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Hooks-Epstein Galleries
2631 Colquitt Street
Houston,TX 77098
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Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak: Turning Toward the Light

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "The artworks in Turning Toward the Light are Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak’s visual meditations and represent a multi-layered documentation of the current war in…

01.18.25 | 02.15.25

Kingsley Onyeiwu: RECONCILIATION

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "The artwork of Kingsley Onyeiwu unites traditional and contemporary aesthetics. Onyeiwu grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, where he was surrounded by the…

12.07.24 | 01.12.25

Charlotte Cosgrove: Predicaments

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "The intricate, compact drawings by Charlotte Cosgrove in Predicaments explore situations, crises, experiences and tragic events that may be emotionally or psychologically charged. The imagery…

10.19.24 | 11.20.24

Clara Hoag: Ball Pit

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "The figure sculptures created by Clara Hoag reflect the complexity of life: buildings, scaffolding, and abstract shapes combine with the human form to…

10.19.24 | 11.20.24

Deasa Turner: Whimsy and Chaos!

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "As exemplified in Whimsy and Chaos!, the artwork of Deasa Turner is shaped by two guiding principles. The first is transmogrification, in which Turner changes or…

09.07.24 | 10.11.24

Texas Creatives: Summer Showcase

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "Hooks-Epstein Galleries proudly presents Texas Creatives, a showcase of the gallery’s Texas-based contemporary artists. The exhibition opening will follow the CASETA Symposium &…

06.29.24 | 08.10.24

David Farrer: Mounted, but NOT Stuffed!

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "Hooks-Epstein Galleries proudly presents the inaugural stateside exhibition for UK-based artist, David Farrer. An exhibition of papier-mâché sculptures, Mounted, but NOT Stuffed! will…

05.18.24 | 06.15.24

Lorena Morales: Topographies of a Place to Know

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "Hooks-Epstein Galleries proudly presents an exhibition of mixed media work by Venezuelan American artist, Lorena Morales. Lorena Morales presents new works that belong…

04.13.24 | 05.11.24

Kaleidoscope, Celebrating Women in Art

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "Kaleidoscope is a group exhibition honoring the diverse and unique perspectives that women bring to the community and to the world as…

03.02.24 | 04.05.24

Mark Greenwalt: I Spot Eye Spots

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "Distinguished for his drawings of surreal, nondeterministic figures, artist Mark Greenwalt creates humanoid forms of sculptural volume that defy the canons of proportion, challenge…

01.20.24 | 02.16.24

WEAR IT OUT! Art Jewelry Invitational

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "Hooks-Epstein Galleries presents WEAR IT OUT!, an art jewelry invitational exhibition. A Preview Open House will take place on Small Business Saturday on November…

12.02.23 | 01.13.24

Richard Neidhardt: Bronze Legacy

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "In his art, late artist Richard Neidhardt expressed himself in two different ways. Whereas his paintings are formal and abstract statements with minimal subject…

10.21.23 | 11.11.23

Angel Castelán: De Azul Celeste

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "Sourcing imagery from his everyday life, the work of Angel Castelán in De Azul Celeste, which translates into “of celestial blue”, explores the interplay…

09.09.23 | 10.14.23

Angelica Raquel: Leyendas and Mine

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "Description Multidisciplinary artist Angelica Raquel was born and raised in the border city of Laredo, TX, where she draws inspiration from personal childhood experiences…

06.24.23 | 08.12.23

Mayuko Ono Gray: Don’t Push the River

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries; "Description Reflecting a life that is both culturally Japanese and American, Mayuko Ono Gray’s graphite drawings hybridize influences from traditional Japanese calligraphy combined with…

05.13.23 | 06.17.23

Kathryn Dunlevie: Femmes Futuristes

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "Kathryn Dunlevie has always been intrigued by spatial and temporal inconsistencies, and by each individual’s particular and shifting sense of what is real. Fragmenting,…

