Ken Mazzu has been an artist since 1997, working in traditional media, including oil on canvas and watercolor. Ken is represented by Foltz Fine Art in Houston, Texas and has appeared in several group exhibitions at the gallery. Additional exhibitions featuring the artist’s work have been held at various spaces and institutions within the region. His current investigations are focused on paintings and drawings of marshlands and coastal prairies within the Upper Texas Coast, Chenier Plain region. Born: Beaumont, Texas 1967 Education: B.F.A., Studio Art, Lamar University, 1992 M.F.A., Painting, The University of Houston, 1997 Campbell Center For Historic Preservation Studies, Mount Carroll, Illinois, 1998 Teaching Experience: The University of Houston, 1996-1997 The Glassell School of Art, Studio School , 2006 - 2020, Junior School 2008 - Present. Residency: Currently living in Houston, Texas since 1994 SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2024 “POINTS OF INTEREST”, Glassell School of Art, Junior School Galleries, MFAH, Houston, Texas.2013 "ECHOES OF OBLIVION", Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas.2009 "FALLEN FORMS OF FUNCTION", San Jacinto College, Central Fine Arts Gallery, Pasadena, Texas. "MONUMENTS OF YESTERDAY", Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas.2008 "DETRITAL TERRAIN", Lone Star College - North Harris, Houston, Texas2007 "ARTIFACTS OF REASON", Poissant Gallery, Houston, Texas2000 "EXCAVATIONS," The New Gallery; Houston, Texas1997 "KEN MAZZU: RECENT PAINTINGS," Small Projects Gallery, University of Houston; Houston, Texas SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2023 39th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, The Meadows Gallery, The University of Texas at Tyler. Juried by Brandon Zech. AMoA BIENNIAL-600 2023, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas. Juried by Anna Walker. NATIONAL DRAWING EXHIBITION, Fayetteville State University, Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Curated by Soni Martin. THE TEXAS NATIONAL 2023, The Cole Art Center, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas. Juried by William U. Eiland. CONTEMPORARY TEXAS REGIONALISTS, HOLIDAY SHOW, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas.2022 “INTERSTATE: WHERE I-90 MEETS I-82”, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington. Juried by Faith Brower. “24th ANNUAL RIO BRAZOS JURIED ART EXHIBITION, Dora Lee Langdon Cultural & Educational Center, Tarelton State University, Grandbury, Texas. Juried by Nancy Lamb. “38th ANNUAL JURIED OPEN EXHIBITION, Visual Arts Alliance, Sabine Street Studios. Catalog. “38th ANNUAL MEMBERS JURIED EXHIBITION, Visual Arts Alliance, Sabine Street Studios. Catalog.2021 “THE BIG SHOW”, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas. Juried by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill. “THE TEXAS AESTHETIC XV”, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas.2020 “ARTOVATION 2020”, online, Texas Association of Schools of Art. Juried By Jennie Ash. “THE TEXAS AESTHETIC: Online, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas.2019 “STORIED LANDS”, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas. “STATE OF CONTRAST”, Bank of America Center Lobby, Houston, Texas. Organized by Kinzelman Art Consulting & M&M Properties. Curated by Foltz Fine Art. “THE TEXAS AESTHETIC: 30 TEXAS ARTISTS REDEFINING TEXAS ART”, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas. Catalog. “34th TEXAS & NEIGHBORS REGIONAL ART EXHIBITION, Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas. Online catalog. Juried by Jordan Roth and Susan Roth Romans. “TEXAS NATIONAL 2019”, Stephen F. Austin State University, The Cole Art Center at The Old Opera House, Nacogdoches, Texas. Online catalog. Juried by Michelle White “32nd ANNUAL McNEESE NATIONAL WORKS ON PAPER EXHIBITION, McNeese State University, Grand Gallery, Sherman Fine Arts Annex, Lake Charles, Louisiana. Catalog. Juried by Stephanie Mitchell. “THE NEW