Artist Directory

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Actor - Choreographer - Composer - Dancer - Director - Filmmaker - Musician - Poet - Singer - Visual Artist: Crafts - Visual Artist: Paintings - Visual Artist: Photography - Visual Artist: Prints / Digital Art - Visual Artist: Sculpture / Pottery

Houston is home to one of the most diverse and vibrant communities of working artists in the nation. With so many makers in our midst, we at Spacetaker are dedicated to creating a way for artists to talk to each other, and, more importantly, to communicate with the wider... More

GONZO247 !

Graffiti Artist and Curator: GONZO247, is a native Houstonian who was exposed to graffiti and began his pursuit in 1984 as an artist. GONZO247’s list of achievements includes opening Aerosol Warfare Gallery, producing a video series, establishing a Houston Wall Of Fame (the city’s first largest art production of its... More

skeez 181

Visual Artist: Paintings - Visual Artist: Photography - Visual Artist: Prints / Digital Art

It's definitely been a long road of where we came from... they say the tribulations we have experienced mold us to who we become today. Skeez 181 aka David Flores, 31 and Mexican... hailing from Houston, Texas... ex-graffiti vandal turned pro "legally" after one too many run ins with the... More

Fuad Adra

Dancer

Fuad and Özlem taught classes and workshops in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Nashville, San Antonio and now they are teaching in Houston. More

Ana Victoria Aenlle

Filmmaker - Visual Artist: Paintings - Visual Artist: Photography - Visual Artist: Prints / Digital Art

Ana-Victoria Aenlle is an artist, designer, filmmaker, printmaker, x-university professor whose works have been exhibited locally, nationally, internationally, and are in permanent collection.

Continued personal growth characterizes her creative career resulting in a wide range of projects.

These have included advertising art direction, motion/graphic design, commercial... More

Anila Agha

Writer

BIOGRAPHY
Anila Quayyum Agha was born and raised in Lahore, Pakistan, where she earned her BFA in Textile Arts in 1989. Relocating to Dallas, TX in 1999 she attended the University of North Texas and completed her MFA in Fiber Arts in 2004. Anila has an extensive exhibition record and... More

Zahra Ali

Visual Artist: Paintings

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Gabriella Aliberti

Choreographer - Dancer

“La Tempestad”

The dance of the gypsies has been Gabriella’s lifelong passion. A recognized performing artist with national acclaim, Gabriella is known for her rigorous devotion to the beauty and art of traditional Flamenco technique. She began as a child taking lessons at New York City’s Carnegie Hall, progressed... More

Andre Amaral

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Lilibeth Andre

Visual Artist: Paintings

Colorful, strong and serene is the work of artist Lilibeth Andre.

A representational and impressionist artist, her work includes portraits, figures, landscapes, wildlife, and still life. Her medium is primarily oil, acrylic, colored pencil and watercolor.

She has a technical design background incorporating art studies. She participated in... More

Bianca Antonia

Choreographer - Dancer

Bianca Antonia, considered by many as one of Houston's premier flamenco artists, has made the lifelong commitment to promoting the art throughout her community and beyond. To the stage, this young dancer brings all the force and elements associated with flamenco: beauty, speed, power, and eloquence. Each performance, a creation... More

Michael Arcieri

Visual Artist: Paintings

Michael Arcieri graduated the Art Institute of Houston in 1987 and moved to New Orleans, Louisiana where he lived for seven years.

Studying realism painting under painter Patricia Whitty, his knowledge and technique of realism painting grew and was perfected during this period.

By the mid-1990’s... More

Natalie Arneson

Actor - Singer

Natalie recently graduated from the GSA Conservatoire in England with a BA in Musical Theatre. While overseas, she played Princess Jasmine opposite Britt Eklund and Issy van Randwick in the pantomime Aladdin, toured England and Germany as Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest, and played Cunegonde in Candide. More

Leo Aston

What comes next is what counts. N'est ce pas? More

Uluhan Atac

Ä°stanbul' da doÄŸdu. Sanatla ilk tanışması, daha ilk okuldayken evlerinin merdiven altında yaptırdığı atölyesinde baÅŸladı. Kıl testeresi ile oymalar ve heykelcikler yapıyordu. Lise tahsilinden sonra o zamanki adıyla ''Devlet Güzel Sanatlar Akademisinde Ali Çelebi Atölyesi'nde resim çalıştı, yine aynı yıllarda Ä°stanbul edebiyat fakültesinde iki sene müddetle Ä°ngiliz edebiyatı ve filolojisi... More

