JO ANN FLEISCHHAUER
GRANTS AND COMMISSIONS
2008-10
Artist-in-Residence, Department of Nanomedicine and Biomedical Engineering,
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Houston, TX
2006-07
Individual Artist Grant, Houston Arts Alliance, Houston, TX
City of Houston’s City Initiative Program through Houston Arts Alliance, Houston,
TX
Houston Endowment, Houston, TX
Houston Downtown Improvement Inc., Houston, TX
City of Houston’s Convention and Entertainment Facilities Department
2005
Project Row Houses Artist Grant, Houston, Texas
2004
Artist in Residence – Tacoma Contemporary, Tacoma, WA
Wayfinding Project, City of Houston, Houston, Texas
2003
Chinatown Project, City of Houston, Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris
County, Houston, Texas
2001
Individual Artist Grant, Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County,
Houston, Texas
2000
London Club, Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
Buffalo Bayou Artpark Artist Grant, Houston, TX
1999
Commission - private collection, Houston, TX
1998
George Bush Intercontinental Airport Design Finalist, Houston, Texas
1994
Stone Quarry Hill Artpark Artist Grant, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY
Connemara Conservancy Artist Grant, Connemara Conservancy Fdn., Dallas,
TX
PROJECT INSTALLATIONS
2010
Leonardo Dialogo, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center, South Campus Research Building 3, Houston, TX
2006-07
Parasol Project, Historic Foley House, Houston, TX
2005
Pocketful of Stars, Project Row Houses, Round 23, Houston, TX
2004
Scattered Ephemera – Window Dressing: Urban Art Installations, F.W.
Woolworth’s Windows, Tacoma, WA
2003
Emptying into White, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
Unearthed, The Station, Houston, TX
2000
Out Beyond -Urban Air Spaces: 3 Women Sculptors, Houston Sculpture 2000,
International Sculpture Conference, Houston, TX
1996
96 Sculpture Houston, Tranquillity Park, Houston, TX
1995
Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood ‘95/96, Chesterwood Museum,
Stockbridge, MA
In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the '90s, Snug Harbor Cultural
Center, Staten Island, New York
1994
Compelling Spaces: Site-Specific Artworks, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX,
INSIDEOUT: Public Space/Private Visions, Stone Quarry Hill Artpark, Cazenovia, NY,
13th Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Connemara Conservancy Foundation, Dallas, TX
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2004
Bound to Nothing, Fotofest, Mother Dog Studios, Houston, Texas
2002
Fragments for a Memory of the Human Body, Fotofest 2002, Houston, TX
2001
Celebration, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY
2000
For the Birds, Artfull Garden, Houston, TX
1999
7th Annual Warehouse Art Crawl, Mother Dog Studios, Houston, TX
1998
Mother/Artist, Houston Community College Central, Houston, TX
1997
Buffalo Bayou Artpark, Houston, TX
SELECTED EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2003
Jo Ann Fleischhauer Butterfly Effect, Station, Houston, TX
2001
Celebration 1991-2001, The Story of Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY
2000
Houston Sculpture 2000 , International Sculpture Conference, Houston, TX
1996
In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the 90’s, Snug Harbor Cultural
Center, Staten Island, NY
1995
Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 1995, National Trust for Historic
Preservation, Stockbridge, MA
1995
Compelling Spaces: Site-Specific Artworks, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin,
TX
1994
INSIDEOUT: Public Space/Private Visions, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park,
Cazenovia, NY
PUBLICATIONS
2011
“Leonardo Dialogo with Bendheim Art Glass,” Otto architecture + design, 18
July, 2011,
http://www.otto-otto.com/2011/07/leonardo-dialogo-with-bendheim-art-glass/
“Leonardo Dialogo” Installation Brings Art & Science Together at Houston
Research Facility, ”Bendheim Corporate Newsletter,
http://www.bendheim.com/news/article.cfm?id=91
“Chapter Members Enjoy a Guided Tour of ‘Leonardo Dialogo’ Art Installation,”
American Medical Writers Association, Southwest Chapter, May,
http://www.amwasouthwest.org/news/pdfs/0511news.pdf
2010
Wozny, Nancy. “Art and science meld in Houston: From Buckyball to
nanotechnology”, culturemap. 7 October 2010.
