Floyd Newsum
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1975 Master of Fine Arts
Tyler School of Art,
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1973 Bachelor of Fine Arts
Memphis Academy of Arts Memphis, Tennessee
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2009
Hazel Harvey Peace Building,
Fort Worth, Texas, “Better Living” ve hanging sculptures
2005
Acres Home Multi-Service Center,
Houston, Texas, ”Ladder of Hope”
Painted stainless steel sculpture in entrance lobby
2004
University of Houston-Downtown,
Commerce Building,
“Contemplating Success”, four paintings for the lobbies of four floors
2003
City of Houston,
Main Street Square,
Main Street between Dallas and McKinney, “Planter and Stems”,
seven painted stainless steel sculptures
2002
Houston Metro Light Rail Stations,
Main at McGowen and Main at Berry Stations
EXHIBITION HISTORY, SOLO AND GROUP
2018
"Floyd Newsum: A Survey 1970-2018"
O'Kane Gallery
University of Houston- Downtown
2017
"Black and White with Gray and Color"
Nicole Longnecker Gallery
Houston, TX
"Thing I See"
Kirk Hopper Fine Art Gallery
Dallas, TX
2012
“African American Art Since 1950:
from the Respective of the David C. Driskell Center,”
fall September-December, of 2012, traveling tour organized
by the Center and SITE Smithsonian,
the Driskell Center at The University of Maryland,
College Park, Washington DC
Kirk Hopper Fine Art Gallery
“3@ 2012”, March- April, Dallas Texas,
Group Exhibition, “Pensive”,
Cali a Gallery, Horazdovice, Czech Republic, July 2012
2011
Group Exhibition,
Avis Frank Gallery, Galveston, Texas
2010
Group Show,
HGC Gallery, Dallas Texas
“Substantialis Corporis Mixti”,
The Bohemian National Hall, New York, New York
2009
One Man Exhibition,
“Compositions, Marks and Arrangements”, HGC Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Group Exhibition,
“$timulus”, DiverseWorks Art Space, Houston, Texas
“It’s Out There in the Air”,
Joan Wich Gallery, Houston, Texas
2008
Group Exhibition,
“Houston Collects African American Art” Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas
One Man Exhibition,
“Primary Concerns”, Joan Wich Gallery, Houston, Texas
Group Exhibition,
“Screen Expressions: A Serie Print Project Retrospective,” Mexican-American Culture Center, Austin, Texas
2007
One Man Exhibition,
“Evolution”, College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas
Joan Wich Gallery,
“Group Exhibition”, Houston, Texas
2006
Brandywine Workshop,
“Houston: Contemporary Works on Paper”, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joan Wich Gallery,
“One Man Exhibition”, Houston, Texas
Pennsylvania State University,
group show, “Three Decades of American Printmaking”, University Park, Pennsylvania
2005
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, group show, San Angelo, Texas
O’Kane Gallery,
Faculty Exhibition, University of Houston-Downtown
2004
Julia C. Butridge Gallery,
Dougherty Arts Center, group show, Austin, Texas
2002
The University of Memphis Art Museum,
“One Person Exhibition”, Memphis, Tennessee
Walker, Gallery,
“Serie Print Project”, group print exhibition, San Marcos, Texas
The Philadelphia Foundation,
“30X30”, exhibition of prints, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Center of Fine and Performing Arts,
“One Person Exhibition: Fractured Landscapes”, the University of Florida, Pensacola, Florida
African American Museum of Art, Dallas,
“Three Centuries of African American Art”, Dallas, Texas
2001
William’s Tower Gallery,
“Celebrates Texas Art 2001”, Assistance League of Texas, Houston, TX
St. Edwards University Art Gallery,
“Serie Print Project”, group print exhibition, Austin, Texas
2000
Philadelphia Museum of Art, print gallery
“An Exuberant Bounty: Prints and Drawings by African Americans”, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
University of West Florida Art Gallery,
