EDUCATION
M.F.A., University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1983. Printmaking & mixed media
sculpture, minor in art history.
B.F.A., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1976. Painting,
minor in art history.
EXHIBITIONS
2007 The 2007 Hunting Art Prize, Decorative Center of Houston, Houston, Texas
Commentary, Fort Worth Public Library, Fort Worth, Texas
First Night Austin, Austin, Texas
Few, Some, Several, Many, More, CRL, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Salon, Faculty Exhibition, CRL, University of Texas, Austin, TX
2006 Contagion Soap (visiting artist commission
public art piece), University of Texas – El Paso,
Texas
Group Show, The People’s Gallery, Austin City Hall, Texas
2004 Jill Bedgood, Jim Brown & Cathy Cunningham, Art League, Houston, Texas.
Faculty Exhibition - University of Texas at Austin, CRL Gallery, Austin, Texas.
2003 At the Edge of Paradise: A Sculptural Dialogue, Jill Bedgood & Beverly Penn, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas.
2002 At the Edge of Paradise: A Sculptural Dialogue, Jill Bedgood
& Beverly Penn, Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas.
North American Sculpture Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado
[Donald Lipski, juror].
2001 Texas Art 2001, Assistance League of Houston, Houston, Texas (Terrie Sultan, juror).
2000 Deadly Sins & Worldly Virtues, Solo, Women & Their Work,
Austin, Texas.
Sculpture 2000, Epixenter Gallery, Houston, Texas.
1999 Texas Art, Assistance League of Houston, Barbara Davis Gallery/Pennzoil Place, Houston, Texas.
1998 Textual Negotiations, Lawndale Art Space, Houston, Texas.
1997-98 Abilene Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Abilene, Texas.
1997 Second Texas Annual, The Contemporary Art Center of Fort Worth, Fort Worth,
Texas (Sue Graze, curator).
Selections from Women & Their Work, J. Wayne Stark University Center Galleries,
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (Annette DiMeo Carlozzi, curator).
1996-97 Pilgrimage: Transformation, sculpture on the grounds, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas.
1996 Connemara Nature Conservancy Sculpture Exhibition, Connemara Nature Conservancy,
Dallas, Texas.
Torture/Sacrifice: Flesh/Spirit, Solo, Ida Green Gallery, Austin College, Sherman,
Texas.
1995 DESCENT (collaborative multi-media installation with Beverly
Penn), Weber State University Art Department Gallery, Ogden, Utah.
Evocative Object, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas (Joan Davidow,
curator).
h x w x DEPTH, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas (Jeffrey Moore,
curator).
1994 Synesthesia, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas (Don
Bacigalupi, curator).
Self-Possessed, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas (Lynn Zelevansky,
juror).
Small Works ‘94, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Alison de Lima
Greene, juror).
New American Talent, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas (Adam
Weinberg, juror).
Texas Art Celebration ‘94, Cullen Center, Houston, Texas (Ned
Rifkin, juror).
1993 Texas Biennial, Food & Fiber Building, Texas State Fair Grounds,
Dallas, Texas (Chris Cowden, Al Harris, Benito Huerta, Marty Mayo, jurors).
San Diego’s 39th Annual Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego,
California (Elizabeth Smith, juror).
Drawing into the 90s, Laguna Gloria art Museum, Austin, Texas--traveled
(Neal Benezra, juror).
In the beginning . . ., invitational, Art Museum of Southeast Texas,
Beaumont, Texas.
State of the Art ‘93, The New England Fine Arts Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
1992 On Death/La Muerte, The Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, El
Paso, Texas.
Unconventional Visions, Austin Visual Arts Association/NAAO Conference,
Austin, Texas.
Primarily Paint, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas--traveling
(Peter Doroshenko, juror).
1992 Critic’s Choice, D-Art Center, Dallas, Texas (Peter Mears,
Betty Moody, Howard Taylor,
jurors).
1992, Visual Arts Alliance, NCNB Center, Houston, Texas (Suzanne Delehanty,
juror).
Experiencias en un Nuevo Orden Mundial, Centro Colombo Americano, Medellin,
Colombia--traveled (Juan Alberto Gaviria, curator).
Texas Art Celebration ‘92, Cullen Center, Houston, Texas (Alison de Lima
Greene, juror).
1991 Jill Bedgood, Solo, Fox Fine Arts Center, University of Texas, El Paso,
Texas, 1991.
Against Inequity: Culture and Politics, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
Under Southwestern Skies, Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center, Pueblo,
Colorado (Larry Bell, Diane Vanderlip, jurors).
Texas Art Celebration ‘91, Cullen Center, Houston, Texas (Becky
Duval Reese, juror).
Maps & Madness, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, New York (Fred Wilson,
curator).
1990 Turn the Scale, Solo, Center for Women and Their Work Art Gallery,
Austin, Texas, 1990.
Southwest ‘90, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa, Fe, New Mexico (Henry Hopkins,
juror).
Presence and Place: Four Austin Sculptors, Laguna Gloria Art Museum,
Austin, Texas (Peter Mears, curator).
Collage, Center for Women and Their Work Art Gallery, Austin, Texas
(Becky Duval Reese, curator).
New American Talent, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas (Laura
Trippi, juror).
1989 Women Artists ‘89, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
(Bella Feldman, M. Louise Stanley, jurors).
Loaded, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas (Glenna Park, curator).
Excellence ‘89, Texas Sculpture Association, Plaza of the Americas,
Dallas, Texas (Mary Livingstone Beebe, juror).
1988 Comment, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Dan
Talley, curator).
Art of the Madonna, Old St. Patrick’s Church and Zolla/Lieberman
Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (Suzanne Ghez, Bruce Guenther, Donald Kuspit, Patricia
Tuchman, jurors).
Exhibit A, Austin Visual Arts Association, Dougherty Cultural Arts
Center, Austin, Texas.
Back to the Future, Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston,
Texas, in conjunction with the College ArtAssociation Conference & Women’s
Caucus for Art Conference (Eleanor Antin, Mary Evelyn Sorrell, curators).
1987 New Works, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas (Monica Kindraka,
curator).
21st Juried Art Exhibition, Jewish Community Center, Houston, Texas
(Mary Jane Jacob, juror).
Three Person Exhibition, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
New American Talent, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas (Ned Rifkin,
juror).
Art that Functions, Matrix Gallery, Austin, Texas.
1986 150 Works by Texas Women Artists, Women’s Caucus for Art,
Dallas City Hall, Dallas, Texas (Dr. Ann Sutherland Harris, juror).
14 Hours, Designers’ Space, Austin, Texas.
Sculpture Symposium, Transco Tower, Houston, Texas (Clyde Connell,
juror).
Texas Visions, Art League of Houston, Transco Tower, Houston, Texas
(S. Grove, M. Terrill, M. Smither, P. R. Harris, jurors).
1985 Citation Exhibition ‘85, Austin Visual Arts Association,
Designers’ Space, Austin, Texas (Tony Moore, juror).
Seventh Annual Spring Exhibition: Personal Selection, Austin Visual
Arts Association, Arts Warehouse, Austin, Texas (William Struve, juror).
1984 Introspectives, Pyramid Arts Center, Inc., Rochester, New York
(Lynn Gumpert, Alice Neel, jurors).
Treasures in the Air, Dougherty Art Center, Austin, Texas (Warren Hadler,
Roy Flukinger, jurors).
The Next Wave: 16 Austin Artists, Diverse Works, Inc., Houston, Texas.
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
Contagion Soap (visiting artist commission public art piece), University of
Texas – El Paso, Texas, 2006.
Medallion Project: 2nd Street Intersections, Austin, Texas, 2004 [in process].
University of Texas Tower Garden Memorial Art, Austin, Texas, 2002 [design phase
completed].
Oblate Sesquicentennial Memorial Sculpture Finalist & Selected Artist, Missionary
Oblates of Mary Immaculate, San Antonio, Texas, 1998, [project designed, unrealized].
Art in Public Places, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport -- Texas Mythology/Texas
Reality: Big Hair & Big Hats (mirrors) and Medallions (metal), City of Austin,
Texas, 1995-1999.
Art in Public Places, Austin Convention Center -- Twenty Botanical Paintings,
City of Austin, Texas, 1995-1998.
Art in Public Places, South Austin Senior Citizens Activities Center -- Broken
Dish/Tile Mosaic Community Quilts in collaboration with Steve Wiman, City of
Austin, Texas, 1993-1995.
Art in Public Places, Zilker Park Playscape T-Shirt Design, City of Austin,
Austin, Texas, 1991.
Art in Public Places, Phantom Ship-Zilker Park Playscape, City of Austin, Austin,
Texas, 1990-1991.
Art in Public Places, Zilker Park Playscape Design, City of Austin, Austin,
Texas, 1988.
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES
Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome, Italy, May 2005
The Rockefeller Foundation: Artist Residency & Fellow in Bellagio, Italy,
October 2000.
Texas Commission for the Arts Travel Grant to Italy, October 2000.
City of Abilene Sculpture in the Park Exhibition, Art in Public Places, Cultural
Affairs, Abilene, Texas, 1997-1998
Connemara Conservancy Sculpture Exhibition Fellow 1996, Connemara Nature Conservancy,
Dallas, Texas, 1996.
New Forms Regional Initiatives Grant, partially funded through a grant from
the Rockefeller Fdtn., the Andy Warhol Fdtn. for Visual Arts and the National
Endowment for the Arts, administered by Diverse Works, Houston, Texas, and Mexic-Arte,
Austin, Texas, 1993-1995.
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia, Summer 1994.
Mid-America Arts Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award in
Sculpture, 1989.
The MacDowell Colony Fellowship, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 1988.
Art Matters, Inc. Grant, New York, New York, 1988.
Honors Scholarship, Department of Education, University of Texas, Austin, Texas,
1986.
Academic Scholarship, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1983.
Katie Davis Memorial Scholarship, Art Department, University of Texas, Austin,
Texas, 1983.
Academic Scholarship and SND Merit Scholarship, University of Texas, Austin,
Texas, 1982.
Departmental Graduate Scholarship, Art Department, University of Texas, Austin,
Texas, 1982.
Research Grant, Office of Graduate Studies, University of Texas, Austin, Texas,
1981.
TEACHING & PROFESSIONAL ART EXPERIENCE
Lecturer, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Art & Art History, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2007-Spring 2008
Visting Artist with Public Commission, University of Texas – El Paso
Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for Visual Arts and the Department of Art, El
Paso, Texas 2006
Visiting Artist-in-Residence, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville,
Tennessee
January 2005 - May 2005; teaching courses in Public Art & Graduate Seminar.
Lecturer, Art Department, University of Texas at Austin
September 2003 – December 2004 and September 2002 – December 2002
Taught 3-D Design, 2-D Foundations, Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced Sculpture.
Instructor, Art Department, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
January 2003 – May 2003, January 2002 – May 2002, September 1987
- May 1988
England Program, SWT in Canterbury, Art Department
July 9 - August 12, 1995, 2nd Summer Session
Taught 2-D & 3-Design, Beginning & Advanced Drawing & Figure Drawing,
Watercolor.
Artist-in-Residence in Sculpture, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville,
Tennessee
August 1999 - May 2000
Taught 3-D Design, Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced Sculpture, Graduate
Students.
Assistant Professor, Adjunct, Art Department, Southwestern University ,Georgetown,
Texas
September 1997 - May 1998
Taught Beginning Drawing.
Artist-in-Residence in Education, Texas Commission on the Arts
City of Austin Cultural Affairs Division, Austin, Texas: December 1, 1988 -
May 31, 1989
Developed culturally diverse/multi-media art projects in the public schools,
in collaboration
with Amparo Garcia and Bashira.
Edna I.S.D., Edna, Texas: September 29 - December 10, 1986
Developed art projects for 1,000 elementary through high school public school
students and teachers.
Lake Travis I.S.D., Lake Travis, Texas: April 1 - June 30, 1986
Developed printmaking and papermaking projects for 4th -8th grades.