Leamon Green

BORN
1959 Anniston, AL
EDUCATION
1985 Master of Fine Arts, Temple University, Philadelphia
1982 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
1977-79 Studio Arts Program, Concord College, Athens, WV
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Leamon Green, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
2004 Lock + Key, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
2003 Ancestral Images, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX
Portraits or Objects, Thomas & Hall Fine Art, Dallas
2002 Leamon Green, College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX
2001 Step into the Footsteps of Your Ancestors, University Museum, Texas Southern University, Houston
2000 Leamon Green, Kathleen Coleman Gallery, Houston
1999 Leamon Green: Works on Paper, Richland College, Dallas
Lay it On, MD Modern, Houston
1998 Hear What They Do Not Say, African American Museum, Dallas
1997 Patterns, Visual Arts Gallery, Memorial Student Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
1996 This Time Around, Barnes Blackman Gallery, Houston
Leamon Green: Recent Works, Lynn Goode Gallery, Houston
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 31: Thirty-one artists. Thirty-one works., Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
2003 Miniatures, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
Circle of Friends, Artscan Gallery, Houston
2002 Round One, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
Mentor, Houston Community College Southwest
2001 Secret Wars, The Art Car Museum, Houston
Three Centuries of African American Art, Lawndale Art Center, Houston
Identity, Art Gallery, Houston Community College, Northeast Campus
2000 Our New Day Begun: African American Artists Entering the New Millennium, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Austin, TX
1999 Response Time, The Art Car Museum, Houston
1998 Bautista/Green/Marks, Weekend Gallery, Houston
Reunion Show, Community Artists Collective, Houston
Small Works Exhibition, MD Modern Gallery, Houston
Control, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX
1997 The Last Picture Show, Lynn Goode Gallery, Houston
18th Southwest Black Art Exhibit, African American Museum, Dallas
1996 Breaking into the Mainstream: Texas African American Artists ,Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX
Texas Art '96, Assistance League of Houston, Transco Tower, Houston
Houston Area Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston
Works on Paper, San Jacinto College South, Houston
1995 Project Row Houses: Through the Artist's Eye, Diverseworks, Houston
1994 In a Tradition...Historical & Contemporary Realism, Wierzbowski Gallery, Houston
Introductions, Barnes Blackman Gallery, Houston
I Remember...Thirty Years After the March on Washington, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Brown, Lee P. "Houston and the Arts," Attitudes, Features p. 4, 1998. Chadwick, Susan. "Art show turns green, artists dig up Earth issues," The Houston Post, Features p. H17, January 19, 1992.
_____. "Putting a face on Civil Rights, Blaffer exhibit focuses on impact of M.L. King," The Houston Post, Features p. H14, January 16, 1994.
_____. "Weekend Picks," The Houston Post, Features p. H14, April 4, 1995. Hamilton, Rebecca G. "Comings and Goings Around Town," The Houston Post, Features p. G13, October 14, 1994. Harris, Paul. Breaking into the Mainstream: Texas African American Artists (Irving, TX: Irving Arts Center, 1996), exhibition catalogue. Johnson, Patricia C. "Simple pleasures," The Houston Chronicle, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, p. 9E, July 17, 2004.
_____. "Public art takes of at Intercontinental," The Houston Chronicle, ZEST p.11, July 18, 1999.
_____. "Public art project takes off at airport," The Houston Chronicle, ZEST p.12, July 12, 1998.
_____. "Art signs to point the way downtown," The Houston Chronicle, ZEST p.12, January 22, 1995.
_____. "6 local artists paint very different pictures," The Houston Chronicle, Houston p.10, July 16, 1994. Jordan, Rob. "Captured in Pictures: Texas artist turns to Anniston photo collection for inspiration," The Anniston Star (Alabama), REGION, p. 1B, June 27, 2004. Kutner, Janet. "Preview: Breaking into the Mainstream at Irving Arts Center," The Dallas Morning News, p. 48, May 17, 1996.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
African American Museum, Dallas
Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
Texas Southern University, Houston
Michelle and Barry Barnes, Houston
Kathryn Blanco, Houston
Annette and Arthur Bracey, Houston
Terry Brown, Houston
Lloyd Gite, Houston
Lynne Goode, Marfa, TX
Hervy Hiner, Port Arthur, TX
Teri and Duncan Hoffman, Dallas
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Jansen, Houston
Howard and Lucille Ledett, Houston
Brent Mann, Houston
Jacqueline Martin, Houston
Jay Monroe, Houston
Michael Page, Houston
Brad Parman, San Antonio
Gerald and Anita Smith, Houston
Walter Strickland, Houston, TX
Dr. Alvia Wardlaw, Houston
Renee Wallace, Houston
Paul Ziff, Houston
Foreks . Art course starts in November this year.