Education
2013 MFA, Photography and Digital Media, University of Houston
2010 BFA in Studio Art, Lamar University
Exhibitions
2020 Unbound9!, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
Overwhelming (Im)Possibilities, HCC West Loop Gallery, Houston, TX
17th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, TWU, Denton, TX
2019 The 2019 Family Exhibition, Lenscratch.com
2018 After School Special, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX
Student & Faculty Art Show & Gala, Blinn College Bryan, TX
2017 Other Worlds, The SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
2016 Post-Studio Residency Exhibition, Houston, TX
HCC Faculty Exhibition, Houston Community College, Houston, TX
2015 Off the Web, On the Wall 3, SPE National Office, Cleveland, OH
Aurora Artist Residency Exhibition, Sojourn Montrose, Houston, TX
Lonestar Montgomery Faculty Exhibition, Conroe, TX
2014 SPE South Central Show, Middle Tennessee State University,
Murfreesboro, TN
2013 Fotofest Booth Display, TX Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX
Moving/Still, Fotofest and Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
35th MFA Thesis Exhibition, Blaffer Museum, Houston, TX
Salon des Refuses, Blue Orange Contemporary, Houston, TX
Oracles of the Auric, Caroline Collective, Houston, TX
2012 UHPSA Art Crawl Exhibition, Nance St Gallery, Houston, TX
The Surrealist Influence on Contemporary Photography, The Hideout Theatre Austin, TX
2011 Art from the Land of the Cougars, Blue StarLAB, San Antonio, TX
2010 10:10 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX
2009 Lamar Art Show, The Barking Dog, Beaumont, TX
2008 Photography from Lamar Exhibition, The Barking Dog, Beaumont, TX
Run, Paint, Run. Lamar Orange, Orange, TX
2007 Texas Emerging Artist Exhibition, Kerville, TX
2006 Le Grande Ball, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX
Texas State Art Festival Exhibition, Kerville, TX
Awards/Honors
2016 Post-Studio Projects Residency, Houston, TX
2015 SPESC Adjunct Faculty Grant, Society for Photographic Education
Aurora Artist Residency, Houston, TX
2013 SPESC Student Travel Scholarship, Society for Photographic Education
2011 Doctoral Student Tuition Fellowship, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2010 GATF Fellowship, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Joan Wich Scholarship, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2009 Friends of the Arts Scholarship, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
2007 Texas Emerging Artist- Best in Photography,TX State Art Festival, Kerville, TX
Press/Publications
2019 Diffusion X, Diffusion Magazine, December 2019
2017 Issue 17, The Hand Magazine, July 2017
2013 35th Annual Master’s Thesis Exhibition at Blaffer Art Museum,
Glasstire Debra Barrera glasstire.com/2013/04/10/35th-annual-masters-thesis-exhibition-at-blaffer-art-museum/
2010 Art Feature in November Issue, LOBA Magazine
Lectures and Panels
2016 Panel: Art & Mental Illness, Lonestar College Montgomery, Houston, TX
2015 Artist Lecture: All of Our Secrets are the Same, Society for Photographic Education South Central Conference, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Artist Lecture: Damp Earth Secrets, AUM Liberal Arts Conference Southern Studies, Auburn University Montgomery, AL
2012 Lecture: Stains, Ashes, and Halos: The Haunting Poetic of Southern Mythology, SPESC Conference, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Panel: Swim Don’t Sink: An Open Forum of Tips, Strategies and Lessons for Graduate Students Teaching, SPESC Conference, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Panel: Pop up Clubs: Promoting and Sustaining Interest in Photography through Clubs, SPESC Conference, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
2013 MFA, Photography and Digital Media, University of Houston
2010 BFA in Studio Art, Lamar University
Exhibitions
2020 Unbound9!, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
Overwhelming (Im)Possibilities, HCC West Loop Gallery, Houston, TX
17th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, TWU, Denton, TX
2019 The 2019 Family Exhibition, Lenscratch.com
2018 After School Special, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX
Student & Faculty Art Show & Gala, Blinn College Bryan, TX
2017 Other Worlds, The SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
2016 Post-Studio Residency Exhibition, Houston, TX
HCC Faculty Exhibition, Houston Community College, Houston, TX
2015 Off the Web, On the Wall 3, SPE National Office, Cleveland, OH
Aurora Artist Residency Exhibition, Sojourn Montrose, Houston, TX
Lonestar Montgomery Faculty Exhibition, Conroe, TX
2014 SPE South Central Show, Middle Tennessee State University,
Murfreesboro, TN
2013 Fotofest Booth Display, TX Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX
Moving/Still, Fotofest and Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
35th MFA Thesis Exhibition, Blaffer Museum, Houston, TX
Salon des Refuses, Blue Orange Contemporary, Houston, TX
Oracles of the Auric, Caroline Collective, Houston, TX
2012 UHPSA Art Crawl Exhibition, Nance St Gallery, Houston, TX
The Surrealist Influence on Contemporary Photography, The Hideout Theatre Austin, TX
2011 Art from the Land of the Cougars, Blue StarLAB, San Antonio, TX
2010 10:10 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX
2009 Lamar Art Show, The Barking Dog, Beaumont, TX
2008 Photography from Lamar Exhibition, The Barking Dog, Beaumont, TX
Run, Paint, Run. Lamar Orange, Orange, TX
2007 Texas Emerging Artist Exhibition, Kerville, TX
2006 Le Grande Ball, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX
Texas State Art Festival Exhibition, Kerville, TX
Awards/Honors
2016 Post-Studio Projects Residency, Houston, TX
2015 SPESC Adjunct Faculty Grant, Society for Photographic Education
Aurora Artist Residency, Houston, TX
2013 SPESC Student Travel Scholarship, Society for Photographic Education
2011 Doctoral Student Tuition Fellowship, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2010 GATF Fellowship, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Joan Wich Scholarship, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2009 Friends of the Arts Scholarship, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
2007 Texas Emerging Artist- Best in Photography,TX State Art Festival, Kerville, TX
Press/Publications
2019 Diffusion X, Diffusion Magazine, December 2019
2017 Issue 17, The Hand Magazine, July 2017
2013 35th Annual Master’s Thesis Exhibition at Blaffer Art Museum,
Glasstire Debra Barrera glasstire.com/2013/04/10/35th-annual-masters-thesis-exhibition-at-blaffer-art-museum/
2010 Art Feature in November Issue, LOBA Magazine
Lectures and Panels
2016 Panel: Art & Mental Illness, Lonestar College Montgomery, Houston, TX
2015 Artist Lecture: All of Our Secrets are the Same, Society for Photographic Education South Central Conference, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Artist Lecture: Damp Earth Secrets, AUM Liberal Arts Conference Southern Studies, Auburn University Montgomery, AL
2012 Lecture: Stains, Ashes, and Halos: The Haunting Poetic of Southern Mythology, SPESC Conference, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Panel: Swim Don’t Sink: An Open Forum of Tips, Strategies and Lessons for Graduate Students Teaching, SPESC Conference, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Panel: Pop up Clubs: Promoting and Sustaining Interest in Photography through Clubs, SPESC Conference, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
