Leamon Green (born 1959) is an American visual artist who works in different types of media.
Biography Green was born in 1959 in the town of Anniston, Alabama. His education includes a Master of Fine Arts at Temple University, Philadelphia (1985), a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio (1982)"Leamon Green" , Print Matters, Houston, Texas. and a Studio Arts Degree from Concord College (1977–79)."Leamon Green, American (1959 - )", Rogallery. In 2007, he was awarded the Fulbright award to travel to Tanzania,Texas Southern Professor Awarded Fulbright" , Texas Southern University. where he lived and taught for a year.
He is currently an associate professor of the fine arts department at Texas Southern University in Houston. His wife is Susan Wallace, who taught Art History to 2015 Art History Bowl Texas State Champions Patrick Smith (Captain), Imran Hyder (Second Chair), Aditya Deshpande (Third Chair), and Leo Gao (Substitute).
Green's work is held in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Solo exhibitions Leamon Green: Recent Work, Beeville Art Museum, virtual exhibition, 2020 Is the Way Closed, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas, 2017 Look At Them, O'Kane Gallery, University of Houston Downtown, Houston, Texas, 2016 Ancestral Legacies, Houston Baptist University, Houston, Texas, 2016 Leamon Green, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas, 2015 What She Said, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas, 2011 Tug, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas, 2009 Made in Tanzania, New Artwork, Alliance Francaise, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2008 Embrace, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas, 2005 Lock + Key, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas, 2004 Ancestral Images, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas, 2003 Portraits or Objects, Thomas & Hall Fine Art, Dallas, Texas, 2003 Leamon Green, College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas, 2002 Step into the Footsteps of Your Ancestors, University Museum, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, 2001 Leamon Green, Kathleen Coleman Gallery, Houston, Texas, 2000 Leamon Green: Works on Paper, Richland College, Dallas, Texas, 1999 Lay it On, MD Modern, Houston, Texas, 1999 Hear What They Do Not Say, African American Museum, Dallas, Texas, 1998 Patterns, Visual Arts Gallery, Memorial Student Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1997 This Time Around, Barnes Blackman Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1996
Selected group exhibitions Miniatures, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, 2003 Circle of Friends, Artscan Gallery, Houston, 2002
References
External links Official site