The Big Show 2023 / Grace R. Cavnar Gallery (1st Floor)
1. Kristen Anton
Breakfast in Hull, 2022
Acrylic and pastel on canvas
48 x 48”
2. Francesca Bayegan
Song Died in My Mouth, 2022
Mixed media on canvas
48 x 60”
3. Abbie Edmonson
Forced Departure, 2023
Salvaged wood from house fire and charcoal
61 x 3 ½ x 35 1/4”
4. Michael Godoy Border, 2023 Woven plant material 11 x 14”
5. Karen Eisele Halo, 2022
Egg tempera, clay bole, and 24k gold leaf on wood 9 x 12”
6. Carolina Otero Dialogos Series IX, 2022
Archival inkjet print on Epson hot press natural 300 gr. paper 33 x 17”
elevator entrance 1 2 36
719 window entrance stairs 3038 39 - 44 The Big Show 2023 / John M. O’Quinn Gallery (1st Floor) 20 26 - 29 2125 11 Bibi Zambrano I Got You, 2022 Colored pencil on paper 24 x 20” 12. Zack Murray Unresponsive, 2023 Oil on paper 18 x 24” 13. Guadalupe Hernandez Mercado San Juan, 2021 Oil on canvas 42 x 32” 14. Sajeela Siddiq Savior, 2023 Oil on canvas 36 x 48” 15. Valerie Burkes Church Mothers, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 36” 16. Caroline Ryan Fetal Position, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 40 x 30” 17. Tyler Allen Restrict Access: Turf War, 2021 Tapestry 36 x 48” 18. Sarah Luna No Looking Back, 2023 Acrylic and resin on wood panels 58 1/2 x 58 1/2” 19. Heather L. Johnson Treatment (2), 2021 Graphite on paper 44 x 30” 7. Morgan Grigsby Sunday Lounging, 2023 Oil on canvas 48 x 36” 8. Kaima Akarue Is it Too Late to Get the Number 2?, 2022 Acrylic and crushed glass on canvas 48 x 36” 9. Hilda Rueda I Will Bring the Light, 2020 Oil, acrylic, and poetry on canvas 5 x 5” 10. Charlie King Dirty Laundry, 2022 Archival inkjet print 11 x 17” 51 45 46 50 49 48 47
John M. O’Quinn Gallery cont.
20. Carol Gerhardt
Wanna Dance, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
54 x 72”
21. Radu Runcanu
The Divine Homegirl, 2022
Oil on canvas 40 x 40”
22. Hannah Bender Girl Play, 2022
Mixed media on canvas 41 x 41”
23. Sheng Kuan Chung
Manuscript C, 2023
Acrylic on canvas 48 x 60”
24. Lay-Ing Oji
Into the Heart, 2023
Mixed media on diptych canvas
60 x 30”
25. Graciela Paz
Inside World, 2022
Oil paint
60 x 48”
26. Shawn Artis
It’s A Trap, 2023
Acrylic and found object on wood panel 12 x 9”
27. Jeanne Jones Follow The Sun, 2022
Acrylic paint, fabric and attached fired ceramic shape on linen panel 12 x 12”
28. Cedric Ingram
B.O.B ( Bet on Black), 2021
Acrylic on canvas and wood
48 x 36”
29. Ellen Ray Pulse & Vibe, 2023
Acrylic on Pine tree
39 x 39”
30. Curt Baldwin
The Rueger, 2022
Oil on canvas
24 x 26”
31. Matt Messinger
U.F.O., 2023
Found wood, metal packaging and gesso in aluminum float frame
20 x 24”
32. Luc Sokolowski
Dawn Search, 2023
Acrylic on stretched canvas
24 x 24”
33. Katia Machado
I Want to Jump, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 48”
34. Ammar Alobaidi
Foresight, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 60 x 3/2”
35. Tommy Taylor
Our Soaps, 2022
Oil on canvas
65 x 78”
36. Becki van Compernolle
Hong Kong, 2022
Mixed media on wood
34 x 44 x 2”
37. Peter Gynd
Nuts and Bolts, 2023
Oil on linen
9 x 12”
38. Ashley Blazer
Dynamic Equilibrium, 2022
Recycled textiles and acrylic on canvas
17 3/8 x 21 3/8 x 2”
39. Peso Zapata
Sun Kid (right), 2023
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 48”
40. Nicole Durham
It Could All Be So Simple, 2022
Acrylic and caulk on canvas
30 x 40”
41. Linda Simien Kelly
The Blackbird is Not My Friend, 2021
Oil on canvas
36 x 48 x 2
42. Hugo Perez
Nido Vacio, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
72 x 60”
43. Narvell Neves
Young, Gifted and Black, 2021
Oil on canvas
60 x 48”
44. Kathy Drago
Fanny, 2021
Oil on canvas
40 x 60”
45. Tina Schwartz
Knockers, 2023
Found rusty metal and glass door knobs
2 1/2x 2 x 6”
46. Winifred Riser
Entrenched, 2023
Native Texas Cedar, artificial turf, and epoxy 17 x 17 x 2”
47. Mich Stevenson
Rest Stop, 2022
Wooden sculpture 3 x 7 x 7’
48. Maggie Jensen
Props, 2022
Plaster bandage, wire mesh, and wood support 7 x 3 x 4’
49. Angela Chen
Cricket Hill, 2023
Inkjet on transparency, archival sleeve protector, invisible thread, and sequins
36 x 54”
50. Anthony Pabillano
Crystalline Vessel of Memories
Devoid, 2023
Handwoven vinyl 18 x 15 x 9/2”
51. Cindee Travis Klement
Tipping Point, 2022
Concrete, rusted rebar, and bronze
31 x 29 x 36 1/2”
elevator stairs
52. Elias Lytton Portal, 2022
Oil on canvas
30 x 40”
53. Caroline Philippone At Bonna and Joe’s, 2022 Digital print 11 x 14”
54. Brittani Broussard Emergence!, 2021 Video
Duration: 15 min.
