LIZ WARD
EDUCATION
- University of Houston, M.F.A., Painting, 1990
- Atelier 17, Paris, France, 1984-85
- Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1982-84
- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, B.F.A. Cum Laude, Printmaking, 1982
- University of California, Santa Cruz, 1978-80
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
- 2008
- Moody Gallery, Houston
- 2007
- Rivers and Waves, Art Gallery, Trinity University, San Antonio
- 2006
- Aqueous, Women and Their Work, Austin, Brochure
- Wake Capture, Dunn & Brown Contemporary, Dallas
- 2005
- Liz Ward: Aquifers, Moody Gallery, Houston
- 2004
- Liz Ward: Angangueo, University of Texas at San Antonio Satellite Space, San Antonio
- 2003
- Liz Ward: The Mesquite Line and New Works on Paper, Dunn & Brown Contemporary, Dallas
- 2002
- Liz Ward: The Mesquite Line, Moody Gallery, Houston
- 2001
- Liz Ward: The Increments Suite, Moody Gallery, Houston
- Liz Ward: Increments, Dunn & Brown Contemporary, Dallas
- 2000
- Moody Gallery, Houston
- 1999
- Liz Ward: The Present of Past Things, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas
- Liz Ward: From Then to Now, The Artists' Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
- 1998
- Liz Ward: The Present of Past Things, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
- 1995
- Moody Gallery, Houston
- 1994
- Ida Green Gallery, Austin College, Sherman, Texas
- 1993
- Center for the Visual Arts, University of Toledo, Ohio
- 1992
- Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas
- 1985
- Galerie Wooley, Foundation des Etats-Unis, Paris, France
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2008
- Thunder Within the Earth, Art League, Houston
- 2007
- Houston Wilderness: A Collaboration, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Everything, Dunn & Brown Contemporary, Dallas
- 2006
- Flatbed in Marfa, Julie Speed Studio, Marfa, Texas
- Fresh Ink: Flarbed Editions, Nancy Wilson Scanlan Gallery, St. Stephens Episcopal School, Austin
- Fresh, Dunn & Brown Contemporary, Dallas
- 2005
- Color, Pattern, Grid: Selections from the Austin Museum of Art and Austin Collections, Austin Museum of Art
- Natural Beauty, Galveston Art Center
- Fresh Ink: Prints from Flatbed Press, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, Brochure
- 2004
- Abstract Concepts, The Art Center, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
- Texas Grit: Flatbed Press, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas
- 2003
- Summer Light, D Berman Gallery, Austin
- Flip, Dunn & Brown Contemporary, Dallas
- Flatbed in New York, 2003 Editions/Artists' Books Fair, 01 West 26th St., New York
- Gallery Artists, Moody Gallery, Houston
- Exhibition of Contemporary Texas Art, United States Embassy, Bern, Switzerland
- 2002
- Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
- Editions & Artists' Book Fair, Starett Lehigh Building, New York
- Drawings in San Antonio: An Exhibition of Works by Area Artists, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio
- Next, Dunn & Brown Contemporary, Dallas
- Between Past and Future, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio
- Press: Printmaking Invitational, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio
- 2001
- Mo Neal and Liz Ward, Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
- Editions & Artists' Book Fair '01, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York
- New Prints 2001 - Summer, International Print Center, New York
- Our Crowd Collects: Art by Texas Artists from the Collections of Beth Israel Members, Margolis Gallery, Congregation Beth Israel, Houston
- National Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana
- American Airlines Admirals Club Art Program, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Gallery Artists, Moody Gallery, Houston
- 2000
- Texas: A Sense of Place, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Flatbed at Eleven, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas
- 25 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Moody Gallery, Houston
- Contemplative Exactitude, 1/4 Hora Space, Elgin, Texas
- 1999
- Artistic Centers: Houston/Galveston, organized by Texas Fine Arts Association, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin: University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas, Cat
- Inaugural Exhibition: Helen Altman, Matthew Sontheimer, Liz Ward, Dunn & Brown Contemporary, Dallas
- 1998
- Artistic Centers: Houston/Galveston, organized by Texas Fine Arts Association, Galveston Art Center, Cat
- 1997
- Liz Ward, Darren Watterson, Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas
