EDUCATION
2006 MFA, University of Houston, TX
1999 BA, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Study Abroad, Art History, Italy, McNeese State University
1995 Study Abroad, German, Goethe Institut, Mannheim, Germany
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Pictures of Text, Photography Collection at the Kinder, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX
The Hair Salon, Mashburn Gallery, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design, University of Houston, TX
2022 The Story of Photography, FotoFest Participating Space, Lone Star College-North Harris, Houston, TX
Perspectives, Faculty Exhibition, Lone Star College, Houston, TX
Looking Back, Cluley Projects, Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas, TX
Rockets X CAMH, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston & Houston Rockets
Round 53: The Curious Case of Critical Race-Theory?, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
2021 The Box-Invitational, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX
Soft Veneers and Fresh Cycles, Cluley Projects, curated by Leslie Moody Castro, Dallas, TX
Aesthesis, Solo Exhibition, Bosque Gallery, Houston, TX
Perspectives, Faculty Exhibition, Lone Star College-Harris, Houston, TX
3rd Ward Special: Photography Inspired by Houston’s 3rd Ward area, Community Artist’s Collective, Houston
Levels & Layers: An Artist’s Reflections on Third Ward, TheUniversity Museum at Texas Southern, Houston
Slowed and Throwed: Records of the City Through Mutated Lenses, Artpace, San Antonio, TX
Minding My Business (i said what i said), August Wilson Cultural Center, Pittsburg, PA
In Passing, Sankofa Project, Lawndale, Houston, TX
Collect it for the Culture III, Midway, Houston, TX
2020 Slowed and Throwed, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
On the Surface, The MAC, Dallas, TX
2019 Re/Devaluing Colorism: Intersections of Skin Color and Currency, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio
Cosas Que Vienen, Black Love Festival, presented by The Black School, Houston, TX
Remembering Opelousas, Wedge Space, HCC, Houston
#She Matters, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Artimañas/Revealed, Latino Art Now!, Rudolf Blume Fine Art/ArtScan Gallery, Houston
Collective Presence, curated by Ashley DeHoyos, DiverseWorks, Houston
2018 Reclamation Project, Black Heritage Gallery, Lake Charles, LA
Silos, curated by Jeffreen Hayes, Art League, Houston
Art, Design, Life, DiverseWorks, Houston
MaMA, Women in the Arts, as curator, The Union, Houston
Roux, Prizer Arts & Letters Gallery, Austin, TX
2017 TX 17, Texas Biennial, curated by Leslie Moody Castro, Austin
House of Wahala, Auction curated by Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Diverse Works, Houston
How Do I Say Her Name, Art League, Houston
2016 Trace Echo, Sam Houston State University Gallery, Huntsville, TX
Unapologetic, Community Artists Collective, Houston
2015 Texas Contemporary Art Fair, George R. Brown Convention Center, represented by
Project Row Houses, Houston
Houston Fine Art Fair, NRG Center, represented by Alabama Song, Houston
Coal, The University Museum at Texas Southern University, Houston
Redefining Print, Community Artist Collective, Houston
The Academy of Sellouts, Pulpt Press in association with ARTEC, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Collision: Representation vs. Abstraction in African American Art, HMAAC, Houston
2014 Organized Love: Ideas on Non-Violence, The African American Library at the Gregory School, Participant of Gandhi's Legacy: Houston Perspectives, an initiative of the Menil Collection, Houston
Round 41: Process + Action: An Exploration of Ideas, Project Row Houses, Houston
Prospect.3+ Baton Rouge Invitational, Elevator Projects, Baton Rouge, LA
Houston Fine Art Fair, Alabama Song Booth, NRG Center, Houston
Suga, BLUEOrange Contemporary, Houston
The Visual Blues, LSU Museum of Art at The Shaw Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Houston Press Artopia, Winter Street Studios, Houston
Michael Bise: Artist's Picks, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston
2013 I Am Him, Community Artitst's Collective, Houston
Hirstute, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Fl
BAS, ArtLeague, Houston
