Garrett Griffin

B. Biloxi, MS.

Education

2024

MFA in Painting, University of Houston, Houston, TX

2013

B.A. in Studio Arts, Painting, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

2011

Intensive semester of Culture and Language, Deusto University, Bilbao, Spain

Solo Show/ Two-Person Show

2024

Forthcoming, November, LRT Gallery, Houston, TX

2023

Body Reader, Elgin Street Gallery, Houston, TX

Relics, Front Gallery, Houston, TX

Vessels, Voids and Forms, Elgin Street Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Group Shows

2024

Form + Void, with Doug Welsh and Angel Oloshove, Lonestar Community College, Curated by Rabea Ballin

Forthcoming, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX, with Eduardo Portillo and Paul Fleming

2023

EAST, Big Medium, Austin, TX, Curated by Johnathan Paul Jackson

The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, Juried by Kanitra Fletcher

2022

Hey Young World Emerging Artist Exhibit, Sanman Studios, Houston, TX

Nuanced Black, Community Artists’ Collective, Houston, TX

2019

Reading Painting, Curated by Maya Strauss and Seth Becker,

Treasure Town, Brooklyn NY 

2018

White and Black, Site Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, Juried by Rosario Güiraldes

2016

Fight or Flight, The Painting Center, New York, NY (Juried)

Collections

2011

Mountain View College, Dallas, TX

2013

University of Texas at Arlington Fine Arts Building, Arlington, TX

Reviews & Press

Becker, Chris. “‘Nuanced Black’ puts works from local Black fine arts degree candidates on view, 2022”

https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/art-exhibits/nuanced-black-exhibit-puts-artfrom-black-17171162

“Nuanced Black”, featured in Glasstire Top 5, May 19th, 2022

Residencies

Vermont Studio Center, 2017

Marfa Dirt Residency, Hosted by University of Houston

Teaching Experience

Adjunct Faculty at University of Houston, 2022-2024, Drawing Fundamentals

Teacher at Project Row House, 2023-2024, Summer Art Intensive