“Works on Paper”, group exhibition, Pensacola, Florida
2000
O’Kane Gallery, “One Man Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings”, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, Texas
Kathleen Coleman Gallery, group exhibition, Houston, Texas
1999
University of Texas Art Gallery,
“Group Exhibition, Works on paper”, Arlington, Texas
Art Car Museum,
“Response Time”, group exhibition, Houston, Texas
1998
Diggs Art Gallery, “One Man Exhibition”,
Winston-Salem University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Brooks Museum of Art,
“Invitational Artist, Memphis Arts Festival”, Memphis, Tennessee
1997
MB Modern Gallery,
“Twelve from Texas”, New York, New York
Lynne Goode Gallery,
“One Man Exhibition”, Houston, Texas
Joan Wich and Co. Gallery,
“Group Exhibition”, Houston, Texas
African American Museum of Art, Dallas,
“18th Annual African American Art Exhibition”, Dallas, Texas
1996
Art Space One Eleven,
“Project Row Houses Installations”, Birmingham, Alabama
1995
American Center,
“Houston Small Works”,
Yekaterinburg, Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia
1994
Project Row Houses,
“Tribal Markings”, Houston, Texas
Museum of Fine Arts,
“Speaking of Art: Words and Works from Houston”, Houston, Texas
Longview Art Museum,
“Works on Paper”, Longview, Texas
1992
Amarillo Art Center,
“At the Water’s Edge”, Amarillo, Texas
Brooks Art Museum,
“Brooks Biennial Invitational”, Memphis, Tennessee
Museum of Fine Arts-Houston
“Singular and Plural: Recent Acquisitions, Post-War Drawing and Prints”, Houston, Texas
Nexus Contemporary Art Center, “NBAF Invitational”, Atlanta, Georgia
1991
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, “The House”, Austin Texas
1990
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, “Black Out”, Houston, Texas
University of Houston, Clear Lake,
“Fore-Runners, New Comers: Houston African American Artist, Houston, Texas
Sewell Art Gallery, Rice University, “Messages from the South”, Houston, Texas
Lynne Goode Gallery,
“Small Works”, Houston, Texas
Blaffer Gallery,
“The Blues Aesthetic: Black Culture and Modernism”, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
Museum of Science and Industry, “Black Creativity”, Chicago, Illinois
Art Museum of Southeast Texas, “Women that Soar”, Beaumont, Texas
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center,
one person show, San Antonio, Texas
Marion Koogler McNay Museum,
“Another Reality”, San Antonio, (catalog)
1989
Barnes-Blackman Gallery,
“Floyd Newsum”, Houston, Texas
Atlanta Life Insurance Company,
“Atlanta Life Eighth Annual Exhibition”, Atlanta, Georgia
Frito-Lay Corporate Gallery,
“Four Artists Working in Texas”, Dallas, Texas (catalog)
Hooks-Epstein Gallery,
“Another Reality”, Houston, Texas (catalog)
Arkansas Art Center,
“Another Reality”, Little Rock, Arkansas
Edith Baker Gallery,
“Two Person Exhibition”, Dallas, Texas
1988 Museum of African-American Life & culture, “Five Contemporary Artists”, Dallas, Texas
Diverse Works,
“Refused: Salon De Refuses”, Houston, Texas
1987
University of East Texas, St. Edwards University, “Texas Realism Traveling Exhibition” Lufkin, Texas
Barnes-Blackmon Galleries, “Group Exhibition”, Houston, Texas
Mid-Town Art Center,
“Summer Show”, Houston, Texas
1986
Studio Museum in Harlem,
“Emerging Artists of the Southwest”, New York, New York (catalog)
Diverse Works,
“Group Exhibition for Amnesty International”, Houston, Texas
Museum of African-American Culture,
“Seventh Annual Group Exhibition”, Dallas, Texas
1984
College of the Mainland Art Gallery,
“Houston Artist Working From the Figure”,Texas City, Texas (catalog)
Atlanta Life Insurance Co. Art Gallery,
“Atlanta Life Fourth Annual Exhibition”, Atlanta, Georgia
1983
Galveston Art Center, “Perspectives”, Galveston, Texas
Sutton’s Gallery,
“Group Exhibition”, Houston, Texas
National Conference of Artist Convention, “Group Exhibit”, Chicago, Ill.
