THE BIG SHOW- an ambitious open-call juried competition of artists practicing within a 100-mile radius of Lawndale - is celebrating 40 years! It reflects our commitment to supporting local and regional artists at various stages in their career. The Big Show was formerly the East End Show, sponsored by the East End Progress Association at Lawndale’s original location.
Juried by Dr. Laura Augusta
Lawndale Art & Performance Center
JUNE 7 – AUGUST 17, 2024
Artist List /
Alphabetically
by Last Name
AIsela Aguirre
Josh Alan
Erika Alonso
B
Sallie Barbee
Darla Barolini
Beatriz Bellorin
Maria Bordelon
Dreana Booker
Betty-Ann Brose
C
Via Aphrodite Cabanez
Chelsea Clarke
Katie Coleman
Alexandra Constantinou
Margaux Crump
D
Sandra de la Rosa
Nabila Dadabhoy
Laura De Leon
April DeConick
Jacinto Deleon
Roslyn M. Dupré
FJen Figueroa
Julia Fisher
Brent Fogt
Farima Fooladi
Madelyn Foutz
G
DIXIE FRIEND GAY
Abigail Garcia Garza
Ian Gerson
MICHAEL GODOY
Caroline Gray H
Katie Hagar
Jeanette “Joy” Harris
Lucy Malone Haslam
Juliette Hemingway
Michael Horvath
Mayra Huerta
LJoana Liu
Steve Louis
Renata Lucia
Elias John Lytton
MJennifer Marion
Carrie Green Markello
Jennifer K. G. Martin
Sofia Mekonnen
Jade Elizabeth Mellor
Lorena Molina
Venessa Monokian
N
Mark Nelson
OLay-Ing Oji
Carolina Otero
Aisha Imdad
Cedric Ingram
Sarah Jentsch
Heather L. Johnson
Jeanne Jones
Jake Eshelman
Jailyne España
Diana-Sofia Estrada
Caro Kroger
Annette Palmer
Jin Park
Naomi Peterson
Jessica Phillips
Ellen Phillips
Julon Pinkston
Gladys Poorte
R
Cary Reeder
Winifred Riser
Lia Rodi
Henry G. Sanchez
Carol Sandin Cooley
Michelle Schoenberg
Caz Scott
Lauren Selden
Adrienne Simmons
Kaylan Smith
Carole Smith
Margaret Smithers-Crump
Gretchen Bender Sparks
Lisa Urban
Pavlina Vagioni
Elizabeth Waggett
William Warden
Lillian Warren
Michelle Whitney
Chris Wicker
Amy Elizabeth Wright
XZZX
Grace Zuñiga
1. Steve Louis Chickens Can Fly, 2024 Cardboard, gouache, acrylic paint, gesso, and glue
2. Lorena Molina You Love America, 2024 Balloons, paint, and text 22 x 18”
3. Caro Kroger Isn’t it Lovely?, 2022 Oil on canvas
30 x 42”
4. Via Aphrodite Cabanez Thank You, 2023 Inkjet print 20 x 131/4”
5. Sofia Mekonnen Rigged, 2024 Inkjet print collage 14 x 17”
6. Michelle Whitney Fallen Fruits of Their Loins, 2023 Fabric, embroidery floss, batting, and poly-fil 12 x 17 x 10”
7. XZZX
Las Configuraciones Que Nos Definen, 2024
Video 5:50min. 1920 × 1080 px
8. Mayra Huerta
Stories I, 2024 Acrylic on canvas 36 x 48”
9. Mark Nelson
Forrest Dean Prince (1935-2020), 2022 Inkjet print 17 x 22”
10. Mark Nelson
Margherita Friend Doyle (1995-2022), 2022 Inkjet print 17 x 22”
11. Mark Nelson
Deborah Ann Grotfeldt (1950-2022), 2022 Inkjet print 17 x 22”
12. Juliette Hemingway Unsettled, 2023
Digital art video with music produced by JV Chase 2min.