55. Peter Healy Gathering at Night, 2023
Oil on canvas and aerosol
27 1/2 x 36”
56. Daniela Koontz
Parsley, 2023
Watercolor on arches paper
20 x 30”
57. Cynthia Kagay
Chlorophilia, 2022
Oil on aluminum
48 x 24”
58. Alvin Griffin
Touchpoint, 2022
Charcoal on paper
30 x 22”
59. David Gray
Covid Days, 2023
Watercolor and acrylic on arches paper
30 x 22”
12 x 18” 61 -
60. Lesley Bodzy Untitled 2, 2022
Acrylic and wire
58 x 38 x 13”
61. Vanessa Godden Trudging Congealed Seas (Pilot), 2021 Video
Duration: 24 min.
62. Charlie Don’t Heavy Pour, 2023
Collage on wood panel 9 x 12”
63. C.M. Lewis
Jubilant, 2022
Lithograph print on paper
The Big Show 2023 / Cecily E. Horton Gallery (2nd Floor)
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Cecily E. Horton Gallery cont.
64. Glen Carpenter
Rabbit’s Got the Gun, 2023
Digital print 19 x 13”
65. Maryam Lavaf
Flourishing, 2022
Acrylic on canvas 10 x 10”
66. Eric Hartley
Intersections in Versicolor #32, 2021
Acrylic on canson board and wood 10 x 10 x 1/2”
67. Shavon Morris
Altar’d State, 2022
Fabric photo print, pastel
pencils, embroidered flowers on watercolor paper
17 x 11”
68. Carolina Yanez
Everywhere I Go, Even on the Road, 2022
Digital print
18 x 24”
69. Fatima Donaldson
Unraveled, 2023
Metallic canvas print 18 x 12”
70. Austin Cullen
Gather, 2022
Archival inkjet print 24 x 18 1/2”
71. Melissa Aytenfisu
Inprint Third Ward, 2022
Charcoal, acrylic, aerosol, and found objects on paper 22 x 30”
72. Wolfgang Schindler Road Trip’n, 2022
Pen and ink on paper 11 x 15”
73. Paige Moore
Alligator in Our Ancient Prairie
Underneath the Sabine Street Bridge and Delphic Temple, 2023
Graphite on paper
14 x 14”
74. Melody Locke
Treeflection II, 2022
Archival inkjet print 30 x 24”
75. Layla Bispo
Violin, Silenced, 2023
Found violin, wood, glue, paint, and hardware
14 x 14 x 5”
76. André Ramos-Woodard
Prince Keisha, 2022
Archival inkjet print 16 x 24”
77. Deangelo McMahon
[Image Blocked], 2022
Oil and acrylic on canvas 24 x 30”
78. Kamila Szczesna
Hide No. 1, 2023
Tulle, hair, and pins
6 x 16 x 1/2”
79. Trish Ramsay
Touch, 2023
Thread and pins on canvas 12 x 16”
80. Meg Cook
Katsuhiro Otomo Deleted
Sequence: Embroidered Storyboards, 2022
Embroidery on cotton 1.7 x 3.6”
81. Gabriel Martinez
Untitled, 2022
Found fabric on stretched canvas
46 x 54”
82. Sherry Tseng Hill
Fragmentation and Repair, 2022
News, magazine, and print papers, and thread on
83. Marc Furi
Your Health is All You Have, 2022
Prints on brushed aluminum dibond 24 x 36”
84. Bruce Park
Bro Trust Me, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 24”
85. Miguel Avila
Untitled ( jabonZOTE in pink), 2023
Acrylic and graphite on wood panel
24 x 24”
86. Leili Tavallaei
Bouquets Outlived Her and the Suitcases, 2022
8 color screen print
16 x 20”
87. Deborah Morris
Tree Frog on Bananas, 2022
Colored pencil on paper
88. Tina Hsu
Fugitive Matrices 21, 2021
Screen printing ink on BFK
Rives 250gsm paper 11 x 14”
89. Anne Mabry
What Will The Oak Tree Say?, 2023
Graphite, gouache, colored pencil, and marker on architectural velum 6 1/2 x 17 1/2”
90. Syalisa Winata
Age is Just a Number, 2023
Acrylic on canvas 24 x 36”
91. Christopher Blay
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me / Sunset Series
(After Ruscha) #2, 2022
Cyanotype on paper 20 x 24”
92. Angel Castelán
Indigo Night, 2023
Prismacolor on paper 51/2 x 81/2”
93. Jin Park
Edge of Limits #5, 2022
Charcoal and acrylic 20 x 24”
Cecily E. Horton Gallery cont.
