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.

JURIED SHOWS AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

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

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

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

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

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

“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

“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

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

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

“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

“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

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

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

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