Teresa O Connor

Page 1 | Biography

Born: Houston, Texas
Lives: Houston, Texas

Education
2002 Master of Fine Arts/Sculpture, University of Houston, Texas
1998 Bachelor of Fine Arts/Painting, University of Houston, Texas

Solo Exhibitions
2007 g(host), Plush Gallery, Dallas
In Her Absence, Three Walls, San Antonio
2006 A Ghost Story, Part 1, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston
2005 rise and fall, Mountanview College, Dallas
2004 my western draw, Plush Gallery, Dallas
2001 fairytails and western trails, Plush Gallery, Dallas
wander lust, Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston

Group Exhibitions
2007 OBJECT: objectivity, objecthood, objectivication, University of Texas, Dallas
Curated by John Pomara and Charissa Terranova
2006 Aqua Art Fair Invitational Miami, Plush Gallery
Scope Art Fair, Perpetual Art Machine, Miami
manic and wasted (fragile flower underfoot) Swing Space, New York
Curated by Randall Garrett
A Ghost Story, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville
Curated by Michael Henderson
Supermedium, Netherlands
Confusion, Say, Fine Arts Building, Chicago
Curated by Randall Garrett
What I Like about Texas, Polvo Gallery, Chicago
Gunslingers and Slayers, Plush Gallery, Dallas
Art LA, Gescheidle Gallery, Los Angeles
2005 Character Introduction: The Forty Something Male Singer, Cactus Bra, San Antonio
la frontera, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago
AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York
Valeriba Art Gallery, Schiedam, Netherlands
Korte Digitale Video Festival de Vliegtoren Den Haag, Netherlands
Thomas Blackman's Art Chicago, Chicago Art Fair
Approaching Personhood, Schopf Gallery, Chicago
Twang, McKinney avenue Contemporary, Dallas
Curated by C.Sean Horton
I need your carcass to raise the mountains so that I can climb, El Centro College,
Dallas
Woods, Negative Space, Houston
2004 Camp Lucky, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston
Curated by Paul Horn
DIY, Richland College, Dallas
Delinquent Boys, Plush Gallery, Dallas
Baja to Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
The Stray Show, Chicago
Houston Area Exhibition, Blaffer Museum, Houston
Juried by Bill Arning Curator at MIT Visual Arts
Twang: Contemporary Sculpture from Texas, Museum of Southeast Texas,
Beaumont and traveling
Curated by C. Sean Horton
Fellowship Series IV:Tracings, Space 125, CACHH IAG, Houston
5 x 7, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin and traveling
I Heart Texas, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston
Curated by C. Sean Horton
El Pulpo, Plush Gallery Dallas
Domus, College of the Mainland, Texas City
Going West, Arthouse, Austin and traveling through 2006
Curated by Erin Keever
2003 Artists and Choreographers, Sponsored by BBAP, Houston
Show Offs, William Campbell Contemporary, Ft Worth
Curated by Robert Mcan
Lovely Spank, Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston
Curated by Jason Villegas
2002 Pretty Paintings, The Model Gallery, Boston
…until someone gets hurt, Lawndale Art Center, Houston
Stacks, 110 Studios, Houston
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston
Juried by Annette DiMeo Carlozzi curator of American and
Contemporary Art, Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas
Masters Thesis Exhibition, Blaffer Museum, Houston
elegantly wasted, Plush Gallery, Dallas
The Million Dollar Hotel, Houston
Curated by Paul Horn

Bibliography
Teresa O'Connor, A Ghost Story, Christopher French, Art Papers, Nov/Dec 2006
Twin Peaks, Troy Schultze, Houston Press, July 2006
002 Magaize, Artist Profile, June 2006
What I Like About Texas, Bad at Sports, badatsports.com, January, 2006
Plush is Plush Again, JR Compton, Dallas Arts Revue, September 2005
Detritus and a Hot Glue Gun, Jennifer Jankauskas, Glasstire.com, March, 2005
Eye Exam, Michael Workman, New City Chicago, 2005
Delinquent Boys, glasstire.com, Mark Babcock, September, 2004
I can see your Twang, glasstire.com, Jahje and Joe Ives, September, 2004
Houston Area Exhibition, 002 Magazine, August 2004 cover and feature
Run, Artist Run, ARTLIES, Janakie Lennie, Spring 2004
Gong West, ARTLIES, Karen C.Gonzalez, Spring 2004
Twang, www.iatwm.com, July 2004
Going West, glasstire.com, Rachel Koper, Februar, 2004
Between fact and fiction, inthegalleriesaustin.com, February, 2004
Going West, …might be good, fluentcollab.com, Februrary, 2004
Texas art showcases true grit and irony, Cate McQuiad, Boston Globe, January 23, 2004
Curator, artist and native son, Geoff Edgers, Boston Globe, January 23, 2004
Not Texans vs. Cowboys, but close, Janet Kutner, The Dallas Morning News, May, 2003
Urban Brawl, Annabelle Massey Helber, Dallas Observer, April 2003
The Power of Three, John Devine, Houston Press, January 2003
Art Crawl, Dauryl Lauster, ARTLIES, Winter 2002-2003
Slumberhouse, Best of 2002, Houston Press, September, 2002
Houston Artists and Their Pets, Kelly Pike, Expo Mag, Spring, 2002
Featuring 12 Houston Artists, Expo Mag, Summer, 2002
Snap’em Up, Catherine D. Anspon, Paper City, March, 2002
Slumberhouse, Bill Davenport, ARTLIES, Winter 2001-2
Slumberhouse, Bill Davenport, glasstire.com, December, 2001
Fashionistas, Kelly Klaasmeyer, Houston Press, November, 2001
Gallery Walk, Catherine D. Anspon, Paper City, October, 2001
Fairytails and Western Trails, JR Compton, Dallas Arts Revue, October, 2001
Insider’s View: Fashionistas, by Catherine D. Anspon, Exposicion, Vol.4 no.3
The Ever Quirky Plush, by Janet Kurtner, Dallas Morning News, May 23rd 2001
UH Art Department, by Catherine D. Anspon, Exposicion, May 2001
The Jury’s Still Out, by Kelly Klaasmeyer, Houston Press, August 3-9, 2000
The Verdict, by Catherine D. Anspon, Houston.CitySearch.Com/Best of 2000

Grants/Awards
2006-7 ArtHouse Texas Prize Nominee
2003-4 Cachh Individual Artist Grant Recipient, Houston
2002 Slumberhouse, Best Installation of 2002, Houston Press Awards
2001 George R. Bunker Scholarship of Artistic Achievement
2000 Honorable Mention, Lawndale Art Center, Houston