Education
2013 Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
MFA, Mount Royal School of Art
Graduate Program Assistant
Certificate in the College Teaching of Art
2008 University of Georgia, Athens, GA
BFA Painting and Drawing, BA English
Summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Honors Program
2006 San Luis Ecolodge, San Luis, Costa Rica
Public Art Projects
Richmond Animal Shelter, Richmond, BC (Upcoming August 2023)
Vancouver Mural Festival, River District Mural, Vancouver, BC
Houston Arboretum, Houston, TX
United Airlines, Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, TX
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Buffalo Bayou Partnership, Houston, TX
Awards and Honors
2019 Houston HAA Support for Artists and Creative Individuals Grant
2015 Houston HAA Individual Artist Grant
2014 Artist in Residence, HCC Southeast, Houston, TX
Best in Show, EXPO, Gallery 500x
Best in Show, The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center
2013 MICA Vermont Studio Center Fellowship
2011 Maryland Institute College of Art Merit Scholarship
2010 Forum 35 Award, ArtMelt, Louisiana State Museum
2007 Participant in CURO International Symposium
Mary Rosenblatt Art Scholarship
UGA Amazing Student
2006 CURO Summer Fellow
Residencies
2013 Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2008 Schloss Plüschow, Plüschow, Germany
Exhibitions
2023 New and Emerging, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2019 Cosmic Garden, HCC Central, Houston, TX
Alternate Pathways, The Union, Houston, TX
2018 Endless Summer, Sabine Street Gallery, Houston, TX
44 Artists From Texas, LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
World of Frida, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2017 New Texas Talent, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2016 The Bayou Botanist, The Silos at Sawyer Yards, Houston, TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, curated by Tina Kukielski,
Executive director of Art21 and Apsara DiQuinzio, Phyllis C.
Wattis MATRIX Curator BAMPFA, Houston, TX
2015 The Charm of the Spectacle, Nicole Longnecker Gallery, curated by
Scarlett Taylor, Houston, TX
Pool Party, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, TX
ALH celebrates Texas Art 2015, Williams
Tower Gallery, Houston, TX, curated by Dean Sobel, Director of Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO
2014 The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX, curated by Erin
Elder, Director of the Center for the Contemporary Arts Santa Fe
Introductions, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
EXPO, Gallery 500x, Dallas, TX, curated by Gabriel Ritter, Assistant
Curator of Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of Art
ALH celebrates Texas Art 2014, Williams Tower
Gallery, Houston, TX, curated by Rock Hushka, Curator at
Tacoma Art Museum
The 27th Annual McNeese National Works On Paper, Lake Charles, LA,
curated by Louis Grachos, Director of The Contemporary Austin
On the Map of My Empire, Installation for HCC Southeast, Houston, TX
2013 Makeshift Metropolis, MICA MFA Thesis, Meyerhoff Gallery,
Baltimore, MD
2012 First Year Show, D Center MICA, Baltimore, MD
2011 Mt Royal Fall Show, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2010 ArtMelt, Louisiana State Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
Evolution, Community Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
Bibliography
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https://opusartsupplies.com/blogs/resource-library/it-starts-with-wonder
ArtMaze Magazine, Issue 5, Autumn 2017
Create Magazine, Issue III, Spring 2017
Danielle Krysa, The Jealous Curator Blog. October 5, 2017.
http://www.thejealouscurator.com/blog/2017/10/05/celan-bouillet/
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Spaces to Canvas,” Houstonia, September 13, 2016.
Molly Glentzer, “Artist Celan Bouillet finds the inspiration for her tapestries in
public green spaces,” Houston Chronicle, September 9, 2016.
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Selections,” April 22, 2013.