EDUCATION
2004 M.F.A. Painting, Texas Christian University
1986 B.F.A. Sculpture and Painting, Texas Christian University
HONORS
1984-1986 Texas Christian University, Nordan Fine Arts Scholarship
1983-1984 Texas Christian University, Samuel P. Ziegler Scholarship
1982-1983 Texas Christian University, Fine Arts Guild Scholarship
RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
2010
The Atelier House, an Art-Netzwerk associated project, Hilmsen, Germany (anticipated)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
“Multiplicity,” Antena, Chicago, Illinois
“Make Believe,” Gallery III, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas
2009
“Scattershot,” Mighty Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
2007
“Flashback,” Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
“Searching for Heroes,” Kresge Gallery, Lyon College, Batesville, AR
“Imperfections: Big and Small,” Mighty Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
2005
“John Hartley,” Rudolph Projects|ArtScan Gallery, Houston, Texas
2004
“Allegories,” Mighty Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
“Against the Grain,” The University Art Gallery, Texas Christian University
2003
“John Hartley: Rekindled,” Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas, Curator: Kevin Bouchard
2002
“Hope and Renewal,” Mobil Art Gallery, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois
2000
“John Hartley: New Works,” Gallery 414, Fort Worth, Texas
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
“Quantumdada Phase 2,” Rudolph Blume Fine Art | ArtScan Gallery, Houston, Texas
“Faculty Exhibition,” Tarrant County College Northwest Campus, Fort Worth, Texas
“Home is Where the ART Is,” Rudolph Blume Fine Art | ArtScan Gallery, Houston, Texas
“Dallas Art Fair,” Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas
“Art in the District,” Fairmont Hotel, Dallas, Texas
“Side Show,” Dallas Public Arts Project, Dallas, Texas
2009
“Painting, Prints and Presents,” Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
“Faculty Biennial X,” The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, Texas
“Thrashing About,” Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
“Fort Worth Art Dealers Association Presents: Fort Worth Art Today,” Gallery 76102, Fort Worth, Texas
“Summer Show,” Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
“Artspace 111: Selections,” Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Curator: Margery Grella
“Dallas Art Fair 2009,” Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas
“American Landscape: Urban/Rural,” Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
“Selections 2009: FWADA Exhibit,” Fort Worth Community Arts Center
2008
“Blender,” The Gallery at Reel FX, Dallas, Texas
“Bridge Art Fair Miami 08,” Miami, Florida
“Fun & Games,” Kidder Smith, Boston, MA
“News,” Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
“It Is What It Is,” Janette Kennedy Gallery, Dallas, Texas
“Academia: Pushing the Boundary,” The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
“WORTHwhile,” Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
“Faculty Biennial IX,” The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, Texas
“Collectors Club Collects,” Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
“Fotofest: Photography = Painting,” Rudolph Projects|ArtScan Gallery, Houston, Texas
“Tasty Bits,” Gallery 414, Fort Worth, Texas, Curator: Erik Tosten
2007
“Face It,” Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
“Red Velvet: Making a Case for Domestic Tranquility,” Vine Street Studios, Houston, Texas
“Darra Keeton: Fuller/Gallery Artists,” Rudolph Projects|ArtScan Gallery, Houston, Texas
“Mighty Fine Arts,” Polvo Gallery, Chicago, Curator: Steve Cruz
“Scope Art Fair,” Rudolph Projects|ArtScan Gallery, Miami, Florida
“Spring Gallery Night,” Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
2006
“25,” Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
“Big as Night,” Tyler Street Lofts, Dallas, Texas
“From My Father’s Chair,” Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
“Valdosta Collects Exhibition,” VSU Gallery, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia
“Scope Art Fair,” Rudolph Projects|ArtScan Gallery, Miami, Florida
