R e s u m é

EDUCATION

2000-02   Ceramics, North Harris Community College, Roy Hanscom, Instructor
2002   Ceramics, Kingwood College, Lance Frazior, Nancy Phiefer, Instructors
1992  

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Magna Cum Laude, University of Houston
Fundamentals of Photography, University of Houston, George Krause Instructor.
Narrative Abstraction Summer Workshop, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Colorado, Charles Garabedian, Instructor.

1983-84   College credit classes in drawing and painting, University of Alabama, Birmingham.
1964-65   Freshman art major, University of North Texas

 

JURIED SHOWS AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

2007   "Its All Relative", Republic Plaza, Denver, Colorado
2005   "M2 Gallery Group Show", December 2005, Houston, TX
"Midtown Cultural Arts Tour", April 2005, Midtown Dental, Houston, TX
2003-04   "CHAMPAGNE, ART, CAVIAR", Midtown Dental, Art Gallery of Smiles, Houston, Texas
2003   "Sisters and Friend", OZ Architecture and Herman Miller, Denver, Colorado
2002  

Solo Exhibition, Recent Paintings, Dakota Lofts Gallery, Houston, Texas

2000  

“8th Annual Warehouse Art Crawl” Purse Building Studios, Houston, Texas

1999  

“ONE NIGHT HANG”, Second Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Space, Houston, Texas Lee Steffy, juror.
“7th Annual Warehouse Art Crawl”, Purse Building Studios, Houston, Texas

1998  

“6th Annual Warehouse Art Crawl”, Purse Building Studios, Houston, Texas

1996  

One-Woman Exhibition, “Floating On A Darkness”, C.G. Jung Educational Center, Houston, Texas
One-Woman Exhibition, “Thinning The Veil”, Purse Building Studios Main Gallery, Houston, Texas
“4th Annual Warehouse Art Crawl”, Purse Building Studios, Houston, Texas
“The Hair Ball 96”, Two Houston Center, Houston, Texas

1995  

“Sound Of Light,” A Two-Person Exhibition with Max Fritzler, The Purse Building Studios Main Gallery, Houston, TX
1995 Houston Open Studios, Lawndale Art & Performance Center and The Purse Building Studios, Houston, Texas
“Crossings,” A cross exhibition by Texas Artists, The Purse Building Studios Main Gallery, Houston, Texas
“Time Travelers: FavoritISMs,” Texas Accountants & Lawyers for the Arts, INNOVA, Houston, Texas
“3rd Annual Warehouse Art Crawl”, Purse Building Studios, Houston, Texas

1994  

“Third Annual Holiday Party with Silent Auction of Ornaments Created by Artists,” Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, Texas
“2nd Annual Warehouse Art Crawl 1994,” Purse Building Studios, Houston, Texas
“Virtual Auction,” Art League of Houston, Houston, Texas
“Dia de los Muertos,” Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, Texas
“Plates of Plenty,” fund-raiser for S.E.A.R.C.H. (Service for the Emergency Aid Resource Center for the Homeless), JoAnn’s, River Oaks, Houston, Texas
“Statewide Multi-Media Juried Art Show,” Co-operative of Women Artists, Deborah Ellington, juror, Huntsville, Texas
“Discovery,” Recent work by Houston Area Artists selected and curated by the Artist Directors of the Art League of Houston, Houston Texas
“Rush Hour Art Stop,” Erie City Iron Works Gallery, Houston, Texas
“Texas Association of Museums Tours,” Erie City Iron Works Gallery, Houston, Texas
“The Hairball,” NationsBank Lobby, Houston, Texas

1993  

“First Annual Warehouse Crawl,” Erie City Iron Works, Houston, Texas

1992  

“A Jazzy Affair,” Shepherd Plaza, Houston, Texas
“NGWA Show and Competition,” Houston, Texas

1991  

“Visual Arts Alliance Membership Competition,” Bruce Wolf, juror, Houston, Texas
“12th Annual Pasadena Art League Juried Show,” Honorable Mention, Janet Landay, juror, Pasadena, Texas
“Square Foot of Space,” Art League of Houston, Houston, Texas

1990  

“Visual Arts Alliance Membership Competition,” Richard Stout, juror, Houston, Texas
“Student Exhibition,” University of Houston, Blaffer Gallery, Bill Dennard, Janet Landay, Christopher Mayes, John Spranga, Jim Walker, Sandra P. Zilker, jurors, Houston, Texas
“Seventh Annual Spring Exhibition Juried Show,” Galveston Art League, Patricia C. Johnson, juror, Galveston, Texas
“The Dishman Competition,” Lamar University, Betty Moody, juror, Beaumont, Texas
“Membership Competition,” Art League of Houston, Gael Stack, juror, Houston, Texas
“The East End Art Auction and Dance Party,” Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston, Texas
“The South Shepherd Show,” Artigiani Galleries and Eclipse Entertainment, Houston, Texas
“Art Dog Show,” University of Houston Art Annex, Houston Texas
Best of A.S.P. (Associations of Student Painters), University of Houston Art Annex, Houston, Texas

1989  

“A Square Foot of Space,” Art League of Houston, Houston, Texas

1988  

“1988 Annual Student Exhibition,” University of Houston, Blaffer Gallery, Wayne Brown, Kevin Mercier, Joanne Taylor, Clint Willour, Marilyn Zetlin, jurors, Houston, Texas

1983   “Ninth Annual Student Juried Exhibition,” University of Alabama, Leonard Kosianski, juror, Birmingham, Alabama

 

CURATORIAL

1996   “No Two Alike”, Purse Building Studios Main Gallery, Purse Building artists’ group exhibition

 

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

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Christian M. Allmendinger
Sis Anderson
Mr.& Mrs. Floyd Bates
Ms. Frances Broussard
Cynthia & Jim Carroll
Ms. Nancy Chafin
Dan & Laura Coats
Dr. & Mrs. A. J. Coco
Ms. Harvan Conrad
Mark Crosno
Mrs. Mary Eileen Dobson
Dr. Kathleen Earthrowl
Mrs. Connie Eggers
Mrs. Terry Lea Elizondo
Jean Doyle Ferguson
Mr. & Mrs. M. Ferris
James C. Fiedler
Mr. Max Fritzler
Marsha Glickman
Greg & Sue Gruber
Mrs. Ellen Hart
Cynthia Haynie & Paul Bourke
Mitch Henfrey
Dr. Georgia Hitchcock
Carl & Pam Johnson
Gerry Kelsey
Dr. Ronald Kerr

Adrienne C. Lang
Ms. Elinor London
Will Manning
Arlan & Kathleen Meyers
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Martin
Shannon Miller
Mrs. Ella Monbeck
Ms. Tracey Moore
Ms. Paula Murphy
Ms. Lillian Niederhofer
Bonnie O'Conner
Ms. Marolyn O’Connor
Chris Palmeri, Forbes Magazine
Ms. Mary Anna Paul
Dr. & Mrs. M. G. Pena
Dan Podkulski & Michelle Russell
Craig & Ellen Prejean
Kristin Rougeau
Mrs.Vanita Smithey
Mr. & Mrs. P. Staggs
Judge Susan Stoval

Mr. Matthew Sweeney
Tom & Vicki Swindle
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Watson

Leatha Whitmire
Mr. Clint Willour

 

PERSONAL DATA

   

Billye Otten is a native Texan. She currently works in Houston, Texas

 



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