Charles Pebworth (1926-2019)Charles Pebworth was born in 1926, a member of the Choctaw tribe in Oklahoma. He grew up in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, where his father was employed at the Osage Indian Agency. He received a BA degree from the University of Houston and a Master's degree in sculpture from Louisiana State University. He continued his studies independently in Carrera, Italy.In 1957, Pebworth joined the faculty at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas as an instructor in basic design. He soon began teaching painting and, before long, developed and taught a course in ceramics and eventually sculpture. He stayed there 36 years, retiring in 1993, having developed one of the strongest sculpture departments in the state.Pebworth has shown at the Moody Gallery in Houston, Circle Gallery in New Orleans, the Witte Museum in San Antonio, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Jocelyn Art Museum, Omaha and numerous others. In 1987, the Art League of Houston named him Texas Artist of the Year, only the fifth to be so honored. His artist's statement says that his art expresses his feelings about his "Indian heritage past and hi-technology present" and that he feels it "gives off an aura of mysticism" that he hopes the viewer can share in.Pebworth has distinguished himself as both a painter and a sculptor. Education: 1971-72 Independent Study, Carrara, Italy1955-57 Louisiana State University, M.A., sculpture1954-55 University of Houston, B.F.A., painting1952-53 University of Oklahoma1948-50 Baylor University, Waco, Texas1946 Art Center, Los Angeles, California1946 Colorado State UniversityTeaching:1966-68 Museum of Fine Arts, Guest Professor, Houston, Texas1963 Corpus Christi Fine Arts Colony, Del Mar College, Guest Professor of Sculpture, Corpus Christi, Texas1957-1991 Sam Houston State University, Professor of Art, Huntsville, Texas1958-61 Mexican Field School, Professor of Art, Puebla, MexicoSelected Solo Exhibitions:2003 Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas1989 Recent Sculpture, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas1988 Totems, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas1987 Recent Work, Moss/Chumley Gallery, Dallas, Texas1986 Shrine Series, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas1983 Watercolors, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas; Recent Sculpture, Moody Gallery1981 Pebworth's People, S. Rudy Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Recent Sculpture, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas1980 S. Rudy Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico1979 Reclining Figure Series, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas1978 Sketchbook Series, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas1976 Boxes, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas1975 Arrows, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas1974 Ars Longa Gallery, Houston, Texas1970 Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas Fort Smith Art Center, Fort Smith, Arkansas Circle gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana DuBose Gallery, Houston, Texas Nicholas Memorial Gallery, Longview, Texas1969Texas A& M University, College Station, Texas One Man Perspective, Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont, Texas1968 DuBose Gallery, Houston, Texas1966 DuBose Gallery, Houston, Texas Rice University, Houston, Texas