04.01.23 | 05.06.23

Ann Johnson: Ironic

From Hooks-Epstein Gallery: "Ironic by Ann Johnson explores family, community, and Black womanhood—specifically being seen and seeing the women in the shadows. Johnson uses the ironing board as a sacred…

02.25.23 | 03.25.23

Sandi Seltzer Bryant Pop-Up Exhibition

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "Hooks-Epstein Galleries will be hosting a Pop-Up Exhibition showcasing the available body of work of gallery artist Sandi Seltzer Bryant. Bryant was one of over 100…

01.28.23 | 02.11.23

Edward Lane McCartney: Jewel Box, A Case for Personal Adornment

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "Hooks-Epstein Galleries presents Edward Lane McCartney’s Jewel Box, A Case for Personal Adornment, an exhibition of wearable art and jewelry. During the…

10.22.22 | 11.19.22

Deasa Turner: Urban Jumble, A Vignette Exhibition

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "Hooks-Epstein Galleries presents Deasa Turner’s Urban Jumble, A Vignette Exhibition. The eye-catching artwork of Deasa Turner addresses events, issues, and concerns that all individuals…

10.22.22 | 11.19.22

Prince Varughese Thomas: America the Beautiful

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "In observance of FotoFest 2022 and kicking off its 2022-2023 exhibition season, Hooks-Epstein Galleries is proud to present the photography-based works of…

09.10.22 | 10.15.22

Julie Brook Alexander: The Savoring Project

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "In observance of FotoFest 2022 and kicking off its 2022-2023 exhibition season, Hooks-Epstein Galleries is proud to present the photography-based works of…

09.10.22 | 10.15.22

Catherine Asher Morgan: Nuptial Musings

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "In her first solo art exhibition in Houston, Nuptial Musings, Catherine Asher Morgan has assembled a compilation of digital photography and digital…

07.09.22 | 08.13.22

Stephanie Mercado: Emerge

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "In Emerge, Stephanie Mercado’s 4th solo gallery exhibition, she constructs her collages from hand-carved, hand-printed elements and colored papers that merge traditional printmaking with experimental practices, fine…

06.04.22 | 07.01.22

Marcos Hernandez Chavez: El baile de los que sobran

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "Marcos Hernandez Chavez has developed his creative style over time as a result of his constant experimentation and transformation of everyday construction materials…

04.23.22 | 05.26.22

Clara Hoag: Re/Construct

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "Re/Construct is an exhibition of ceramic pieces and drawings by Clara Hoag. Her work draws a comparison between the human body and a city:…

03.12.22 | 04.14.22

Ronald L. Jones: Black [Between The Lines]

From the artist: "Within his artistic practice, Ronald L. Jones investigates the barriers between creatives and audiences by encouraging viewers to examine their environment through the lens…

01.29.22 | 03.05.22

The Box

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "Geri Hooks founded Hooks-Epstein Galleries in 1969 by offering prints for purchase. Le Petit Gallery, inside Hooks-Epstein Galleries, offered a variety of…

12.04.21 | 01.08.22

Lorena Morales: The Home I Carry with Me

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "The evolving nature of home and the significance of what this carries for an individual and their identity in a rapidly changing…

10.23.21 | 11.20.21

Kingsley Onyeiwu: WANTING

From the gallery: "Continuing its 2020-2021 season, Hooks-Epstein Galleries proudly presents a solo show for Nigerian-born artist, Kingsley Onyeiwu. WANTING, an exhibition of drawings, will…

03.27.21 | 05.10.21

Kermit Oliver

A solo exhibition featuring new paintings by Kermit Oliver. From the gallery: "Hooks-Epstein Galleries has been exhibiting Kermit Oliver’s paintings, drawings, hand-colored prints, and even sculpture, for over…

12.05.20 | 01.09.21

Edward Lane McCartney: LOOT

From Hooks-Epstein Galleries: "LOOT is a pop up show taking place from December 15-24, 2020 and featuring the wearable art of Hooks-Epstein Galleries artist, Edward…

