Resume

Tanna Bennett

Exhibitions

2024

December - "Heights Artisan Market 2024 Invitational", Houston, TX

November - "32nd Annual Art Crawl", Hardy and Nance Studios, Houston, TX

June - "Portraits in June", Juried Show, Hardy and Nance Studios, Houston, TX

March - "Houston FotoFest: Memory Map", Juried Show, Hardy and Nance Studios, Houston, TX

February - "Art Gallery Group Show: Southern Kindness Gallery", Invitational, Houston, TX

2023

December - "Heights Artisan Market 2023 Invitational", Houston, TX

August - "Upcycle Art Challenge", Juried Show, Baytown Art League, TX

2022

December - "Bayou City Clay Crawl", Houston, TX

2021

December - "Bayou City Clay Crawl", Houston, TX

December - "Heights Artisan Market", Houston Heights

November - "ArtCrawl 2021 - Mother Dog Studios", Houston, TX

2020

November - "ArtCrawl 2020 - Mother Dog Studios", Houston, TX

February - "Valentine Show", Moran/Valverde Studio, Houston, TX

2019

December - "Red and White Gallery, Small Works Show Invitational", Fayetteville, TX

December - "Heights Artisan Market", Houston Heights, TX

November - "Invitational Show: ArtCrawl Houston 2019, Mother Dog Studios, Houston

2018

December - "Red and White Gallery, Small Works Show Invitational", Fayetteville, TX

October - Invitational Ceramic Show, Red & White Gallery, Fayetteville, TX

August - Portrait Society of America "Face Off", Winter Street, Houston Arts District

May – “Real/Surreal” exhibition, juried show, Won “Best in Show”, Houston Arts District, Houston, TX

May – “Come Together” exhibition, curated collaborative artist’s show, Houston Arts District

April – “Spring Biannual”- Houston Arts District, Houston, TX

2017

December - "Winter Biannual", Houston Arts District, Houston, TX

November - "Art Crawl", Invitational, Mother Dog Studios, Houston

October - "Fall Biannual", Houston Arts District, Houston, TX

October – “Fired Up: Sculpture from the Silos”, Sculpture Installations by Tanna Bennett, Mary Aldrich, Vivian Pastor and Damon Thomas. The Silos Gallery Two, Houston Arts District

July - "Summer Series II", Houston Arts District, Houston, TX

June - "Midsummers Dreams", Houston Arts District, Houston, TX

June - "Summer Series I", Houston Arts District, Houston, TX

June - “Empty Bowls Houston”, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

April - "Spring Biannual", Houston Arts District, Houston, TX

2016

December - "Silos Winter Exhibition", Houston Arts District. Houston, TX

November - “ArtCrawl 2016”, invitational show, Houston

November - "ClayHouston Member Exhibition, Juried Member Show, Houston, received Special Merit Award November - "Sculpture Month", citywide multiple exhibitions, Mother Dog Studios, Houston September through January 2017 - “Craft Texas 2016”, juried show, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

April - “Clay, Body, Mind and Soul”, Jung Center, juried ceramic artwork show, Houston, TX

2015

November – 23rd ArtCrawl 2015, Mother Dog Studios, Houston

October – 2015 Clay Houston Member Show at 18 Hands Gallery, Houston

2014

November – Heights Open Studios – 1st Annual open studios tour of professional Houston Heights Artists.

August - "Cool Art/Hot Nights", Group art show, Houston Heights, Texas

2013

November - 21st Annual ArtCrawl, Mother Dog Studios, Houston

August - "White Linen Night 2013" Houston Heights

March - "36th Annual International Watercolor Exhibition", Watercolor Art Society Houston, Houston, Texas

2012

Dec. - "Pentimento", Artist Invitational, Waterstone Gallery, Portland, OR

October - "43rd Annual Members Exhibit", Watercolor Art Society Houston, received Merchandise Award, Houston

April - "SOS - Spring Open Studios", Winter Street Studios, Houston, Texas

March - "35th International Watercolor Show", Houston, Texas

2011

November – “Art on the Avenue”, Winter Street Studios, Houston, Texas

October - "Winter Street Studios Annual Artist's Show", Houston, Texas

August - White Linen Night at Coldwell Banker, Two Houston Artists: Tanna Bennett and Deborah Morris, Houston

