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Isabelle Scurry Chapman
My father was a doctor; he saved hearts. My mother had a green thumb and grew white flowers in her garden; they glowed in the darkness. I practice art, which is a great healer of all things.
My work has been shaped by the losses in my life. Each new disaster brought a pivotal invention to my art. In 1992, I lost my balance. I broker my ankle in a roller-skating accident and my days were suddenly horizontal. Being an active hiker, biker, river raft explorer, beachcomber, this stuck-on-the-first floor position took my breath away. It also swept me along from photography to painting.
With every loss, I have received something of equal of greater value in return. This cyclical renewal is what my art is about. I’m interested in ecologies large and small, relationships far and near, and discoveries mundane and sacred.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS2007 Koelsch Gallery, Houston, Texas 2007 “Winged Whimsy”, Embellishments, Houston, Texas 2007 Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, Texas 2005 “Dirty Little Birds”, Embellishment, Houston, Texas 2004 Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, Texas 2003 The Arts Alliance Center At Clear Lake, Clear Lake, Texas 2002 “Quiet Voices”, The Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, Texas 2001 “Silence to the Center”, Jung Center, Houston, Texas 2000 “Isabelle Scurry Chapman, New Work”, Women and Their Work, Austin, Texas (2 Person) “Isabelle Scurry Chapman, New Work”, Rice Loft Building, Houston, Texas 1999 “Under the Moon”, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston Island, Texas 1997 “In the Gardens of My Mind”, UT Health Science Center of Houston, Houston, Texas 1995 “Angels and Goddesses”, MCT Fine Arts, Houston, Texas 1992 “Isabelle Scurry Chapman: Photos”, Lee Davis Library, San Jacinto College, Pasadena, Texas
JURIED EXHIBITIONS2001 “Texas National 2001”, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas “Dishman Competition, 2001”, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas 2000 “Houston Area Show”, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, Texas “3rd International Open”, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois “Texas Art 2000”, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas 1999 “1999 Membership Exhibition”, Women And Their Work, Austin, Texas “Critic’s Choice”, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, Texas “Is This a Joke or What”, O’Kane Gallery, Houston, Texas 1998 “20 x 20” x 20”, LSU Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana “Bucking the Texas Myth III”, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, Texas “Critic’s Choice”, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, Texas “Lubbock Arts Festival Gallery”, Lubbock, Texas (Merit Award Winner) 1996 “Critic’s Choice”, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, Texas 1995 “Open Show”, Art League, Houston, Texas (Prize Winner) 1994 “VAA 11th Annual Show”, NationsBank, Houston, Texas 1993 “Human Ritual”, Gallery 201, Austin, Texas (Juror’s Choice) “Running Water Draw Exhibition”, RWD Gallery, Plainview, Texas “Heritage”, Art League, Houston, Texas “VAA 10th Annual Show, Two Houston Center, Houston, Texas “Dishman Competition”, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas (Honorable Mention) 1992 “Assuming Less..Understanding More”, Innova, Houston, Texas (Award Winner) “Art League of Houston Exhibit”, Houston, Texas “Texas Photographic Society Exhibit”, Amdur Gallery, Austin, Texas “MFP Photo National Traveling Exhibit”, Michigan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS2006 “Bestiray”. Froelick Gallery, Portland, Oregon 2005 “Summer Group Show”. Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, Texas 2001 “The Debut Exhibition”, Art Venture Gallery, Houston, Texas “Spring Show”, The Artful Garden, Houston, Texas 2000 “Sextablo”, Redbud Gallery, Houston, Texas 1998 “Small Format Four”, Humanities Fine Arts Gallery, Univ. of Minnesota, Morris, Minnesota 1997 “Women on Women”, New Art Gallery, Houston, Texas “Really Red Show”, West End Gallery, Houston, Texas “Flora Bella”, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas “Classically Inspired”, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, Texas “Whimsical Women”, Takara Gallery, Houston, Texas 1996 “New Paintings”, MCT Fine Arts, Houston, Texas “Images in Nature V”, Martin-Rathburn Gallery, San Antonio, Texas 1995 “Samantha’s Garden”, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, Texas 1994 “Anonymous”, West End Gallery, Houston, Texas “Miniatures”, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, Texas “Wish You Were Here”, West End Gallery, Houston, Texas “The Art of Giving”, Wiezbowski Gallery, Houston, Texas 1993 “Images of Nature II”, Martin-Rathburn Gallery, San Antonio, Texas “Dia de los Muertos”, Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, Texas “Art That Heals”, Treebeard’s Restaurant & Gallery, Houston, Texas “Take a Seat”, Decorative Center, Houston, Texas 1992 “Goddesses, Witches & Saints, Firehouse Gallery, Houston, Texas “Have a Heart”, Art league of Houston, Houston, Texas “Dia de los Muertos, Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, Texas “Taking a Stand”, Firehouse Gallery, Houston, Texas “Desperately Seeking Perfection: Women & Self Image”, Firehouse Gallery, Houston, Texas
AWARDS1999 The Wayfinding Project, Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County 1998 PASTA Grant given by Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County 1994 MAA/NEA Fellowship in Painting and Works on Paper
BIBLIOGRAPHY2007 Molly Glentzer, “Winged Whimsy , Houston Chronicle, June 23, 2007, Pg E-82006 Valerie Sweeten, “Urban Harvest”, West University Buzz, March, 2006, Cover, pg 8-92003 Victoria Lightman, Looking At Art, Houston House & Home, July, 2003. Pgs.28-292002 Adam Giblin, Red River Radio (NPR), Shreveport, La., 3-28-02Leslie Bailey, “Houston Artist’s Work on display at Michelson”, Marshall News Messenger, 4-1-02Artist’s Graphic Designers Market, Edited by Mary Cox, pg. 5052001 Texas National Catalog, 3 photos, pg. 142000 Cite, The Architecture & Design Review of Houston, #47, Spring, 2000 pp. 4-5Art Now Gallery Guide, February, 2000, Volume 19,No.6, p.22 Color Photo “Awaken I”Saundra Goldman, Isabelle Scurry Chapman, New Work Brochure , Women and Their WorkJeanne Claire Van Ryzin, “Fashioned Out of Loss, Memory, and Buttons”Austin American Statesman, March 18, 2000 1999 Critic’s Choice Catalog, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, Texas “Catalog Is This A Joke Or What?”, O’Kane Gallery. Houston, Texas “The Good News”, Houston Texas, photo & article pg 4 1998 Victoria Hodge Lightman, “A Garden Pew, Houston Sidewalk, October 1, 1998 “Lubbock Festival Gallery”, Lubbock Magazine, April Critic’s Choice Catalog, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, Texas C. Larson, “Small Format Four Hits HFA Gallery, University Register, Morris, Minn., 2-12-98 1997 Critic’s Choice Catalog, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, Texas Mid America Arts Alliance/NEA Catalog 1996 Sabine Lake Conference Color Poster, Brochure, and Flyer Covers, September, Beaumont, Texas 1994 Susie Kalil, “Wink Wink”, Houston Press, March 24-30 1993 “Human Rituals”, Photo, Austin American Statesman, October 16 1992 “Eyes”, Photo, Houston Press, December 10-16 “Assuming Less… Understanding More” Catalog, Innova Design Center, Houston, Texas
VOLUNTEER WORK1997-Present – Urban Harvest Garden, Houston, Texas 2001-Present -- ART BRIDGE, an art program for homeless kids, Houston, Texas 2006 -- Mayor’s Award for Volunteer Work with Art Bridge EDUCATION1986-89 Studies in Art, University of Houston, Rice University, Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas 1975 MS (Occupational Therapy) – Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas 1970 BA (Sociology) – University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
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