HJ (HARVEY) BOTT (b. 1933)Born in Gill, Colorado, HJ (Harvey) Bott began studying art at an early age. He had a major two-person exhibition at Trinity University at age 14. Upon completing high school in San Antonio, Texas, he began studies in art and cultural anthropology at institutions of higher education in the United States and Europe.Selected Biographical and Career Highlights1933 Born in Gill, Colorado1942–47 Summer Classes, Greeley State College, Greeley, Colorado1947 Coppini Academy of Fine Arts, San Antonio, Texas1951–62 San Antonio College, Trinity University, University of Southern California, Kansas State College, New York University, University of Maryland, University of Heidelberg, Colombia University, Texas A&I University, Bamburg-Dusseldorf Kunstakademie1953–56 U. S. ArmyResides in Houston, TexasSelected Exhibitions· 1948 Grote & Bott, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas· 1953 Harvey Bott & Stanley Mott, Art Center College of Los Angeles, California· 1954 Four Painters, Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York, New York· 1958 New Wave Sculpture, Battle Creek Civic Art Center, Battle Creek, Michigan· 1958 Three Styles, New Rochelle Art Association Center, New Rochelle, New York· 1959 Drawing Invitational, Kansas State College, Manhattan, Kansas· 1960 European Influences, Living Arts Center, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado· 1962 New Acquisitions, U.S. Department of Interior, Washington, DC· 1962 Solo, Stations of the ARSE, Madison Gallery, New York, New York· 1962 Architectural Reliefs, South Plains College, Levelland, Texas· 1964 Solo, New Realism Pop Art, ADG Arts, Inc., New York, New York· 1965 Acquisition Invitational, Southern California Fine Arts Council, San Diego, California· 1965 Juried Award Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York· 1965 14th Annual Exhibit, Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont, Texas· 1966 15th Annual Exhibit, Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont, Texas· 1966 Surreal Sculpture Today, Cape Cod Art Association, Hyannis, Massachusetts· 1967 Bott and Ortiz, Fine Arts Center, Texas A&I University, Kingsville, Texas· 1968 Sculpture Group, David Findlay Gallery, New York, New York· 1969 Solo, Fetal Forms, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas· 1972 Solo, Sheetrock Works: Homage to the Architectonic, Moody Medical Library, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas· 1973 HJ Bott Sculpture, 1972 and 1974, Longview Museum and Art Center, Longview, Texas· 1974 Solo, Early Bronzes, McNamara O’Conner Museum, Victoria, Texas· 1974 3 Sculptors, College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas· 1975 Solo, Large Outdoor Work & Intimate Studies, Barnwell Museum and Sculpture Garden, Shreveport, Louisiana· 1975 Sculpture by HJ Bott, Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont, Texas· 1976 Solo, Large Outdoor Work and Concept Studies, Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas· 1976 Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas· 1977 Solo, Intimate Bronzes and Studies for Large Sculpture, 7E7 Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas· 1977 Solo, Post Conceptual Process Perception, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri· 1978 Solo, Monochrome & Color Change, Fine Arts Center, Texas A&I University, Kingsville, Texas· 1979 Solo, Cubic Series, Bienville Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana· 1979 FIRE! Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas (catalogue)· 1981 Solo, Black, White, Silver, Grey, Graham Gallery, Houston, Texas· 1983 Solo, ROBOTT OPERA: A Time Warp Newscast, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas· 1985 Solo, DoVZ ROBOTTs, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana· 1986 And Bott, Of Course!, Nimbus Gallery, Dallas, Texas· 1987 Bott Burds, Still Zinsel Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana· 1989 Solo, P-COF, Art Center, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia· 1991 Solo, Waves, Maryland College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, Maryland· 1993 Artists’ Progress: Seven Houston Artists 1943-1993, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (catalogue)· 1995 HJ Bott, Visual Arts & Technology Center, San Antonio College, San Antonio, Texas· 1997 Solo, Dance-of-Values: Toyz'n Us, New Gallery, Houston, Texas· 2000 Solo, Pascal Robinson Gallery, Houston, Texas· 2005 Solo, A DoV Overview, Tomball College, Tomball, Texas· 2006 Solo, Raising the Line, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas· 2010 HJ Bott Paradigms in Paint and Wire, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas· 2011 Obsessive Worlds, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas· 2012 HJ Bott: Paradigms Lost, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, Texas· 2012 In Plain Sight, McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas· 2012 HJ Bott: A 40-Year Celebration—Selected Works, 1972-2012, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas· 2012 Solo, Juxtaposition of 1970s with 2012, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, Gallery 4, San Antonio, Texas· 2013 No Time Like the Present, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas· 2014 A New Visual Vocabulary: Developments in Texas Modernism 1935-1965, One Allen Center, Lobby Gallery, Houston, Texas· 2015 Bayou City Chic: Progressive Streams of Modern Art in Houston, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas (catalogue)Selected Public CollectionsAmarillo Art Center, Amarillo, TexasArt Center School of Los Angeles, CaliforniaBakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CaliforniaCape Code Art Center, Hyannis, MassachusettsColumbia University Medical Library, New York, New YorkCooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, New YorkDenver Art Museum, Living Arts Center, Denver, ColoradoKunsthalle Der Garten¸ Dusseldorf, GermanyLong Island Art Center, North Shore, New YorkLongview Museum and Art Center, Longview, TexasMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, TexasNational Museum of Sport, New York and Bridgeport, ConnecticutNew Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LouisianaNewport Art Association, Newport, Rhode IslandOld Jail Art Center, Albany, TexasRice University, Houston, TexasRosenberg Library, Galveston, TexasSan Antonio Museum Association, San Antonio, TexasUnion College Fine Arts Center, Cranford, New JerseyWinchester-Western Museum, New Haven, ConnecticutWind River Valley Museum, Dubois, Wyoming