Leamon Green is an American

United States

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 visual artist who works in different types of media.

The artist was born in 1959 in the town of Anniston, Alabama

Anniston, Alabama

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. His education includes a Master of Fine Arts at Temple University

Temple University

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, a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Cleveland Institute of Art

Cleveland Institute of Art

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 and a Studio Arts Degree from Concord College

Concord University

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. In 2007, he was awarded the Fulbright

Fulbright Program

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 award to travel to Tanzania

Tanzania

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, where he lived and taught for a year. He is currently an associate professor of the fine arts department at Texas Southern University

Texas Southern University

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 in Houston. His wife is Susan Wallace, who is also an art teacher.

Solo exhibitions

• 'Lock + Key', Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston 2004
• 'Ancestral Images', Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX 2003
• 'Portraits or Objects', Thomas & Hall Fine Art, Dallas
• 'Leamon Green', College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX 2002
• 'Step into the Footsteps of Your Ancestors', University Museum, Texas Southern University, Houston 2001
• 'Leamon Green, Kathleen Coleman Gallery,' Houston 2000
• 'Leamon Green: Works on Paper', Richland College, Dallas 1999
• 'Lay it On', MD Modern, Houston
• 'Hear What They Do Not Say', African American Museum, Dallas 1998
• 'Patterns, Visual Arts Gallery', Memorial Student Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 1997
• 'This Time Around', Barnes Blackman Gallery, Houston 1996

Selected group exhibitions

• 'Miniatures', Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston 2003
• 'Circle of Friends', Artscan Gallery, Houston 2002

External links

• Official site