- Flora Bella, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas
- HSPVA 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Diverse Works, Houston
- Patterns in Art, Austin Museum of Art
- 1997 Faculty Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- 1996
- Light Aberrations, University of Texas at San Antonio Art Gallery
- Assistance League Celebrates Texas Art '96, 1600 Smith in Cullen Center, Houston
- Imprint, Barbara Davis Gallery, Penzoil Plaza, Houston
- Between the Lines, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- 1995
- Texas Myths and Realities, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Drawing from Strength, Transco Tower Gallery, Houston
- Wood Works, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas
- Assistance League Celebrates Texas Art '95, 1600 Smith in Cullen Center, Houston
- 1994
- Private Identity and Public Concience: Contemporary Works from the Museum's Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Paint, Arlington Museum of Art, Texas
- Coastal Bend Art, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi
- Brave New World, Lanning Gallery, Houston
- 1993
- Texas Contemporary: Acquisitions of the 90's, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Seeing the Forest Through the Trees, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
- Undercurrents, Lynn Goode Gallery, Houston
- Group Exhibition, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas
- 1992
- Avenues of Departure, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Cat
- Profiles III: On Photography, Arlington Museum of Art, Texas
- Second Nature, Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso
- Texas Art Celebration, 1600 Smith in Cullen Center, Houston
- 1991
- Past/Present, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Michael Miller, Wendy Smith, Elizabeth Ward, Moody Gallery, Houston
- The Perfect World, San Antonio Museum of Art, Cat
- Creative Partners, Sewell Gallery, Rice University, Houston
- Texas Dialogues: Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio
- Arlington Museum of Art, Texas
- 1990
- Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston
- This Land: The State of Texas, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Cat
- New American Talent, Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, Cat
- Texas Art Celebration, 1600 Smith in Cullen Center, Houston
- Messages from the South, Sewell Gallery, Rice University, Houston
- 1989
- Fellowship Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography
- Billboard Installation, Patrick Media Group, various sites in Houston
- 1989 Faculty Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston
- Texas Art Celebration, 1600 Smith in Cullen Center, Houston
- 1988
- 1988 Houston Area Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Cat
- Houston 88, 1600 Smith in Cullen Center, Houston
- Not for the Living Room, Diverse Works, Houston
- Back to the Future, Lawndale Art and Performance Center
- Found: A Survey of Artists Working with Found Materials in Texas, Diverse Works, Houston
- 1987
- One Eye, Houston Center for Photography
- Watermelon Flats Show: Houston Sculptors on Buffalo Bayou, outdoor site, downtown Houston
- The East End Show, Lawndale Art and Performance Center
- NEA Interarts Projects, Lawndale Art and Performance Center
- Excerpts from 'New Texas Photography', Southwest Crafts Center, San Antonio
- 1986
- New Texas Photography, Houston Center for Photography
- Prisoners of Conscience, Diverse Works, Houston
- Extending the Limits, Houston Center for Photography
- Architecture and Culture: The Fourth Ward Show, Diverse Works, Houston
- 1985
- 18/3: Trois espaces: dix-huit artistes, Maison Internationale, Paris, France
- 1984
- Concert/Exposition, Foundation des Etats-Unis, Paris, France
- 1983
- Color Print USA, Texas Tech University, Lubbock
- Seven State Photographic Exhibition, Award, ASA Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
- Photoflow, University of Texas, Arlington
PUBLICATIONS (by the artist)
- 2005
- "O: A House Installation," Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts, Vol. 18, No. 1, Winter/Spring 2006, pp. 157-160.
- 2001
- "Chuck Ramirez: Quarantine," ArtLies: A Texas Journal, No. 29, Winter 2001, p. 68, 2001.
- 2000
- "Margo Sawyer: Ten + One Illuminations," ArtLies: A Texas Journal, No. 29, Winter 2001, p. 68, 2000.
- 1995
- "O: A House Installation," CIRCA, The Texas-Based Journal of Contemporary Art, Fall, University of Texas at Arlington, 1995.
- 1994
- "Ants at the Picnic: Three Artists Re-Vision the Landscape," Nature/Culture, Inman Gallery, Houston, 1994.
