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CV

Born: Nairobi, Kenya 1962​​

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Southampton Art College, UK

Byam Shaw School of Art, UK

Group Shows & Exhibitions

George Adams Gallery - New York, USA

Houston Center for Photography - Texas, USA

The Design Museum - London, UK

The Contemporary Arts Museum (CAMH) - Houston, Texas, USA

Aurora Picture Show - Houston, Texas, USA

The Art Car Museum - Houston, Texas, USA

The Fort Russell Building - Marfa, Texas, USA

Arlington Museum of Art - Texas, USA

Museum of Natural Science - Houston, Texas, USA

Blaffer Gallery -  University of Houston, Texas, USA

Diverse Works - Houston, Texas, USA

Station Museum - Houston, Texas, USA

Rudolph Blume Fine Art, Texas, USA

Gilbert & G Gallery - Arlington, Texas, USA

ArtHouse, Dallas, Texas, USA

Box 13, Artspace - Houston - Texas

Royal College of Art - London, UK

Apama Mackey Gallery - Houston, Texas, USA

Lawndale Art Center, Texas, USA

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Detailed Info Shows etc - Year

 

2018 - 2024

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Ongoing studio practice - Exhibition preparation

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2017

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Self Portraits - Studio practice. Ludlow, Shropshire, UK The Worm Farm.

Educational/Outdoors. Ludlow, Shropshire, UK

 

2016

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'This is Just a Pencil Sharpener'. Collective Exhibition. Devonshire Collective, 

Creative Cluster. Eastbourne. UK

Self Portraits - Studio practice (ongoing). Ludlow, Shropshire, UK

The Worm Farm. Educational/outdoors. Sussex, UK

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2015

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​The Worm Farm - Educational, Brighton + Hove, UK

Luck of the Draw - Diverse Works. Houston, Texas, USA

ARTBRIDGE Auction - Koelsch Gallery Curated by Sharon Engelstein - Front Gallery.

Houston, Texas, USA

Sumi Ink Club - Participatory Public Art Event. Houston Area arranged by Natasha Bowdoin.

Rice University Media Centre. Houston, Texas, USA

 

2014

 

Independent Art Studios with Dormalou Projects - Event. Houston, Texas, USA

Luck of The Draw - Diverse Works. Houston, Texas, USA

Panel Collaboration with Rachel Hecker. Houston, Texas, USA

 

2013

 

Houston It's So Hot - Aurora Picture Show - Screening of 'Cartwheels' - Video Shorts

Curated by Mary Magsamen, Aurora Picture Show. Houston, Texas, USA

Panel Collaboration with Rachel Hecker. Houston, Texas, USA

Ownership of Swans - Video Short. Houston, Texas, USA

Bull - Video Short. Houston, Texas, USA

 

2012

 

Texas Contemporary - Rudolph Projects. Houston, Texas, USA

Void - Video and Sound Collaboration with Liza Barley. Houston, Texas, USA

Void - Video and Sound Collaboration and Performance with Liza Barley, Guildhall

School of Music. London, UK

Void - Performance, Video, Sound + Performance with Liza

Barley - People Show Theatre, London, UK

Void - Video and Sound Collaboration + Performance with Liza Barley

Barbican Center for Performing Arts. London, UK

Panel Collaboration with Rachel Hecker. Houston, Texas, USA

Scoot-In Insight]Out Festival - Curated by Bart Weiss, Dallas VideoFest + Aurora 

Picture Show, Houston, Texas, USA

On the Road 5 x 7 -  ARThouse. Austin, Texas, USA

Medical Calendars for Lymes Disease Treatment. Houston, Texas, USA

 

2011

 

Last Will and Testimony Series - Rudolph Projects. Houston, Texas, USA

Panel Collaboration with Rachel Hecker. Houston, Texas, USA

On The Road 5 x 7 - Arthouse. Austin, Texas, USA

Medical Calendars for Lymes Disease Treatment. Houston, Texas, USA

Persistence of Vision - New York Academy of Art. New York, USA

 