SHOW”, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas.2018 "TEXAS ECLECTICS", Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece. Catalog. Curated by Demetre P. Grivas and Gus Kopriva. "THE TEXAS AESTHETIC XII", William Reaves & Sarah Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas. Online catalog.2017 "THE BIG SHOW", Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas. Catalog. Juried by Toby Kamps, Curator, The Menil Collection. "TRANSIENT VIEWS: THE PLACES OF OUR LIVES", William Reaves / Sarah Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas; Richard Stout, Ken Mazzu, Jim Culberson.2016 "TWENTY-FIVE: A CONCLUSION", Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas. Catalog. Curated by Clint Willour.2014 "FAB 15 + PERFORMANCE", G Gallery, Houston, Texas Curated by Catherine D. Anspon.2013 "35 YEARS IN THE GLASS BLOCK BUILDING", Glassell Studio School Faculty Exhibition, Laura Lee Blanton Gallery, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Houston, Texas.2012 "BEFORE TIME WE STAND AND CRUMBLE", University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas. "4TH ANNUAL REGIONAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION", Texas A&M University, MSC Forsyth Center Galleries, College Station, Texas. Juried by Graeme Reid.2011 "GAMBOL, Art League Houston's 2011 Juried Member Exhibition", Art League Houston, Houston, Texas. Juried by Mary McCleary2010 "20 ON PAPER," Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas. Organized by Sally Sprout Fine Art. "A HOMECOMING: A TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR EMERITUS JERRY NEWMAN", Artworks by a Selection of His Former Students, Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas. "ARTISTS IN ACADEMICS", Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas.2009 "WEATHERED", Works by Ken Mazzu & John Paul van Dolmelen, Travis Tower Lobby, Houston, Texas. Organized by Kinzelman Art Consulting.2008 "GREEN TEXAS, TEXAS GREEN, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas "A TIME FOR CHANGE", Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, Texas "ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF HOUSTON CELEBRATES TEXAS ART 2008, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas2007 "THE ART OF WAR", Poissant Gallery, Houston, Texas2005 "A LITTLE MORE RED," McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, Texas "A FINE LINE: Breaking Away From the Non-Objective," Vine Street Studios; Houston, Texas2004 "SOMETHING RED," McMurtrey Gallery; Houston, Texas "PREPARATORY WORKS," The Galveston Arts Center; Galveston, Texas and The Jung Center; Houston, Texas2003 "RED," Artscan Gallery/Rudolph Projects; Houston, Texas2002 "THE DISHMAN COMPETITION," The Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University; Beaumont, Texas2001 "NARRATIVE: ARTISTS & WRITERS TOGETHER," Houston Community College Northeast; Houston, Texas "SPINDLETOP 2001: THE IMPACT OF OIL ON OUR WORLD," The Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University; Beaumont, Texas1998 "MAZZU, KOMARIN, FULTON," The New Gallery; Houston, Texas "1998 FIFTH OPEN EXHIBITION," Art League of Houston; Houston, Texas "1998 HORACE CARDWELL COMPETITION," Museum of East Texas; Lufkin, Texas1997 "1997 M.F.A. THESIS EXHIBITION," Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of The University of Houston; Houston, Texas1996 "THE SINGULAR OBJECT (Texas Artists of New Gallery)," The New Gallery; Houston, Texas "ART CELEBRATION '96 (Gary Komarin, Kenneth Mazzu, Michael Von Helms)," The New Gallery; Houston, Texas "ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF HOUSTON CELEBRATES TEXAS ART '96", 1600 Smith in Cullen Center; Houston, Texas "1996 HOUSTON AREA EXHIBTION," Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of The University of Houston; Houston, Texas1994 "BUCKING THE TEXAN MYTH (A Contemporary Redefinition of Who We Are)," Moody Hall Atrium Gallery, St. Edwards University; Austin, Texas SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: SOUTHWEST ART Magazine, Fiftieth Anniversary, “Off The Easel: New Works, May May 2021, reproduction. SOUTHWEST ART Magazine, “Landscapes: Discover Today’s Landscape Artists”, February 2019, Vol.48, No. 9, p. 85, reproduction. TWENTY-FIVE: A CELEBRATION / TWENTY-FIVE: A CONCLUSION, Published by the Galveston Arts Center & Clint Willour, page 108, reproduction. MFAH, GLASSELL SCHOOL OF ART NOW, School Newsletter, Fall 2016, Kinder Morgan Exhibition Series, p.3, reproduction. PAPERCITY, "Structural Interpretation", May 2016, p. 14, reproduction. LOCAL HOUSTON MAGAZINE, November 2015, Vol. 17, Issue 203, This Month's Must See Exhibits", Katy Contemporary Arts Museum, pp. 38-39, reproduction. HOUSTON PRESS, JANUARY 22-28, 2015, VOL. 27 NO. 4, Artopia 2015, Artists, p. 2. HOUSTON CHRONICLE, ZEST, July 28, 2013, Vol. 112, No. 288, p.H3 - H5, reproductions. HOUSTON PRESS, bolgs.houstonpress.com, "Politics, History and Whimsy Drive Into The Art Car Museum," by Altamese Osbourne, July 8, 2013. HOUSTON CHRONICLE, STAR, July 5, 2013, Vol. 112, No. 265, p. E3. PAPER CITY, "Art Notes", p. 6, July 2013, reproduction. SWAMPLOT, swamplot.com, "A Decade of Houston Demolitions in Oil and Watercolor," by Allyn West, May 14, 2013, reproductions. HOUSTON CULTUREMAP, houston.culturemap.com, "Demolition art: Ken Mazzu finds abstract beauty in the rubble of fallen buildings", by Clifford Pugh, November 17, 2011, reproductions. THE BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE, July 16, 2011, Vol. CXXXI, No. 253, "Creativity at Work", Front page & p. A7, reproductions. UH ALUMNI QUARTERLY, Spring 2009, Vol. 2, Issue no. 1, "Class Notes," p.31 CARDINAL CADENCE, A publication of Lamar University, "Class Notes," p.51, reproduction, August 2009 THE DAILY NEWS, Galveston County, July 10, 2009, “Ike Delayed Show To Open During Atywalk”, galvnews.com (online article) THE DAILY NEWS, Galveston County, July 11, 2009, p A5, reproduction HOUSTON CHRONICLE, ZEST, July 5, 2009, p. 9, reproduction. ARTSHOUSTON, "Editor's Picks," p. 8, December 2007, reproduction. PAPERCITY, "Art Notes," p. 6, November 2007, reproduction. CARDINAL CADENCE, A publication of Lamar University, "Class Notes," p.40, reproduction, May 2007 PAPERCITY, "Art Notes," p. 6, August 2005 ARTSHOUSTON, "The Jung Center: Preparatory Works," p.32-33, June 2004 ARTLIES, "Ten Years and Still Crawling," P. 81, Winter 2002-2003 CARDINAL CADENCE, A Publication of Lamar University, "Art For The Ages," p.18, Summer 2002 COLLEGIUM, The Magazine of The University of Houston, "Making Art, Making A Life," p.28-33, reproduction, Winter 1998 HOUSTON ALUMLINE, reproduction, p.10, Summer 1997 PUBLIC NEWS, Issue #735, "Public Agenda," p.21, reproduction, July 1996 AWARDS & HONORS FRIENDS OF ART SCHOLARSHIP, University of Houston, 1995 LESLIE T. and FRANCES U. POSEY FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP GRANT, Sarasota, Florida, 1995 CORPORATE COLLECTIONS WEINGARTEN REALTY, Houston, Texas VINSON & ELKINS, LLP; Houston, Texas THE WILLIARD LAW FIRM, L.P., Houston, Texas LONGHORN STEEL & FLAME CUTTING; Houston, Texas PUBLIC COLLECTIONS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL, BAYTOWN, Baytown, Texas SOUTH MAIN BAPTIST CHURCH, Houston, Texas THE DISHMAN ART MUSEUM, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas BEAUMONT ART LEAGUE, Beaumont, Texas PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL COLLECTIONS Athens, Greece Munich, Germany Furth, Germany Budapest, Hungary Oslo, Norway Paris, France Surrey, England Amsterdam, The Netherlands / New York, NY Boston, Massachusetts Washington, D.C. Landover, Maryland Stamford, Connecticut Aspen, Colorado Breckenridge, Colorado Burke, Virginia Hot Springs, Arkansas St. Louis, Missouri Ruidoso, New Mexico Lafayette, Louisiana Austin, Texas Dallas, Texas Houston, Texas Burnett, Texas Galveston, Texas Fulshear, Texas Katy, Texas Kingwood, Texas Sugarland, Texas The Woodlands, Texas Brazoria, Texas Lumberton, Texas Beaumont, Texas Dickinson, Texas Bellaire, Texas