Victoria Star Varner
Professor of Art and Chair, Studio Art, Art and Art History Department, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas 78627-0770
SELECTED solo, competitive and invitational exhibitions from over 100 exhibitions
2019 37th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University
2019 20th Mini Print International Exhibition, The Ink Shop, Ithaca, New York
2018 38th Mini Print Internacional de Cadaques 2018, Taller Galleria Fort, Cadaques, Spain traveling to Galeri L’Etange D’Art,
Bages, France
2018 7th International Miniature Print Biennial, Ottawa School of Art, Ontario, Canada (7e Exposition
Internationale Bisannuelle d'Estampes Miniatures; Ecoles D'Art D'Ottawa)
2018 The International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak, Bulgaria, Europe
2018 6th Biennial Footprint International Competition 2018, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
(Juror/curator: Susan Tallman, Art In Print Editor-in-Chief) awarded Awagami Prize
2017 Small Format 2017, The Library Project, organized by The Black Church Print Studio, Dublin, Ireland
2017 11th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition 2017, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
(juror/curator: Freyda Spira, Associate Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art)
2017 Drawing Perspectives, The University of Mary Hardin Baylor
2016 Eight from Texas, VAM Gallery, Austin, Texas, invitational exhibit curated by Prof. Tim High, University of Texas, Austin
2016 Midwest Matrix: Texas, Southwestern University, Texas
2015 Celebrating Women, Corpus Christi Art Center, Texas
2012-15 Juried members of the SGC International exhibit, opened at the SGCI conference, Loyola University,
New Orleans, Louisiana 2012 (Curator: Frances Myers, Chair, Graphics, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Traveled nationally 2012-15
2015 Ink and Stick: a national drawing invitational, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Louisiana
2015 Print + Ink: a Print Austin invitational, Link and Pin Gallery, Austin
2014 Midwest Matrix Continuum, Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington (invitational)
2014 International Juried Printmaking Exhibition, New Grounds Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2013 One Foot Show, Kingswood College Lone Star Gallery, Best of Show award by Wade Wilson, Wade Wilson Gallery
2013 Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Awa Hall of Paper, Tokushima, Japan (1 of 20 U.S. artists, 39 nations)
2013 Printmaking 2013: a national printmaking exhibition, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo New York
2013 Marks: A National Drawing Exhibition, East Stroudsburg University, Pennsylvania
2013 34rd Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Illinois (Curator: Stephen Goddard, Spencer
Museum of Art, Kansas)
2013 PROOF: Contemporary Printmaking, DePree Art Gallery, Hope College, Holland, Michigan (three-person exhibition)
2012 Pressing Matters: A National Print Competition and Exhibition, Palo Alto, CA (Curator: Valerie Wade, Crown Point Press)
2012 National Invitational Drawing Exhibition, McNesse State University
2011 Data In / Data Out, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University (Curator: Jean Brasille)
2010 The Mysteries Revisited (solo) Southwestern University, Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Georgetown, Texas
In connection with Brown Symposium XXXII: Imperivm: The Art of Empire in Rome and America
Related events scheduled inside the installation:
“Bilitis Revisited,” 3 musical performances of Debussy’s music, including “Chansons de Bilitis” recorded for film documentary
2009 Traveling exhibition of Engraving 2009, a national invitational exhibition: five universities in U.S and England
2007 Drawn From Life: the Art of Victoria Star Varner, Fine Arts Gallery, Angelina College
2006 Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, Texas “The Mysteries Revisited”
Events: gallery talk (recorded), Day With(out) Art exhibition (draped “The Mysteries Revisited” in black on 12/01/06)
2004 The Mysteries Revisited, Fort Worth Community Arts Center (invited by the Fort Worth Cultural Arts Council) (solo)
2003 Mark-Making: A Drawing Show (an invitational exhibition), Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
2003 McNeese State University Book Arts Invitational, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana
2002 A Lesson Learned, Boone County Museum, Columbia, Missouri
2001 The Mysteries Revisited, Southwestern University, Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown, Texas (solo)
Related events inside the installation:
Classicism as Inspiration, November 11, 2001; Cross-Disciplinary Understandings of Sexual Violence (presentations by scholars of Classics, Communication, English, and Art); World Day Without Art, the installation was draped in black for a day of remembrance of artists and performers who have died of AIDS, followed by a concert in the Alma Thomas Fine Arts Theatre.
2001 McNeese State National Drawing Invitational, Abercrombie Gallery, Lake Charles, Louisiana(solo)
2001 Texas Prints 2001: exhibited at Flatbed Press and Gallery, Austin, Texas, Del Rio Council for the Arts, Firehouse Gallery,
Santa Reparata, Italy, Stephen F. Austin State University Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX
2000 U.S.A. Small Prints/Books (traveling invitational exhibition) in Australia: James Cook University, Townsville/Queensland, Deakin University, Warranambool, Victoria; (New Zealand): Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland , Wanganui Polytechnic, Wanganui, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin; In Australia : Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Northern Territory University, Darwin, NT, University of New South Wales, Paddington, NSW, Canberra School of Art, Canberra, ACT, University of New Castel, Callaghan, NSW, The Flinders Museum of Art, Adeliade, South Australia
2000 Eleventh Parkside National Small Prints Exhibition, Communication Arts Gallery, University of Wisconsin
1999 Victoria Star Varner: Paintings and Drawings, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA (solo)
1999 The Human Figure: Five Views, Invitational exhibition, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon
1998 Victoria Star Varner: Paintings and Drawings, Cultural Activities Center, Temple, Texas (solo)
1998 Eleventh Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin - Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin
1998 National Spring Open Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania
1996 Greater Midwest International Exhibition XI, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University
1995 McNeese State Print Invitational, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana
1995 Counterpoint: The 27th Annual National Juried Exhibition Duncan - Edith McAshan Visual Arts Center, Ingram, Texas
1995 10th Annual National Works on Paper, The University of Texas at Tyler, Department of Art
1993 22nd Prints, Drawings and Photographs Exhibition, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
1987 Victoria Star Varner: Works on Paper, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas (solo)
Other earlier venues including:
Indiana University Art Museum
Bingham Art Gallery, University of Missouri
Coe College Gallery, Iowa
North Dakota Museum of Art
Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas
Ilam School of Art, New Zealand
Elam School of Art, South Australia
Miami University, Ohio
Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Awards
Awagami Prize awarded by Susan Tallman, Editor, Art in Print, at Footprint International Competition,
Center for Contemporary Printmaking
Cullen grants (competitive grants), thirty grants from1987 –2020
Best of show, One Foot Show, Kingswood College, awarded by Wade Wilson, Wade Wilson Gallery, Houston 2013
Honorable mention, 34th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, 2013 awarded by Stephen Goddard, Curator,
Spencer Museum, University of Kansas
Artist Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, 2003
Mundy Fellow, Southwestern University, 1995-96
Ed Turner Purchase Award, Counterpoint: The 27th Annual National Juried Drawing, Photography and Printmaking Exhibition, 1995
Selected catalogs:
Data In/Data Out, Seton Hall University
Texas Prints 2001
McNeese National Printmaking Invitational 1996
Greater Midwest Invitational Exhibition XI, Missouri
Counterpoint: 22nd Prints, Drawings and Photographs Exhibition Arkansas Art Center;
Two Decades of Change, Indiana University
ReView: Ten Years of Women and Their Work, Austin, Texas
Education
Master of Fine Arts - Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Master of Arts - University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Bachelor of Science, Education - University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Residencies and Workshops attended with grant awards:
Crown Point Press, San Francisco, California (twice)
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
Studio Camnitzer, Valdottavo, Italy
Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico