Penny Cerling (American, born 1946) EDUCATION:1995 Houston Community College, ADN1979 Glassell School of Art, Intaglio1972 Iowa State University, BA, Graphic Design EXPERIENCE:1998 Monoprint workshop, guest artist, Del Rio Council for the Arts, Del Rio, TX1999-2001 Tembo/Cerling Print Studio, Collaborative Printer1995-2013 Registered Nurse, Memorial Hermann 1990-2005 Cerling Etching Studio, Houston, owner, Collaborative printer1980-1989 Little Egypt Enterprises, Houston, Collaborative Printer, Manager1979-1982 University of St. Thomas, Houston, Instructor, Graphic Design1975-1980 Graphic designer with Ann Fromen SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: 2023 Book Arts of Houston, The Printing Museum, Houston, TX2020 Cycles, solo exhibit, Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX2019 Installation of “Charting the Unseen” at Houston’s Intercontinental Airport, Houston, TX Prints & Ceramics from Little Egypt Enterprises & Related Studios, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX2018 40 Years of Discovery: Gifts of Clint Willour, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX Bur Clover: Penny Cerling, Solo, Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX2016 Kaleidoscope: Approaching Nature, including Penny Cerling, Janice Freeman, Dixie Friend Gay, Allison Hunter, Williams Tower, Houston, TX, curated by Sally Sprout2014 Print Houston: Penny Cerling & Marco Villegas, Zoya Tommy Contemporary, Houston, TX2013 Penny Cerling & Toby Topek, Zoya Tommy Contemporary, Houston, TX2009 Lines, Solo, Nau-Haus Art Space, Houston, TX2009 The Starving Artist..., Solo, Methodist Hospital Lobby, Houston, Texas2007 The Starving Artist & The Art of Nursing, Solo, Art League of Houston, Houston, TX2003 The Grasses, Solo Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, Texas2002 The Grasses, Solo, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TexasOn the First Day, Grass, Solo, College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas2000 Teeny Weenie, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX; curated by Greg Donner1999 From Sundials to Black Holes, Solo, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX1998 Gardens: Genetics & Geometry, Solo, Flat Bed Press, Austin, TX1996 Genesis, Solo, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX1995 Articulation, Solo, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TXDrawings, Solo, O’Kane Gallery, University of Houston - Downtown, Houston, TXPrints & Drawings, Solo, El Palomar Café, Houston, TX1993 Four of the Best, Dishman Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX1992 From Within, From Without, Solo, Transco Tower Gallery, Houston, TXWorking Surfaces, Solo, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX PRESENTATIONS:2024 - August “The Menil Print Club” - Noontime Talk @ Menil Library2024 - July “The Menil Print Club” - Arts Forum @First Unitarian Universalist Church2024 - March - “Fossil Lucy & Medicine” - Paleo Preppers Zoom HMNS2023 - “Evolving Lines” - Arts Forum @ First Unitarian Universalist Church Houston2012 - Presentation with slides - “History of Printmaking in Houston: Little Egypt Enterprises” at Printing Museum, Houston2014 - Five minute presentation with slides “Pecha Kucha” May 21 - DiverseWorks, Houston TX CATALOGUES:“Bur Clover Series”, 2018, Houston Baptist University Contemporary Art Gallery “Art Museum of South Texas”, 2006, Corpus Christi, Texas “Cerling Etching Studio - First Five Years 1990-1995” Text by Barry Walker, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas “Contemporary Printmaking in Texas”, James Fisher, 1990, Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth, Texas pages 6-7 “ Another Reality” produced by Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, 1989, curated by Surpik Angelini and Burt Long, Text by Thomas McEvilley, p.16 BOOKS:“The Starving Artist and the Art of Nursing” by Penny Cerling, 2007“Houston/Houston” by Artis Bernard. Artwork by Penny Cerling and Helen Orman, 2006“Discovering Advanced Algebra” by Murdock, Kamischke, Kamischeke, 2003, “Big Bang and Black Hole” from Sundial Series, page 573 SELECTED BIOGRAPHY:Glentzer, Molly. “Taking the Plunge into Art” Houston Chronicle, Zest, June 15, 2014Glentzer, Molly. “Living a Life of Needles and Pens” Houston Chronicle, E1/3, June 27, 2013Glentzer, Molly. “Printmaking takes the Stage” Zest magazine, Houston Chronicle, June 9, 2013Deliso, Meredith. “Lucas Johnson: A Print Master @ Moody Gallery”, Houston Press, June 7, 2012Smith, Geoff. “Printmaking in Houston: Then and Now”, Arts & Culture magazine, June 2012Hardy, Michael. “Clint Willour’s Unlikely Eye”, Houston Chronicle Zest magazine, August 14, 2005Smith, Mark. “Way out Here - Printmaking in Texas”, Artlies Magazine, Spring 2005Van Ruzin, Jeanne Claire. “Penny Cerling at Flatbed Press”, Artlies Magazine, Fall 1998Berry, S.L. “Heart”, The Indianapolis Star, July 21, 1996Chadwick, Susan. “Huevos Artistas”, Houston Post, May 18, 1994Brody, Jacqueline. “Mel Chin, Combo Club”, Print Collector’s Newsletter, May-June 1994Brody, Jacqueline. “Robin Utterback, untitled (1992)”, Print Collector’s Newsletter, Sept.-Oct. 1993Johnson, Patricia. “Folkman, Artist and Technician”, Houston Chronicle, November 15, 1993Johnson, Patricia. “Master Printer Counting..” Houston Chronicle, Sept. 7, 1989McBride, Elizabeth. “Houston Letter”, Artspace Magazine, Fall 1988Berryhill, Michael. “Art Scene”, Houston Business Journal, Dec. 22, 1986Johnson, Patricia, “Printmaker Combines…” Houston Chronicle, Jan 10, 1982 SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:City of Houston, TXMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, TXAP/RC, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TXMuseum of Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX