Resume
Website: www.trishklenow.com Email: trish@trishklenow.com

Objective: I create representational oil paintings with figures and animals set in natural scenes that reveal narratives.
   
Solo Show:
2004 North Gallery, Galleria del Norte, Houston, TX
   
Select Group Shows:
 
2010 Archway Gallery, “Second Chances”, Houston, TX
  Arts Alliance of Clear Lake, "Summer Open Door" Nassau Bay, TX
  Williams Tower Gallery, "Assistance League Show", Houston, TX
   
2009 Catbirds,“Art you Can Drink to”, Houston, TX

Archway Gallery, “Natural Habitat”, Houston, TX
  Lawndale Art Center, “The Big Show”, Houston, TX
   
2008

North Gallery, Galleria del Norte, Houston, TX “Texas Art Educators”

  Bank of America, Houston, TX “VAA Juried Membership”
  City Hall Annex Art on Loan Show, Houston, TX
   
2007 Bosque Gallery, Cypress, TX “Inside Voices”
  I Allen Center, Houston TX “VAA Juried Member Show”
  Arts Alliance Clear Lake, Nassau Bay, TX “Open Door”
  Eastman/Smith, Houston, TX “The Human Form”
   
2006 Arts Alliance Clear Lake, Nassau Bay, TX “Figurative Juried”
  Texas Artist Museum, Port Arthur, TX “Gulf Coast Juried”
  Continental Building, Houston, TX “VAA Jurried”
  Arts Alliance Clear Lake, Nassau Bay, TX “Summer Juried Open”
  Arts Alliance Clear Lake, Nassau Bay, TX “Winter Juried Open”
   
2005 Eastman Gallery, Houston TX “Deep in the Art of TX”
  Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX “Dia de los Muertos”
  Bank of America, Houston TX “VAA Juried National Open”
  Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VI “Role Play”
  MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD “American Landscapes”
  TX Artists Museum, Port Arthur, TX “Gulf Coast Juried”
   
2004 Art Car Museum, Houston TX “The Big Show”
  Hera Gallery, Wakefield RI “Girl Art Now”
  Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX “Dia de los Muertos”
  Williams Tower, Houston TX “Assistance League Show”
   
2003 III Allen Center, Houston TX “VAA Juried Member Show”
  TX Artists Museum, Port Arthur TX “Gulf Coast Juried”
  Banana Factory, Bethlehem PA “The Artful Woman”
   
2002 Arts Center for the Ozarks, AR “8th Fall regional Exhibition”
  Harris Gallery, Houston TX “25th Anniversary Still Life Show”
  Montgomery College, Rockville MD “New Symbols”
   
2001 Harris Gallery, Houston TX
  Continental One, Houston TX “VAA National Juried Open”
   
2000 Walker Ed. Center, Huntsville TX “CWA Multimedia Juried”
  Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX “The Big Show”
  New Gallery, Houston TX “Portraits of the 21st Century”
   
1999 George R. Brown, Houston TX “Women United”
  J. Idelson Library, Houston TX “Visual Interlude”
  Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX “The Big Show”
  O’Kane Gallery, Houston TX “Above Construction”
  Bruce Mauldin, MFA, Houston TX “Miniature Works Show”
  Heights Library, Houston TX “Women’s History Month”
  O’Kane Gallery, Houston TX “Is This a Joke or What?”
   
1998 Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL “Loss and Grief”
  Firehouse Gallery, Houston TX “Personal Alchemy”
   
1997 Firehouse Gallery, Houston TX “Hotel Houston”
   
1996 Multicultural Center, Mt. Pleasant MI “Future Art Education”
   
1994 University Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant MI “Student Juried Show”
  Park Library, Mt. Pleasant MI “Juried Framework Show”
  Creative Arts Gallery, Mt. Pleasant MI
1993 University Center, Mt. Pleasant MI “E.F.S. Scholarship Show”
   
Education: University of Houston, Houston, TX Art Education Major, Masters received 2006-2008
  Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL TICA Fellowship 2005
  Rice University, Houston TX 2003
  Rice University, Houston TX 2002
  Glassell Art School, Houston TX 2001
  Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY on Fellowship 1996
  Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant MI Art Major with concentration in oil painting. Bachelors received 1991-1995
   
Public Art: 1997, Clear Lake TX, Mother Earth Eco-Sculpture
  1995, Mt. Pleasant MI, Community Mural Project
   
Employment: Adjunct Faculty, University of Houston, TX Summer 2009
  Lead High School Art Teacher Channelview ISD Channelview, TX 1997 to Present
  High School Art Teacher, Harlingen TX 1995-1997
  Gallery Aid, Mt. Pleasant, TX 1991-1993
   
Organizations: TAEA 2006 to present
  NAEA 2006 to present
  Lawndale Art Center 2006 to Present
  Visual Arts Alliance, 2001 to Present
  Houston Women’s Caucus for Art, 1996-2000
  Secretary 1997-1998
   
Awards: Honorable Mention VAA Juried Membership, 2007, Houston, TX
  Outstanding Graduate Student, 2007 University of Houston, TX
  Second Place “Gulf Coast Juried” 2006 Port Arthur, TX
  Wal-Mart Regional Teacher of the Year, 2005 Houston, TX
  First Place VAA Juried Open 2001, Houston TX
  First Place CWA Juried Multimedia 2000, Huntsville TX
   
Publications: The Art Calendar 2003
  Framework 1995