94. Rose Stern
Parade Unknown, 2022
Acrylic on diptych canvas 80 x 30 x 1 1/4”
95. Claire Chauvin
Cyrtotrachelus Buqueti Tulip, 2022
Digital inkjet print 16 x 24”
96. Crystal Coulter Meh., 2022
Oil on canvas
36 x 48”
97. Nina Wang
You’re Never Alone, 2021
Watercolor and ink on paper 11 x 14”
98. Austin Miller
Zocalo, 2022
LightJet print on Ilford paper 20 x 16 x 1”
99. Taylor Hummel
Landscape 1, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 36”
100. William Soller
-OM-, 2022
Acrylic on billboard vinyl, canvas, and dyed silk, with a black velvet and Maple wood frame 24 x 22”
101. Celia Butler
Left Out and Staling (we have been here a long time), 2023
Acrylic, oil stick, cold wax medium, glass micro beads, flocking, and linen 22 x 30”
102. Aisha Imdad
The Enchanting Shalamar Gardens
Series I: “Mehtabi Talaab”, 2023
Watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper 24 x 18”
103. Tiffany Henghui Lee
Stronger Together, 2023
Mixed media on paper collage 16 x 20”
104. Pete Coleman
Landscape 421, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 16”
105. Sibylle Hagmann
Idoneous, 2022
Oil pastel on paper
41/2 x 6”
106. Sibylle Hagmann
Haurient, 2022
Oil pastel on paper
4 1/2 x 6”
107. Jean Shon
Wallpaper (1887 Frank Sr. and Flavilla Bell House): Katy, 2022
Birch and inkjet prit
22 x 17”
108. Wyatt Little
Plunger, 2023
Earthenware clay, terracotta and underglaze
4 x 4 x 18”
109. Patricia Taylor
Octopus Elevated, 2022
Vitrified ceramic clay and glaze
7 x 14”
110. Michael Horvath
T.M.S. Sugarland, 2021 Found objects
14 x 12 x 6
111. Naomi Peterson
Mud Pies, 2022 Stoneware
3 x 4 x 4 1/2”
112. Gail Borden
Untitled Spaceframe, 2023
Acrylic and resin on wood
18 x 36 x 2”
113. Kevin Lopez
Ouroboros, 2023
Graphite on paper mounted on wood
17 x 23”
Awardees
An award amount of $5,000 will be given to the selected artists.
About the Juror
Raised in Houston, Dr. Kanitra Fletcher worked at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston prior to her current role as Associate Curator of African American and Afro-Diasporic Art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. While in Houston, she oversaw the presentation of major traveling exhibitions such as Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power and Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture and recently organized the U.S. tour of Afro-Atlantic Histories. Dr. Fletcher’s previous museum experience includes the Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Museum of Modern Art, and the New Museum of Contemporary Art. Since 2013, Dr. Fletcher has curated the video art program for Landmarks, the public art program of the University of Texas at Austin. She received a PhD in History of Art from Cornell University.
Support
Presenting Sponsors
John Bradshaw, Jr.
Sponsors
• Sara and Bill Morgan • Scott Sparvero
Mara and Erick Calderon
• Jereann Chaney
• Alexa Clements
• Piper and Adam Faust
• Mary Catherine and Bailey Jones • Ryan and Emily LeVasseur • Meghan Miller and Jeff Marin • Adrienne Moeller
• Teresa Porter • Aaron Reimer
• Stephanie Roman • Joey and Nicole Romano
• Jessica and Blake Seff
Patrons
Anne Lamkin Kinder • Jeryn and Walter Mayer • H. Russell Pitman
Friends
Wayne Gilbert • Kerry Inman • Sheryl Kolasinski
The Big Show 2023’s media sponsor is Glasstire
Additionally, Lawndale thanks the installers and volunteers who have made this exhibition possible.
About Lawndale
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.
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