2010

 

Medical Calendars for Lymes Disease Treatment. Houston, Texas, USA

Lion Furballs! Video Short. Houston, Texas, USA

Panel Collaboration with Rachel Hecker. Houston, Texas, USA

Group Exhibition - Rudolph Blume Fine Art. Houston, Texas, USA

On the Road 5 x 7 - Arthouse. Dallas, Texas, USA

OutLoud - A Word Based Exhibit. Matt Project, PG Contemporary, Houston, Texas, USA

Luck of the Draw 9 - Diverse Works. Houston, Texas, USA

On the Road 5 x 7 - Arthouse. Austin, Texas, USA

 

2009

 

GOAT - Video Short.  Portland Community TV

Aurora Picture Show. Portland, USA

Evidence - Gallery Show, Rudolph Projects. Houston, Texas, USA

GOAT - Aurora Picture Show - 3 Minute Shorts. June

Curated by Bill Arning, Director Contemporary Arts Museum CAMH, Houston, Texas, USA

Luck of the Draw - When Art Attacks. Diverse Works. Houston, Texas, USA

Tibor & The Human Head - Video Installation - Apama Mackey Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA

Burning of Hides - Video Installation with Sarah Sarhandi. Group Exhibition Disturbance of

Distance with Hana Hillerova, Leslie Mutchler, Jennifer Prichard, Skote: Jill Pangallo and Alex

White + Emily Sloan. Curated by Eleanor L Williams

Box 13 Artspace.  Jan/Feb.Houston, Texas, USA

4 Scenarios - Dec/Feb. Rudolph Projects  - Group Exhibition. Houston, Texas, USA

 

2008

 

Exquisite Corps Exhibition - Apama Mackey Gallery. Houston, Texas, USA

The Parlour Game - 1st Exquisite Corps Afternoon - Apama Mackey Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA

Dia de los Muertos - 21st Annual Day of the Dead - Lawndale Art Centre. Houston, Texas, USA

Spin4: Lens Libs Edition - Houston Centre for Photography. Houston, Texas, USA

Artpace International Artists in Residence 2010 selection program. Houston, Texas, USA

Houston Area Exhibition - Gallery Talk. Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston. Texas, USA

Summer Auction - Diverse Works. Houston, Texas, USA

Houston Area Exhibition - Blaffer Museum, University of Houston, curated by Claudia

Schmuckli, Texas, USA

Artist’s Eye - Public Programs - Artist talk, The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, USA

Slide Jam at the CAMH - Contemporary Arts Museum. Houston, Texas, USA

Artadia Fund for Art and Dialogue Awards - Shortlisted Finalist Houston Awards Programme

Artadia Final  Round Jurors Christopher Eamon - Curator, Pamela and Richard

Kramlich Collection and Director New Art Trust, Jennifer Gross - Curator of

Modern and Contemporary  Art, Yale University, Franklin Sirmons Curator Modern and

Contemporary Art, The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, USA

Ulterior Motifs 12 - G Gallery, Wheeler Bros/Wayne Gilbert. Huntsville, Texas, USA

 

2007

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Little Known Facts - Group Exhibition with David Aylsworth, Laura Lark, Robert Ruello,

Andrew Groocok curated by Mike Guidry, Lawndale Art Center. Houston, Texas, USA

Camp Marfa - G-Gallery. The Art Depot. Lubbock, Texas, USA

War - Art Car Museum. Houston, Texas, USA

Camp Marfa - G-Gallery with Wayne Gilbert, Old Fort Russell Building 98, Marfa, Texas, USA

FORM - Rebecca Hossack Gallery. London, UK

Ghana Conspiracy Fundraiser - Museum of Natural Science. Houston, Texas, USA

Ulterior Motifs #10 - A Celebratory Exhibit of Texas Art. with The Wheeler Bros. 