Roux, Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Mojo, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX
Amalgamation of Hybrid Themes, HCCS Northline Gallery, Houston
Stir, Gallery M Squared, Houston
2011 What's The New News, Curated by Nathaniel Donnet, Community Artist Collective, Houston
Roux, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
Roux, Houston Museum of African American Culture, Houston
2010 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Finale at VERGE, Rush Arts NYC, Miami Basel, Miami
Tribute to Louise Bourgoise, Darke Gallery, Houston
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2010, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston;
Juror: John Zarobell, Ass. Curator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Luck of the Draw 9, DiverseWorks, Houston
5x7: 11th Annual Art Splurge & Exhibition, ArtHouse at the Jones Center, Austin
2009 Fresh, Solo Exhibition, Joan Wich Gallery, Houston
5x7: 10th Annual Art Splurge & Exhibition, ArtHouse at the Jones Center, Austin
Reigniting the Spirit of Sisterhood, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX
2008 Houston Collects: African American Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Otherwise Constricted, Project Row Houses Round 28, Houston
Love Movement, Community Artist's Collective, Houston
Black, White, a Little Yellow, Joan Wich & Co. Gallery, Houston
Unbleached, Joan Wich & Co. Gallery, Houston
2006 Winter Show, Joan Wich & Co. Gallery, Houston
Yunguns, G Gallery, Houston
Thesis Show, Blaffer Gallery, Houston Ooh, Ooh, Ooh…Me First, Project Gallery, School of Art, UofH
2005 Houston 7, Joan Wich & Co. Gallery, Houston
Prison Industrial Complex, NAACP UH Chapter, UC Arbor, University of Houston
2004 FLEX, Projects Gallery, School of Art, University of Houston
Aids Awareness Week, NAACP UH Chapter, UC Arbor, University of Houston
2003 Beyond Face Value, Women’s Study Dept., University of Houston
2001 Mnemonic Device, Gallery Promenade, Lake Charles, LA |
ARTIST TALKS AND PANELS
2023 Expression is Rare, I Dare You, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
2022 Multicultural Approaches to Art, BVAEA Spotlight on Art Educators, George H.W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum, College Station, TX
Art as Activism Symposium, Prairie View A&M University
Artist Talks, Round 53: The Curious Case of Critical Race-Theory?, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
2021 Texas Talks Art, Virtual lunchtime conversations w/Texas artists & curators, moderators: Sarah Beth Wilson & Erin Carty of Art League Houston, TX
Art at Noon: Rabea Ballin, (Video via Youtube), Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
2020 Latinx Invisibiility: Arts and Culture in Houston, Ford Foundation, TOP, Houston, TX
2019 More Than a Pretty Picture: visibility, community and social commentary in contemporary visual arts., Visual Arts Alliance, MATCH Theater, Houston, TX
Work, Identity and Gender Disparity in the Arts, panelist, Visual Arts Alliance, MATCH Theater, Houston, TX
#She Matters, panelist, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Beauty & Belonging, panelist, UH Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, University of Houston
Roundtable 2: Art and Politics, panelist, Latino Art Now! 2019 Conference, University of Houston
2018 Artist Talk: Silos, curated by Jefreen Hayes, Art League, Houston
Artist Talk: FOTOFEST, re/thinking photography, Conceptual Photography from Texas, Houston Center for Photography & Spring Street Studios, Houston
Curatorial Talk: MaMA, Women in the Arts, as curator, The Union, Houston
2017 How Do I Say Her Name, panelist, DiverseWorks, Houston
2016 Ask Roux, Tiny Art Salon with Diverse Works, Texas Contemporary, Houston
Cycle IV, The Collectors Club, Project Row Houses, Houston
Panelist, Roux: Contemporary Disciplines of Print by Women of the African Diaspora, SGCI International Panel, Portland, Oregon
2015 Artist Talk: The Reclamation Project, The University Museum at Texas Southern University, Houston
Presenter, Lecture Series: Conciousness-Raising as Artistic Act, Round 41, Project Row Houses, Houston
Organized Love: Ideas on Non-Violence Panel Discussion, The African American Library at The Gregory School, Moderated by Garry Reece
Panel Discussion: Art As Activism: Violence, Profiling, Uprising. An Artistic Response.
