SHAWN WALLIS

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When considering Wallis’ new works within the context of “new paintings; old relationships,” we witness paintings which embody the spirit of a new age in art; one that embraces the tenets of painting and sculpture that inspired artists during the Modern period and now serve as the cornerstone of artists such as Shawn Wallis, and their philosophical and aesthetic visions.

Following the path of The Radical Concrete Painters whose artistry portrays veils of light and color; Wallis’ paintings have evolved adding a new component, one which explores the notion of space as well as light and color. Wallis’ quadrilateral, built-out panel boxes, serve as five-sided surfaces for his atmospheric journeys into layers of color, light, and space. The artist works the surfaces pushing the limits of the paint by imposing textural components which compel us to look further into his paintings in order to see them more clearly and which, in turn, compel us to look further into our own vision and understanding as we embrace his artistry.

A disciple of the Radical Concrete Painting movement in Europe, and just named Texas Artist of the Year 2006 by Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA), Houston-based artist Shawn Wallis follows in the traditions of Modern minimalism. His quadrilateral, built-out panel boxes, serve as five-sided surfaces for his atmospheric journeys into layers of color and space. He will be honored with gala on June 2, 2006 by TALA.

EDUCATION

1994 MFA-University of Texas at San Antonio-Painting

1991 BFA-University of Texas at San Antonio-Photography

AWARDS

2001 Artist-in-Residence, Vienna, Austria

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2001

Haptics and the Tactile Eye, Gallery Roesch, Houston, TX

Histoire de l’oeil, Galerie Peter Lindner, Vienna, Austria

Gaze Directing Devices, Galerie 14-1, Stuttgart, Germany

1999

Present Tense, Parchman/Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX

New Works on Paper, Upstart, Houston, TX

1997

Flat Earth Theory, Parchman/Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, Tx.

1995

Shawn Wallis: New Paintings, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Tx.

1994

Shawn Wallis, Foster-Freeman Gallery, San Antonio, Tx.

Shawn Wallis-Recent Works, Blue Moon Studios, San Antonio, Tx., curated by Jesse Amado.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2002

Surface Tensions, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Tx.

2001

Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, Gallery Roesch, Galerie Peter Lindner

AiR Project, Artist in Residence House, Vienna, Austria

2000

King, Wallis, Yarrington, Rudolph Poissant Gallery, Houston, Tx.

Art Chicago, Chicago, IL., FineSilver Gallery

ArtFrankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, Gallery Roesch

1999

German and American Painting, Wayne Stark Gallery, A+M University, Bryan, Tx.

Works on Paper, Galerie Rottloff, Karlsruhe, Germany

San Antonio Collects, Blue Star, San Antonio, Tx.

1998

Transformations, Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, Tx.

1997

Group Show: New Paintings, Rudolph-Poissant Gallery, Houston, Tx.

Blue Star Red Dot Seven, Blue Star, San Antonio, Tx.

Gallery Artists Group Show, Barbara Davis Gallery/Pennzoil Place, Houston, Tx.

Pinned To the Wall, Parchman/Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, Tx.

Intimate, Barbara Davis Gallery/Pennzoil Place, Houston, Tx.

1996

The Big Show, Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, Tx.

Gallery Artists Group Show, Parchman/Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, Tx.

Selected Gallery Artists, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Tx.

Blue Star Red Dot Six, Blue Star, San Antonio, Tx.

The Heart of Art, Parchman/Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, Tx.

1995-98

Texas Abstraction: New Painting in the Nineties, curated by Frances Colpitt (catalog to accompany show).

Art Pace San Antonio, TX

McKinney Avenue Contemporary Dallas, TX

A & M University Bryan, TX

Museum of the Southwest Midland, TX

Tyler Museum of Art Tyler, TX

Wayland Baptist University Plainview, TX

1995

Gallery Artists Group Show, Milagros Contemporary Art Gallery, San Antonio, Tx.

Seductive Surfaces, Sally Sprout Gallery, Houston, Tx.

Blue Star 10: (1+9), Blue Star, San Antonio, Tx., curated by Benito Huerta.

Milagros at 1203, 1203 Art Space, San Antonio, Tx.

Wood Works, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Tx., curated by Clint Willour.

Blue Star Red Dot Five, Blue Star, San Antonio, Tx.

Prints: Recent Works, Aviart/Artists Gallery, San Antonio, Tx., curated by Allison Hayes-Lane.

The Heart of Art, Parchman/Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, Tx.

Gallery Artists Group Show, Milagros Contemporary Art, San Antonio, Tx.

Profiles, Satellite Art Space, San Antonio, Tx., curated by Frances Colpitt.

Art Tex, University of Texas At San Antonio, Tx., curated by Constance Lowe and Ken Little.

1994

Gallery Artists Group Show, Milagros Contemporary Art, San Antonio, Tx.

Dia de los Muertos, Stonemetal Press, San Antonio, Tx.

Blue Star Red Dot Four, Blue Star, San Antonio, Tx.

Assembling a New Tradition, Aviart/Artists Gallery, San Antonio, Tx.

The Next Wave, 1203 Art Space, San Antonio, Tx.

1993

In Situ: Site Specific Installations, Satellite Art Space, San Antonio, Tx., curated by Ed Blackburn.

Selected Works, Satellite Art Space, San Antonio, Tx., curated by Constance Lowe.

Inaugural Exhibition, Satellite Art Space, San Antonio, Tx., curated by Frances Colpitt.

Juried Exhibition-University of Texas at San Antonio, first place graduate award, juried by Jesse Amado.

1992

Print Show Exchange, curated by Kent Rush.

Lima, Peru

Chiclayo, Peru

Trujillo, Peru

1991

Juried Exhibition-University of Texas at San Antonio, first place undergraduate award, juried by Richard Collier.

1990

Juried Exhibition-University of Texas at San Antonio, juried by Thomas Barrow.

TEACHING AND RELATED WORK

2003-05 Instructor-Awty International School, Houston, Tx. Instructor in all curriculum at private International school for 4th grade.

2000-01 Board of Directors, Art League of Houston.

1999-2000 Instructor- School of the Woods, Houston, Tx. Instructor in all curriculum at private Montessori school for 7th and 8th grades.

1995-99 Art Instructor- Highpoint School, Harris County Department of Education, Houston, Tx., an alternative education school for the middle and high school levels. Developed and implemented art program for brand new middle school. Art instructor for middle and high school programs.

1998 Lecturer- University of Houston. Instructor for Department of Education course, Introduction to Art in Elementary Education .

Participant in Ann Hamilton installation, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston Tx.

1997 Opened alternative art space, upstART, for the purpose of showing work by artists not represented in the Houston area.

1999 Shawn Wallis-New Works on Paper

1998 Leigh-Ann Lester-Inclination of Mind

1997 Gary Sweeney-Recent Works

1994-95 Gallery Assistant, Milagros Gallery and Parchman/Stremmel Gallery: duties included curatorial decisions and show installation

1994 Instructor- Drawing for Non-Art Majors, University of Texas at San Antonio.

1993 Graduate Teaching Assistant- Intermediate Painting, University of Texas at San Antonio.

Assistant to Susan Kae Grant for installation show at the Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, Tx.

Printer for McNay Art Museum Docents Seminar on the art of printmaking, University of Texas at San Antonio

Printer of three-color etching edition for Dennis Olsen, San Antonio, Tx.

Printer of lithographic edition for Kat O’Connor, San Antonio, Tx.

1992-93 Print Lab Assistant- University of Texas at San Antonio.

1992 Graduate Teaching Assistant- Advanced Lithography, University of Texas at San Antonio.

Printer of lithographic edition for Kent Rush, San Antonio, Tx. Custom photographic printer- black & white and color formats, Photo-Arts, San Antonio, Tx.

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

The Art Guys Houston, TX

Mr. John Allis Houston, TX

Ms Catherine Anspon Houston, TX

Ms. Christine Austin Houston, TX

Dr. Don Bacigalupi Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Brent Balthrop San Antonio, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Bass Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bemporad San Antonio, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bennet San Antonio, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Ken Bentley San Antonio, TX

Mrs. Janet Blocker Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Karl Botz Vienna, Austria

Mr. and Mrs. Len Briley San Antonio, TX

Mr. Bill Broderick and Mr. Tim Chafin Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Buchanan Houston, TX

Mr. Tom Burch Houston, TX

Mrs. Coleen Casey San Antonio, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Campbell Houston, TX

Mr. Shane Cook Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. John Deardourff San Antonio, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Dietz Karlsruhe, Germany

Mr. and Mrs. Alex DeLeon San Antonio, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Deschermeier Vienna, Austria

Dr. Menno Dinkleman Dallas, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Gregor Eichele Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Erck San Antonio, TX

Dr. Feldmann Frankfurt, Germany

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Fradkin Houston, TX

Mr. Lawrence Friedman Houston, TX

Ms. Hazel Ganze Los Angeles, CA

Honorable Carolyn Garcia Houston, TX

Ms. Carolyn Goldston Houston, TX

Mr. Christopher Gongolas and Mrs. Cheryl Moody Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Lenny Goodman Houston, TX

Ms. Natalie Guerin Houston, TX

Mr. Ron Hall Ft. Worth, TX

Mrs. Linda Hardberger San Antonio, TX

Ms. Sarah Harte and John Gutzler San Antonio, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Volker Hasbargen Bruchsal, Germany

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cullivan-Hock Houston, TX

Mr. Christian Hoste Mannheim, Germany

Mr. Herb Jackson Davidson, NC

Mr. Victor Juarez Houston, TX

Mr. Keith Kaiser and Mrs. Dianne Bartek San Antonio, TX

Phyllis Kempner, Ph.D., David Stein, Ph.D. San Francisco, CA

Mr. Michael King Houston, TX

Ms. Julie Kinzelman Houston, TX

Ms. Jacqueline Kocher Mexico City, Mexico

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Konrad Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Gunnar Kopp Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kraft-Baltin Frankfurt, Germany