12.15.20 | 12.24.20

Leamon Green: SOURCES 2020

A solo exhibition featuring work by Leamon Green. To watch the upcoming November 7 artist talk with Leamon Green, go here. From the gallery: "Hooks-Epstein…

10.24.20 | 11.21.20

Sandi Seltzer Bryant: Lagoon Hues

A solo exhibition featuring work by Houston artist Sandi Seltzer Bryant. From the gallery: "Hooks-Epstein Galleries is proud to open its 2020-2021 Art Season with…

09.12.20 | 10.17.20

Julie Brook Alexander: Savoring

In observance of FotoFest Biennial 2020, Hooks-Epstein Galleries is proud to present photography-based works by Julie Brook Alexander. In her latest body of work, "Savoring",…

05.25.20 | 07.03.20

Kathryn Dunlevie: Women of Wonder

In observance of FotoFest Biennial 2020, Hooks-Epstein Galleries is proud to present photography-based works by Kathryn Dunlevie. Dunlevie’s "Women of Wonder" series is inspired by…

05.25.20 | 07.03.20

Prince Varughese Thomas: Masters of the Universe

In observance of FotoFest Biennial 2020, Hooks-Epstein Galleries is proud to present photography-based works by Prince Varughese Thomas. "Masters of the Universe", by Prince Varughese…

05.25.20 | 07.03.20

Edward Lane McCartney: Topographies and Tantrums

Hooks-Epstein Galleries is proud to present Topographies and Tantrums, an exhibition of intricate paper and mixed media formations, sculptural works, and wearable art by Houston-based…

02.22.20 | 05.31.20

Kelly & Kyle Phelps

Hooks-Epstein Galleries is proud to open 2020 by presenting an exhibition for identical twin brothers and ceramicists, Kelly and Kyle Phelps. An exhibition of ceramics…

01.18.20 | 02.15.20

CHEERS TO 50! AN EXHIBITION OF ARTISTS PAST AND PRESENT

A group exhibition celebrating the 50th Year of Hooks-Epstein Galleries.

12.07.19 | 01.11.20

Cheers to 50!

"Founded in 1969 and one of Houston’s longest running art galleries, Hooks-Epstein Galleries is proud to continue its 2019-2020 season and commemorate the gallery’s Fiftieth…

12.07.19 | 01.11.20

Ann Johnson: Acknowledge

"Acknowledge is an exhibition of printmaking and mixed media. In her latest exhibition, Acknowledge, Ann Johnson explores the truths and consequences of slavery. She incorporates a…

10.19.19 | 11.27.19

Bernard Mattox: Chasing the Thing

A solo exhibition featuring work by Bernard Mattox. "Bernard Mattox considers himself more archaeologist than artist, excavating memories, dreams, and imagery from the inner strata…

09.07.19 | 10.12.19

Clara Hoag: bend

A solo exhibition featuring work by Clara Hoag. "In her latest body of work, bend, ceramicist Clara Hoag creates pieces that reflect the human condition…

09.07.19 | 10.12.19

Angel Castelán: Echoes

A solo exhibition of paintings and drawings by Angel Castelán, a recent MFA graduate from University of Houston.

06.29.19 | 08.10.19

Sunni Forcier: Collection of Whispers

A solo exhibition featuring dismantled books by Sunni Forcier, a recent MFA graduate from University of Houston.

06.29.19 | 08.10.19

Masaru Takiguchi

A final solo exhibition of sculpture by Japanese artist Masaru Takiguchi.