- 1993
- Lawndale Live: A Retrospective, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, 1993.
- "Darkness and Light: Twentieth Century Works from Texas Collections," , Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1993.
- 1990
- Reinventing Reality: Five Texas Photographers, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1990.
- 1987
- Images on Stone: Two Centuries of Artists' Lithographs, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1987.
GRANTS/AWARDS
- Summer Research Stipend, Trinity University, 2008
- Nominee for Annual award: BEst Show in Alternative Space, International Arts Critics Association - USA Chapter (for Aqueous, Women and Their Woek, Austin), 2006
- Summer Research Stipend, Trinity University, San Antonio, 2002
- Summer Research Stipend, Trinity University, San Antonio, 2000
- Dozier Travel Award, Dallas Museum of Art, 1995
- Mid-America Arts Alliance/NEA Fellowship Award in Painting and Works on Paper, 1992
- Mid-America Arts Alliance/NEA Fellowship Award in Photography, 1991
- Houston Center for Photography Artist Fellowship, 1988
- N.E.A. Interarts Grant, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, 1986
- Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship for Graduate Study in the Arts in Paris, Foundation des Etats-Unis, Paris, 1984
- Tamarind Curatorial Fellowship, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, 1982
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL LECTURES AND ACTIVITIES
- Painting the Wasteland: The Environmental Critique in Contemporary Painting, Presenter and Panelist, Open Panel on Painting, College Art Association Annual Convention, Dallas, 2008
- Food for Thought Lecture Series, Trinity University, March, 2006
- Gallery Talk, Women and Their Work, Austin, January 7, 2006
- Visiting Artist Lecture, Texas State University, San Marcos, October 13,2005
- Gallery Talk, Galveston Art Center, June 4, 2005
- Gallery Talk, Austin Museum of Art, April 2005
- Artist Talk, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 2004
- Artist Talk, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, 2003
- Gallery Talk: Artists Looking at Art, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, 2002
- Visiting Artists Lecture and Graduate Studio Critiques, Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2002
- Gallery Talk, Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, 2001
- Artist Lecture: Two to Watch Slide Talk Series, ArtPace, A Foundation for Contemporary Art, San Antonio, 2001
- Artist Lecture: Two to Watch Slide Talk Series, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas, 2001
- Artist Lecture: Art Talk '01 Series, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, 2001
- Juror, 25th Annual Watercolor Exhibition, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, 2000
- Board of Directors, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, 1999 to present
- "Talking Art" (panel discussion), Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas, 1999
- Lecture: "Liz Ward: The Present of Past Things: A Body of Work About Memory and Time," Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
- "Power Lunch" Gallery Tour, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 1998
- Juror, Dallas Museum of Art Awards to Artists, 1997
- Portfolio Critiques, Houston Center for Photography, 1995
- Juror, CORE Artist in Residence Program, Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1995
- Artist Board, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, 1990 - 1995
- Juror, Houston Center for Photography Artist Fellowship, 1994
- Guest Reader, "Artists Who Write," Diverse Works, Houston, 1994
- Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Austin College, Sherman, Texas, 1994
- Symposium Panelist, "Risking Sincerity," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 1994
- Board of Directors, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, 1992 - 1994
- "Dialogue" participant with artist Guillermo Kuitca, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 1993
- Lecturer, "Art and the Environment," San Antonio Museum of Art, 1991
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Goddard, Dan, "Gallery Stroll: 'Rivers and Waves'," San Antonio Express News, Nov. 11, 2007, p. 3, sec. J.
- "Liz Ward: Aqueous," The Austin Chronicle, January 13, 2006, p. 66.
- "Best Bets," Austin American Statesman, January 30, 2006, statesman.com
- "From Watercolor Painting to Bronze Sculpture:Liz Ward's Aqueous and Anne Wallace's Glorieta," ...Might Be Good: A Project of Fluent-Collaborative, Issue #61, January 13, 2006, Austin, www.fluent collab.org/mbg/issue61.htm
- Johnson, Patricia C., "Simple Tools Net Powerful Images," Houston Chronicle, June 17, 2005, http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/ae/art/3230205
- Atwell, Wendy, "Liz Ward: Angangueo," ArtLies, Winter, 2005, p. 105
- Goddard, Dan, "Art Brightens Stressful Site," San Antonio Express News, Feb. 27, 2005, p. 2, sec. J.
