Wade Wilson Art

Wade Wilson
wade@wadewilsonart.com

Caroline Tyson
caroline@wadewilsonart.com

Wade Wilson ART, Inc.
ph: 713.521.2977
toll free: 866-521-8278
fax: 713.521.2975
Tuesday-Friday 11-6
Saturdays 11-5:30
4411 Montrose Blvd.,
Suite #200
Houston, TX 77006

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Web:

wadewilsonart.com
artnet.com
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Education (U.K)

1998
Further Education Teaching Certificate
University of London – Institute of Education

1993
Postgraduate Diploma Illustration
Central Saint Martins College of Art, London

1985
BA (Hons) Glass Design
North Staffordshire Polytechnic, Stoke-on-Trent

1982
Foundation Art and Design Diploma
Bournville School of Art, Birmingham

Group Exhibitions

2007

The Glass Menagerie exhibition in lobby to accompany Tenessee Williams’ play at Texas Repertory Theatre, Houston, TX

Myriad Voices curated by artist Anila Quayyum Agha at Intexure Architect’s office, also with Andis Applewhite, Rame Hruska, Divya Murthy, Mari Omori, Emily Sloan, Katherine Veneman and Marie Weichman.

2006

Close Proximity group show of artists’ small works, Wade Wilson Art, Houston, TX

The Affair exhibited with DiverseWorks, TX, participant at The Jupiter Hotel, Portland OR

Introductions part of Art Houston, with Michael Manjarris, Stephen Westfall, Mark Williams, and John Zurier, Wade Wilson Art, Houston TX

Adaptation Survival group show with Kristen Cliburn, Kathy Hall, Mari Omori, June Woest and Weihong, curated by Houston artist June Woest, Marfa Studio of Arts, Marfa, TX

Re-Flowering the Garden Women’s History Month, curated by Connie Koppelman PhD, Women’s Studies Program, SUNY Stony Brook. Mills Pond House Gallery, Smithtown Township Arts Council, NY

2005

The Back Room DIG 101, Texas artists curated by Wayne Gilbert, Houston TX

City Hall Texas artists on show for 2 years (‘05/’07) in City Hall, Houston, TX curated by
Gus Kopriva

The Big Show annual juried show. Juror – Michael Olijnyk, Curator of Exhibitions,
The Mattress Factory, PA. Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX

23rd Juried Membership Show Juror H.J Bott, organised by the Visual Arts Alliance, at the Bank of America Building, Houston, TX

The Current-See of Art using U.S Mint moneybags, artists were invited to consider the relationship between art and money, Marfa Studio of Arts, Marfa, TX

Luck of the Draw participated in summer fundraising auction of small works on paper for DiverseWorks Art Space, Houston, TX

Group Show at Baquero Gallery, Houston, TX

2004

Art League Winter Auction fundraising event, with participating Texas artists, for Art League, hosted at Meteor, Houston TX

17th Annual ‘Dia de los Muertos’ group show of local artists’ new interpretations of devotionary retablos, celebrating the traditional Mexican ‘Day of the Dead’, Lawndale Art Center, Houston

I Love Red invitational show of 30 artists’ works, fashion show and art event in benefit of the American Heart Foundation, The Art House, Houston TX

2003

Miniatures invitational show of 77 artists’ works, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston TX

16th Annual ‘Dia de los Muertos’ group show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston

Art, Architecture six artists, (with Katy Anderson, Patrick Medrano, Dale Stewart,
Frank A Porreco III and Begona Lopez) integrated into a redesigned and renovated house (by Design Concepts International), Houston TX

Celebrating a 10 Year Friendship organised an exhibition with Melissa Alley, a painter from the UK, Eastman Gallery, Houston TX

Assignment # 19 Learning To Love You More illustration produced for a web-based project, organised by Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July, designed by Yuri Ono, and exhibited at DiverseWorks, Houston TX

2002

Elusive Surfaces glass paintings, canvases and works on paper exhibited in a juried show of four artists working in Houston (with Jacquelyn Barish, Whitney Riley and Elisabeth Smith) Baquero Gallery, Houston TX

CraftHouston 2002 group show of 77 Texas artists’ work (touring Texas during
2002/03 – Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, Corpus Christie Art Museum, & Galveston Art Center) Juror: Kenneth Trapp - Curator-in-Charge of the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian Institute, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, TX

2001

14th Annual ‘Dia de los Muertos’ group show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston

‘Open Show’ selected for summer show, Juror: Virgil Grotfeldt, Art League, Houston TX

‘under lying truths’ selected for a 3 person show with Lynne McCabe and Darren Emanuel, Art League Houston TX

Recent Paintings 2 person show with Scott Gordon, Joan Grona Gallery, Blue Star Art Space,
San Antonio TX

2000

Group Show Yukiko Lunday Gallery, Houston TX

1998

‘House’ group show of artists called ‘SKIP’, Dublin, Ireland

1995

‘Images 1995’ selected winning illustrators’ work by the Association of Illustrators, Royal College of Art, London (toured the UK during 1995/96)

1994

‘Horoscope’ group show of winning Illustrations for Elle Magazine, Jurors: Jean Paul Gaultier and Peter Blake, Harvey Nichols Café, London

Publications

2007

Art Galleries & Artists of the South page 72, www.agas-digital.com

2006

Big Bend Sentinel March 15th 2006

1995

How to Paint in Mixed Media, Dorling Kindersley, How to Draw in Pastel, Dorling Kindersley
Images ’95, Selected Winning Illustrator’s Work, Creative Review ‘Best of Design’ January Issue

1993

Creative Review ‘Little Gems’ August Issue

Corporate Collections

AandBC Theatre Company, London UK
Quadrant Design Associates, London UK
ETC Limited, London UK
Logica Informatik, Zurich, Switzerland
Winged Fellowship Trust, London UK
Hypnosis Works, London UK

Teaching

1996-98

The London College of Fashion (part of the University of Arts, London UK) – visiting teacher for National Diploma in Fashion Design and Technology, teaching visual studies: Life Drawing, Fashion Illustration, and color and texture studies.

Professional Development

2007

DW2, Creative Capital in partnership with DiverseWorks provided further workshop support for artists previously selected for Professional Development Programs 2003-06.

2004

Creative Capital Professional Development Program, NY, in partnership with DiverseWorks, Houston, selected by panel for weekend-long artist’s retreat