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Arthur Turner Biography
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Born in Houston, Texas, 1940
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Currently lives and works in Houston
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M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1966
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B.A., North Texas State University, Denton, Texas, 1962
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First Award, Clear Lake Arts Alliance Exhibition, Houston, Texas, 2000
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Travel grant from Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, 1992
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Selected for Outstanding Educator of America Awards Program, 1973
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First Award, Corpus Christi Art Founation Annual Exhibition, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1973
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First Purchase Award, Beaumont Art Museum, 20th Annual Exhibition, 1971
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Purchase Prize, 22nd Annual Texas Watercolor Society Exhibition, San Antonio , TX, 1971
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007
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“The Book”, College of the Mainland Art Gallery, Texas City, Texas
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2007
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“Looking Back”, Retrospective Exhibition,” Jung Center, Houston, Texas (solo)
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2006
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“Flight”, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas (solo)
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2006
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“Artist’s Eye”, The Jung Center, Houston, TX, curated by Arthur Turner
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2006
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“Collectors X 3”, Art League Houston, Houston, Texas
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2005
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“Rocky Mountain National Watermedia”, Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado
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2005
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“The Natural World”, Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas
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2004
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“Texas Expanses”, Travis Tower Lobby, Houston, Texas
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2004
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“Indigo Variations”, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas (solo)
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2004
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“The Landscape as a Point of Reference”, College of the Mainland Art Gallery, Texas City, Texas (solo)
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2003
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“Arthur Turner and Ellen Hart”, South Shore Harbor Resort, League City, Texas
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2003
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“Überblick 2003”, Malakademie Schloss Goldegg, Goldegg, Austria
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2002
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“5x7”, Texas Fine Arts Association, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
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2002
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“Project Phoenix”, Red Bud Gallery, Houston, Texas
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2002
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“Spirit of the Planet”, The Art in Embassies Program, Vienna, Austria, organized for the residence of the United States Ambassador to the United Nations (solo)
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2002
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“Watercolors”, Lew Allen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico (solo)
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2002
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“Forces of Nature”, Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas (solo)
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2001
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“Reserved Light”, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas; Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas (solo)
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2001
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“Nightscapes and Other Stories”, The Jung Center, Houston, Texas (solo)
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2001
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“Windows of Light”, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas (solo)
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2001
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“The Box”, Hooks Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas
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2000
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“25 Years”, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas
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2000
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“Watercolor USA”, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
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1999 - 2000
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“Selections from ‘Symbols of Change’”, Warwick Hotel, Houston, Texas (solo)
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1999
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“Symbols of Change”, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas (solo)
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1999
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“Earth, Fire & Water”, Brazosport Art Center, Lake Jackson, Texas (solo)
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1999
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“Arthur Turner”, Cerling Etching Studio, Houston, Texas (solo)
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1999
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“Watercolorists”, Cloister Gallery, Christ Church Cathedral, Houston, Texas; curated by Arthur Turner
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1998
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“House of 3-D”, The Glassel School of Art Auction, The Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
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1996
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“Pecos River Series”, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas (solo)
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