13. Joana Liu Packaged Perfection, 2024 Mixed media
17 x 15 x 1/2”
14. Mayra Huerta Fragmented V, 2024 Watercolor, ink, and colored pencil on paper 11 x 15”
15. Henry Sanchez A Orar, 2024 Red pastel, crayon, and pencil on paper
72 x 36”
16. Jin Park Edge of Limits in Folded Space, 2023
Acrylic and charcoal
24 x 30 x 15”
17. Lillian Warren Holding up the Sky, 2024 Acrylic and charcoal on mylar
30 x 24”
18. Isela Aguirre Palimpsest Palm, 2022
Acrylic paint, chalk pastel, heavyweight paper 22 x 28”
19. Caroline Gray LA Case Study, 2024 Oil on canvas 60 x 40”
20. Michael Godoy El Camino Real, 2024 Fabric and embroidery thread 15 x 18”
21. Aisha Imdad
The Gilded Gardens of Fidelity: Bagh -i- Wafa Series IV, 2022
Watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper 18 x 24”
22. Katie Coleman Tall House, 2024
Acrylic and oil on canvas 8 x 8”
23. Katie Coleman Small Shed, 2024 Oil on Canvas 8 x 10”
24. Chelsea Clarke West Texas, 2023
Screenprint
11 x 14”
39 - 41
25. Heather L. Johnson Treatment (3), 2024
Graphite and charcoal on 2 sheets of paper 30 x 88” unframed
26. Jennifer Marion Vol 1, 2022
Handmade book of photographs, fabric, newspaper clipping, receipts, and various other memorabilia Video
27. Cary Reeder Take Me Back in Time Again, 2022
Acrylic gouache on board 24 x 18”
28. Lay-Ing Oji Ikigai, 2023
Mixed media on canvas 40 x 40”
29. Margaret Smithers-Crump Arctic Lichenography, 2022
Acrylic on hand-cut translucent recycled plexiglas, collaged with color glass shards, silver fragments, gold leaf, and copper 62 x 105 x 4”
30. Jade Elizabeth Mellor Untitled, 2023
Silk, image medium, and stretcher
30 x 30”
31. Carol Sandin Cooley Lady Lilly, 2024
Acrylic on canvas 8 x 8”
32. Carol Sandin Cooley Going Home, 2023
Acrylic on canvas 8 x 8”
33. Carol Sandin Cooley
The Jealous Sandhand, 2023
Acrylic on canvas 8 x 8”
34. Dixie Friend Gay Perfect Lover, 2023
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
52 x 50”
35. William Warden our tree, 2023
Pigment, size & oil on linen
57 x 49”
36. Katie Hagar
Sea Green Book with Angled Wing, 2023
Acrylic on MDF and wood
20 x 11 x 33/4”
37. Annette Palmer
Retrograde, 2024 Inkjet print 16 x 20” framed
38. Annette Palmer
Celestial, 2023 Inkjet print 16 x 20” framed
39. Via Aphrodite Cabanez Fish, 2023
Inkjet print
131/4 x 20
40. Via Aphrodite Cabanez
Feast Food, 2023
Inkjet print 131/4 x 20
41. Chris Wicker
Boogity Boogity Boogity, Amen, 2023
Two channel videos on monitors
42. Lucy Malone-Haslam Riz, 2024 Oil on board 11 x 14”
43. Lucy Malone-Haslam BBL, 2024 Oil on canvas 11 x 14”
44. Margaux Crump
What the Stone Saw III, 2023
Archival digital pigment print 11.5 x 10.25” framed
45. Sallie Barbee
Self Portrait with Scarf, 2022
Oil on panel 9 x 12”
46. Carolina Otero ALPHABET, 2022
Ceramic on primed board 24 x 24 x 2”
47. Adrienne Simmons
29.762354, -95.397765 (inside), 2024
Bayou water cyanotype on cotton, machine and hand sewing, thread, and stretcher 46 x 35”
48. Lorena Molina
A new blue sky, 2022 Inkjet print collage 24 x 353/4”
49. Elias John Lytton 24-Hour Doomsday Clock, 2023
Gouache on paper 51/2 x 81/2”
50. Carolina Otero HOMAGE TO KLEE I, 2023
Ceramic on primed board 9 x 12 x 1”
51. Erika Alonso
They Are Watching, 2022 Watercolor and ink on paper 21 x 16”
52. Dreana Booker 8000/ Tidwell, 2024
Acrylic paint and yarn on canvas 8 x 7”
53. Jennifer K. G. Martin
Reprise, 2024
Charcoal on drywall 24 x 24”
54. Lia Rodi & Juliette Hemingway Lily and Javari , 2024
Acrylic paint, acrylic ink, charcoal, graphite, sumi ink, and water on paper 68 x 39”
55. Beatriz Bellorin
Pese a las cosas {Despite the State of Things}, 2024
4 photos and 1 single channel video with sound on loop 12 x 16” each 7:26 min.