Wayne Gilbert and G Gallery, Arlington Museum of Art, Texas, USA

Spacetaker - Space Optiks - Gala Program. Houston, Texas, USA

World Malaria Day - Institute of Parasitology, University of New York. New York, USA

American Cancer Society - Fundraiser. Houston, Texas, USA

FLIES. Video Short. Houston, Texas, USA

The Art Show - ADAA - George Adams Gallery. New York, USA

20/21 International. Rebecca Hossack Gallery. London, UK

 

2006

 

Gallery Artists Show - Rebecca Hossack Gallery. London, UK

The Burning of Hides - Sound Sarah Sarhandi. Houston, Texas, USA

My Beautiful Violetta - Sound Sarah Sarhandi - Extremely Shorts #9 - 3 Minute

Shorts Juried by Kevin Jerome Everson. Aurora Picture Show. Houston, Texas, USA

New Paintings + The Matatu Project - George Adams Gallery. ADDAA. New York, USA

Inner Corridor Art Crawl - Houston, David Adicks Building, Houston, Texas, USA

Gallery Group Show - Body Language - George Adams Gallery.  New York, USA

20/21 British Art Fair at The Royal College of Art. Rebecca Hossack, London, UK

Run for Your Lives - Group Exhibition, Diverse Works Curated by Diane

Barber. Houston, Texas, USA

 

2005

 

Body Language - Group Exhibition - George Adams Gallery. March/April. New York, USA

The Miracle Lioness - Animal Planet.  Lion video footage for Saba and Dudu 

Douglas - Hamilton, Samburu. Discovery Channel. UK and USA

Creative Relief - Fundraiser for Tsunami Relief. London, UK

 

2004

 

My Beautiful Violetta - Sound Sarah Sarhandi, Portobello Film Festival. London, UK

Biannual Open - Great Western Studios. London, UK

Koestler Award Trust - Art Projects for Prisons. Fundraiser and Group Exhibition.

Chapel of Wormwood Scrubs Prison. London, UK

Tonio’s End - Unpublished Video Short. London, UK

The Miracle Lioness - Screening Chelsea Arts Club. Lion/Antelope Adoption video footage from Samburu

Elephant Camp. Saba and Dudu Douglas-Hamilton. London, UK

The Miracle Lioness - Lion Video adoption footage from Samburu Elephant Camp. Saba and Dudu

Douglas-Hamilton. Animal Planet, Discovery Channel. USA. Ongoing 2004 - 2022

The Miracle Lioness - Awarded, Royal Geographical Society. Lion/Adoption video footage from

Samburu. Saba and Dudu Douglas-Hamilton, Samburu. London, UK

ART2004 Contemporary Art Fair - Rebecca Hossack Gallery. London, UK

 

2003

 

My beautiful Violetta, Screening Portobello Film Festival. Sound Sarah Sarhandi. London, UK

She Stepped - Video. Sound Sarah Sarhandi. London, UK

My Beautiful Violetta - Video. Sound Sarah Sarhandi

Ambient TV.  Bethnal Green, London, UK

Jan Murphy Gallery - Exhibition of Recent Paintings. Brisbane, Australia.

 

2002

 

Mystery Artists for Tate Britain - Gainsborough Exhibition. Tate, London, UK

Exhibition for 21st Century - Rebecca Hossack Gallery. Commonwealth Centre. London, UK

Dangerous Corners - James Huntingdon–Whiteley Gallery. London, UK

13th Anniversary Group Exhibition - Rebecca Hossack Gallery. London, UK

Plan International - Auction for AIDS - Fundraiser. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. London, UK

L’Art De Vivre Maison - French Cultural Centre. Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa

ART2002 Contemporary Art Fair - Rebecca Hossack Gallery. London, UK

artLONDON Contemporary Art Fair - Rebecca Hossack Gallery. London, UK

DAF -  Group Auction Exhibition. London, UK

 