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas
2014 Artist Talk: Suga, BLUEOrange Contemporary, Houston
Artist Talk: What is Natural, Round 41, Project Row Houses, Houston
2013 Artist Talk: BAS, ArtLeague, Houston
WORK EXPERIENCE
2021-present Gallery Coordinator, Lone Star College-North Harris, Houston, TX
2021- 2022 Fine Art Department Lead Faculty, Lone Star College-North Harris, Houston, TX
2020-present Professor of Fine Arts, Lone Star College-North Harris, Houston, TX
2018- present Art Department Chair, Lone Star College-North Harris, Houston, TX
2018-present Associate Professor of Fine Arts, Lone Star College-North Harris, Houston, TX
2018-2020 Art League Artist Board Member, Houston, TX
2017-2018 DiverseWorks Artist Board Member, Houston, TX
2014 - present Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Lone Star College, Houston
2014-15 Director, Fine Arts Galleries, Lone Star College-North Harris, Houston
2011-14 Adjunct Professor, Fine Arts, Lone Star College, Houston
2010-12 Adjunct Professor, Art History, Our Lady of the Lake University, Houston
2008-present Adjunct Professor, Fine Arts/History, Houston Community College
2008-2009 Instructor, Drawing, University of Houston
2008 Creative Capital Professional Development Program, DiverseWorks,
Project Row Houses Artist Review Panel, Houston
2007-present Instructor, Graphic Design, Westwood College, Houston
Graphic Designer, Joan Wich & Co. Gallery, Houston
2006-2007 Instructor, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston
2004-2008 FAQ-Team, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
2004-2006 Instructor, Drawing, University of Houston
2004 Internship, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
2003-2006 Departmental Assistant, Art History, University of Houston
2000-2006 Instructor, Education and Treatment Council, Lake Charles, LA
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PUBLICATIONS
2018 “Flash Gordon Parks Show.” Flash Gordon Parks Show, KPFT, 27 Mar. 2019.
Casparie, Sabine. “There's A Little Bit of Everything in Texas.” Arts Houston, 2018, pp. 22–25.
Fanfair, Danielle. “TX Studio: Rabea Ballin.” ACTX Arts and Culture Texas, Nov. 2018,
pp. 40–41.
Fotofest Biennial, Exhibition catalog, 2018
2017 Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire. “Texas Biennial Covers the State and Crosses Borders.” Arts and Culture TX, Oct. 2017, pp. 34–37.
Texas Biennial, Exhibition Catalogue 2017
2015 Language and Memory: Redefining Print at Community Artist Collective, Arts + Culture,
2014 The Massachusetts Review, Vol. LV, No. 2,The Studley Press, 2014
100 Creatives 2014: Rabea Ballin, Artist. Houston Press Blog. Web. 5 March 2014
2013 BAS Exhibition Catalogue
2012 Stir at Gallery M Squared. Glasstire. Web. 30 June 2012
Stir Exhibition Catalogue
2011 Roux Exhibition Catalogue
2010 Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, Artisan Series. New York. 2010. Print
Houston, Arts & Power Issue, On the Make. Print
2009 Franklin, John Hope and Alvia J. Wardlaw. Collecting African American Art, The
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009. Print
Rabea Ballin's Headscapes and other Artist's. Houston Chronicle Blog. Web. 7 May 2009
RESIDENCIES
2022 Round 53: The Curious Case of Critical Race…Theory?, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX (March 2022-June 2022)
2019 Collective Presence, micro-residency, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX (March 2019)
2015 Invited guest artist, Tougaloo College, Jackson, Mississippi (July 2015)
2014 Round 41: Process and Action: an exploration of ideas, Project Row Houses,
Houston TX (October 2014-March 2015)
2008 Round 28: Otherwise Constricted, Project Row Houses, Houston,, TX (March 2008-June 2008)
AWARDS AND HONORS
2020/21 Faculty Excellence Award, Lone Star College - North Harris
2020 Insta11ations, Public Art Grant, in partnership with the Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs & Art League Houston
2019 Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant nominee
2018 Artadia Finalist
2017 Texas Biennial Finalist
2010 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Semi-Finalist, Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation
2009 Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award Nominee
2008 HNS Campus Recovery Team, Westwood College, Houston
2005-2006 Dolores Welder Mitchell Fellowship
2003-2004 UH/LASS/Friends Krause Art, Departmental Scholarship
1999 Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges
1998-1999 Barney Cox Memorial Scholarship
1995 German Student Association Scholarship, Goethe Institut, Mannheim, Germany
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