STELLA SULLIVAN (1924-2017) Stella Sullivan was born in Houston, Texas. She earned her degree in architecture from Rice Institute (now Rice University) and worked for her father in architectural drafting. She received private lessons from artist, Ola McNeill Davidson, and attended classes at Museum School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Sullivan moved to Michigan where she studied at the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, later transferring to the Cranbrook Academy of Art where she graduated with her master of fine arts degree. Sullivan was an instructor at the Museum School (now Glassell School) of Art, the University of Houston, Sam Houston State University, and the University of Delaware. She established the Stella Sullivan School of Art where she taught painting, drawing, design, and silk-screening during the 1970s. Her career as an artist and teacher in Houston spans seven decades. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights1924, Born in Houston, TX.1945, Earns B.A. from Rice Institute (studies Architecture for 3 years)1949-1950, Studies at Museum of Fine Arts School, Houston, 1950-1951, Studies at School of Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit, Michigan1954, Earns MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan1961-1970, Instructor at Museum of Fine Arts School, Houston (9 years)1961-62, Instructor at Brazos Port Art League, Freeport, TX1962-1966, Instructor at University of Houston; established printmaking department1963, Instructor at University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware (1 summer)1963-64, Instructor at Gallery 75, Conroe, TX1970-71, Instructor at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX (1 year)1970-71, Instructor of workshops in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Telluride, CO1971, Opens the Stella Sullivan School of Art, Houston, TX (30 years)1999-2017, Holds studio at Art Square Studios on South Main2017, Dies in Houston, TX at age 93 Selected Prizes, AwardsHouston Annual: Purchase Prize 1954; Cash Prize 1951; Honorable Mention 19531951 Cash Prize/Schlumberger Award, Still Life with Squash, oil1953 Honorable Mention Purchase Prize, Eucharistic Still Life, oil1954 Purchase Prize/Contemporary Arts Association, Still Life with Blue Fruit, oilAnnual Texas Crafts: Cash Prize 19551955 Cash Prize/Decorated Fabric Award, Ceramic Line Print, silk screen (image on cover of catalogue)Second Prize – Houston Post 6thAnnual Easter Art ShowFirst Prize, Honorable Mention and Ribbons in various Art League of Houston ShowsCeramic Jewelry Award – San Antonio Craft Guild Third RegionalHonorable Mention – Fabric – International Craft Alliance – McAllen, TexasHonorable Mention – Acrylic painting – Rice University Alumni AssociationHonorable Mention – Drawing – Rice University Alumni Association Fiber Artists of Houston, Honorable Mention Printed FabricSeventh Annual Texas Crafts Exhibits, Craft Guild of Dallas and the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts – Decorated Fabric AwardCraft Guild of San Antonio, Third Regional Exhibition, Witte Museum, 1962 Selected Exhibitions1951 26th Annual Exhibition of Work by Houston Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (cash prize)1951 13th Annual Exhibition of Texas Painting and Sculpture 1951–1952, circulated: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas1952 27th Annual Exhibition of Work by Houston Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas1952 14th Annual Exhibition of Texas Painting and Sculpture 1952, circulated: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Witte Museum, San Antonio; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas1953 28th Annual Exhibition of Work by Houston Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (honorable mention)1954 29th Annual Exhibition of Work by Houston Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (purchase prize)1954 Solo, Arts and Crafts Gallery, Columbus, Ohio1954 Solo, Degree Show, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan1955 (March) 30th Annual Exhibition of Work by Houston Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas1955 7th Annual Texas Crafts Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas (cash prize)1955 First Annual Religious Art Show, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas1955 (December) 31st Annual Exhibition of Houston Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas· 1955, Solo, The Playhouse Theater, Houston, Texas1956 8th Annual Texas Crafts Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas1956 Annual Art Rental Exhibit, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas1957 7th Annual Houston Post Easter Art Exhibit, Houston Art League Building, Houston, Texas1959–60 34–35th Annual Houston Artists Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas1959, 1961 Solo, Rudi’s Club, Houston, Texas1961 Texas Watercolor Society 12th Annual Exhibition, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas; selection circulated: Junior League, Galveston, A&M University, College Station; Dallas Public Library, Dallas; A&I College, Kingsville, Gates Gallery, Port Arthur; Wichita Falls Art Association, Wichita Falls; Waco Art Forum, Waco; Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin; Texas Western College, El Paso, Texas1961, Solo, Art League Studio Tour, Houston, Texas1962 Craft Guild of San Antonio 3rd Regional Exhibition, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas1962, 1972 Solo, Bank of Texas, Houston, Texas1962–63 Museum School Faculty Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas1964-65, 1967-68 Solos, Montgomery County Library, Conroe, Texas1967 Sales and Rental Exhibition, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas1968 Solo, Houston Baptist College, Houston, Texas1968 Solo, Galleria del Mar, Freeport, Texas1969 Southwest Biennale Craft Exhibit, International Folk Art Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico1970-1971 Solos, Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas1970 Solo, Sheridan Art Gallery, Telluride, Colorado1971-72 Solo, Stella Sullivan School of Art, Houston, TX1972, Solo,Stella Sullivan School of Art, Houston, TX1973, Solo,Kate Frost, Houston, TX1976-78, Solo, Surroundings, Houston, TX1982, Solo,Ouisie’s Table, Houston, TXSam Houston State University, Huntsville, TexasTexas Christian University, Fort Worth, TexasDetroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MichiganBeaumont Art Museum, Beaumont, TexasArkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, ArkansasCorpus Christi Museum, Corpus Christi, TXMasur Art Museum, Monroe, LAArkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, ARTexas Visions, Houston, TXInternational Folk Art Museum, Santa Fe, NMTexas Watercolor Society, San Antonio, TXHouston Early Texas Art Group, Fondren Library at Rice University, Houston, TXHouston Art in Houston Collections, The Heritage Society and CASETALeslie Muth Gallery, Houston, TexasLowell Collins Gallery, Houston, Texas2004, Modern Madonna, Biblical Arts Museum, Dallas, TX2004, Timeless: A Retrospective of Selected Women Artists of Texas, 1940 to Present,David Dike Estates, Dallas, TX2004–05 Rice Institute and the Visual Arts in Houston: 1900–1960, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, Texas2005 Solo, David Dike Fine Art, Dallas, Texas2006 Houston Art in Houston Collections: Works from 1900 to 1965, Heritage Society Museum, Houston, Texas2006–07 Of This Vast State: Women Artists of Texas, 1900–1960, Women’s Museum, Dallas, Texas2007 Now and Then: Contemporary and Early Texas Artists, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas2007 Timeless: A Retrospective of Selected Women Artists of Texas, 1940 to Present, David Dike Fine Art, Dallas, Texas; William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas; Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas2008 Founders of Houston Art: Thirty Artists Who Led the Way, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2009 Lone Star Still Lifes, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas2009 Back to the Future: Elements of “Modern” in Mid-Century Texas Art, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2009 A Texas Sampler: Vintage Paintings by Thirty Texas Artists, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2009 Texas Paper: Watercolors, Pastels and Drawings from the Lone Star State, 1938-2008, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2009-10 Texas Art Seen, Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas2010 Third Anniversary Show: A Tribute to Houston Artists, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2010 Pioneering Women: Three Modernists in Houston—Dorothy Hood, Leila McConnell, Stella Sullivan, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2011 Southeast Texas Art: Cross-Currents and Influences, 1925–1965, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas2011 Lone Star Modernism: A Celebration of Mid-Century Texas Art, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2011 Portrait of Houston: 1900–2011, Alliance Gallery, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, Texas (catalogue)2011 Breakthrough: Sixty Years of Texas Abstraction, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2013 Restless Heart: The Collectors’ Quest to Find Texas in Art, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas2013 Rhythms of Modernism, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2013 Summer Encore Exhibition, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2014 Houston Founders at City Hall Art Exhibition, City Hall, Houston, Texas2014 A New Visual Vocabulary: Developments in Texas Modernism 1935-1965, One Allen Center, Lobby Gallery, Houston, Texas2014 Lone Star Masters of Modernism, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas2015 Bayou City Chic: Progressive Streams of Modern Art in Houston, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas (catalogue)2016, This WAS Contemporary Art: Fine and Decorative Arts in Houston, 1945 – 1965, Heritage Society, Houston, TX2022, Texas Artists: Women of Abstraction, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas Selected Public CollectionsAnderson, Greenwood and Company, Houston, TexasBank of the Southwest, Houston, TexasChurch of the Holy Faith, Santa Fe, New MexicoEpiscopal Church of the Epiphany, Houston, TexasHoly Rosary Catholic Church, Houston, TexasSt. Basil’s Church, Angleton, TexasSt. Philip Neri Church, Houston, TexasTexas Institute for Research and Rehabilitation, Houston, Texas