Lillian Warren is a visual artist, an active supporter of the Houston arts community, and an entrepreneur.  As a painter, Lillian has had participated in numerous one-person shows, small group shows, and juried exhibitions in Houston and St. Louis.  In her business career Lillian has worked for a variety of companies in positions focusing on project management, business planning, and strategic planning.  She is currently Chief Operating Officer of a small consulting firm specializing in strategic planning for corporate clients.

ONE PERSON SHOWS

2003    Connection, Gallery 101, Houston TX

2002    Communication, Stages Theater, Houston, TX

1997     Changes, Componere Gallery, St. Louis, MO

1996     Earth and Reflections, Componere Gallery, St. Louis, MO

1994     Soulard, The Ninth Street Abbey, St. Louis, MO

1993     Landscapes, The Ninth Street Abbey, St. Louis, MO

GROUP SHOWS

2005    Rudolph Projects/Artscan Gallery; A Fine Line, Houston TX; curated by Volker Eisele,

2004    Soft/Frequency/Hard, Gallery 101, Houston TX; curated by Wayne Gilbert

   New Works by Pamela Reaves & Lillian Warren, Negative Space Gallery, Houston TX

2002    Reveries, journeys, emergence, Gallery 101, Houston TX

2001    Urban Zen, Art Venture Gallery, Houston, TX

   Five at Stages, sponsored by the Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX

1995    Small Works, The Clubhouse, St. Louis. MO

SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2006    Biennial Southwest; the Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
                     Juror: Neal Benezra, Director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

New American Paintings, published bi-monthly by The Open Studios Press
Juror: Ian Berry, Curator at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery of Skidmore College

Landscape in the Postmodern, Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, FL
           Juror: Corey Postiglione, painter, critic, curator, and professor

VAA Twenty-Third Juried Open Exhibition, Houston, TX
           Juror:  Sally Sprout, curator and corporate art consultant

  Cambridge Art Association 2006 National prize Show, Cambridge, MA
           Juror:  Cheryl Brutvan, Beal Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

   Assistance League Celebrates Texas Art 2006, Houston, TX
          Juror: Juror Jeffrey Grove, Curator of Contemporary Art, High Art Museum, Atlanta

2005    Houston Municipal Art Commission, MAC 2006 Art on Loan Program, Houston TX
                   Juror: Gus Kopriva, Redbud Gallery, Houston, TX

   Glassell School of Art, 2005 Annual Exhibition, Houston, TX
         Jurors: Faculty members - Will Michels, Angela Fraleigh, Shane Tidmore

   VAA Twenty-Second Juried Open Exhibition, Houston, TX
         Juror:  Ann Shaw Lancaster, Exec Dir , Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston TX

   Assistance League Celebrates Texas Art 2005,, Houston, TX
        Juror: Dominic Molon of  the Museum of Contemporary Arts, Chicago

2004    VAA juried membership Exhibition, Houston, TX;
                   Juror: Virginia Cobb, artist and author

   WIVLA, Juried Member Show, Houston, TX

   VAA 21st Open Juried Show, Houston, TX
          Juror:  Sally Sprout, Corporate Art Consultant & Director of Sally Sprout Gallery, Houston TX

             Glassell School of Art, 2004 Annual Exhibition, Houston, TX

2003     VAA 20st Juried Exhibit, Houston, TX
                    Juror:  Clint Willour, Executive Director Galveston Arts Center, Galveston TX

   WIVLA, Juried Member Show, Houston, TX

             Glassell School of Art, 2003 Annual Exhibition, Houston, TX

2002    Visual Arts Alliance, Juried Exhibition, Houston, TX
                      Juror:  Clint Willour, Executive Director Galveston Arts Center, Galveston TX

   Glassell School of Art, Annual Exhibition, Houston, TX

             The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX
                      Juror: Annette DiMeo Carlozzi, Curator of American and Contemporary Art,
                                 Blanton Museum of Art, Univ. of Texas at Austin

2001    Annual Gulf Coast National, Texas Artist’s Museum, Port Arthur, TX
                      Juror: Ray Daniels, curator of Art Museum of Southeast Texas

           Art League of Houston’s Open Show 2001, Houston, TX
                     Juror: Virgil Grotfeldt., artist, teacher, and guest critic

GRANTS / AWARDS

2006    Individual Artist Grant Fellowship, Cultural arts Council of Houston and Harris County

2003    Creative Capital / DiverseWorks Professional Development Workshop, Houston TX

EDUCATION

2006  Painting/drawing/critique classes at Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX (1996 – 2006)

1987   MBA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

1982   Graduate studies in Art History with a fellowship at the University of Toulouse, France.

1980   BFA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

ART ORGANIZATION BOARDS

2004 - present  DiverseWorks board (audience development / president), Houston TX

2001 - 2005      Board of Women in the Visual and Literary Arts (programs/president), Houston, TX

1994 – 1996     Board of St. Louis Women’s Caucus of Art (show chair), St. Louis, MO