1982
Lawndale Art Center,
Group Exhibit, Houston, Texas
Atlanta Life Insurance Co. Art Gallery,
“Atlanta Life Second Annual Exhibition”, Atlanta, Georgia
1981
O’Kane Gallery, University of Houston-Downtown, “Bert long-Floyd Newsum”, Houston, Texas
Beaumont Art League,
“Tri-State Exhibition”, Beaumont, Texas
Sutton’s Gallery,
“Group Exhibition”, Houston, Texas
1980
Contemporary Art Center,
“Forty Texas Artists”, New Orleans, Louisiana
O’Kane Gallery,
“Impressions of Houston”,
University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, Texas (catalog)
Almeda Medical Center,
“Nine” Group Exhibit, Houston, Texas
1979
Art Etcetera Gallery,
“Group Exhibit, Norfolk, Virginia
Lawndale Art Center, “Pow-Pow”, Houston, Texas
Toni Jones Gallery,
“Small Paintings Exhibition”, Houston. Texas
Toni Jones Gallery,
“black and White Exhibition”, Houston, Texas
1978
Assistance League,
“All Media Art Competition”, Houston, Texas
1977
Fleming Gallery,
“Group Exhibit” Houston, Texas
O’Kane Gallery,
“Faculty Exhibit”, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston Texas
1976
Center of the Arts, Hartwick College,
“16 Contemporary Artists”, Oneonta, New York
Brown Gallery, Tyler School of Art,
Temple University, “Floyd Newsum”, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
MUSEUM AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2015
Permanent Collection
"After the Storm CNN "
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington DC
2009
David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland,
“When We Re ect”, oil and acrylic with mixed medium on paper
2005
Art Museum of South Texas,
“Grey Foundation”, Corpus Christi, Texas, silkscreen
Mexic-Arte Museum,
“Grey Foundation”, Austin, Texas, silkscreen
Xavier University,
“Just Because She Could, she Put the World on Its Side”,
New Orleans, Louisiana, litho print
Institute for Latino Studies-University of Notre Dame, Gilberto Cardenas,
“Grey Foundation”,
Notre Dame, Indiana, silkscreen
Acres Home Multi-Service Center,
Ladder of Hope, Houston, Texas, painted steel
2004
University of Houston-Downtown Commerce Building, “Contemplating Success”
Houston, Texas, four paintings
2003
Main Street Square, City of Houston, “Planter and Stems”, painted steel sculptures
Metro Light Rail, Main Street at McGowen and Main at Berry, Houston, Texas, station designs
2002
City of Houston,
“Painting for Way Finding Project”, Houston, Texas
1999
Philadelphia Museum of Art, “Just Because”, “Blue Spirits”,
“Madonna and Night Landscape”, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, litho prints
Memphis Fire Museum,
“You Can Count on Me”, Memphis Tennessee, painting
1998
Jesse H. Jones Business College,
Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, three paintings
African American Museum of Art, Dallas,
“Just Because”, Dallas, Texas, litho print
1991
Museum of Fine Arts-Houston,
“Josephine Sho’ Can Dance”, Houston, Texas, painting
1989
Midtown Art Center, Houston, Texas, mural
Atlanta Life Insurance Company, “Solo Flight”, Atlanta, Georgia, mixed media work on paper
PERIODICALS AND REVIEWS OF EXHIBITIONS
“Flavor wire, Blog Archive, Exclusive: Franklin Sirmans Offers a Virtual Tour of the Menil Collection”, avorwire.com, 3-30-09
“$timulating Show” DiverseWorks makes the case for unfettered support of artists, Houston Press, Art, by Troy Schulze
“$timulus” boosts local arts scene,
Houston Chronicle, by Douglas Britt, July 25, 2009
“Artidia Award Winner Floyd Newsum, www.29-95.com/art/story, July 14, 2009
‘Primary’ Colors, Kelly Rondeau,
Houston Modern Luxury Magazine, November, 2008
“See and Be Seen”,
Mary Templeton, Houston Press, September 14-2, 2006
“Memphis Artist Returns for Exhibition”,
Liz Daggett, The Daily Helmsman, September 18, 2002
“Galleries on the Go: Rail Stations to Celebrate Neighborhoods, People, Allan Turner, Houston Chronicle, July 8, 2001
“In the Galleries: Arts”,
Suzanne Akhtar, Texas Paper, October 17, 1999
“An Obsession”,
Tom Patterson, Winston-Salem Journal, August 2, 1998
“Town Hall Meeting”, dialogue excerpts, Artlies