05.18.19 | 06.22.19

Nuestra Realidad - Our Reality

A group show in Houston. "Hooks-Epstein Galleries is a participating space for the 6th Biennial Latino Art Now! (LAN!) Conference." Featuring: Jose Chardiet, Desira Garcia,…

04.06.19 | 05.11.19

Kingsley Onyeiwu: Shadows of Time

"In Shadows of Time, Kingsley Onyeiwu’s artwork embodies a blend of traditional and contemporary aesthetics. His admiration of figurative works of art, as well as…

02.23.19 | 03.30.19

Prince Varughese Thomas: The Light of Other Days

"Prince Varughese Thomas’ The Light of Other Days is a drawing series that intersects Thomas’ interests in news and journalism with his explorations into the…

01.19.19 | 02.16.19

Kermit Oliver

An exhibition featuring works by longtime Texas artist Kermit Oliver. This show is a celebration of the gallery's 30-year partnership with Oliver.

12.01.18 | 01.12.19

Mark Greenwalt: Familiar Anomalies

"In Mark Greenwalt’s, Familiar Anomalies, his non-deterministic figures, through frequent cycles of forming, deforming, and reforming, evolve on drawing surfaces parallel to the greater world…

10.20.18 | 11.21.18

Ward Sanders: Nightboxes

"In Nightboxes, Ward Sanders, presents a series of boxes, that are different sizes with instruments and objects placed within them, that visually respond to unpleasant…

10.20.18 | 11.21.18

Lorena Morales: Color in Present Time

"Lorena Morales’ Color in Present Time relates to the journey of finding her way home. Morales’ works propose an abstract visual passage that signifies the intersection…

09.08.18 | 10.13.18

Mayuko Ono Gray: Domestic Zen

"In Domestic Zen, Mayuko Ono Gray’s works combine East and West, reflecting a life that is both culturally Japanese and American. Her graphite drawings, which…

06.30.18 | 08.11.18

Marcos Hernandez: Obras, Obrero

An exhibition of works by artist Marcos Hernandez. In his art, Hernandez uses materials that reference his family's history of migration and past occupations, commenting on industries…

06.30.18 | 08.11.18

Kurt Kemp: Stories of the Gun

Stories of the Gun features works by California-based artist Kurt Kemp. The pieces in the show combine drawing, collage, assemblage, and printmaking techniques and address themes of family,…

05.19.18 | 06.23.18

Lauren Salazar: Ties that Bind

An exhibition of weavings by artist Lauren Salazar. In addition to exploring the cultural history of their medium, Salazar's works echo the language of sculpture and painting.

04.07.18 | 06.23.18

Prince Varughese Thomas: New Works

"Prince Varughese Thomas’s New Works exhibition consists of photo-based works, in addition to a video, that metaphorically explore the subject of death in private and…

02.24.18 | 03.31.18

Julie Brook Alexander: Collecting Echoes

"In Collecting Echoes, Julie Brook Alexander joins two images on a single page, which allows the viewer to discover the interplay between near and far…

02.24.18 | 03.31.18

Kathryn Dunlevie: The Taxidermist’s Imaginarium

"In Kathryn Dunlevie’s The Taxidermist’s Imaginarium, she creates photomontages by combining photographs of nature, zoos, natural history museums, and botanical gardens with those of contemporary…

02.24.18 | 03.31.18

Sandi Seltzer Bryant: Internal Journeys; Papers Well Traveled

An exhibition featuring works by Sandi Seltzer Bryant. The pieces in the show are informed by Bryant's travels through material usage and memory. Bryant also takes cues from…

01.13.18 | 02.17.18

Edward Lane McCartney: Chromatic Fantasy: a complement of color

A show of works by Edward Lane McCartney. The works in the exhibition draw heavily on the viewer's experience and perceptions of color.

12.02.17 | 01.06.18

Bernard Mattox: The Archaeology of Solitude & Masaru Takiguchi: Carved Memories

The Archaeology of Solitude features mixed-media works by Bernard Mattox. The pieces in the show reflect the artist's personal experiences. Carved Memories is a show of…

10.21.17 | 11.22.17

Stephanie Mercado: Just a Title

"In Just a Title, Los Angeles based artist Stephanie Mercado examines and interprets how history is recorded. Her recent portraits of maids tell a story…

09.09.17 | 10.14.17

Leamon Green: Is the Way Closed

A show of prints and paintings by artist Leamon Green. The pieces in the show focus on the human form and explore how we present ourselves…

07.08.17 | 08.12.17

Richard Neidhardt (1921-2009): Past Revisited

A memorial exhibition featuring the carved wood and cast bronze sculptures by Richard Neidhardt.

05.20.17 | 07.01.17

Ann Johnson: You Can’t See & Desira Garcia: Unnatural Order

Ann Johnson’s You Can’t See is a body of work that examines race, gender, and politics. In Unnatural Order, Desira Garcia explores the lost connection…

04.08.17 | 05.13.17

Ellen Berman: Three. Two. One.

A show of oil paintings by artist Ellen Berman. Often painting domestic objects, Berman aims to juxtapose the painted object to reality. The artist on her work: “I am…

02.25.17 | 04.01.17

Ellen Berman: Three. Two. One.

A show of works by Texas artist Ellen Berman.

02.25.17 | 04.01.17

John Mark Sager: Asymmetry and Perimeter

An exhibition of assemblage works by John Mark Sager.

01.14.17 | 02.18.17

Christopher St. Leger: obscurities

A show of watercolor paintings by artist Christopher St. Leger.

01.14.17 | 02.18.17

Kermit Oliver

A show of new paintings and drawings by Kermit Oliver.

12.03.16 | 01.07.17

Kelly and Kyle Phelps: God… Steel and a Wasted Dream

An exhibition of ceramic and mixed-media sculptures by Kelly and Kyle Phelps.

10.22.16 | 11.23.16

Robert Kinsell: Blazes in the Desert

An exhibition of works by Robert Kinsell. In his work, Kinsell attempts to create realistic landscapes and objects that immerse the viewer in their narrativeki.

09.10.16 | 10.15.16

Kingsley Onyeiwu: From East Nigeria: 19th Century A.D.

An exhibition of works by Nigerian artist Kingsley Onyeiwu. The works in the show explore the concept of how portraiture can communicate cultural identity to a…

07.09.16 | 08.13.16

Lorena Morales: Pathway to Nowhere or Anywhere

An exhibition of abstract, geometric, and organic works by Lorena Morales.

05.21.16 | 07.01.16

Lauren Salazar: Togetherness Undone

An exhibition of works by Houston-based artist Lauren Salazar. The pieces in the exhibition explores ideas about the social power of weaving.

05.21.16 | 07.01.16

Kathryn Dunlevie and Julie Brook Alexander

An exhibition of photographs and mixed media works by Kathryn Dunlevie and Julie Brook Alexander.

04.09.16 | 05.14.16

Alex Gabriel Bernstein: Natural Progressions

An exhibition featuring cut glass sculptures by Alex Gabriel Bernstein. The works are abstract but provide the viewer with a sense of narrative landscape using light…

02.27.16 | 04.02.16

Edward Lane McCartney: Media Whore: The Persistence of Making

An exhibition of new works by Edward Lane McCartney. The show is based on ideas of material awareness within the works of art themselves.

01.16.16 | 02.20.16

Stephanie Mercado: Live Through This

An exhibition of works by LA-based painter Stephanie Mercado. In this show, the artist reinterprets history paintings and turns them into contemporary cultural commentary.

12.05.15 | 01.09.16

Ben Woitena: Sculpture

An exhibition of works by sculptor Ben Woitena.

10.24.15 | 11.25.15

Jacqueline Dee Parker: Pole Dancing on the Axis Mundi

An exhibition of works inspired by the point around which the world revolves. Parker says she is "drawn to this idea of order in the…

09.12.15 | 10.17.15

Ward Sanders: Howling Fantods: A Tribute to David Foster Wallace

An exhibition of works paying tribute to writer David Foster Wallace. Sanders is inspired by his "his practice of finding beauty in obscure information, pointless…

09.12.15 | 10.17.15

Vladyslav Krasnoshchok & Olga Starostina: Means To No End

An exhibition featuring collaborative works by Ukrainian artist Vlad Krasnoshchok and Russian artist Olga Starostina, united by the common desire to extend the life of…

07.11.15 | 08.15.15

Leamon Green

An exhibition of work by Houston artist Leamon Green exploring identity issues by setting characters among cultural cues from various patterns (derived from textiles, wallpapers,…

05.02.15 | 05.30.15

Teresa Dunn: Ebb and Ember

A show featuring recent paintings and drawings by artist Teresa Dunn.

03.28.15 | 04.25.15

Mayuko Ono Gray: Hello is the beginning of good-bye

A show of drawings by artist Mayuko Ono Gray’s that incorporate elements of Japanese proverbs and calligraphy.

03.28.15 | 04.25.15

Toots Zynsky

An exhibition of colored glass sculptures and vessels by Toots Zynsky. Among the original team of artists who founded the Pilchuck Glass Center in Stanwood,…

02.21.15 | 03.21.15

Anna Mavromatis: Coffee Rituals

Artist Anna Mavromatis has used a variety of printmaking and paper staining techniques to create these new works.

01.17.15 | 02.14.15

Kermit Oliver

Longtime artist Kermit Oliver’s new paintings and works on paper, marking his 27th year of representation by Hooks-Epstein. Last year, Oliver received the first Lifetime…

12.06.14 | 01.10.15

Christopher St. Leger: Mass and Void

St. Leger chooses the city and its people as the focus of his watercolors, "because the delicate spilling of watercolor on concrete isn't a gesture…

10.25.14 | 11.26.14

Print Perspectives

06.07.14 | 08.16.14

Wallpaper, Notions and Preserves a curious purveyance: Edward Lane McCartney

This will be McCartney's debut exhibition with Hooks-Epstein after 10 years with Goldesberry Gallery.

01.18.14 | 02.15.14

Edward Lane McCartney: Q & A Session/Exhibition Catalogue Signing

Robert Boyd (The Great God Pan is Dead) will conduct a Q & A session with McCartney. Champagne and sweet treats will be served! Please…

02.01.14 | 02.01.14

Robert Pruitt: First Contact

Hometown hero Pruitt returns to his H-town stomping grounds hot on the heels of a solo show at The Studio Museum Harlem.  

12.07.13 | 01.11.14

Rahul Mitra: Race, Religion, Politics, Art and Sex at the end of the world

An exhibition about poverty, customs, technology and linguistics through visual street language.

10.26.13 | 11.27.13

A Conversation: Rahul Mitra and Catherine Anspon

PaperCity's, Catherine Anspon talks to Rahul Mitra!.She will be talking to him about his exhibition, Race, Religion, Politics, Art and Sex at the end of…

11.16.13 | 11.16.13

Jacqueline Dee Parker: The Gameboard and Ward Sanders: Birds of Time

In Birds of Time, Ward Sanders has constructed boxes of different sizes and places instruments and objects within them while Jacqueline Dee Parker’s work cross-pollinates the…

09.07.13 | 10.19.13

Q & A Session with Jacqueline Dee Parker and Ward Sanders and Robert Boyd

Robert Boyd (The Great God Pan is Dead) will be conducting a Q & A session with artists, Jacqueline Dee Parker and Ward Sanders. Robert's smart and…

09.28.13 | 09.28.13

Ann Johnson and Anna Mavromatis

   

06.01.13 | 07.03.13

Ross Richmond: Figure Studies and Gestures

Glass artist Ross Richmond breaks down the human body into its basic shape as if it were covered by cloth.

03.23.13 | 04.20.13

Kelli Scott Kelley: Twins and Other Curiosities

Kelley collages her son’s discarded school papers into her mixed-media drawings.

03.23.13 | 04.20.13

Christopher St. Leger: Directions

Leger chooses the city as the focus in his atmospheric watercolors.

02.16.13 | 03.16.13

New Artist Group Exhibition

Artists include: Gregory Michael Carter – acrylic, transfer on maps, Ann Johnson – iron relief prints, found objects, Anna Mavromatis – monotypes in folded structures,…

01.12.13 | 02.09.13

Glassarama

Newly represented glass artists. Including Robert Burch, Kerrick Johnson, David Patchen, Marlene Rose, and Phil Vickery.

10.20.12 | 11.24.12

Group Glass Exhibition

11.13.12 | 11.23.12

Deborah Ballard: Adjusted Memories

Figure sculpture by Dallas artist Deborah Ballard.

07.14.12 | 08.16.12

Mayuko Ono Gray: Reflection of Self in You

Drawings influenced by hidden feelings, beliefs, dreams, and fears.

06.02.12 | 07.07.12

Kathryn Dunlevie: Cover Versions

Dunlevie collages everyday, familiar images and transforms them into compositions that hint at invisible, underlying structures using old record albums.

03.24.12 | 04.21.12

Julie Brook Alexander: Realities Reconsidered

Instead of collage with traditional adhesives, Alexander overlays torn black and white prints and photographs the resulting image, adding drama with studio lighting.

03.24.12 | 04.21.12

Richard Neidhardt 1921-2009: A Mini Retrospective

Richard Neidhardt was the art director at the University of Florida Press in the early fifties.  He taught at the University of Florida, Hardin Simmons…

01.14.12 | 02.11.12

Kermit Oliver

New paintings and works on paper. Oliver was the subject of an article in the October 2012 issue of Texas Monthly.  He was also featured…

12.01.12 | 01.05.12

Ward Sanders: Cautionary Tales from the Recent Past

Ward Sanders constructs boxes of different sizes and places instruments and objects within them which, he feels, symbolize access to the unknown.

10.22.11 | 11.23.11

Robert Pruitt: You Are Your Own Twin

Portrait drawings of people existing in flux, illustrating W.E.B. Du Bois’ notion of “double consciousness” via style and dress. Pruitt's  show This Rejection of the…

09.17.11 | 10.15.11

Scott Woodard: Occupied Dreams

A self-taught, local artist expresses his desire to achieve inner serenity through paintings and drawings. In conjunction with At Houston 2011.

07.09.11 | 08.20.11

Print Matters: group show

Group exhibition of recent prints by the members of Printmatters, the org sponsoring PrintHouston 2011.

06.04.11 | 07.02.11

Leamon Green: What She Said

04.30.11 | 05.28.11

James Mathison

03.26.11 | 04.23.11

Toots Zynsky

Hooks-Epstein Galleries presents an exhibition of glass sculpture of Toots Zynsky. A thread pulling machine was designed for Zynsky in 1982 that enabled her to…

02.19.11 | 03.19.11

Kelli Scott Kelley: Fairytale

Hooks-Epstein Galleries presents work by Kelli Scott Kelley in the exhibition Fairytale. The imagery in Kelley's mixed-media paintings and drawings on found fabrics is inspired…

01.15.11 | 02.12.11

Kermit Oliver

12.04.10 | 01.08.11

Bernard Mattox: Mapmaker

09.11.10 | 10.16.10

The Whole Shebang (Outsider Art)

The Whole Shebang features the work of three different artists in this group exhibition opening in conjunction with ArtHouston at Hooks Epstein Galleries. Tom d.…

07.24.10 | 08.21.10

James Michael Starr and Stephanie Trenchard

Hooks-Epstein Galleries presents two solo exhibitions featuring James Michael Starr and Stephanie Trenchard. In Stranger in a Strange Land, James Michael Starr sculptural works are…

06.05.10 | 07.03.10

Pang-Chieh Hsu: Solo and Solo+Solo+

In Solo and Solo+Solo+…, Pang-Chieh Hsu presents new watercolors at Hook-Epstein Galleries which depict various images of men. Hsu states, “On the web, people tend…

05.01.10 | 05.29.10

Ward Sanders: Unnatural History

Ward Sanders presents his constructed boxes in his third solo show exhibition at Hooks-Epstein Galleries. In Unnatural History, Sanders explores the area between science and…

