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BIOGRAPHY
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