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BIOGRAPHY

Liz Ward

1959 Born in Lafayette, LA

Currently lives in Castroville, TX

Education

1990 M.F.A., University of Houston, TX

1984-85 Atelier 17, Paris, France

1982-84 Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM

1982 B.F.A., Cum Laude, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

1978-80 University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

Awards

2002 Summer Research Stipend, Trinity University

2000 Summer Research Stipend, Trinity University

1995 Dozier Travel Award, Dallas Museum of Art

1992 Mid-America Arts Alliance/ NEA Fellowship Award in Painting and Works on Paper

1991 Mid-America Arts Alliance/NEA Fellowship Award in Photography

1988 Artist Fellowship, Houston Center for Photography

1986 NEA Interarts Grant, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston

1984-85 Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship for Graduate Study in the Arts, Foundation des Etats-Unis, Paris, France

1982-84 Tamarind Curatorial Fellowship, Tamarind Institute

Solo Exhibitions            Group Exhibitions

2008

Liz Ward, Moody Gallery, Houston, TX

2007

Liz Ward: River and Waves, Trinity University Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX

2006

Liz Ward: Aqueous, Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas

Wake Capture, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

2005

Liz Ward: Aquifers, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas

2004

Liz Ward: Angangueo, University of Texas at San Antonio Satellite Space, San Antonio, TX

2003

The Mesquite Line and New Works on Paper, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

2002

Liz Ward: The Mesquite Line, Moody Gallery, Houston, TX

2001

Increments, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

Liz Ward: The Increments Suite, Moody Gallery, Houston, TX

2000

Liz Ward, Moody Gallery, Houston, TX

1999

From Then to Now, The Artists’ Gallery, San Antonio, TX

The Present of Past Things, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX

1998

The Present of Past Things, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX

1995

Moody Gallery, Houston, TX

1994

Ida Green Gallery, Austin College, Sherman, TX

1993

Center for the Visual Arts, University of Toledo, OH

1992

Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX

West End Gallery, Houston, TX

1988

Parkerson Gallery, Houston, TX

1985

Galerie Woolley, Fondation des Etats-Unis, Paris, France

Group Exhibitions            Solo Exhibitions

2008

Group Drawing Exhibition, Art League, Houston, TX

2005

Natural Beauty, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas

2004

5th Anniversary Exhibition, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

Perspectives@25: A Quarter Century of New Art in Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston

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, TX

Flip, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

Flatbed in New York, 2003 Editions/Artists/ Books Fair, 601 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, NC

Editions & Artists’ Book Fair, Starett Lehigh Building, New York, NY

Drawing in San Antonio: An Exhibition of Works by Area Artists, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX

Next, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

Between Past and Future, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX

Press: Printmaking Invitational, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX

2001

Mo Neal and Liz Ward, Anderson Gallery, Des Moines, IA

Editions & Artists’ Book Fair ‘01, Brook Alexander Gallery, New York, NY

New Prints 2001-Summer, International Print Center, New York, NY

Our Crowd Collects: Art by Texas Artists from the Collections of Beth Israel Members, Margolis Gallery, Congregation Beth Israel, Houston, TX

National Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA

2000

Texas: A Sense of Place, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Flatbed at Eleven, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX

25 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Moody Gallery, Houston, TX

Contemplative Exactitude, 1/4 Hora Space, Elgin, TX

Works on Paper, D. Berman Gallery, Austin, TX

1999

Inaugural Exhibition: Helen Altman, Matthew Sontheimer, Liz Ward, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

Artistic Centers: Houston/Galveston, organized by Texas Fine Arts Association, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX; University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX (catalogue)

1998

Artistic Centers in Texas: Houston/Galveston, organized by Texas Fine Arts Association, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX (catalogue)

1997

Liz Ward, Darren Waterston, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

Flora Bella, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX

HSPVA 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Diverse Works, Houston, TX

Patterns in Art, Austin Museum of Art, TX

Faculty Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

1996

Light Aberrations, University of Texas at San Antonio Art Gallery

Assistance League Celebrates Texas Art ’96, 1600 Smith in Cullen Center, Houston, TX

Imprint, Barbara Davis Gallery, Penzoil Plaza, Houston, TX

Between the Lines, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

1995

Texas Myths and Realities, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Drawing from Strength, Transco Tower Gallery, Houston, TX

Wood Works, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX

Assistance League Celebrates Texas Art ‘95, 1600 Smith in Cullen Center, Houston, TX

1994

Private Identity and Public Conscience: Contemporary Works from the Museum’s Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Paint, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX

Coastal Bend Art, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi

Brave New World, Lanning Gallery, Houston, TX

1993

Texas Contemporary: Acquisitions of the ‘90’s, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Seeing the Forest through the Trees, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX

Undercurrents, Lynn Goode Gallery, Houston, TX

Group Exhibition, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX

1992

Avenues of Departure, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA

Profiles III: On Photography, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX

Second Nature, Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX

Texas Art Celebration, 1600 Smith in Cullen Center, Houston, TX

1991

Past/Present, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Michael Miller, Wendy Smith, Elizabeth Ward, Moody Gallery, Houston, TX

The Perfect World, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX

Creative Partners, Sewall Gallery, Rice University, Houston, TX

Texas Dialogues: Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX; traveled to Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX

1990

Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, TX

This Land: The State of Texas, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX

New American Talent, Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, TX

Texas Art Celebration, 1600 Smith in Cullen Center, Houston, TX

1989

Messages from the South, Sewall Art Gallery, Rice University, Houston, TX

Fellowship Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX

1989 Faculty Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, TX

Texas Art Celebration, 1600 Smith in Cullen Center, Houston, TX

1988

1988 Houston Area Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, TX

Houston 88, 1600 Smith in Cullen Center, Houston, TX

Not for the Living Room, Diverse Works, Houston, TX

Back to the Future, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX

Found: A Survey of Artists Working with Found Materials in Texas, Diverse Works, Houston, TX

1987

One Eye, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX

Watermelon Flats Show: Houston Sculptors on Buffalo Bayou, outdoor site, downtown Houston, TX

The East End Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX

NEA Interarts Projects, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX

Excerpts from “New Texas Photography,” Southwest Crafts Center, San Antonio, TX

1986

New Texas Photography, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX

Prisoners of Conscience, Diverse Works, Houston, TX

Extending the Limits, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX

Architecture and Culture: The Fourth Ward Show, Diverse Works, Houston, TX

1985

18/3: Trois espaces: dix-huit artistes, Maison Internationale, Paris, France

1984

Concert/Exposition, Galerie Woolley, Fondation de Etats-Unis, Paris, France

1983

Color Print USA, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Seven State Photographic Exhibition, ASA Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Photoflow, University of Texas, Arlington, TX

Corporate and Museum Collections

American Airlines, Dallas, TX

Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX

Houston Industries, Houston, TX

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

North Trust Bank, Houston, TX

Veritas DCG, Houston, TX

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

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