July - "One: Art Show Benefitting Doctors without Borders", Invitational Show, Elder Street Gallery, Houston

April - Finalist with the Hunting Art Prize, Houston, Texas

March - "34th International Watercolor Show", Watercolor Art Society Houston, received Merit Award, Houston

2010

December - "It's Raining Cats and Dogs" Invitational Art Show, Mother Dog Studios, Houston, Texas

November - "18th Annual Artcrawl", Mother Dog Studios, Houston, Texas

November - "Open Studio Space: Art Square on Main", guest artist of Jennifer Dunn, Houston, Texas

August - "Co-Existing", Coordinator of Show, Group Show: Tanna Bennett, Jennifer 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” Art Show, Elder Street Gallery, Houston, TX

August - “Art of Marcus Mann & Tanna Bennett”, Invitational Show, Houston

July - “Independence Day”, Elder Street Gallery, Artist Invitational representing 40 Houston artist, Houston, TX

2007

November - “15th Annual Artcrawl Houston”, Mother Dog Studios, Houston, TX

October - “38th Annual Members Exhibit: Watercolor Art Society - Houston”, received Merchandise Award. October - “2007 Grand National Watercolor Competition: Mississippi Watercolor Society”, Mississippi Art Museum, Jackson, MS

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: A Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2002

Nov.-Dec. - “Small Works II: Little Gems”, Group Show, Artstudio: A Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

September - “Group Show”, Artstudio, Santa Fe, NM

August - “Tanna Bennett and Ruth Wright Paulsen: New Paintings”, Artstudio: A Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

July - “Realism: A Close Observation”, Invitational, Artstudio: A Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

June - “Still Life”, Invitational, Artstudio: A Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

March - “National Parks and Monuments”, Invitational, Artstudio: A Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

February - “Sensual”, Invitational, Artstudio: A Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

January - “Winter Blooms”, Invitational, Artstudio: A Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2001

November - “Small Works I”, Group Show, Artstudio: A Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

August - “Nature Observed”, Artists 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 Art 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

Residency Programs

2017 – Summer Residency at Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts

Elected Positions - Current

2017 - Artist Advisory Council (ACC) at Sawyer Yards representative of Silos Building

Education

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

Fine Art Training

●Intensive Workshop, International School of Ceramic Arts, Kecskemet, Hungary

●Summer Invitational, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Maine

●Workshop with Phillippe Faraut at the Longview Museum of Art. Sculpting the Head.

●Workshop at Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT

●The Museum of Printmaking History, Introduction to Lithography with artist-in-residence, Charles Criner, and Introduction to Monoprint

●Koo Schadler Egg Tempera Workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico

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

●Seattle Academy of Realist Art, Seattle, WA (now Gage Academy of Art):

●Workshops with Tony Ryder, Martha Mayer Erlebacher and Sigmund Abele

●Daniel Greene Painting Workshop, Sacramento, CA

●Hipbone Studio, Classical Figurative Sculpture Classes with Jeff Burke, Portland, Oregon

●Marylhurst University, Lake Oswego, Oregon

●Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon

●Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Orego

Non-Profit

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

2008 - April: Art Show by Houston Rescue and Restore Coalition: “Look Beneath the Surface: Ending Modern Day Slavery”, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church

March: MD Anderson, “Heroes and Handbags” Auction, River Oaks Country Club, Houston

2007 - October: Lawndale Art Center - Retablos Auction, Houston, TX

Publications

2012 - Watercolor Art Society Houston "35th International Exhibition 2012" Catalog/Awarded Signature Membership Status with Watercolor Art Society Houston

2011 - Watercolor Art Society Houston "34th International Exhibition 2011" Catalog

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 Water media 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

Bennett Fine Art Studio, LLC, Houston, TX, by appointment, tannbennett@tannabennettartist.com

Organizations

National Portrait Society

National Sculpture Society

Art Related Work Experience

Conduct Private Classes for adults in private Art Studio in the Houston Heights

Professional Artist since 1995

Presently own and operate Bennett Fine Art Studio, LLC, Houston, Texas

Co-Owned and operated Artstudio: A Gallery, a gallery in Santa Fe, NM 2000-2005

Waterstone Gallery, an artist’s cooperative gallery founded in 1992, Portland, Oregon - one of several artists who operated the gallery in the middle 1990s