russ havard

Education and activities

Biography

Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, M.A., 1997.
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, B.F.A., 1993.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions
2009 Sea Of Days, George Billis Gallery L.A.
2008 Sea Of Days, Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, TX.
2007 BRIDGES AND DIVIDES, Roanoke College, Salem, VA.
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
George Billis Gallery, New York, NY.
2006 VIEWFINDER, Martha Gault Gallery at Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
2005 CONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPES, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY.
RESONATOR, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX. Curated by Clint Willour.
2004 OPEN WINDOW, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX.
2000 INTRODUCTIONS: Epixenter Gallery, Houston, TX
HYGIENE OF A QUIET MIND: RECENT WORKS BY TEXAS ARTIST, RUSS HAVARD.
Exhibited at Moody Medical Library, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
FRAME OF MIND: RECENT WORKS BY RUSS HAVARD, Museum of East Texas, Lufkin,
Texas.
1997 M.A. Exhibition, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas.

Two Person Exhibitions
2007 NEW WORKS, G2 Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.
2003 NEW WORKS, University Gallery, East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma.
2002 RHYTHMS, Scarborough-Phillips Gallery at St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX.
1997 LANDSCAPE REDEFINED, Northeast Texas Community College, MT. Pleasant, TX.

Selected and Group
Exhibitions
2009 Landscape Affected, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX.
2007 Group Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, C.A.
GOOD NIGHT SUN, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY.
2006 IN THE CITY, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY.
Solomon Fine Art, Seattle, Washington.
2005 UNDERCOVER, Miranda Fine Arts, Port Chester, NY. Curated by Gia Gunthel.
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF HOUSTON CEBRATES ART 2005. Williams Tower Gallery.
Juried by Domonic Molon.
2004 INDUSTRIAL BEAUTY, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY.
THE GYM SHOW, Manhattan Athletic Gym, New York, NY.
GREAT THINGS IN SMALL PACKAGES, Gray Matters Gallery, Dallas TX.
SPHERE, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX. Curated by Takako Tanabe.
CONTEMPORARY ART FROM AROUND THE WORLD, Gallery International, Baltimore, MD.
2001 X,Y,Z Mixed media event in collaboration with artists Daniel Tackett and Mihailo Vukelic.
Awarehouse Gallery, Austin, Texas.
ARTMA 2001. Silent Auction for the Morgan Adams Memorial Neuro-Oncology Research Fund at The Children’s Hospital of Denver. Lighting Services Inc. Denver, Colorado.
HOUSTON ASSISTANCE LEAGUE CELEBRATES ART 2001. Williams Tower Gallery. ( Collaboration with artist Mihailo Vukelic.) Juried by Terrie Sultan.
1999-2000
TRANSCENDING LIMITS: MOVING BEYOND MAINSTREAM AND MARGIN, Texas Fine Arts
Association, Austin, Texas (touring exhibition) Juried by Michael Ray Charles and Don Bacigalupi.
Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX.
Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio TX.
The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, TX.
Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas TX
Abraham Gallery, Wayland Baptist University, Plainview TX.
1999 SHORT STORIES: SMALL WORKS BY 19 ARTISTS WORKING IN A VARIETY OF MEDIA,
Mill River Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland.
1998 GREATER RESTON ART CENTER’S 1998 ANNUAL FINE ART’S EXHIBITION,
Reston, Virginia. Juried by James W. Mahoney.
THE DISHMAN COMPETITION, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. Juried by Professor
James Yood.
FAC ANNUAL, Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX. Juried by David Hickey.
1997 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF ART AND DESIGN SHOW, Curated by
Professors Gary Frields and Mary McCleary, Stephen F. Austin State University.
Nacogdoches, Texas.
1996 HORACE CARDWELL COMPETITION, Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, Texas. Juried by
Alison de Lima Greene, Twentieth Century curator for the Museum of Fine Arts Houston,
Tom Livesay, Director of the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, and J.P. McDonald, Director of the Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, TX.

Publications

New American Paintings vols. 30 and 48

My favourites

Artist

Freidrich, Paul Klee, Anselm Keifer, William Blake, Turner, Johns, Mihailo Vukelic, Daniel Tackett

Movie

The Thin Red Line, Vernon, Florida, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

Literature

Basho, William Blake, Ravi Zacharias, C.S. Lewis, Cormac McCarthy, Rilke, Jim Harrison, Herman Hesse, Somerset Maugham

Music

Bob Dylan, Bruce Cockburn, Neil Young, Ali Farka Toure, Curtis Mayfield, Country Willie Edwards, Paul Westerberg, Joni Mitchell

Interests

Playing music, taking photographs, seeing different places, weather, green tea, painting, woodworking