H O O K S – E P S T E I N G A L L E R I E S 2631 Colquitt Houston, TX 77098 713.522.0718
JULIE BROOK ALEXANDER
EDUCATION 1997 Master of Arts in Teaching, Concentration in Art, Rice University, Houston, TX 1979 Master of Accountancy, Rice University, Houston, TX 1978 Bachelor of Arts. University of Texas, Austin, TX
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2020 Savoring, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX (upcoming) 2018 Collecting Echoes, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 2016 Filling in the Blanks, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 2015 New Work, Margolis Gallery, Congregation Beth Israel, Houston, TX 2014 Parables, Perspectives, and Epiphanies – Painting with Photographs, Hooks Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 2012 Realities Reconsidered, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 2010 Reading Between the Lines, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 2009 Reading Between the Lines, Armstrong Atlantic State University Gallery, Savannah, GA 2008 Undercurrents, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 2006 From Memory to Meditation, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 2005 Coloring Outside the Lines, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2020 Print Auction Exhibit, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX 2019 Print Auction Exhibit, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX 2018 The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC 2017 Water, juried by Jennifer Murray, Juror’s Choice Award, Center for Fine Art Photography, For Collins, CO Director’s Cut, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA Inherent Vitality, 555 Gallery, Boston, MA Pairings, 555 Gallery, Boston, MA Print Auction Exhibit, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX 2016 Securing the Glow: Photographs of Clouds, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX Crystal Visions, curated by Kinzelmanart.com, Gensler Houston Corporate Offices, Houston, TX 58th Annual Delta Exhibition, juried by Liz Garvey, Honorable Mention, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR Group Dynamics, juried by Clint Willour, Aker Gallery, Houston, TX Houston Center for Photography Print Auction Exhibit, Houston, TX 2014 Natural Wonders juried by Susan Spiritus, Center for Fine Art Photography, Director’s Choice Award, Fort Collins, CO Print Auction Exhibit, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX 2013 Fresh 2013 - Online Showcase, curated by W.M. Hunt and Darren Ching, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 6th Annual Summer Juried Show, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (CONT’D) 2013 Stories, Memories, Histories, juried by Regina Anzenberger, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO Focal Point: Fine Art and Creative Photography 2013, juried by Alex Castro, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD Collector’s Choice Juried Exhibition, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art, juried by Irene Hoffman, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX 2012 Birds: Real or Imagined, juried by S. Gayle Stevens, Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, VT Photocollage and Montage, portfolio showcase, Davis-Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY llusion Exhibition, juried by Terry Etherton, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO Invited to participate in slideshow accompanying the exhibition entitled Digital Darkroom, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA 2011 The Book, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX Collage, curated by Kinzelman Art, Bank of America Center, Houston, TX 2010 The Art of Photography Today 2, juried by Hal Gould and Loretta Young-Gautier, Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, CO Artist Dialogue Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX 53rd Annual Delta Exhibition, juried by Meredith Ward, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR American Landscapes juried by Ann Shafer. First Prize, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD The Big Show, juried by Paul Middendorf, Lawndale Art Center Houston, TX 2009 American Landscape Show, juried by Claudia Rousseau, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD National Juried Competition: Works on Paper, juried by Shelley Langdale, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art, juried by Shelley Langdale, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX 2008 The Art of Politics, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 51st Annual Delta Exhibition, juried by Eleana Del Rio, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR American Landscape Show, juried by Lennox Campello, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD Unabridged Editions - Women in Visual and Literary Arts, The Museum of Printing History, Houston, TX Print Auction Exhibit, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art, juried by Dr. Kevin Salatino, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX 2007 Ten Women, Ten Perspectives Invitational Show, Nassau Bay, TX American Landscape Show, juried by George Gurney, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD Cream of Rice Group Exhibition, Highland Gallery, Marfa, TX 31 Artist 31 Works, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX Cream of Rice Group Exhibition, The Women’s Institute of Houston, Houston, TX HCP Juried Member Show, juried by Anne Wilkes Tucker, The Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX National Society of Artists 23rd National Juried Show, juried by Lou Smillie, The Art Alliance at Clear Lake, Clear Lake, TX 2006 Twenty-Fourth Annual Juried Membership Exhibition, juried by Clint Willour, Third Place, Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX Corridor of Art, First Frontier Collage Society Juried Show, juried by Carrie Burns Brown, Austin, TX
2 SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (CONT’D) 2006 Summer Juried Show, Juror’s Choice Award, The Arts Alliance at Clear Lake, Clear Lake, TX Houston, It’s Worth It, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX The Big Show, juried by Dominic Molon, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX 2005 Visual Arts Alliance Member Show, Houston, TX Invitational Found Object Show, The Arts Alliance at Clear Lake, Clear Lake, TX Diptych, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 2004 Women in Visual and Literary Arts, Museum of Printing History, Houston, TX 2003 Open Juried Show, Art League of Houston, Houston, TX 2003 Women in Visual and Literary Arts, Museum of Printing History, Houston, TX
AWARDS AND HONORS 2018 Guest Speaker, Speaking of Photography Series, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA 2016 Category Winner for Nature Series, “9th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers”, juried by Andrea Holzherr, Berlin Foto Biennale, Berlin, Germany Finalist for Critical Mass, Photolucida, Portland, OR Accepted as Participant for Review Santa Fe Photo Festival, “CENTER”, Santa Fe, NM 2006 “Juror’s Choice Award”, Summer Juried Show, The Arts Alliance, Clear Lake, TX 2005 “Third Place”, Congregation Beth Israel Member Show, juried by Barbara Davis, Houston, TX 2004 “Best in Mixed Media”, The Arts Alliance at Clear Lake and The Bay Area Photography Club Exhibition, juried by Allison Hunter, Clear Lake, TX 2003 “Honorable Mention”, The Arts Alliance at Clear Lake and The Bay Area Photography Club Exhibition, juried by Bill Frazier, Cleark Lake, TX 2002 “Best in Show”, Fiber Artist’s Guild of Houston Show, juried by Cas Holmes, Houston, TX
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2016 Koslov, Geoffrey. “The Metaphorical Image – Works of Julie Brook Alexander”. Foto Relevance. 21 September 2016,
SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS Lehigh University Art Gallery, Bethlehem, PA Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Joachim Paiva Collection, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Robert I. Kahn Gallery, Congregation Emanu El, Houston, TX
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