“Los Angeles Art Fair,” Rudolph Projects|ArtScan Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2005
“Faculty Biennial VIII,” The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, Texas
“Figuring In,” Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Curator: Daniel Blagg
“Objects of Memory,” Kidder Smith Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
“Spring Gallery Night,” Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
“Still: John Hartley and Leighton McWilliams,” The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, Texas, Curator: Benito Huerta (catalogue)
“Casket Factory,” Rudolph Projects|ArtScan Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2004
“Texas Paint, Part One: More True Stories,” Arlington Museum of Art, Curator: Anne Allen
“Reality Bytes,” Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
Bodacious Bods, Mighty Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
“100 Drawings,” University of Dallas-Haggerty Art Center Gallery, Dallas, Texas
“Spring Gallery Night Exhibition,” Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas
“Fort Worth CAC Biennial 2004,” Fort Worth Community Arts Center
2003
“Reconfigured,” Fort Worth Community Art Center, Curator: John Frost
“Be Still,” University of Dallas-Haggerty Art Center Gallery, Dallas, Texas
“The 39 Hour Show,” Fort Worth Community Arts Center
“See, Not Be Seen,” Wreck Room, Fort Worth, Texas
“Human Blend,” M.J. Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
2002
“The Yellow Line,” The Art Corridor II, Tarrant County College, Arlington, Texas
“Eight: Paint and Clay,” VSU Gallery, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia
“Surface: Works on Walls,” The Art Corridor II, Tarrant County College, Arlington, Texas
2001
“Creative Itch,” Gallery 414, Fort Worth, Texas
“Action Heroes,” The Art Center, Waco, Texas, Curator: Janet Tyson (catalogue)
2000
“Art Academy Faculty Show,” Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
“Toys & Puzzles,” Richland College Lago Vista Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1999
“Critics Pix,” University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas
“The Gallery Night Exhibition 1999,” Gallery 414, Fort Worth, Texas
“Gallery Night 1999,” Cynthia Hull Studio Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
“Real Art,” Contemporary Art Center of Fort Worth, Curators: Terri Cummings, Jo-Ann Mulroy, Steven Watson (catalogue)
1998
“13 Hours,” 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
“Print Perspectives,” The Barth Galleries, Columbus, Ohio
1997
“Paperwork,” Fort Worth Arts Council, Curator: Jo-Ann Mulroy
1996
“The Gallery Night Exhibition II,” Gallery 414, Fort Worth, Texas
“Ten plus One: Ten Printmakers and One Painter,” Gallery 414, Fort Worth, Texas, Curator: Wade Wilson
“Ten Texas Printmakers,” Rancho Valmora School Art Gallery, Valmora, New Mexico
“Gala Opening,” Thompson Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
1995
“Ten Texas Printmakers,” University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland
“The Gallery Night Exhibition,” Gallery 414, Fort Worth, Texas
“Celebración,” Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, Texas
“Body & Soul,” Forest Park Art Space, Fort Worth, Texas
1994
“First Show,” Forest Park Art Space, Fort Worth, Texas
1992
“Printmaking in Texas: The 1980’s,” Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas (organized by the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth)
“500 X-Mas Show,” 500 X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1991
“Members Invite,” 500 X Gallery
1990
“Forty Texas Printmakers,” Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (catalogue)
“Gallery Night 1990,” Fort Worth Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
“Four Contemporary Views of Painting,” The Valdosta State Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta, Georgia
“Making a Mark: A Drawing Exhibition,” University of Dallas-Haggerty Art Center Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1988
“Toys By Artists,” William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2010
“The Hunting Art Prize,” Houston, Texas, Jurors: Sarah Cash, Rita Aida Gonzalez, Lorelei Stewart
“VAST 42nd Annual Exhibition,” Meadows Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas, Juror: Melissa Miller (John and Geri Aschenbrenner merit award, Createx Colors Award) (catalog)
“2010 TX/OK Art Prize,” Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, Texas, Juror: Janis Goodman (Best Texas Artist award)
2009
“New American Paintings 2009 Western Edition,” Open Press, exhibition in print. Juror: Terrie Sultan, Executive Director, The Parrish Art Museum
“Fifth Annual National Drawing,” Painting and Printmaking Competition, PBCC Central Campus Gallery, Lake Worth, Florida, Juror: Marisca Pascucci
“The Hunting Art Prize,” Houston, Texas, Jurors: Kate Green, Chiyo Ishikawa, Suzanne Folds McCullagh
“Emerging Artists 2009,” Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY, Juror: Limner Gallery
“Art 2009: National Juried Competition,” Highlands Museum of the Arts, Sebring, FL, Juror: Ken Rollins
2008
“New American Paintings 2008 Western Edition,” Open Press, exhibition in print. Juror: Andrea Karnes
2003
“Art in the Metroplex,” University Art Gallery, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, Juror: Diane Karp
2001
“Expo, 500X Gallery,” Dallas, Texas, Juror: Charlie Wylie (cash award)
1994
“Ninth Annual December Competition,” Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, Texas, Juror: Patrick McCracken (honorable mention)
1993
“Works on Paper V,” VSU Gallery, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia, Juror: Larry Walker (honorable mention)
“3rd Annual International Mini Print Exhibition,” Juniper Gallery, Napa, California, Jurors: John Ihle, Shane Weare (special merit award)
1990
“First Annual International Mini Print Exhibition,” Juniper Gallery, Napa Art Center, Napa, California, Jurors: Barbara Parson, Peter Frank
“The Sixth Annual Statewide December Competition,” Lubbock Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, Texas
1989
“Ten County Art Exhibition and Literary Competition,” Tarrant County Junior College, Fort Worth, Texas, Juror: Paul Harris
1988
“Main Street ’88,” Knights of Pythius Building, Fort Worth, Texas, Juror: Henry Hopkins
1987
“Texas Realism,” Atrium Gallery, Moody Hall, Austin, Texas, Juror: Betty Moody (touring citation)
“Main Street ’87,” Knights of Pythias Building, Fort Worth, Texas, Jurors: Mark Thistlethwaite, Bill Runyon, Pat Woodson (people’s choice award)
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2010
“Manufactured Scale,” Tarrant County College Northwest Campus, Fort Worth, Texas, Curator: Winter Rusiloski
2009
“Evidence,” Rudolph Projects|Artscan Gallery, Houston, Texas
“New American Paintings 15th Anniversary Issue,” Open Press, exhibition in print.
“September Exhibit,” Andrew Art Museum, Andrews, North Carolina
“Trinity Perspectives: Views of an Urban River,” Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
“Texas Twelve: The 2nd Biennial Survey of Texas Art and Artists,” Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, Texas, Curators: Cohn Drennan, Danny Bills
2008
“Preservation is the Art of the City,” Fort Worth Community Arts Center
“Experiencing Perspectives,” Daimler Financial Services, Fort Worth, Texas, Curator: Leila Matta (catalog)
2007
“Preservation is the Art of the City,” Fort Worth Community Arts Center
2006
“Preservation is the Art of the City,” Fort Worth Community Arts Center
2005
“Preservation is the Art of the City,” The Gallery at the Fort Worth Central Library, Juror: Dr. Malcom Warner, Senior Curator, Kimbell Art Museum (Murrin Family Award in memory of Lia Cuilty)
2004
“Preservation is the Art of the City,” The Gallery at the Fort Worth Central Library
Paño Art Invitational, El Centro Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Curator: Iris Bechtol
2003
“Preservation is the Art of the City, Fort Worth Community Art Center
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Edison State College, Piqua, Ohio
Private collections in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, and Texas
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CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
2010 to present Associate Professor, Tarrant County College Northwest Campus
1995 to present director, Gallery 414 (www.gallery414.org)
2004 to 2010 Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington
1988 to 1995 owner/operator, Gallery Services