BIO
Cary Reeder, a Miami, Florida native, has made Houston, Texas her home since 1996. She worked for more than a decade as a graphic artist and typesetter in the early 80s and received her fine art training at the Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts-Houston. In between her stint as a graphic artist and returning to art school, she had a 20+ year career as a grant writer and fundraiser for nonprofit organizations. Her work has been included in numerous local, regional, and national juried exhibitions, and in solos shows at Mystic Lyon (2018), Galveston Arts Center (2018), Optical Project (2016) and Lawndale Art Center (2013). In 2013, she was awarded an Individual Artist Grant from the Houston Arts Alliance and in 2014 was a Hunting Prize Finalist. Her work been featured twice in New American Paintings, issues #108 and #120, and Acrylic Artist, Spring 2016. She teaches at Art League Houston.
Fun facts: Cary played bass in a New Wave rock band in the 80s and is now trying to learn how to play the mandolin. She is a bird nerd, a nature lover, mom to two cats and lives in a 1920s bungalow with her husband/partner of 37 years.
CV
Education
2006-2013 Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
1994 Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning
1991 Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude Major: Anthropology
1984 Miami Lakes Technical School, Miami, Florida
Certificate in Commercial and Advertising Art
Honors, Awards and Publications
2016 Artist INC Participant
2015 New American Paintings, Issue 120 (West Edition)
2014 Hunting Art Prize Finalist
2013 New American Paintings, Issue 108 (West Edition)
2013 Individual Artist Grant (Emerging), Houston Arts Alliance
Solo Exhibitions
2018 I'm a Stranger Here, Mystic Lyon, Houston, TX
2018 Impermanence, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX
2016 Limbs, Twigs and Digits, Optical Project, Houston, TX
2013 Now, What Was There?, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2013 Toward Subsistence, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX (duo)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
Instructor Show, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
TINT: A Perspective of Color, Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
WOW: Winter on Winter, Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX
2018
Three Journeys: Betsy Evans, Cary Reeder and Alexandra Sivov, The Silos on Sawyer, Houston, TX
Artspace111 Fifth Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX
Instructor Show, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
2017
Trump This!, Art Car Museum, Houston, TX
Instructor Show, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
Luck of the Draw, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
2016
Sawyer Yards Revealed, The Silos on Sawyer, Houston, TX
Works from the Artists of Sawyer Yards, Silver Street Studios, Houston, TX
2016 ALH Instructor Show, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
Artspace111 Third Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX
Art on the Avenue, Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX
Playing House: Contested Connections, PLAYHouse, San Antonio, TX
Luck of the Draw, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
2015
ALH Instructor Show, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
Luck of the Draw, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
Art on the Avenue, Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX
Texas National 2015, Sam Houston State University, Houston, TX
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2015, Houston, TX
Contemporary South, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
Here to GO, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Chroma, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2014
Luck of the Draw, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
Art on the Avenue, Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX
ALH INSTRUCTOR/show, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2014, Houston, TX
2013
Luck of the Draw, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
30th Visual Arts Alliance Juried Open Exhibition, Houston, TX
Spring Introduction, Avis Frank Gallery, Houston, TX
2012
30th Visual Arts Alliance Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston, TX
Landscape/Bodyscape, Lone Star College-North Harris, Houston, TX.
The Big Show 2012, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
Glassell School of Art Annual Benefit and Auction, Houston, TX
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2012, Houston, TX
2011
GAMBOL: Art League Houston's 2011 Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston, TX
29th Visual Arts Alliance Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston, TX,
Finding Balance, Museum of Printing History, Houston, TX
2011 Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Live Oak Art Center, Columbus, TX
28th Visual Arts Alliance Juried Open Exhibition, Continental Center, Houston, TX
Texas National 2011, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
26th Annual International Exhibition, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
2010
28th Visual Arts Alliance Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston, TX
27th Visual Arts Alliance Open Juried Exhibition, Houston, TX
Teaching Experience
2014 to Present, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
2014 to Present, Glassell School of Art-MFAH, Houston, TX
Guest Lectures
2015 Looking at Art, Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX, February 3-4, 2015
2014 ECO Fund Award, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Houston, TX, April 15, 2014
2013 “Now, What Was There?” Opening, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, August 23, 2013
2013 Looking at Art, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, September 10-11, 2013
2013 DWOW Pecha Kucha, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX, June 13, 2013
2012 The Big Slide Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, August 2, 2012
Bibliography
Boyd, Robert. “Cary Reeder at Optical Project.” The Great God Pan Is Dead, Sept. 4, 2016.
Hatfield, Zack. “Home Simple Home,” Acrylic Artist, Spring 2016.
Feaster, Felicia. “High-Quality Work Defines Mint Gallery Group Show,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 15, 2015.
Anspon, Catherine. “Art City Rising,” PaperCity, December 2014.
Frenz, Lesley. “Behind the Hedges: Cary Reeder,” Artsy Forager.com, May 16, 2014
Caldwell, Ellen C. ”In the Studio: Process of a Painting with Cary Reeder.” New American Paintings Blog, April 17, 2014.
Anspon, Catherine. “The Besieged Bungalow,” PaperCity, September 28, 2013
Meeks, Flori. “Artist Makes Plea for Vanishing Bungalows,” Houston Chronicle, Sept. 3, 2013
Holley, Peter. “Sketches: Cary Reeder Goes Solo at Lawndale.” Houstonia.com, Aug. 21, 2013.
West, Allyn. “Painting Houses in the Heights,” Swamplot.com, August 20, 2013
Hajovsky, Martin. “Heights Artist Explores Disappearing History in “Now, What Was There?” Show,” Chron.com, August 19, 2013
Klaasmeyer, Kelly. “Lawndale Big Show Highlights!” Glasstire.com, July 13, 2012.
Boyd, Robert. “The Big Show 2012: Paintings.” The Great God Pan Is Dead, July 19, 2012.
Boyd, Robert. “Mary McCleary Selects.” The Great God Pan Is Dead, Dec. 17, 2011
Biographical Information
Born 1964 in Miami, Florida
Lives and works in Houston, Texas
2006-2013 Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
1994 Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning
1991 Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude Major: Anthropology
1984 Miami Lakes Technical School, Miami, Florida
Certificate in Commercial and Advertising Art
Honors, Awards and Publications
2016 Artist INC Participant
2015 New American Paintings, Issue 120 (West Edition)
2014 Hunting Art Prize Finalist
2013 New American Paintings, Issue 108 (West Edition)
2013 Individual Artist Grant (Emerging), Houston Arts Alliance
Solo Exhibitions
2018 I'm a Stranger Here, Mystic Lyon, Houston, TX
2018 Impermanence, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX
2016 Limbs, Twigs and Digits, Optical Project, Houston, TX
2013 Now, What Was There?, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2013 Toward Subsistence, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX (duo)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
Instructor Show, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
TINT: A Perspective of Color, Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
WOW: Winter on Winter, Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX
2018
Three Journeys: Betsy Evans, Cary Reeder and Alexandra Sivov, The Silos on Sawyer, Houston, TX
Artspace111 Fifth Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX
Instructor Show, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
2017
Trump This!, Art Car Museum, Houston, TX
Instructor Show, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
Luck of the Draw, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
2016
Sawyer Yards Revealed, The Silos on Sawyer, Houston, TX
Works from the Artists of Sawyer Yards, Silver Street Studios, Houston, TX
2016 ALH Instructor Show, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
Artspace111 Third Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX
Art on the Avenue, Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX
Playing House: Contested Connections, PLAYHouse, San Antonio, TX
Luck of the Draw, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
2015
ALH Instructor Show, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
Luck of the Draw, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
Art on the Avenue, Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX
Texas National 2015, Sam Houston State University, Houston, TX
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2015, Houston, TX
Contemporary South, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
Here to GO, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Chroma, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2014
Luck of the Draw, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
Art on the Avenue, Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX
ALH INSTRUCTOR/show, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2014, Houston, TX
2013
Luck of the Draw, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
30th Visual Arts Alliance Juried Open Exhibition, Houston, TX
Spring Introduction, Avis Frank Gallery, Houston, TX
2012
30th Visual Arts Alliance Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston, TX
Landscape/Bodyscape, Lone Star College-North Harris, Houston, TX.
The Big Show 2012, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
Glassell School of Art Annual Benefit and Auction, Houston, TX
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2012, Houston, TX
2011
GAMBOL: Art League Houston's 2011 Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston, TX
29th Visual Arts Alliance Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston, TX,
Finding Balance, Museum of Printing History, Houston, TX
2011 Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Live Oak Art Center, Columbus, TX
28th Visual Arts Alliance Juried Open Exhibition, Continental Center, Houston, TX
Texas National 2011, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
26th Annual International Exhibition, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
2010
28th Visual Arts Alliance Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston, TX
27th Visual Arts Alliance Open Juried Exhibition, Houston, TX
Teaching Experience
2014 to Present, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
2014 to Present, Glassell School of Art-MFAH, Houston, TX
Guest Lectures
2015 Looking at Art, Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX, February 3-4, 2015
2014 ECO Fund Award, Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, Houston, TX, April 15, 2014
2013 “Now, What Was There?” Opening, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, August 23, 2013
2013 Looking at Art, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, September 10-11, 2013
2013 DWOW Pecha Kucha, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX, June 13, 2013
2012 The Big Slide Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, August 2, 2012
Bibliography
Boyd, Robert. “Cary Reeder at Optical Project.” The Great God Pan Is Dead, Sept. 4, 2016.
Hatfield, Zack. “Home Simple Home,” Acrylic Artist, Spring 2016.
Feaster, Felicia. “High-Quality Work Defines Mint Gallery Group Show,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 15, 2015.
Anspon, Catherine. “Art City Rising,” PaperCity, December 2014.
Frenz, Lesley. “Behind the Hedges: Cary Reeder,” Artsy Forager.com, May 16, 2014
Caldwell, Ellen C. ”In the Studio: Process of a Painting with Cary Reeder.” New American Paintings Blog, April 17, 2014.
Anspon, Catherine. “The Besieged Bungalow,” PaperCity, September 28, 2013
Meeks, Flori. “Artist Makes Plea for Vanishing Bungalows,” Houston Chronicle, Sept. 3, 2013
Holley, Peter. “Sketches: Cary Reeder Goes Solo at Lawndale.” Houstonia.com, Aug. 21, 2013.
West, Allyn. “Painting Houses in the Heights,” Swamplot.com, August 20, 2013
Hajovsky, Martin. “Heights Artist Explores Disappearing History in “Now, What Was There?” Show,” Chron.com, August 19, 2013
Klaasmeyer, Kelly. “Lawndale Big Show Highlights!” Glasstire.com, July 13, 2012.
Boyd, Robert. “The Big Show 2012: Paintings.” The Great God Pan Is Dead, July 19, 2012.
Boyd, Robert. “Mary McCleary Selects.” The Great God Pan Is Dead, Dec. 17, 2011
Biographical Information
Born 1964 in Miami, Florida
Lives and works in Houston, Texas