The 2011 edition of the Texas Biennial is taking place in partnership with non-profit arts organizations in three cities: Austin, Houston and San Antonio. In Austin, the Biennial is also being hosted in an unusual range of alternative spaces, including unoccupied commercial office space, a vacant house and the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
For a gallery guide to the works in the exhibition, click here.
Austin
816 CONGRESS is an office building located just south of the Texas State Capitol at Congress Avenue and 9th Street. Rising 20 stories above one of the most dynamic central business districts in the nation, 816 Congress is within walking distance of a multitude of popular destination amenities including upscale dining establishments, world-class historic and four-star hotels, museums, art galleries, theatres, and the lively Sixth Street, Warehouse, and Second Street entertainment districts.
Exhibiting TX★11 artists: Matthew Bourbon, Shannon Cannings, Bernardo Cantu, Catherine Colangelo, Clarke Curtis, Cassandra Emswiler, Michael Anthony Garcia, Anthony Garza, Nathan Green, Lori Giesler, Rigoberto Gonzales, Nicholas Hay, Katy Horan, Kathryn Kelley, Tom Orr, Jessica Mallios, Richard Martinez, Marcelyn McNeil, Brandon Miller, Rahul Mitra, Kia Niell, Ricardo Paniagua, Jason Reed, Sam Sanford, Shane Tolbert, Brad Tucker
816 Congress Avenue, 5th and 14th Floors
www.816congress.info
1319 ROSEWOOD AVENUE is a vacant house in the heart of central East Austin, a diverse and growing community.
Exhibiting TX★11 artists: Joshua Bienko, TJ Hunt, Dion Laurent, Abby Ronaldes
1319 Rosewood Avenue
AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT is the gateway to the city of Austin and Central Texas. The Barbara Jordan Terminal is programmed year-round with a variety of displays and exhibitions celebrating the region’s heritage and creativity. The Biennial exhibition will be located in an area accesible to the general public.
Exhibiting TX★11 artist: Brent Ozaeta
3600 Presidential Boulevard
www.abia.org
BIG MEDIUM is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to supporting visual arts and artists in Texas by offering affordable studio spaces, operating a gallery and organizing programs such as the annual East Austin Studio Tour and the Texas Biennial.
Exhibiting TX★11 artists: Hillerbrand+Magsamen, Brent Ozaeta, Carin Rodenborn
5305 Bolm Road #12
www.bigmedium.org
PUMP PROJECT ART COMPLEX is a non-profit 501(c)(3) East Austin visual art organization whose mission is to enrich and reinforce Austin’s creative community through working studios, programming and exhibition facilities for emerging and established artists.
Exhibiting TX★11 artists: Esteban Delgado, Gabriel Dawe
702 Shady Lane
www.pumpproject.org
THE VISUAL ARTS CENTER (VAC) in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin draws students, faculty, guest artists and creative voices from around the world to the university’s dynamic arts community, and serves as a hub for artistic expression, education, and innovation.
Exhibiting TX★11 artist: Hana Hillerova
The University of Texas at Austin Art Building, 23rd Street and Trinity Street
www.utexas.edu/finearts/vac
WOMEN & THEIR WORK is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that serves as a catalyst for new ideas in contemporary art by creating opportunities for artists and audiences to experience contemporary art through ambitious exhibitions, commissions of new work, performances, and education programs that inform audiences of all ages.
Exhibiting TX★11 artists: Susi Brister, Elizabeth Chiles, Kristen Cochran, Jonathan Faber, Anthony Sonnenberg, Barry Stone, Cathie Tyler
1710 Lavaca Street
www.womenandtheirwork.org
Houston
BOX 13 ARTSPACE is an artist-run non-profit 501(c)(3) innovative environment for the creation and advancement of experimental contemporary art in Houston.
Exhibiting TX★11 artists: Cassandra Emswiler, Laurie Frick, Timothy Harding, Olivia Moore, Brad Tucker
6700 Harrisburg Blvd, Houston
www.box13artspace.com
San Antonio
BLUE STAR CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER is the first and longest-running venue for contemporary art in San Antonio, a non-profit 501(c)(3) that now in its twenty-fifth year enables over 300,000 visitors each year to experience contemporary art through exhibitions, the MOSAIC after-school education program, and community events.
Exhibiting TX★11 artists: Tom Orr, Jade Walker
116 Blue Star, San Antonio
www.bluestarart.org
Internet
www.texasbiennial.org
Exhibiting TX★11 artist: H. David Waddell