Tod Bailey

Visual Artist: Paintings

BORN
1970 Tyler, TX

EDUCATION
1997 BS, Journalism, Texas A&M University-Commerce

EXHIBITIONS
2007 Wilhelmi-Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
El Paso St. Gallery, Marfa, TX., Solo Show-Chinati Open House Weekend
Sonnet Gallery, Sarasota, FL, Solo Show
2006 Center... More

Wm. Kelly Bailey

Visual Artist: Paintings

Wm. Kelly Bailey is an award winning artist based in Houston. He has had paintings accepted into juried National and International shows consistently since 2001. (He was awarded acceptance into over two dozen shows in 2005 alone.)

He has qualified for Signature Status in the following professional artist... More

Stevie Ballow

Writer

EUTECTICâ„¢ brand jewelry is created by self-taught graphic designer and DIY rebel Stevie Ballow. The child of an architect and a stay-at-home-mom, Ballow grew up with a love of crafted things and an appreciation of functional spaces. She trained as an engineer at Louisiana Tech University, developing the skills for... More

Suzanne Banning

Visual Artist: Photography

Suzanne Banning is a Dutch-born artist who currently lives and works in Houston, TX. She does predominantly self-portraits in which she impersonates someone else; most recently her “Lolita” series.

Her experimental, award-winning photographs have been exhibited in countless exhibitions locally, nationally and internationally.

Jurors/curators who selected... More

Zach Barfuss

Visual Artist: Paintings

Zach Barfuss is a 31 year old, 3rd generation artist based in Houston, TX. Zach has worked in the Oil and Gas Industry selling software for the past 7 years and paints on the side of his full time job. It was obvious from an early age that Zach had... More

CHERYL BARRETT

Visual Artist: Crafts - Dimentional Mosaic

I started experimenting with dimentional mosaics several years ago after completing a workshop in in California. I've been teaching mosaic classes for the last 7 years and use pieces I've collected from my travels or family relics to create and sell memorable pieces of work. I have expanded my mosaic... More

Joy Beckler

Visual Artist: Paintings

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Ann Bell

Visual Artist: Paintings

Artist’s Statement:
When I begin a painting, I am inspired by something I have seen recently.

As I paint, I move deeper into myself until I am somewhere between memory and imagination. By the time I have finished, the line between reality, memory, and imagination has totally... More

Betirri Bengtson

Born in the city of Puebla, Mexico on December 30, 1982. Migrated to the US on August of 1997. Currently residing in Houston, TX. Obtained an Associates Degree in the Houston Community College on 2002. Studied abroad in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy on the Summer of 2005. Graduated from the Gerald... More

Rebecca Benitez

It is difficult to narrow down where my ideas come from. I find inspiration in everything around me. My art ranges from cityscapes to organic abstractions to geometric patterns. I combine varied elements along with color and texture to create visual depth and interest to draw the viewer in with... More

Tanna Bennett

Tanna Bennett

tanna.bennett@sbcglobal.net

Education

· B.A. Journalism, Minor in Graphic Communications, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 1990

· L’Ecole de Albert Defois, Les Cerqueux sous Passavant, France - 10-month intensive study in painting with Ted Seth Jacobs, 2003

Exhibitions

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Vonetta Berry

Visual Artist: Paintings - Visual Artist: Photography

Houston artist, Vonetta Berry Jenkins graduated from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999, and has never looked back. Ms. Jenkins is a body artist and illustrator interested in pushing bodyart expressiveness, and she currently focuses her studio practice on body art and has completed two photographic... More

William Betts

Visual Artist: Paintings - Visual Artist: Prints / Digital Art

I have always had a deep interest in the relationship between people and technology. Trained as a painter, I believe that there are unique qualities in painting as a sensuous experience that can be enhanced using technology and it can provide views we could not otherwise experience. These paintings have... More

Rustie Blue

Musician - Singer - Visual Artist: Crafts

With music influences like Patsy Cline and Elvis, it's obvious why Rustie Blue crosses so many barriers. No matter what Rustie sings, her true blue country vocals are very much apparent! Her energetic stage performance and charismatic personality makes Blue a refreshing experience and somebody you won't forget!

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Nicole Boarnet

Visual Artist: Paintings

Just as people are moved through music to remember times and places in life, so should art move someone…

My goal when creating a painting is to create a piece of artwork that makes you think and feel something, anything. By creating pieces that are not an exact... More