03.27.10 | 04.24.10

Julie Brook Alexander & Jim Falick

Reading Between the Lines showcases landscape photographs that are created from a compilation of various scenes that are joined together in collage by Julie Brook…

03.20.10 | 03.20.10

Robert Pruitt: The Forever People

Robert Pruitt, who came to prominence as a member of Otabenga Jones & Associates and was included in the 2006 Whitney Biennial, has a new series of…

01.16.10 | 02.13.10

Masterworks in Glass

Hooks is celebrating it's 40th year with a series of "Masterworks" shows. Exhibiting some of, if not the best examples of glass available in Houston,…

11.14.09 | 11.28.09

Masterworks

Hooks-Epstein Galleries is celebrating 40 years in business with a huge exhibit featuring sculpture, works on paper, and paintings. Artists in the exhibit include Julie…

09.12.09 | 10.17.09

Mayuko Gray: Midnight Skinny-Dipping

Hooks presents new drawings by College of the Mainland Adjunct Professor Mayuko Gray.

07.11.09 | 08.15.09

Kelli Scott Kelley: The Woman and the Wolf

"In The Woman and the Wolf, Kelly compares a woman's life to that of a wolf. On the one hand, the wolf represents a woman's…

06.06.09 | 07.02.09

Teresa Dunn: Dilemmas and Innocents

Dunn's paint handling is impressive. Her color choices are supurb, and we're loving the loose brushwork. Go see this show!

05.02.09 | 05.30.09

Leamon Green: Tug

Influenced by the time he spent in Tanzania as a Fulbright Scholar in 2007, Green's new work draws on his experiences while in Africa, and…

03.28.09 | 04.25.09

Jos

In addition to their staple of painters, sculptors, and mixed-media artists, Hooks-Epstein is focusing a lot of attention on work by major glass artists. For…

02.21.09 | 03.21.09

John Mark Sager: The Bookkeeper

Check out new work by Austin-based artist John Mark Sager.

01.17.09 | 02.14.09

Kermit Oliver

Reclusive artist Kermit Oliver's paintings are well-known throughout Texas, and rightfully so. His work is in museum collections across the state. His still lifes, landscapes,…

12.06.08 | 01.10.09

The Art of Politics

Featuring work by more than two dozen artists, Hooks' politically-themed show is worth a look.

10.25.08 | 11.29.08

Scott Gordon: in the shadow of doubt

Hooks-Epstein kicks off their fall season with a strong show of collage by Houston-based artist Scott Gordon. And congrats to Gordon, who will have his…

10.11.08 | 10.18.08

Kurt Kemp: Dear Lieza

Surreal works on paper by Kurt Kemp.

06.07.08 | 07.03.08

3rd Annual Glass Exhibition

Glass sculpture by Alex Gabriel Bernstein and husband and wife team Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen & Jasen Johnsen.

04.12.08 | 04.26.08

Yrjo Edelmann

Edelmann is still doing those trompe l'oiel package paintings (Bill Davenport wrote about them for us back in '02).

12.01.07 | 01.05.08

James Mathison: Textures

10.20.07 | 11.24.07

Bernard Mattox / Martin Payton

Two artists from Louisiana!

09.08.07 | 10.13.07

31: 31 artists / 31 works

07.14.07 | 08.18.07

Masaru Takiguchi: Classically Taki

Born in Osaka, Japan, Takiguchi served as a visiting teacher in sculpture at UH in 69, 70 and 73.

06.02.07 | 07.07.07

Teresa Dunn: In Dreams

04.27.07 | 05.26.07

Scott Gordon: Gridsnap

03.24.07 | 04.21.07

Blown Away

After the success of the first three shows, Hooks starts an annual tradition with Blown Away to honor the great tradition and tecnique of hand…

03.04.07 | 03.17.07

Kelli Scott Kelley

01.01.70 | 02.10.07

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