Mr. Armin Kratt Zeissen, Germany

Mr. Marc Kutler Dallas, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Laden Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Laden Houston, TX

Mr. Bruce La Fontaine Santa Fe, NM

Ms. Christina Lannan New York, NY

Mr. and Mrs. William Large Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Lightman Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lindner Vienna, Austria

Ms. Constance Lowe San Antonio, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Lester Marks Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mancuso Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Neil Maurer San Antonio, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Skip McBride San Antonio, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McDaniel Houston, TX

Ms. Michelle Mears Houston, TX

Mr. Danny Medina Scottsdale, AZ

Mr. and Mrs. Hector E. Mendez San Antonio, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Josef Adam Moser Vienna, Austria

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Murphy Houston, TX

Mr. Guillermo Nicolas San Antonio, TX

Mr. Rolf Oberle Frankfurt, Germany

O’Neill Hill Architects Houston, TX

Mr. Joel Oppenheim Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Otis Parchman San Antonio, TX

Mrs. Florencia Palmaz San Antonio, TX

Ms. Laura Stehr Peters Houston, TX

Mr. Axel Pfeil Frankfurt, Germany

Mr. Joseph Poissant Ft. Meyers, FL

Ms. Barbara Rash Princeton, NJ

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Robinson Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Roland Roesch Houston, TX

Ms. Donna Rogers Houston, TX

Mr. Mitch Rowden Corpus Christi, TX

Mr. Alan Rudy Houston, TX

Mrs. Karen Rymer-Moore and Jeffrey Moore San Antonio, TX

Dr. and Mrs. John Seals San Antonio, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Shapiro Houston, TX

Ms. Lynne Skinner Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Smith Amarillo, TX

Ms. Toula Stegman Houston, TX

Dr. and Mrs. Alton Steiner Houston, TX

Ms. Carla Stelwig San Antonio, TX

Mr. David Stevens Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sweeney San Antonio, TX

Ms. Amy Thomason Houston, TX

Mrs. Susanne Thurnay Frankfurt, Germany

Dr. Janet True San Antonio, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Tyson Glen Allen, VA

Mr. Mark Wade Houston, TX

Ms. Mary Wallis San Antonio, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Morris Weiner Houston, TX

Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Weisfeld Houston, TX

Mr. Mark Wise Houston, TX

Dr. and Mrs. Franz Wojda Vienna, Austria

Mr. Tom Wright San Antonio, TX

M. Stewart Zuckerbord Houston, TX

Compaq Computers Houston, TX

Exxon/Mobil Houston, TX

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Houston, TX

U.S.A.A. San Antonio, TX

Westin Hotel San Antonio, TX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2001

ArtLies, Shawn Wallis: Haptics and the Tactile Eye, (review) by Catherine Anspon, Fall,

Papercity, “Navigating the Art Zone” by Catherine Anspon, Sept.

Wiener Zeitung, “Sei lieb zu deinem Schinkin!”, (review) by Claudia Aigner, March 16/17.

Stuttgarter Zeitung, “Strandgut der Wegwerfgesellschaft“, (review) by Georg Leisten,

2000

Papercity, “Art Buzz” by Catherine Anspon, Dec.

Houston Chronicle, “Dealer’s Choice” by Patricia Johnson, Aug. 26.

Shawn Wallis, Catalogue with essay by Sonja Roesch

1997

ARTnews, (special) The Cutting Edge, “Small budgets, Large Ambitions” by Anastasia Aukeman, Dec.-Jan.

1996

Dallas Morning News, “Of-this-world Abstracts at the MAC”, (review) by Charles Dee Mitchell, February 10.

Artlies, “Texas Abstracts”, (review) by Dick Davison, issue11, June-Sept.

1995

CIRCA, Review by Frances Colpitt, No. 3. Fall.

Voices of Art, “Abject Abstraction: The Dumbing Down of Art”, (review) by William Keith, Jr., Vol. 3, No. 6, Dec.-Jan.

Texas Abstract: New Painting in the Nineties. Full color catalogue accompanying ArtPace exhibition with essay by Frances Colpitt.

San Antonio Express-News, “Abstract Art Eschews Emotion” by Dan Goddard, Nov. 26.

ART-TALK, “In the Galleries…”, Oct.

San Antonio Express-News, “Five Emerging Artists” by Dan Goddard, July 30.

San Antonio Express-News, “Blue Star 10:(1+9) Exhibit Showcases City’s Best Original Artists” by Dan Goddard, July 2.

San Antonio Express-News, “Spotlight to Shine on City’s Blooming Art Renaissance” by Dan Goddard, July 2.

Voices of Art, “Documenting San Antonio’s Artists’, Vol. 3, No. 3, May-June.

New Art Examiner, “On View-San Antonio, Texas” by Ann Wiens, March.

San Antonio Express-News, “Impressive S.A. Artists” by Dan Goddard, February 2.

Voices of Art, “Two Texas MFA Exhibitions” by Steve Reynolds, Vol. 3, No. 1, Jan.-Feb.