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Twilight of the Idols

Twilight of the Idols

Shaun El C. Leonardo: Radical Presence

Shaun El C. Leonardo: Radical Presence

Two performances of percussion music accompany a wresting match by performance artist Shaun “El Conquistador” Leonardo. An extension of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston’s exhibition [...]

Charlie Jean Sartwelle: Conference of the Birds

Charlie Jean Sartwelle: Conference of the Birds

Birds as spiritual metaphors, inspired by Farid Ud-Din Attar’s great mystical poem.

Broadening The Texas Perspective: Rediscovered Paintings Of Emma Richardson Cherry

Broadening The Texas Perspective: Rediscovered Paintings Of Emma Richardson Cherry

Paintings by Emma Richardson Cherry, Houston’s first professional artist. She was a pillar of the Texas art community from the 1890’s until her death in [...]

Strike Anywhere and Ici Rien

Strike Anywhere and Ici Rien

A screening of: Strike Anywhere (2009), by Benj Gerdes & Jennifer Hayashida and Ici Rien (Here Nothing) (2011), by Daphne Heretakis. Total run time 1 [...]

Scotty Hensler: Making Up People

Scotty Hensler: Making Up People

Speculative portraits of subjects whose depiction may be informed by image culture and/or the artist’s conception of their being. Gallery hours are by appointment through [...]

Brad Troemel: Concealed Carry

Brad Troemel: Concealed Carry

Black market objects  reflect the aestheticization of rebellion, creating a feedback loop between direct action as a sincere gesture and the inevitably fetishized forms those [...]

Chris Bingham: Art in Motion: An Ode to Graffiti

Chris Bingham: Art in Motion: An Ode to Graffiti

Paintings inspired by graffiti with an added a twist of geometric pattern. Concurrently showing is NFG’s Holiday Show, including work from all gallery artists perfect [...]

Autumn Knight and Megan Jackson: La Querelle Des Monstres

Autumn Knight and Megan Jackson: La Querelle Des Monstres

A multi-media performance that examines the presence of duality and the many forms it takes in our lives. Using conjoined twin culture as a reference, [...]

Matthew Koons: Post Future

Matthew Koons: Post Future

A study of platonic geometrical arrangements incollage and sculpture by recent UNT graduate Matthew Koons. Presented by The MAC and Ro2 Art Downtown Gallery.

Michael Arcieri: Cold War Paintings

Michael Arcieri: Cold War Paintings

The juxtaposition of annihilation and excess is the inspiration for Michael Arcieri’s paintings that balance government suggestions for protection with the latest consumables.

Leah Haney: Divergent Space

Leah Haney: Divergent Space

New paintings explore the malleably of space and architectural structures, perverted by multilayer shapes, hyper-colors, and light.

RETURN: David Conn

RETURN: David Conn

Large-scale paintings depict dense forest scenes. Trees and tangled underbrush alternate with dappled or streaming sunlight. Viewed from a distance, the paintings and prints are [...]

Interface: Artists and the Digital Age

Interface: Artists and the Digital Age

Co-curated by Charlotte Smith (Dallas) and Sally Sprout (Houston)

UH Open Studios

UH Open Studios