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Tanna Bennett, Fine Artist Resume |
| Tanna Bennett | |
| tanna.bennett@sbcglobal.net | |
| Education | |
| L’Ecole de Albert Defois, Les Cerqueux sous Passavant, France - 10-month intensive study in painting with Ted Seth Jacobs, 2003 | |
| B.A. Journalism, Minor in Graphic Communications, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 1990 | |
| Friendswood High School, Friendswood, Texas 1980 | |
| Exhibitions | |
| 2011 | |
| November | "Art on the Avenue", Houston, Texas |
| October | El Dia de Los Muertos, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas |
| October | Winter Street and Spring Street Studios Annual Artist Exhibition, |
| August | "White Linen Nights" - Tanna Bennett and Deborah Morris, Coldwell |
| July | "One: An Art Show benefitting Doctors without Borders" - Elder |
| May | Invitation Only Show, RavensCourt Gallery, Houston, Texas |
| April | "2011 Hunting Art Prize", Houston, Texas - Finalist |
| April | Houston Heights Association Gala |
| March | "34th International Watercolor Show", Houston, Texas - Merit Award |
| February | Friendswood ISD 2011 Distinguished Alumni |
| 2010 | |
| December | "It's Raining Cats and Dogs" Invitational Art Show, Mother Dog |
| November | "18th Annual Artcrawl", Mother Dog Studios, Houston, Texas |
| November | "Open Studio Space: Art Square on Main", guest artist of Jennifer Madeley Dunn, Houston, Texas |
| August | "Co-Existing", Coordinator of Show, Group Show: Tanna Bennett, Jennifer Madeley Dunn and Marcus Mann, Lyric Centre, Houston, Texas |
| 2009 | |
| November | "17th Annual Artcrawl", Mother Dog Studios, Houston, Texas |
| October | "Communications", Elder Street Gallery, Houston, Texas |
| September | "Miniature Show", Elder Street Gallery, Houston, Texas |
| August | "Experimental", Houston Watercolor Society, Houston, Texas |
| July | "Arboretum Juried Exhibit", Archway Gallery, Houston, Texas |
| July | "The Third Level, Elder Street Gallery, Houston, Texas |
| March | "32nd International Watercolor Show", Houston, Texas |
| January | "Marcus Mann and Friends", Lyric Center Downtown, Houston, Texas |
| 2008 | |
| December | "Art Box Show”, Bering and James Gallery, Houston, Texas |
| November | "16th Annual Artcrawl”, Mother Dog Studios, Houston, Texas |
| October | "Women on Women” show, Elder Street Gallery, Houston, TX |
| August | Private Show, RavensCourt Gallery, "Art of Marcus Mann and Tanna |
| July | Elder Street Gallery, "Independence Day”, representing 40 Houston Artists, Houston, TX |
| May | Private Show, RavensCourt Gallery, "Art of Marcus Mann and Tanna |
| 2007 | |
| November | "15th Annual Artcrawl Houston”, Mother Dog Studios, Houston, TX |
| October | "38th Annual Members Exhibit: Watercolor Art Society - Houston”, Won Materials Award. |
| October | "2007 Grand National Watercolor Competition: Mississippi Watercolor Society” Mississippi Art Museum, Jackson, Mississippi |
| August | "White Linen Night”, Houston Heights, Coldwell Banker, Houston, TX |
| March | "International Watercolor Competition”, Houston Watercolor Society, Williams Tower, Houston, Texas - Won 1st Place in competition |
| 2004 | |
| August | "Group Show”, Artstudio: A Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| 2003 | |
| December | "Small Works III”, Artstudio: A Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| January | "Celebrations” (Group Show), Artstudio, Santa Fe, NM |
| 2002 | |
| Nov./Dec. | "Small Works II: Little Gems”, Group Show, Artstudio, Santa Fe, NM |
| September | "Group Show”, Artstudio, Santa Fe, NM |
| August | "Tanna Bennett and Ruth Wright Paulsen: New Paintings”, Artstudio, Santa Fe, NM |
| July | "Realism: A Close Observation”, Invitational, Artstudio, Santa Fe, NM |
| June | "Still Life”, Invitational, Artstudio, Santa Fe, NM |