56. April DeConick Triple Spirit, 2024 Wool, cotton, ceramic, and acrylic 5 x 20 x 38”
57. Renata Lucia
The Absence of Presence and the Prescence of Absence (Black Bear), 2024
Charcoal on paper 24 x 18”
58. Maria Bordelon Untitled, 2022 Oil on canvas 36 x 36 x 1.5”
59. Laura De Leon Movidas, 2024
Recycled canvas, earth from my parents home, red earth from the Rio Grande, and leather 60 x 50 x 3”
60. Jake Eshelman Baby Wren, 2022 Archival digital pigment print 14 x 21” framed
61. Annette Palmer Solstice, 2023 Inkjet print 22 x 22” framed
62. Jacinto Deleon Opportunity, 2023 Inkjet print 16 x 24”
63. Grace Zuñiga Within/Without: Protection, 2023 Inkjet print 14 x 20”
64. Darla Barolini Teacher’s Perspective, 2024 Acrylic on diptych canvases 72 x 48 x 2”
65. Ian Gerson erasure, 2024
Ropes found in Galveston Bay and the Houston Ship Channel, mylar emergency blanket, construction netting, hand-dyed mesh, found plastic, plastic bags, mylar ballon, personal clothing scraps, nightclub entry wristbands, found jewelry, and dried palms 41 x 32”
John
66. Ellen Phillips
Shattering, 2023
Acrylic, oil pastel, ink, and wood filler on paper 22 x 30”
67. Lauren Selden
What is a Weed?, 2023
Copper and sterling silver 5 x 3 x 2”
68. Jeanne Jones
I Know How I Feel, 2024
Fired ceramic shapes 38 x 90”
69. Julia Fisher
Excuse me ,a’am!, 2023 Inkjet print
22 x 30”
70. Julia Fisher
E muito chato ne?, 2023
Inkjet print 22 x 25”
71. Julia Fisher
pegas paletas on grandma’s porch, 2024
Inkjet print 22 x 34”
72. Ellen Phillips
Self Portrait as the living room floor, 2023
Acrylic, oil pastel, ink, and collage on paper 22 x 15”
73. Venessa Monokian
As the glow grows #6, 2022 Xacto hand cut and painted photograph 181/2 x 28”
74. Venessa Monokian
As the glow grows #2, 2022 Xacto hand cut and painted photograph 181/2 x 28”
75. Amy Elizabeth Wright
Grass to Hay (in June) hay to seed morning to dusk night to day star to dust , 2016
Mixed media and recycled objects from family members
73 x 100”
76. Joana Liu
No Way Home, 2023
Oil, pastel, color pencil, cardboard, string, wire, gel matte, adhesive, and medibang paint
291/2 x 421/2 x 1/2”
77. Michelle Schoenberg Baby Teeth 2, 2023
Inkjet print 13 x 19”
78. Michelle Schoenberg
Baby Teeth 3, 2023
Digital print 13 x 19”
79. Michelle Schoenberg
Baby Teeth 1, 2023
Inkjet print 13 x 19”
80. Julon Pinkston
Waiting by A Clearing, 2023
Acrylic paint and string 20 x 16”
81. Erika Alonso
Tipping Point, 2023
Watercolor and ink on paper 24 x 18”
82. Josh Alan
Monument to the Imaginary Empire, 2023
Inkjet print collage and collected paper on wood panel 40 x 60”
83. Alexandra Constantinou queer reimagining, 2024
Secondhand handkerchief, gold ink, purple embroidery thread, and pins 16 x 16 x 1”
84. Alexandra Constantinou internal cosmos, 2024
Secondhand handkerchief, gold ink, purple embroidery thread, and pins
15 x 15 x 1”
85. Madelyn Foutz
Fort of Fun for One, 2023 Mixed media sculpture 54 x 24 x 17”
86. Katie Hagar
Calibration Block, 2024, Acrylic on MDF and wood
7 x 633/4 x 43/4”
87. Carole Smith
Bubbling Up, 2023
Clay and glaze
11 x 9 x 3”
88. Carole Smith
Divine Goddess, 2023
Clay and glaze
12 x 9 x 4”
89. Carole Smith
Lilac Supreme, 2023
Clay and glaze
13 x 11 x 4”
90. Roslyn M. Dupré
Fat Moon, Suspent, 2024
Denim, kite string, needles, and thread
12 x 28 x 4 ft
91. Winifred Riser
The Fragility of the Storm, 2024
Buxus sempervirens, steel, acrylic primer and paint, lacquer, thumb tacks, and guerrilla glue
13 x 14 x 16
Base: 11 x 61/2”
92. Brent Fogt
Sons of Sons II, 2023
Wood, blue jeans, shirts, and fabric
60 x 70 x 24”
93. Elizabeth Waggett
This is the place, 2023
Sterling silver leaf, oil, zinc and copper alloy on canvas
30 x 40”
94. Jailyne España
The Threshold of Silence, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 40”
95. Margaux Crump ________ For Release, 2022
Archival digital pigment print
30 x 20” framed
96. Sandra de la Rosa Border Study 1, 2023
Acrylic paint, sumi ink, acrylic mediums, and watercolor on 300 lb fabriano paper 11 x 14”
97. Sandra de la Rosa Border Study 2, 2023
Acrylic paint, sumi ink, acrylic mediums, and watercolor on 300 lb fabriano paper 11 x 14”
98. Caz Scott Swallow 1, Digital print 24 x 24”
99. Caz Scott Swallow 3, Digital print 24 x 24”
100. Caz Scott Swallow 2, Digital print 24 x 24”
101. Lisa Urban Extraneous Copper Canyon, 2023 Oil on canvas 36 x 40”
102. Diana-Sofia Estrada Prototype for an Underwater Dance Dance Revolution: “If I can’t dance to it, it’s not my revolution.“, 2024 Video sculpture, Plexiglass, refurbished computer tablet, mylar, vinyl, solar lights, and silicone. 20 x 20 x 20”
103. Lay-Ing Oji Jade Green Stream, 2023 Mixed media on canvas 48 x 60”
104. Michael Godoy Woven Bridge, 2023
Acrylic on paper with fiber 9 x 16”
105. Sarah Jentsch
Like A Dog with A Bird at Your Door, 2022
Watercolor and graphite on paper 16 x 22”
106. Kaylan Smith Cruise Ship, 2024
Ball-point ink and colored pencil 40 x 30”
107. Gretchen Bender Sparks
Sotol Study #3: Rest Stop Winter Oasis, 2024
Acrylic paint on canvas 36 x 36”
108. Gretchen Bender Sparks
Sotol Study #5: Fort Davis Tango, 2024
Ink on wood panel 11 x 14”
109. Gretchen Bender Sparks
Sotol Study #6: Lone Sentinel, 2024
Ink on wood panel 6 x 12”
110. Gretchen Bender Sparks
Sotol Study #8: West Texas Calvary, 2024
Ink on wood panel 12 x 16”
111. Gretchen Bender Sparks
Sotol Study #9: Hallelujah!, 2024
Ink on clay board
12 x 12”
112. Gretchen Bender Sparks
Sotol Study #12: Clinging to the Ridge, 2024
Ink and graphite on wood panel
20 x 10”
113. Abigail Garcia Garza
On the Way Home, 2023
Found plastics and yarn
38 x 28 x ½”
114. Diana-Sofia Estrada Woven Wick, 2023
Video animation with sound
30 sec.
