B.C. Gilbert
4502 Lockwood Dr
Wichita Falls, TX 76308
940.224.4453 mobile
www.bcgilbert.com
Education
2001 MFA, Painting, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
1997 BFA, Painting, Cameron University, Lawton, OK
Professional Experience
2018- Welding Instructor, Wichita Falls Independent School District, Wichita Falls, TX
Present (courses taught-Welding I and Welding II)
2008-18 Art Instructor, Wichita Falls Independent School District, Wichita Falls, TX
(courses taught-Art I-IV, 3-D AP Studio)
2015- Adjunct Instructor, Lone Star College, Tomball, TX
Present Courses taught: Art Appreciation, Online
2006-14 Adjunct Instructor, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
(courses taught: Studio Foundations, Drawing I)
2003-09 Owner and Operator, BC Country Custom Iron & Weldrite
Gallery Director, Gilrose Studios Alternative Gallery Space
Wichita Falls, TX
2002-03 Studio Assistant, St. Eligius Studio, Lubbock, TX
2001-03 Adjunct Instructor, South Plains College, Levelland, TX
(courses taught: Drawing I, Drawing II, Art Appreciation)
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Relics, Trophy Mounts, and Urban Arrowhheads, 5th & J Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2019 Vaquero Moderno, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
2016 Flat Land, Flat Water, Great Plains Art Museum, Lincoln, NE
2015 After the Drought, The Maplewood, Wichita Falls, TX
2014 High Plains Jamboree, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Art, Lubbock, TX
2013 BFE, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, Ok
2011 Homecoming Ott Eleven, Farm to Market Arts, Lubbock, TX
2011 That’s Just the Way it Goes, Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, TX
2007 Muscle and Blood, G Gallery, Houston, TX
2007 Sweat and Grace, Red Star Studio 2, Albany, TX
2006 That Dusty Road, La Diosa Cellars, Lubbock, TX
2006 Highway #9, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, Ok
2002 Old Work N/A New House, One World Imports, Lubbock, TX
2001 The Greazie Box Café, Art Space, Lubbock, TX
1999 Soiled Velvet and Tarnished Steel, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK
1996 Visual Communication, Carnegie Town Hall, Lawton, OK
Collaborative Projects
2016 Devil’s Claw, 600 6th St, Wichita Falls, TX (performance in collaboration with Richie Bates)
2014 Jackalopes, Grindstone Gallery, San Antonio, TX (in collaboration with Joe Barrington)
2010 Midnight Oil, The Juanita Harvery Art Gallery, Wichita Falls, TX (in collaboration with Nancy Gail Kizis)
2004 Lank Spangler; No Compromise, The Buddy Holly Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX (in collaboration with Andy Wilkinson) (catalogue) (Traveling Exhibition)
Group Exhibitions
2018 Patent Pending, Contemporary Art Museum of Plainview, Plainview, TX (curated by Jonathan Whitfill)(catalogue)
2017 Celebrating 20 Years of Art, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX
2016 Ulterior Motifs No. 15, Splendora Gardens, Splendora, TX
Ulterior Motifs No.14, Arlington Museum of Art, Arllington, TX
(curated by Jeff F. Wheeler)(catalogue)
2015 Patent Pending, 5 & J Gallery,Lubbock, TX (curated by Jonathan Whitfill)
2014 Ulterior Motifs 15th Anniversary, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock,TX
(curated by Wayne Gilbert and Jeff F. Wheeler)
2011 Check Up, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2010 Heart & Soul of the Great Plains, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK
2010 Charles Adams Collects, Charles Adams Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2009 The Secret Drawing Society, Croft Gallery, Waco, TX (curated by John and Charles Hancock)
2008 40 Years and Counting, Cameron University School of Fine Art, Lawton, OK (catalogue)
2008 New Wave-100 Years of Art in Lubbock, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock,TX (curated by Charles Adams) (catalogue)
2007 Camp Marfa,
Huntsville Museum of Art, Hunstville, TX
Art Depot Gallery, Lubbock, TX
Building 98, Marfa, TX (curated by Wayne Gilbert)(catalogue)
2007 Amistad, Texas Art in Peru
Museo de Arte de Moderno del Peru, Trujillo, Peru
Museo de Naciones, Lima, Peru (curated by Gus Kopriva)(catalogue)
2007 Ulterior Motifs No. 11, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
Ulterior Motifs No. 10, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX (curated by Bryan and
Jeff Wheeler and Wayne Gilbert)(catalogue)
2006 Take Me to the River, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX (curated by Cohn Drennan)(catalogue)
2006 Lubbock Collects Lubbock: The Giant Side of Art, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX
2005 12 x 12, Amarillo Art Museum, Amarillo, TX
2005 Ulterior Motifs No.8, The Buddy Holly Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX (curated by Bryan and Jeff Wheeler)
2004 Ulterior Motifs No. 8,The New Braunfels Museum of Art and Music,New Braunfels, TX
(curated by Jeff and Bryan Wheeler, Wayne Gilbert,Gus Kopriva)
2004 From the Flatlands, The Studio Gallery, Houston, TX (curated by Marie Weichman)
2004 7 Trains of Thought and a Culmination, Center for Contemporary Art, Abilene, TX
2004 Ulterior Motifs No. 7, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX (curated by Jeff and Bryan Wheeler, Wayne Gilbert, Gus Kopriva) (catalogue)
2004 I Heart (love) Texas, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA (curated by C. Sean Hornton)