| March | "National Parks and Monuments”, Invitational, Artstudio, Santa Fe, NM |
| February | "Sensual”, Invitational, Artstudio, Santa Fe, NM |
| January | "Winter Blooms”, Invitational, Artstudio, Santa Fe, NM |
| 2001 | |
| November | "Small Works I”, Group Show, Artstudio, Santa Fe, NM |
| August | "Nature Observed”, Invitational, Artstudio: A Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| June | "Gallery Premiere”, Gallery Artists, Artstudio: A Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| 1997 | |
| November | "Tanna Bennett and Carol Hall” Two Person Show, Waterstone Gallery, Portland, OR |
| August | "Group Show”, Waterstone Gallery, Portland, OR |
| July | "Northwest Landscapes”, Juried Show, Gresham City Hall, Gresham, OR |
| July | "Art in the Pearl Invitational”, West Linn Library, West Linn, OR |
| June/July | "Artspace Invitational”, Artspace Gallery, Bay City, OR |
| February | "February’s Garden”, Invitational, OMNI Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1996 | |
| November | "Small Works Northwest”, Group Show, Waterstone Gallery, Portland, OR |
| Fine Art Training | |
| The Museum of Printmaking History, Introduction to Lithography and Introduction to Monoprints with artist-in-residence Charles Criner, 2009 | |
| Koo Schadler Egg Tempera Workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2007 | |
| L’Ecole de Albert Defois, Les Cerqueux sous Passavant, France - 10-month intensive study in painting with Ted Seth Jacobs, 2003 | |
| Seattle Academy of Realist Art, Seattle, Washington (now Gage Academy of Art): | |
| Workshops with Tony Ryder (1998, 1999, 2000), Martha Mayer Erlebacher (1998) and Sigmund Abeles (1995) | |
| Daniel Greene Pastel Workshop, Sacramento, California - 1996 | |
| Classical Figurative Sculpture Workshop with Willy Wang, sculptor, Art League, Houston, Texas, 1990s | |
| Hipbone Studio, Classical Figurative Sculpture Classes with Jeff Burke, Portland, Oregon, 1990s | |
| Marylhurst University, Lake Oswego, Oregon, 1990s | |
| Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon, 1990s | |
| Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon, 1990s | |
| Non-Profit (After 2000) | |
| 2009 | February: Auction with Houston Rescue and Restore Coalition, Houston |
| 2008 | Prepared and executed the Houston Rescue and Restore Coalition Art Exhibition Program and Artwork Inventory for the Travelling Art Exhibition, Houston, Texas |
| 2008 | April: Art Show by Houston Rescue and Restore Coalition: "Look Beneath the Surface: Ending Modern Day Slavery”, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Houston, Texas |
| 2008 | March: MD Anderson, "Heroes and Handbags” Auction, River Oaks Country Club, Houston, Texas |
| 2007 | October: Lawndale Art Center - Retablos Auction, Houston, Texas |
| Publications | |
| 2009 | Watercolor Art Society Houston "32nd International Exhibition 2009" Catalog |
| 2008 | "Look Beneath the Surface Art Exhibit Program Guide” Houston Rescue and Restore Coalition |
| 2008 | "26 Best Watermedia Paintings of 2007”, Watercolor Artist Magazine, February 2008 |
| 2007 | Watercolor Art Society Houston "30th International Exhibition 2007” Catalog |
| 2007 | Mississippi Watercolor Society "Grand National Watercolor Exhibition” Catalog |
| Representation | |
| Dunn Bennett Mann Gallery, Houston, Texas 713-880-1727 | |
| Bennett Fine Art Studio, LLC, Houston, Texas, by appointment, 713-880-1727 | |
| Organizations | |
| Watercolor Art Society Houston | |
| Art Related Work Experience | |
| Professional Artist since 1995 | |
| Presently own and operate Bennett Fine Art Studio, LLC, Houston, Texas | |
| Owned and operated ArtStudio: A Gallery, Santa Fe, NM with business partner and artist Ruth Wright Paulsen, 2000-2005 | |
| Waterstone Gallery, an artists cooperative gallery founded in 1992, Portland, Oregon - one of several artists who operated the gallery in the middle 1990s | |