LIONEL LOFTON
EDUCATION
University of Houston, CL, MA., 1989
Prairie View A&M University, B.A., 1980
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020-Memories and Inspiration; The Kerry and Betty Davis Collection of African American Art, Art Exhibition Gilcrease Museum,Tulsa, Oklahoma.
2019-Seen Unseen; The Kerry and Betty Davis Collection and The Northeast Ohio Response,The Artist’s Archives or the Western Reserve and The Sculpture Center,Cleveland, Ohio.
2018-The Paul R. Jones Collection from the University of Alabama, Moca, GA.
2017- Thelma Harris Art Gallery Art Exhibition, Two Man Show-Alonza Davis and Lionel Lofton
2016-The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art: Works on Paper, The Houston Museum of AfricanAmerican Culture, Houston, Texas
2015-Kelley Collection: Works on Paper Exhibition,Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2014-20th Annual African American Art Exhibition at Actors Theatre of Louisville
2014-African American Treasures; The Kinsey Collection Art Exhibition, Houston Museum ofAfrican American Culture
2013-19th Annual African American Art Exhibition at Actors Theatre of Louisville
2012-Black Heritage Gallery Art Exhibition, Houston, Texas
2011-The Tougaloo Art Colony, Hot Art Historic Tougaloo College, Jackson, Mississippi
2010-The University of Miami Lowe, Art Museum, African American Art Exhibition
2009-Amon Carter Museum, African American Art Exhibition, Fort Worth, Texas.
2008-Law School Installs Art Exhibit, The University of Alabama
2007-Memoria lArt Gallery, University of Rochester Art Exhibition
2004-The Vision From Within, The Apex Museum, Atlanta, GA
2004-Visions II, African American Museum, Hempstead, New York
2003-Citywide Art Exhibition, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
2002-African American Museum, Dallas, TX. Sankofa-Art
1998-Reflection of Our Soul, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX
1995-ImprintsTraveling Exhibition of Works by Texas Printmakers, Museum of Science and Industry Art Exhibit, Chicago, Ill.
1994- Group Show, Art League of Houston, Houston, Texas, La Chic Art, Civic and SocialClub, Orange, TX
1992-Artistic Expression, Race and Ethic Studies, Texas A&M University, College Station,TX
1990-Art Stravaganza Juried Exhibition, Chattanooga, Tenn.
1988-Forerunner and Newcomers Art Exhibition, University of Houston, C.L., Houston, TX
1985-DrawingConclusions, Art League of Houston, Houston, Texas
1984-Exhibition of Paintings, Houston Public library, Houston, Texas
SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection
The Paul R.Jones Collection
Leo King Edwards Jr., MD, San Antonio, Texas
J.E. and Aubrey B. Welcome, Willingboro, NJ
Kerry and C.Betty Davis Collection
The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Dallas, TX
The African American Museum, Dallas, TX
University of Arkansas, Art Dept., Pine Bluff, Ark
The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection, Atlanta, GA
Kevin and Karen Cole, Artist/Educator, Fairburn, GA
PUBLICATIONS
The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art Catalogue, San Antonio Museum of Art
Studios and Workspaces of Black American Artist
African American Exhibition, Louisville, Kentucky
Black Art byLionel Lofton, Black Collegian, November/December, 1988
Seen Unseen Catalogue, The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection and The Northeast OhioResponse
This Postman Collects, The Rapture of Kerry and C. Betty Davis
Art League of Wichita Falls, Wichita Falls Record News, 1987
One Man Exhibition, Prairie View A&M, 1980
African American Treasures, From the Kinsey Collection