2004 Lubbock on Top: Ten Artists from the High Plains, Gallery 101, Houston, TX
2004 2DD, 3DDD, Triple AAA Bra Show,Keller Rihn Studio, San Antonio, TX
2004 Ulterior Motifs NO. 5, Wheeler Bros Studio, Lubbock, TX (curated by Jeff and Bryan Wheeler)
2002 Ulterior Motifs No. 4, Wheeler Bros Studio, Lubbock, TX
2002 Ulterior Motifs No. 3, The Art Guy’s World Headquarters, Houston, TX
(curated by Jeff and Bryan Wheeler)
2001 True Colors, Depot Alley, Lubbock, TX
2000 Ulterior Motifs No. 2, Wheeler Bros Studio, Lubbock, TX (curated by Jeff and Bryan Wheeler)
1999 Ulterior Motifs, Wheeler Bros Studio, Lubbock, TX (curated by Jeff and Bryan Wheeler)
1999 Fact, Fiction, & Fantasy; The Human Experience, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2022 17th Annual Art on the Green Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Kemp Center for the Fine Arts,
Wichita Falls, TX (Juror: Dewayne Hughes)
2021 Seventh Annual Biennial Salmon Sculpture Exhibition, Sunken Garden Park, San Angelo TX
(Juror: Emily Wilkinson)
2020 15th Annual Art on the Green Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Kemp Center for the Fine Arts, Wichita Falls, TX (Juror: Susan Budge)
2019 CASPFest, 5 & J Gallery, Lubbock, TX (Juror: Christina Rees)
2019 34th International Exhibition, University of Texas at Tyler (Juror: Christina Rees)
2018 14th Annual Art on the Green Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Kemp Center for the Fine Arts, Wichita Falls, TX (Juror: Isaac Duncan II)
Fifth Annual Artspace 111Regional Juried Exhibition, Artspace 111, Ft. Worth, TX (Juror: Christina Rees)
2017 45th International Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX (Jurors: Cesar Martinez, Angel Cabrales, Annie Moye)
2015 In Print, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA (Jurors: Fay Jones, Barbara Robertson, Robert A. Fisher, Renee Adams)
2014 2014 PSBN - Pacific States Biennial Natl. Print Exhibition, University of Hawaii at Hilo
(Juror: Willie Cole)
2014 Artspace 111 Regional Juried Exhibition,Artspace 111, Fort Worth, TX
(Jurors: Andrea Karnes, Curator, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and Dr. Ron Tyler, Former Director, Amon Carter Museum of American Art)
2013 528.0,The Invisible Museum, Denver, CO (Jurors: Michael Chavez, Jill Downy, Ivar Zeile,
Viviane Le Courtois, Shavrya Kumar, Barbara O’Brien, Mark Mazouka)
2012 Watered Down,K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
2010 Texas Oklahoma Prize, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX (Juror:JanisGoodman)
2008 Oklahoma:Centerfold, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK (Juror: Mark Masuoka)(catalogue)
2008 Texas Oklahoma Prize, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX (Jurors: William Campbell & Laura Warriner)(catalogue)
2002 Oklahoma Centerfold, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK (Juror: John Hitchcock) (catalogue)
2001 Living on the Prairie, Living on the Plains,Coutts Memorial Museum of Art, El Dorado, KS
(Juror: Harold Gregor)(catalogue)
1999 Heart and Soul of the Great Plains, Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton, OK (Juror: Edna Williams) (catalogue)
1997 Oklahoma; Centerfold, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK (Juror: Cecil Lee)
1997 Individual Artist of Oklahoma Mixed Media Competition, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
1996 Twenty-Four Works on Paper, Kirkpatrick Center, Oklahoma City, OK (Juror: Maxine Warren)
1996 Individual Artist of Oklahoma Mixed Media Competition, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
(Juror: Chris Ramsey)
1995 Oklahoma; Centerfold, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK (Juror: Kristy Deetz)
1995 Twenty-Four Works on Paper, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
Collections
Great Plains Art Museum, Lincoln, NE
Museum of Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX
Workshops and Special Projects
2018 Director, ArtFest!2018, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
Two week summer art camp for WFISD secondary art students supported by a grant from the West Foundation (Visiting artist: Kevin Cole)
2015 Director, ArtFest!2015, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
Two week summer art camp for WFISD secondary art students supported by a grant from the West Foundation (Visiting artist: Andrea Dezso)
2012 Director, ArtFest!2012 Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
Two week summer art camp for WFISD secondary art students supported by a grant from the West Foundation (Visiting artist: Jonathan Whitfill)
2009 Assistant Director, Art Fest Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX
Two week summer art camp for WFISD secondary art students supported by a grant from the West Foundation (Visiting artist: Beth Galston)
2003-05 Regional Curator, Louise Hopkins Underwood Fine Art Center, Lubbock, TX
2001 Funky, Funky FramesBuddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX
Art Bikes, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX
Residencies
2016 Elizabeth Rubendall Foundation, Artist-in-Residence
Great Plains Art Museum, Lincoln, NE (August 1-6, October 10-15)
Exhibitions Curated
2019 Rural Elements, Contemporary Art Museum Plainview, Plainview, TX, catalog
2009 Fresh Meat!, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX1998
2009 Lubbock’s Seventeen Most Wanted Artists, One Star Gallery, Lubbock, TX
Gallery Affiliations
Charles Adams Galle