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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A group exhibition celebrating the 50th Year of Hooks-Epstein Galleries.
12.07.19 | 01.11.20
"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
"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
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
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
A solo exhibition of paintings and drawings by Angel Castelán, a recent MFA graduate from University of Houston.
06.29.19 | 08.10.19
A solo exhibition featuring dismantled books by Sunni Forcier, a recent MFA graduate from University of Houston.
06.29.19 | 08.10.19
A final solo exhibition of sculpture by Japanese artist Masaru Takiguchi.
05.18.19 | 06.22.19
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
"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 is a drawing series that intersects Thomas’ interests in news and journalism with his explorations into the…
01.19.19 | 02.16.19
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
"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
"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 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
"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
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
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
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’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
"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
"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
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
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
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
"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
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
A memorial exhibition featuring the carved wood and cast bronze sculptures by Richard Neidhardt.
05.20.17 | 07.01.17
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
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
An exhibition of assemblage works by John Mark Sager.
01.14.17 | 02.18.17
A show of watercolor paintings by artist Christopher St. Leger.
01.14.17 | 02.18.17
An exhibition of ceramic and mixed-media sculptures by Kelly and Kyle Phelps.
10.22.16 | 11.23.16
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
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
An exhibition of abstract, geometric, and organic works by Lorena Morales.
05.21.16 | 07.01.16
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
An exhibition of photographs and mixed media works by Kathryn Dunlevie and Julie Brook Alexander.
04.09.16 | 05.14.16
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A show featuring recent paintings and drawings by artist Teresa Dunn.
03.28.15 | 04.25.15
A show of drawings by artist Mayuko Ono Gray’s that incorporate elements of Japanese proverbs and calligraphy.
03.28.15 | 04.25.15
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
Artist Anna Mavromatis has used a variety of printmaking and paper staining techniques to create these new works.
01.17.15 | 02.14.15
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
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
09.13.14 | 10.18.14
06.07.14 | 08.16.14
07.12.14 | 08.16.14
05.03.14 | 05.31.14
02.22.14 | 03.22.14
This will be McCartney's debut exhibition with Hooks-Epstein after 10 years with Goldesberry Gallery.
01.18.14 | 02.15.14
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
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
An exhibition about poverty, customs, technology and linguistics through visual street language.
10.26.13 | 11.27.13
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
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
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
04.27.13 | 05.25.13
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
Kelley collages her son’s discarded school papers into her mixed-media drawings.
03.23.13 | 04.20.13
Leger chooses the city as the focus in his atmospheric watercolors.
02.16.13 | 03.16.13
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
Newly represented glass artists. Including Robert Burch, Kerrick Johnson, David Patchen, Marlene Rose, and Phil Vickery.
10.20.12 | 11.24.12
11.13.12 | 11.23.12
09.09.12 | 10.13.12
Figure sculpture by Dallas artist Deborah Ballard.
07.14.12 | 08.16.12
Drawings influenced by hidden feelings, beliefs, dreams, and fears.
06.02.12 | 07.07.12
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
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
02.18.12 | 03.17.12
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
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 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
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
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
Group exhibition of recent prints by the members of Printmatters, the org sponsoring PrintHouston 2011.
06.04.11 | 07.02.11
04.30.11 | 05.28.11
03.26.11 | 04.23.11
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
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
12.04.10 | 01.08.11
10.23.10 | 11.27.10
09.11.10 | 10.16.10
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
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
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 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
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, 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
12.05.09 | 01.09.10
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
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
Hooks presents new drawings by College of the Mainland Adjunct Professor Mayuko Gray.
07.11.09 | 08.15.09
"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
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
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
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
Check out new work by Austin-based artist John Mark Sager.
01.17.09 | 02.14.09
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
Featuring work by more than two dozen artists, Hooks' politically-themed show is worth a look.
10.25.08 | 11.29.08
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
07.12.08 | 08.16.08
05.03.08 | 05.31.08
Glass sculpture by Alex Gabriel Bernstein and husband and wife team Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen & Jasen Johnsen.
04.12.08 | 04.26.08
02.23.08 | 03.22.08
01.12.08 | 02.16.08
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
10.20.07 | 11.24.07
07.14.07 | 08.18.07
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
04.27.07 | 05.26.07
03.24.07 | 04.21.07
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
01.01.70 | 02.10.07
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