- Goddard, Dan, "Gallery Stroll: 'Angangueo'," San Antonio Express News, Sept. 19, 2004, p. 2, sec. J.
- Colpitt, Frances, "Liz Ward at Dunn and Brown Contemporary," Art in America, Dec. 2003, p. 114.
- Koper, Rachel, "Summer Light," Glasstire: Texas Visual Art OnLine.
- Klaasmeyer, Kelly, "Liz Ward," Houston Press, vol. 14, no. 5, Dec. 19-25, 2002, p. 1.
- Lark, Laura, "Liz Ward at Moody Gallery," ArtLies: Texas Art Journal, no. 23, Winter, 2001-2002, pp. 82-83.
- Hirsch, Faye, "Working Proof: Liz Ward," Art On Paper (New York), Nov.-Dec. 2001, p. 27.
- Raverty Dennis, "Art Becomes Soul Food," Des Moines Sunday Register (Des Moines, Iowa), Nov. 18, 2001, p. 3E.
- Colpitt, Frances, "Report from Houston: Space City Takes Off," Art in America, vol. 88, no. 10, Oct. 2000, pp. 71.
- Tyson, Janet, "Helen Altman, Matthew Sontheimer, and Liz Ward," Art Lies: Texas Art Journal, no. 25, Winter, 1999-2000, p. 56.
- Greene, Alison de Lima. Texas: 150 Works from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. New York; Abrams, 2000. Pp. 29, 65, 71-72, 203, 248, 256.
- Tyson, Janet, "Helen Altman, Matthew Sontheimer, and Liz Ward," Art News, vol. 99, no. 2, Feb., 2000, p. 169.
- Rees, Christina, "Post Time: Dallas 'Newest Gallery Owner, Talley Dunn, Is a Sure Bet with her Stable of Proven Thoroughbreds," Dallas Observer, Nov. 11-17, 1999, p. 77.
- "Partners Announce Opening of Art Gallery near Knox-Henderson," Park Cities People, Dallas, Nov. 11, 1999, p. 12.
- Daniel, Mike, "A Quiet Start," The Dallas Morning News, Oct. 29, 1999, Guide sec., p. 55.
- Mitchell, Charles Dee, "Gallery Enters with Elegance," The Dallas Morning News, Oct. 30, 1999, sec. A, p. 39.
- Mitchell, Charles Dee, "Houston, Arlington Artists Create Works Worlds Apart," The Dallas Morning News, Sept. 25, 1999, sec. C, pp. 1,6.
- Akhtar, Suzanne, "The Structure of Nature Inspires Beauty," Fort Worth Star Telegram, Sept. 5, 1999, sec. D, p. 6.
- Robertson, Jennifer, "Art Building Gallery to Present Exhibit 'Present of Past Things'" The North Texas Daily, Denton, Sept. 1, 1999.
- Williams, Robert and Moore, Jodi, "Making Art: Making a Life," Collegium: The Magazine of the University of Houston, Winter, 1998, pp. 28-33.
- McConnell, Rebecca, "Liz Ward, Darren Waterston: Intimate Duet," Art Lies (Houston), Spring, 1997, pp .34-34.
- Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts (Houston), vol. 8, no. 2, Summer-Fall, 1996, pp. 65-68.
- Tolbert, Frank X., "Liz Ward: Moody Gallery," Art Lies (Houston), April-May, 1995, pp.23-25.
- Chadwick, Susan, "Liz Ward's Sensitive Works at Moody," Houston Post, April 3, 1995.
- McKay, Gary, "My Hero," Houston Metropolitan, Oct. 1993, pp. 50-51.
- McBride, Elizabeth, "Liz Ward at Galveston Art Center," Museum and Arts Magazine (Houston), Feb. 1993, pp. 30-31.
- Waddington, Chris, "Highs and Lows from Houston," The Times Picayune (New Orleans), Jan. 1, 1993, "Lagniappe" sec., p. 10.