“Once Abandoned Row Houses have become a Haven for Local Artists and a Patch of Hope in a Hard Pressed Community”,
Vicki Goldberg, New York Times Arts and Leisure, July 16, 1995
“Last Chance”,
Susie Kalil, Houston Press, October 14, 1993
“Regional Art Exhibition Safe, Solid”, Fredric Koeppel, The Commercial Appeal, August 6, 1992, Memphis, Tennessee
“Lynne Goode Gallery”,
Leann Alspauph, Museum and Arts Houston, August, 1992
“The Big Picture”,
Patricia Johnson, Zest, Houston Chronicle, September 6, 1992
“Teaching Talent” Brooks Museum Showcases Region’s Art Alumni”, Fredric Koepple, The Commercial Appeal, July 19, 1992, Memphis, Tennessee
“Gallery Features Imagery of Women-Other Show Woodcuts, Sculpture”, Susan Chadwick, Houston Post, April, 6, 1991
“Texas Artist Visit Another Reality”,
Jim Beal, San Antonio Express, San Antonio, Texas, July 1, 1990
“Exhibit Shaded by the Blues”, Susan Chadwick, Houston Post,
1990
“Vices, Visions of the South”, Susan Chadwick, Houston Post,
1989
“Another Reality”,
Susan Chadwick, Houston Post,
“Two Distinct Moods Prevail in Long and Newsum”, Donna Tennant, Houston Chronicle
“Art Bank Gallery Show: A Landmark for OBA”, Donna Tennant, Houston Chronicle
“On the Gallery”,
Larry Barlett, The Times Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980
PUBLISHED CATALOGS OR BOOKS FEATURING MY WORKS
2017
"Black and White with Gray and Color"
Nicole Longnecker Gallery
Houston, TX
2010
Black Renaissance Noire, volume 10, Issue 1, Pub. NYU
Substantialis Corporis Mixti, (substantial form of the Blended body), The Synergies Exhibition of The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, catalog
2008
Studios and Workspaces of Black American Artist, Dennis L. Forbes, Pub. Dennis Forbes, Forbes@ioip.com
2004
Three Decades of American Printmaking,
The Brandywine Workshop Collection, Hudson Hills Press, New York and Manchester
2000
Private Show! A Juried Exhibition in Print,
The International Review of African American Art, v. 16, no.3
“Paper Works: On and of Paper”,
The University of West Florida Art Gallery (catalog)
1999
“Texas 150” Works from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Alison de Lima Green, Harry N. Abrams
“The Art of Crossing the Street”,
Carol Becker, Art Journal, spring edition
“Response Time”,
The Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas (catalog)
“Texas Paper: Works on Paper by Texas Artists”, The Gallery at UT at Arlington (catalog)
1998
A Place for All People,
Beth B. Schneider, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Texas
“Collecting African American Art: Works on Paper and Canvas”, Crown Publishers, New York
1996
“Texas National 96 Exhibition”,
Stephen F. Austin State University (catalog)
“Breaking into the Mainstream, Texas African-American Artists”, Irving Art Center, Irving Texas (catalog)
The Language of Literature,
Arthur N. Applebee; Judith A. Langer, McDougal Littell/Houghton Mif in Publishers
1993
Africana Womanism: Reclaiming Ourselves, Hudson-Weems, Clenora, Bedford Publishers, cover design
“Floyd Newsum: At the Water’s Edge”, Amarillo Art Center (catalog)
1992
“1992 Brooks Biennial Invitational”, Brooks Museum (catalog)
1991
“Floyd Newsum”,
Performance Art Magazine, no. 1, Houston Visual, Literacy Magazine
1990
African American Artists,
Samella Lewis, University of California Press
United States Foreign Policy Toward Southern Africa,
Ike Okafur Newsum, Macmillan Press, Ltd., cover design
1998
“Messages of the South”,
Sewall Art Gallery, Rice University (catalog)
“Fore-Runners, New Comers: Houston African-American Artists”, University of Houston-Clear Lake (catalog)
“Four Artists Working in Texas,
Frito-lay Corporate Gallery, Plano, Texas (catalog)
“Another Reality”, M
1988
“The Eighth Annual Atlanta Life National Art Competition and Exhibition”, Atlanta Life Insurance Company, Atlanta, Georgia (catalog)
HONORS
2008
Artadia , The Fund for Art and Dialogue, Award Winner
2006
Hunting Art Prize, finalist
2000
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Artists, honorable mention
1999
Artist Fellowship Award, Houston Cultural Arts Council
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