| AWARDS | |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Assistance League Juried Show, 2nd Place |
| 2003 | Cultural Arts Council of Houston & Harris County Artist Grant Recipient |
| 1999 | Honorable Mention in TFAA’s “Transcending Limits” Exhibition |
| 1999 | American Photography Institute Graduate Seminar Fellowship, New York University |
| 1999 | Houston Center for Photography Fellowship |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2020 | Ball State University, Muncie Indiana |
| 2017 | Uno Art Space, Stuttgart, Germany |
| 2017 | Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, Art Lab |
| 2016 | Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas |
| 2014 | The Tank Project Space, Houston, Texas |
| 2007 | Gensler Architecture Firm, Houston, Texas |
| 2006 | Kirksey Architecture Firm, Houston, Texas |
| 2001 | The Spring Collection Galveston Arts Center |
| 2000 | I2 K- Imelda 2000. “Women and Their Work,” Austin, Texas |
| 2000 | “Heels and Hangers,” Houston Center for Photography |
| 1998 | Lawndale Art Center, Houston |
| 1998 | Houston Center for Photography Fellowship Show |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2022 2020 2019 2018 | Nothing Goes to Waste, The Houston Center For Contemporary Craft “Image for Concept,” The Hand Art Center, Stetson University, Deland, Florida “Confluencias,” Patricia Conde Galeria, Mexico City Image for Concept, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona, Florida “Large Format,” Patricia Conde Galeria, Mexico City Society for Photographic Education South Central Exhibition, Firehouse Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisianna Fotofest Auction Preview Show at David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX Houston Center for Photography Auction Preview Show |
| 2017 |
re/thinking photography: Conceptual Photography from Texas
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| Fotofest Silver Street, Houston, Texas | |
| “Material Musings” by Kinzelman Art, Bank of America, Houston, Texas | |
| “Guest Star”, Devin Borden Gallery, Houston, Texas | |
| “Visceral Notions”, The Center for Photography, Woodstock, New York | |
| Collectors Club, Project Row Houses, Houston, Texas | |
| 2016 | Daegu Photography Biennale, Encounters IV, Korea |
| Double Space, HCC Faculty Show, Houston, Texas | |
| Galveston Arts Center, Twenty Five, Galveston, Texas | |
| Festival de la Luz 2016, Argentina, August | |
| Assistance League Juried Show by Brady Roberts | |
| 2015 | The Silos on Sawyer curated by Bill Arning |
| Joyce Elaine Grant Juried Exhibition by April Watson, Curator of Photography at Nelson-Atkins Museum; Texas Womans University | |
| Reincarnation, Art Car Museum, Houston | |
| 2014 | Diverseworks, Luck of The Draw The Tank Installation Space, Spring Street Studios Faculty Show, Houston Community College Central San Jacinto College, GCIC Mentor Show Bring Your Own Beamer, Aurora Picture Show & The Menil Collection |
| 2013 | Men of Honor Exhibit, 3100 Main Gallery |
| 2012 | HCC Central Faculty Show |
| 2011 | Arizona State University SPE Group Exhibition, by Deborah Willis |
| Savannah College of Art and Design Trois Gallery SPE Group Exhibition, by Deborah Willis | |
| 2010 | 24th International Juried Show Curated by Susan Kismaric of MOMA |
| Visual Arts Center of New Jersey | |
| Fotofest “Central” 3100 Main Gallery | |
| Neiman Marcus Installation in Conjunction with Manolo Blahnik Signing | |
| HCC Central Faculty Art Exhibition | |
| 2009 | “way, WAY out West,” In celebration of Asian Heritage Month, JP Morgan Chase Heritage Hall |
| HCC Central Faculty Art Exhibition, University of Houston Clear Lake Gallery | |
| 2008 | Houston Community College Faculty Exhibition, Central College Gallery |
| 2007 | Intersections: Asia/America, Galveston Arts Center, Kingwood College |
| 2006 | Rice Design Alliance at Kirksey Architecture Firm |
| Berkshire Museum, Massachusetts, Group Show, “Out of the Box” | |
| “Silver” Houston Center for Photography Retrospective Exhibition | |
| “Crossroads” Galveston Arts Center | |
| 2005 | Texas Women’s University |
| Anya Tish Gallery | |
| 2004 | “Through the Lens” at Cultural Arts Council of Houston |
| San Antonio College of Visual Art and Technology Gallery | |
| “Only Skin Deep,” Curated by Coco Fusco and Brian Wallis: International Center of Photography, New York, December – February. San Diego Museum of Art, February – October. Seattle Museum of Art, November – June |
| 2003 | Round 18, Project Row Houses, Houston, Texas |
| “Inside/Outside: Texas Women Photographers,” curated by Anne Wilkes Tucker & Clint Wilour, shown through 2004 at these venues: Houston Center for Photography, The Grace Museum Abilene, Galveston Art Center and Women & Their Work, Austin, TX | |
| 2002 | “Through the Looking Glass,” Truman State University, Kirksville, MO |
| Houston Center for Photography Fotofest Retrospective | |
| “New American Talent,” TFAA, Juror Catherine Canjo, Director of Art Pace | |
