS
2023 Crossroads–BigMedium,Austin,TX
2022 ForEllen–HardyNanceStudios
2022ArtLeagueHouston–AnnualAuction&Gala
2021 Chromamania–DallasArtFair(viaBillArningExhibitionsbooth)–Dallas,TX
2021 TectonicAbstraction–BillArningExhibitions,Houston,TX
2021 ArtLeagueHouston–AnnualAuction&Gala
2020 PlansforTheFall–BillArningExhibitions,Houston,TX
2020ArtLeagueHouston–AnnualAuction&Gala
2019ArtLeagueHouston–AnnualAuction&Gala
2019ContemporaryArtMuseumHoustonAnnualGalaAuction&Exhibition–ContemporaryArtMuseumHouston, Houston,TX
2019 MidasTouch–MidasTouchWarehouse,Houston,TX
2018 CelebratingZhangDiqian120Years&40YearsOfChineseAmericanDiplomaticRelations–ChinaTown CulturalDistrict,Houston,TX
2018 Entropy–FlatlandGallery,Houston,TX
2018ArtLeagueHouston–AnnualAuction&Gala
2018TexasContemporaryArtFair–PabloCardozaGalleryBooth,Houston,TX
2018 GiveMeShelter–CivicTVLaboratories,Houston,TX
2018 DangerousProfessors–FlatlandGallery,Houston,TX
2012 Funkmotor–PevetoFineArt,Houston,TX
2008FacultyExhibition–HoustonBaptistUniversity,Houston,TX
2007FacultyExhibition–HoustonBaptistUniversity,Houston,TX
2005 DoubleVision–TheOldJailMuseum,Albany,TX
2005 PaperOrPlastic–UniversityofDallas,Dallas,TX
2003 FigurativelySpeaking–Gallery414,FortWorth,TX
GRANTSAWARDS
2020IdeaFundGrant,CatalystGrant,AdministeredbyDiverseWorksinpartnershipwithAuroraPictureShowand ProjectRowHousesandfundedbytheAndyWarholFoundationfortheVisualArts
2020LetCreativityHappen!Grant,AdministeredbyHoustonArtsAlliance
PUBLICATIONS
2023HoustoniaMagazine,Fall2023–HomeisWheretheArtIsbyDanielRenfrow–FeatureonHomeGalleriesand interviewwithRuthStreetProjectsfounderTerrySuprean
2022TheGreatGodPanisDead–WatchingArtistsasTheyAgebyRobertBoyd–ExhibitionReviewofFiveArtists FiveRooms
2021PaperCityDallas,Winter2021–DallasArtFairReturnsbyCatherineAnspon–Featuredartistinarticleaboutthe returnoftheDallasArtFair
2021CityBookHouston,March2021–TerrySupreanPaintsaColorfulCommentaryontheApocalypsebyDaniel Renfrow–ReviewofSoloExhibition Our Secret Sadness atBillArningExhibitions
ARTSORGANIZING
Founder&OrganizerofRuthStreetProjects—anartist-runartspaceinHouston,Texas(2022Present)
https://www.instagram.com/ruth_street_projects/ Founder&VisualArtsCuratorofCivicTV—anartist-rungalleryandsocialpracticespacebasedin Houston,Texas(2014-2020).
ArchiveLink
9-Anexhibitionguestcuratedforthe2020FotofestBiennial–FotofestBiennialWarehouses
ArchiveLink
GiveMeShelter-Aseriesofongoingcross-pollinationexhibitions&gesturesbetweenartistsresiding inHoustonandDallas.
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CommonFieldConvening-GuestSpeakeronNomadicArtOrganizingwithJessieBowmanof FLATSPresentsandj.bilhan.
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TerrySuprean
Field11.2.23,2023
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust), Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 70x48in
713.521.7500 www.foltzgallery.com
$6,000.00
TerrySuprean
FieldInterruption6.8.24,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust), Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 60x40in
$5,000.00
3. TerrySuprean
FieldInterruption7.20.24(Triptych),2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust), Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 36x53in
$4,800.00
4. TerrySuprean
FieldInterruption7.16.24,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust), Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 48x36in
$4,200.00
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Field11523,2023
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust), Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 30x24in
$2,500.00
TerrySuprean
Field4224,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust),
Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 30x24in $2,50000
TerrySuprean
Field41224,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust), Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 30x24in
$2,500.00
TerrySuprean
Field73124,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust), Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 24x18in
$1,90000
TerrySuprean
Field7.30.24,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust), Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 20x16in
$1,600.00
TerrySuprean
Field8424,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust), Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 20x16in
$1,600.00 11
TerrySuprean
FieldInterruption6324,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust), Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 20x16in $1,60000
TerrySuprean
FieldInterruption52724,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust), Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 20x16in
$1,60000 13.
TerrySuprean
FieldInterruption5.25.24,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust), Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 20x16in
$1,600.00
TerrySuprean
FieldInterruption51824,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust), Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 20x16in $1,60000
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FieldInterruption52124,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust),
Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 20x16in
$1,60000
TerrySuprean
FieldInterruption5.28.24,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust),
Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 20x16in
TerrySuprean
FieldInterruption6.5.24,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust), Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 16x12in
$1,60000
$1,250.00
TerrySuprean
Field7.2.24,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust),
Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 16x12in
$1,250.00
TerrySuprean
Field8324,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust), Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 16x12in $1,250.00
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Field42724,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust), Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 16x12in
$1,25000
TerrySuprean
Field8.6.24,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust), Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 16x12in
$1,250.00
TerrySuprean
Field6.20.24,2024
ArtistManufacturedPaints&PaintSystems(variouspolymer&acrylic binders,naturalandmanufacturedpigments,andmineral&crystaldust), Aerosol,GoldLeaf,andTattooingonPanel 14x11in
$1,100.00