Clinton Millsap

Artist

Since I can remember I have made marks, all kinds of marks. Utilizing any and every tool to make art.  Crayons, pencils, pens, markers, paint, metal, glass, stone, photographs even written words.  I spent much of my life confused as to what my work was trying to say. Attempting to discover what is it that I am trying so compulsively get out into the world through images. I only just recently discovered what “ it “ is. I simply love the act, of mark making. I appreciate each medium for what it can offer me with each individual image I'm in the mood to construct. I am always happier with the process of mark making, than I am in the result. Once the image is completed the excitement of almost getting to the top of the hill, turns into tumbling down the other side.  I enjoy, watching others see what I have made. Relishing in true reactions, the mark I am making on someone.  Again enjoying watching the process of someone interpreting what they see. I am a mark maker.

Museum Exhibitions

2021 Alexandria Museum of Art, 34th - September Competition, Alexandria, LA

2021 Art Museum TX Sugarland, Sugarland, TX

2021 Houston Holocaust Museum, Withstand - Latinx Art in Times of Conflict

2021 San Antonio Art League & Museum, 91st Annual San Antonio Art League Exhibition, San Antonio, TX

2020 Art In Isolation, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota

2020 Beeville Art Museum 2020 Texas Artist Exhibition, Beeville, TX

2020 Atelierhaus Hilmsen Exhibition, Tagebuch-Covid 19-Daybook, Mönchskirche Salzwedel, Germany 

2020 90th Juried Artists Exhibition, San Antonio Art League & Museum, San Antonio, TX







Juried Exhibitions

2021 Houston Holocaust Museum, Withstand - Latinx Art in Times of Conflict

2021 14th Annual Rising Eyes of Texas, Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX

2021 CAL Spring Judged Show 2021, Conroe Art League, Conroe, TX

2020 Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2020 Juried Art Show, KBR Building, Houston, TX

2020 Rising Eyes of Texas 2020, Rockport Center for the Arts Juried Art Show, Rockport, TX

2020 90th Juried Artists Exhibition, San Antonio Art League & Museum, San Antonio, TX

2020 Archway Gallery Twelfth Annual Juried Exhibition 


Exhibitions

2018 Hardy & Nance Studios Group Show, Nightmares II Art Show, Houston, TX

2019 Hardy & Nance Studios Group Show, Just INK ( Chapter 8 )  Art Show, Houston, TX

2019 Hardy & Nance Studios Group Show, Nightmares III Art Show, Houston, TX

2019 Hardy & Nance Studios The Artist You Can Become Art Show, Houston, TX

2020 HBU Fine Arts Gallery, Get Ready II Survey of MFA Candidates 2020, Houston, TX


Solo Exhibitions

2017 Solo Exhibition, 90 Drawings in 90 Days, Art For the People Gallery, Austin, TX

1997 Solo Exhibition, Closure, Joesph V. Canzani Center, Senior Thesis Show, Columbus, OH


Grants and Awards

1991 Scholarship Winner: Texas Tech High school Art Summer Camp, Junction, TX

1992 Scholarship Winner: Columbus College of Art & Design, B.F.A. Program

2019 Scholarship Winner: Houston Baptist University, M.F.A. Program

2020 1st Prize Winner: Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2020 Juried Art Show, KBR Building, Houston, TX

2020 Honorable Mention Winner: Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2020 Juried Art Show, KBR Building, Houston, TX

2021 1st Prize Winner: Mixed Media, CAL Spring Judged Show 2021, Conroe Art League, Conroe, TX

2021 3rd Prize Winner: Houston Holocaust Museum, Withstand - Latinx Art in Times of Conflict


Education

2021 Master of Fine Arts , Studio Art Painting and Drawing Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX

2000 Summer Session Renaissance Oil Painting, Florence Academy of Art

Florence, Italy

1997 BFA in Studio Art: Painting & Drawing, Columbus College of Art & Design

Columbus, OH

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