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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
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Somewhere Between Human and Beast, The Silos at Sawyer Yards, Houston, TX
2022 Revival, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
2019 StARTup Art Fair, Hotel ICON, Houston, TX
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
2025 Vibrations, Sabine Street Studios, Houston, TX
2024 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2022 Notions of Beauty, an I Like Your Work exhibition curated by Eric Hibit, Online
2021 True North, a Heights Boulevard Sculpture Project, Houston, TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2020 Art@GreenStreet, GreenStreet, Houston, TX
2019 Instructor Show, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
2019 TINT: A Perspective of Color, Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
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
2017 Trump This!, Art Car Museum, Houston, TX
Connecting the Silos, The Silos on Sawyer, Houston, TX
Luck of the Draw, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
2016 Sawyer Yards Revealed, The Silos on Sawyer, Houston, TX
Artspace111 Third Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX
Playing House: Contested Connections, PLAYHouse, San Antonio, TX
2015 Texas National 2015, Sam Houston State University, 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
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2014, Houston, TX
2013 30th Visual Arts Alliance Juried Open Exhibition, Houston, TX
Spring Introduction, Avis Frank Gallery, Houston, TX
2012 Landscape/Bodyscape, Lone Star College-North Harris, Houston, TX.
The Big Show 2012, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2011 GAMBOL: Art League Houston's 2011 Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston, TX
29th Visual Arts Alliance Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston, TX,
Texas National 2011, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2010 27th Visual Arts Alliance Open Juried Exhibition, Houston, TX
Selected Collections and Commissions
Haiku Home Artisan Collection for Big Ass Fans
Google
Le Meridien Hotel
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Yoga4You
Honors, Awards and Publications
2020 Wendy Wagner Foundation 2020 Winter Creative Award, Finalist
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, Houston Arts Alliance
Guest Lectures, Presentations and Talks
2023 Fresh From the Studio, Women and Their Work, Online
2022 Panel Discussion: True North Sculpture Exhibitions, Visual Arts Alliance, Facebook Live, May 7, 2022
2020 Three on Three: Quarantine Crit Night, Art League Houston, Facebook Live, April 28, 2020
2018 I’m a Stranger Here, Mystic Lyon, October 21, 2018
2018 Impermanence, Galveston Arts Center, January 13 & February 17, 2018
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
Schulze, Troy. “True North 2021” Houston Matters, News 88.7 KUHF, April 6, 2021
Vilas-Boas, Eric. “A View A From the Easel: Cary Reeder,” Hyperallergic, Sept. 20, 2019
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
Teaching Experience
2014 to Present, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
2014 to 2015, Glassell School of Art-MFAH, Houston, TX
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
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Somewhere Between Human and Beast, The Silos at Sawyer Yards, Houston, TX
2022 Revival, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
2019 StARTup Art Fair, Hotel ICON, Houston, TX
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
2025 Vibrations, Sabine Street Studios, Houston, TX
2024 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2022 Notions of Beauty, an I Like Your Work exhibition curated by Eric Hibit, Online
2021 True North, a Heights Boulevard Sculpture Project, Houston, TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2020 Art@GreenStreet, GreenStreet, Houston, TX
2019 Instructor Show, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
2019 TINT: A Perspective of Color, Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
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
2017 Trump This!, Art Car Museum, Houston, TX
Connecting the Silos, The Silos on Sawyer, Houston, TX
Luck of the Draw, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
2016 Sawyer Yards Revealed, The Silos on Sawyer, Houston, TX
Artspace111 Third Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX
Playing House: Contested Connections, PLAYHouse, San Antonio, TX
2015 Texas National 2015, Sam Houston State University, 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
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2014, Houston, TX
2013 30th Visual Arts Alliance Juried Open Exhibition, Houston, TX
Spring Introduction, Avis Frank Gallery, Houston, TX
2012 Landscape/Bodyscape, Lone Star College-North Harris, Houston, TX.
The Big Show 2012, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2011 GAMBOL: Art League Houston's 2011 Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston, TX
29th Visual Arts Alliance Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston, TX,
Texas National 2011, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2010 27th Visual Arts Alliance Open Juried Exhibition, Houston, TX
Selected Collections and Commissions
Haiku Home Artisan Collection for Big Ass Fans
Le Meridien Hotel
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Yoga4You
Honors, Awards and Publications
2020 Wendy Wagner Foundation 2020 Winter Creative Award, Finalist
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, Houston Arts Alliance
Guest Lectures, Presentations and Talks
2023 Fresh From the Studio, Women and Their Work, Online
2022 Panel Discussion: True North Sculpture Exhibitions, Visual Arts Alliance, Facebook Live, May 7, 2022
2020 Three on Three: Quarantine Crit Night, Art League Houston, Facebook Live, April 28, 2020
2018 I’m a Stranger Here, Mystic Lyon, October 21, 2018
2018 Impermanence, Galveston Arts Center, January 13 & February 17, 2018
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
Schulze, Troy. “True North 2021” Houston Matters, News 88.7 KUHF, April 6, 2021
Vilas-Boas, Eric. “A View A From the Easel: Cary Reeder,” Hyperallergic, Sept. 20, 2019
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
Teaching Experience
2014 to Present, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
2014 to 2015, Glassell School of Art-MFAH, Houston, TX
Biographical Information
Born 1964 in Miami, Florida
Lives and works in Houston, Texas