2001

 

The Enclosed Tree - Rebecca Hossack Gallery. London, UK

Art 2001 - Rebecca Hossack Gallery, 13th Annual London 

Contemporary Art Fair, UK

The Art on Paper Fair - Royal College of Art. Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK

Jan Murphy Gallery - Exhibition. Brisbane, Australia

 

2000

 

The Art on Paper Fair - Royal College of Art. Rebecca Hossack Gallery,  London, UK

artLONDON Contemporary Art Fair - Rebecca Hossack Gallery. London, UK

Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Solo Exhibition

Jan Murphy Gallery - Exhibition. Brisbane, Australia

 

1999

 

Art for Youth Exhibition -  In Aid of Youth Clubs UK, The Mall Galleries, London, UK

Biannual Open - Great Western Studios. Westbourne Park, London, UK

Map - Group Show, Rebecca Hossack Gallery. London, UK

artLONDON Contemporary Art Fair - Rebecca Hossack Gallery. London, UK

art2000 Contemporary ART Fair - Rebecca Hossack Gallery. London, UK

 

1997

 

Charlotte Perriand’s 90th Anniversary

Design Commission - The Design Museum, Canary Wharf, London, UK

 

1994

 

Africa Exhibition - Liberty, Regents Street London, UK

 

1989

 

Tribal Eye Gallery - Exhibition. San Francisco, USA

African Heritage Museum- Exhibition. Nairobi, Kenya

 

1987

 

Mimo Fazzeni Gallery - Exhibition. Malindi, Kenya​

TV, Press & Publication

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Brisbane News - Australia
Animal Planet - TV
Aurora Picture Show - Houston, Texas, USA
Portland Community TV - USA
Fine Art Connoisseur - Vol 4, Issue 6. USA
Houston Area Exhibition - Blaffer Gallery. 
Houston, Texas, USA
Houston Press - Texas, USA
Houston Press, Artopia -  Texas, USA
Houston Chronicle - Here, There and Everywhere
OUTSmart - Houston, Texas, USA
Elle Magazine - UK
The Spectator Magazine - UK
The Peterson Collection - USA
The Footballer's Year - UK
Eastenders TV - UK
Habitat Prints - UK
The Guide Magazine - London, UK
Queensland Home - Australia
Doctors TV - UK
L’Art De Vivre La Maison, Alliance Francaise,
Nairobi, Kenya
Houston Chronicle - Texas, USA
ArtHouston - Nancy Wozny - Houston, Texas, USA
FPH - Houston, Texas, USA
Paper City - Houston, Texas, USA
Vogue - UK
Qantas Airlines Inflight Magazine - Australia
New York Gallery Guide - New York, USA
Going Out Entertainment Guide - Kenya
Coastweek - Kenya
Art Critical Collectors Eye - New York, USA
The Seer - UK
Fine Art Event Guide - New York, USA
ArtsHound - Houston, Texas, USA
Houston Press - The End of Days - Houston, 
Texas, USA
Country Living, UK

Solos

George Adams Gallery - New York, USA 2006
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane Australia 2003
The French Cultural Center, Nairobi, Kenya 2001
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK 2000
African Heritage Gallery - Nairobi, Kenya 1989
Misc, USA & Kenya 1998
M. Fazzeni Gallery, Malindi, Kenya 1987

Collections

University of New York - Department of Parasitology, New York, USA
Mark Reid, Everard-Reid Gallery - Johannesburg, South Africa
Museum of Modern Art - Toronto, Canada
Elizabeth Chatwin Collection - London, UK
Hue Williams - London, UK
Peterson Collection - New York, USA
The Football Association - London, UK
James Huntingdon-Whiteley Gallery - London, UK
Ted Baker - UK
Richard Salmon Gallery - London, UK

IMAGE: *Bones + Ribbon

3 x Paintings. Canvas stretched x 2 + 1 x linen (loose). Oil. August - 2024

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