4 x 4 x 4 ft.
115. Renata Lucia
The Absence of Presence and the Prescence of Absence (American Beaver), 2024
Charcoal on paper
28 x 28”
116. Kylie Sivley
Returning, 2024
Inkjet print of performance directed by Jeanette Joy Harris
30 x 42”
117. Lia Rodi
It’s Not Yours, Lily, 2024 Oil on canvas
18 x 18 “
118. Kylie Sivley
A Calling, 2024
Inkjet print of performance directed by Jeanette Joy Harris
30 x 42”
119. Farima Fooladi Of Curiosities, 2019
Acrylic and ink on linen 51 x 104”
120. Beatriz Bellorin Tierra, 2023
4 Photo montage printed on acetate mounted on glass 12 x 16”
121. Gladys Poorte
Amazon I, 2022
Acrylic on wood panel 22 x 48”
122. Aisha Imdad
The Gilded Gardens of Fidelity: Bagh -i- Wafa Series III, 2022
Watercolor, gouache, and gold leaf on watercolor paper 18 x 24”
123. Jen Figueroa
Neighborhood Series: Indian Grass, 2024
Cyanotype and ink on watercolor paper 22 x 30”
124. Sandra de la Rosa Pierced by the Borderline, 2024
Acrylic paint, sumi ink, and acrylic mediums on panel 8 x 10”
125. Betty-Ann Brose
Recycled Beauty, 2024 Porcelain/mixed organic media on canvas 18 x 24”
126. Sallie Barbee
C-Section Scar, 2022 Oil on panel 11 x 14”
127. Sallie Barbee
Don’t Touch Me, 2023 Oil on canvas 19 x 12”
128. Maria Bordelon Blue, 2024 Oil on canvas 36 x 36 x 1.5”
129. Jennifer K. G. Martin Passage (Claim), 2023 Charcoal on paper 24 x 18”
130. Jessica Phillips Where We Begin, 2024 Cedar Ware Board, Porcelain Slip, Pigment Printed Organza and Brass Nails 161/2 x 11 x 11/2”
131. Jade Elizabeth Mellor Untitled (1.13 PM), 2024 Silk, image medium, and stretcher 20 x 28”
132. Jennifer Martin Bluff, 2024
Charcoal and watercolor on drywall 48 x 34”
133. Cedric Ingram Hip Hop & R&B, 2022
Acrylic on canvas and wood
48 x 24”
134. Juliette Hemingway Untitled No. 13, 2024
Coffee, charcoal, collage, and acrylic on paper
87 x 51”
135. Jessica Phillips A Little Fight Left in Us, 2023
Stoneware, underglaze and thread 15 x 8 x 8”
136. Nabila Dadabhoy Waters of Embarrassment Set into Stone - Let us Lie Down in Our Shame and Let Dishonor Cover Us, 2024
Paper mache, acrylic with additions of paper, and glitter 16 x 28 x 26”
137. Naomi Peterson Mini Flower Pot, 2023
Ceramic and stoneware cone 5 oxidation 61/4 x 51/2 x 51/2”
138. Pavlina Vagioni Gorgon III, 2024
Aluminum, synthetic hair, foam insulation pipe, and PVC 47/10 x 2711/5 x 47/10”
139. Carrie Green Markello
She Nearly Cracked Up, 2023
Acrylic on canvas 12 x 12”
140. Carrie Green Markello
She’s Made of Plastic and She Won’t Break, 2023
Acrylic on canvas 12 x 12”
141. Carrie Green Markello
This is Not a Bunny, 2023
Acrylic on canvas 12 x 12”
142. Michael Horvath
T.N.S. Sam Houston, 2023
Found objects
30 x 18 x 7”
143. Jen Figueroa
Neighborhood Series: Pecan Leaves, 2024
Cyanotype and ink on watercolor paper
8 x 10”
144. Jen Figueroa
Neighborhood Series: Sago Palm Leaf, 2024
Cyanotype and ink on watercolor paper
22 x 30”
The Big Show 2024 / Mary E. Bawden Sculpture Garden
145. Isela Aguirre
Hoist the Glowing Banner, 2023
Cyanotype on cotton and found objects
84 x 27”
Awardees
An award amount of $5,000 will be divided up and given to selected artists
About the Juror
Laura Augusta, PhD, is a U.S.-born curator and writer who has worked between the U.S. and Central America since 2014. Her curatorial/essay projects connect the landscapes of disaster-prone cities, thinking specifically about floods and muddiness, shared space, and everyday forms of resistance; her writing about contemporary art in Guatemala City was awarded The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant in 2017. Augusta completed the Core Fellowship at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2016-2018), and was an inaugural Mellon Arts + Practitioner Fellow at the Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration in 2021. She currently works with the Archives of American Art’s Oral History Project collecting the art histories of artist elders, and is a consultant for American Art Journal’s landmark program Toward Equity in Publishing. As an independent curator, she curated more than 20 exhibitions at museums, university galleries, and artist-run spaces across the U.S. and Central America from 2015 to 2022 before being hired as Curator at the Gerald & Stanlee Rubin Center for the Visual Arts at The University of Texas at El Paso. Located less than a quarter mile from the U.S.