| 2001 | “Sultry,” Houston Community College |
| 2000 | “Serious Play,” Adambomb Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| “Taxonomies,” Chenevert Green, Houston, Texas | |
| “Juried Members Show,” by Terrie Sultan, Women and their Work | |
| “The Reductive Eye,” Flatbed Press, Austin, Texas | |
| “Click Chicks,” Arlington Museum of Art & Texas Women’s University | |
| Houston Area Exhibition,” juried by Joe Havel, Jessica Cussack & Mary Bebe, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, Texas | |
| “2000 API Photography Fellowship Show,” NYU, New York, New York | |
| “Perennial,” ¼ Hora Project Space, Elgin, Texas | |
| Fotofest Downtown Public Art at Foley’s | |
| “The Really Big Shoe Show,” City Museum, St. Louis, Missouri | |
| 1999 | Transcending Limits TFAA, Austin Texas, Beaumont Museum of Art, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio |
| Photo Austin, Flatbed Press Galleries, Austin, Texas | |
| “1999 API Photography Fellowship Show,” NYU, New York | |
| “1999 New Texas Talent,” Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas | |
| “Half and Half,” Purse Building Gallery, Houston, Texas | |
| “MFA Thesis Show,” Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas | |
| 1998 | “Blurred Boundaries,” Winter Street Gallery, Houston, Texas |
| “How’s My Driving?” Mobile art space, Fotofest, Houston, Texas | |
| 1997 | “The Big Show,” juried by Don Bacigalupi, Lawndale Art Center |
| “ABC show,” Diverseworks, Houston, Texas | |
| 1996 | “Picturing Asia America,” Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas |
| “Opening Moves,” John Cleary Gallery, Houston, Texas | |
| “Houston Area Exhibition,” juried by Dana Friss Hansen, Mary Miss & Luis Jimenez, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, Texas | |
| PUBLIC ART PROJECTS | |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Houston Arts Alliance Wayfinding Signs Project, Downtown Houston, Texas |
| 2007 | Finalist for The Southwest Police Station, Houston, Texas |
| 2006 | Finalist for The Herman Park Conservancy Zoo/Lakefront, Houston, Texas |
| 2003 | The CACHH Selected Artist for The Water Department in Humble, Texas |
| 2002 | Police Station at The University of Houston |
| LECTURES | |
| 2019
2011 | Southeast Museum of Photography, Image for Concept Panel Discussion, Daytona, Florida
Society of Photographic Education, Imagemaker Presentation, Philadelphia |
| 2005 | The Menil Collection—Artist Eye Series |
| 2004 | Truman State University Visiting Artist, Guest Lecturer |
| 2001 | Philosophy of Aesthetics, Warwick Hotel, Houston, Texas |
| 2000 | Women and Their Work—Solo Exhibition Lecture |
| 1999 | NYU National Graduate Seminar Fellow, American Photography Institute |
| CAMH—At Home and Abroad: 20 Filipino Artists | |
| 1998 | Women Studies Conference, UH Clear Lake |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
|
2018 Lenscratch Art and Science “Magic”
Hanselle, Ralf “Der Reiz des Echten”, FotoMagazin Edition Germany, 2017. Print | |
| Galveston Arts Center, “Twenty Five: A Celebration Twenty Five: A Conclusion, 2017”. Print | |
| Seock Hyunhye, “Daegu Photo Biennale 2016” | |
| Sajinyesul, Korean Photo Magazine, 2016. Print | |
| Anspon, Catherine, “Houston’s Best Dinner Party: Food’s Turned Into Art at This Star-Packed Affair”, Paper City, September 17, 2016 | |
| Wozny, Nancy— “Performania: Performance Without a Theater”, Arts + Culture: November 20, 2015, Print | |
| Glentzer, Molly— “Site Houston Turns Silos Into Art”, Chron: November 5, 2015 | |
| Shey, Brittanie— “Going with the Grain”, Houstonia Magazine: 2015 | |
| KUHF Radio News, “Art Exhibit Makes a Statement About Preserving Houston’s Buildings”, 2015 | |
| Sewing, Joy— “Bennie Flores Ansell: Artist, Teacher Likes Unexpected Style”, Houston Chronicle, November, 2014, Print | |
| Anspon, Catherine— Paper City: Spring 2011 | |
| Houston Chronicle, November 13, 2008 | |
| Spot Magazine, Fall 2006 | |
| Filipinas Magazine, July 2006 | |
| Yellow Magazine, 2005 | |
| McBride, Elizabeth— review of “New American Talent Show”, Artlies, Fall 2002 | |
| Wilour, Clint— “An Obsession With Compulsion”, Artlies, Summer 2002 | |
| “The Incredible Lightness of Bennie Flores Ansell”, Shuz, Winter 2000 | |
| “The Best of 2000 Arts”, Austin American Statesmen, December 21, 2000 | |
| van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire— “The Perfect Swarm”, Austin American Statesmen, July 6, 2000 | |
| Anspon, Catherine— “The Medium of Photography: What to Collect Now”, Paper City, November 1999 | |
| Johnson, Patricia— “A Wider Aperture”, Houston Chronicle, February 22, 1998 | |
| Austin, John— “Picture This”, Fort Worth Star Telegram, June 21, 1996 | |
| EDUCATION | |
| 1999 | M.F.A. University of Houston, Texas |
| 1989 | B.A. University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida |
| BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION | |
| Born January 5, 1967, Manila, Philippines |