- Janet Tyson, "Art Review," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Aug. 31, 1992, "Life" sec. pp.1,3.
- Exposure: Painting and Works on Paper 1992: Mid-America Arts Alliance and The National Endowment for the Arts, 1992, pp. 14, 18.
- Johnson, Patricia, "Art by Collaborators, Couples Offers Contrasts," Houston Chronicle, Sept. 11, 1991, sec.D, p. 3.
- Exposure: Photography 1991: Mid-America Arts Alliance and the National Endowment for the Arts, 1991 [unpag.].
- Tyson, Janet, "Everybody's Talking," Fort Worth Star Telegram, July 8, 1991, sec. E, pp. 1-2.
- Kutner, Janet, "A New Director's Debut," The Dallas Morning News, July 6, 1991, sec. C, pp. 5, 9.
- Goddard, Dan R., "'Dialogues': Urban Blithe," The Sunday Express-News, San Antonio, Feb. 10, 1991,
pp. 1-H, 5-H.
- McKay, Gary, "Young at Art," Houston Metropolitan, Dec. 1990, pp. 50-55.
- Moss, Maria, "Images of a Planet," Houston Metropolitan, May 1990, pp. 70-71.
- Anne H. Roberts, "Steeped in the Art of Texas," Public News (Houston), May 2, 1990, p.11.
- Johnson, Patricia C., "Lawndale's Down-to-Earth Exhibit," Houston Chronicle, April 26, 1990, sec. D, pp. 1,5.
- Brimmer, Henry, "Photography in Houston," PhotoMetro (San Francisco), Feb. 1990, p 38.
- Chadwick, Susan, "Glory of Texas Art," Houston Post, Jan. 19, 1990, sec. C, p. 4.
- Chadwick, Susan, "Messages from the South," Houston Post, Dec. 2, 1989, sec. E., p. 6.
- Robinson, Joan Seeman, "Lukewarm, Hot, and Cool," SPOT (Houston), Fall, 1989, p.29.
- Chadwick, Susan, "Art You Can Look Up To," Houston Post, Aug. 27, 1989, sec. H, p. 15.
- Chadwick, Susan, "The 1988 Houston Area Exhibition," Houston Post, Oct. 2, 1988.
- McBride, Elizabeth, "1988 Introductions," Public News (Houston), Aug. 3, 1988, p. 14.
- Chadwick, Susan "16 Galleries," Houston Post, July 3, 1988, sec. F., pp. 1, 14.
- Chadwick, Susan, "Julian Schnabel Talks Philosophy with Art Students," Houston Post, June 12, 1988, sec. F, p. 4.
- Robinson, Joan Seeman, "Contra Positions," SPOT (Houston), Summer, 1988, pp. 14-15.
- Roberts, Tre, "Back to the Future," Art Papers, May/June, 1988.
- Chadwick, Susan , "Not for the Living Room," Houston Post, March 6, 1988, sec. F., p.14.
- Johnson, Patricia C., "Animals, Bottles Populate Exhibits," Houston Chronicle, Feb. 20, 1988, sec. 4,
p. 3.
- Fisher, Saul, "Home: No Place at All," Public News (Houston), Feb. 10, 1988.
- Gambrell, Jamey, "Texas: State of the Art," Art in America, April, 1987, p. 198.
- Frazier, Bill, "K(afka)'s Castle and Media-Myths at Lawndale," SPOT (Houston), Spring, 1987, p. 15.
- Chadwick, Susan, "Critic's Choice," Houston Post, sec. E., p. 3.
- Robinson, Joan Seeman, "Risks While Writing in the Dark," SPOT (Houston), Winter, 1987, p. 10.
- Dobay, Louis, "This Is Your Conscience Speaking," Public News (Houston), Nov. 13, 1986, p. 10.
- Chadwick, Susan, "Texas 150: New Texas Photography," Houston Post, Oct. 5, 1986, sec H., p. 4.
- Sieber, Ann Walton, "Approaching the Fourth Ward," SPOT (Houston), Spring, 1986, pp. 16-17.
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
- Austin Museum of Art
- Tobin Collection of Children's Art, Bexar County Courthouse, San Antonio
- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- University of Texas South West Medical School, Dallas
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York