-Mexico border, the Rubin Center serves one of the largest binational urban environments in the world and remains the only dedicated contemporary art museum in the El Paso / Ciudad Juárez region. In 2023, Augusta launched a Central American exhibition series at the Rubin, one of the first university galleries in the U.S. to make a multi-year commitment to the region.
Mission
Lawndale is a multidisciplinary contemporary art center that engages Houston communities with exhibitions and programs that explore the aesthetic, critical, and social issues of our time.
About
Lawndale believes in the role of art and artists to inspire and inform the world around us. By serving as an intimate gathering place to experience art and ideas, Lawndale seeks to foster connections between communities in Houston and beyond. Lawndale presents a diverse range of artistic practices and perspectives through exhibitions and programs, including lectures, symposia, film screenings, readings, and musical performances.
Through exhibition opportunities, the Artist Studio Program, institutional collaborations, and the engagement of an advisory board comprised of artists, curators, and scholars, Lawndale seeks within its mission to support all artistic and cultural communities of Houston
Support
Lawndale is grateful for the support it receives from individuals, foundations, government agencies, and other organizations.
Lawndale’s exhibitions and programs are produced with generous support from The Anchorage Foundation of Texas; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Garden Club of Houston; David R. Graham; The Joan Hohlt and Roger Wich Foundation; The John M. O’Quinn Foundation; The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation; Houston Endowment; Humanities Texas and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the federal ARP Act; Kathrine G. McGovern/The John P. McGovern Foundation; The National Endowment for the Arts; The Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation; The Rose Family Foundation; the Scurlock Foundation; the Texas Commission on the Arts; The City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance; the Vivian L. Smith Foundation; and The Wortham Foundation, Inc. Additional support provided by Lindsey Schechter/Houston Dairymaids, Saint Arnold Brewing Company, and Topo Chico.
Funding for The Big Show 2024 is provided by presenting sponsors John Bradshaw and Scott Sparvero; supporting sponsors Jereann Chaney, Mary Catherine and Bailey Jones; with additional support from sponsors Alexa Clements, Piper and Adam Faust, Marco Hernandez, Kerry Inman, Caroline and Ben Jansen, Anne Lamkin Kinder, Ryan and Emily LeVasseur, Michelle Matthews, Meghan Miller and Jeff Marin, Adrienne Moeller, Sara and Bill Morgan, Winnie and Nic Phillips, Teresa Porter, Aaron Reimer, Stephanie Roman, Joey and Nicole Romano, and Jessica and Blake Seff; and generous gifts from partons Tim Kollatschny and H. Russell Pitman; and friends Rob Greenstein, Cindee Travis Klement, Jeryn and Walter Mayer, Chad Neal, Claire Osborne, Winifred Riser, Sarah Stauder, and Anna Walker.
Additionally, Lawndale thanks the installers and volunteers who have made this exhibition possible.
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