http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/10-07-10-art-and-science-meld-in-houstonfrom-buckyball-to-nanotechnology-to-the-astronaut/
Leonardo Dialogo. 2010. Gigapan. 10 October
http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/most_popular/?q=Leonardo+Dialogo
2009
“18 Incredible Umbrella Art Installations From Around The World.”
Environmental Graffiti, 8 April.
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/incredible-umbrella-art-installationsaround-world/9696
2007
Houston Arts Alliance Annual Report, Houston, TX
http://www.houstonartsalliance.com/about/annual-reports/
“The Front Row Reserved,” KUHF Public Radio CD, October. Cover Art.
http://tbsgraphics.com/print/music/front-row-reserved-kuhf-fm/
Parasol Project. 2006. The Big Picture, May. Cover.
Valencia, Carla. “Parasol Project” 002 Magazine, Houston, TX, January
Jo Ann’s work ArtCrawl 2007, by IsitArt,
www.flickr.com/photos/artcrawl/2048119518/
2006
Kimmelman, Michael. “In Houston, Art is Where the Home Is,” New York Times,
Sunday, 17 December, http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/arts/design/17kimm.html
McClelland, Eileen. “Visions of Parasols”, Houston Chronicle, 10 November,
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/4323559.html
“Sculptor finds Beauty in Brains,” Chron.com, 10 November. PDF File.
Keppler, Nick. “This Old House”, Houston Press, 2-8 November
“Parasol Project Brings New Life and Perspective to Houston Historic Foley
House,” Urban Update, Winter, Cover.
Lu, Catherine. “Interview with Sculptor Jo Ann Fleischhauer”, The Front Row,
KUHF 88.7 FM, November http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-displayprinter_friendly.php?articles_id=18772
Channel 13, 4:40pm, 13 November
“November Editor’s Picks”, artshouston, November
Jo Ann Fleischhauer, by IsitArt, www.flickr.com/photos/artcrawl/293252159/
Ward, Jeff M. “Round 23 Project Row Houses,” Artlies, Winter #49
2004
Graves, Jen. “Fleeting History”, The New Tribune, July
Wagonfeld, Judy. “Scattered Ephemera”, Toby Room, July
2003
Johnson, Patricia C. “Art Gets Down to Earth”, Houston Chronicle, 8 February
Long, Greg. “environmental inspiration,” Houston House & Home, March
1995
Fressola, Michael. "Feminism Redux," Staten Island Sunday Advance, 27
August
Cotter, Holland. "Sculpture Not Meant to Last Forever," The New York Times, 18
August
Temin, Christine. "Nature gets into the Act," The Boston Globe, Boston, August
Avgikos, Jan. "Gris-Gris Goddess Ya Ya," Village Voice, 8 August
i.e. Magazine, Summer
1994
Levy, Rebecca. "Art of Experience," Austin Chronicle, 23 December
Chayat, Sherry. "Outdoor creations make powerful statements," Syracuse Herald
American, 19 June
Bass, Shermakaye, "Landscapes: Nature's in background, foreground at
Connemara," The Dallas Morning News, 29 March
Fairchild, Lori. "Artists celebrate spirit of nature preserve," The Dallas Morning
News, 12 March
Welchlin, Brenda. "Artists creating at Connemara," The Allen American, 6 March
Bass, Shermakaye. "The nature of Connemara Art," The Dallas Morning News, 2
February
COLLECTIONS
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Houston, TX
Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas
London Club, Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
The Bessie Rattner Foundation, Inc., NY, NY
Dr. & Mrs. John Haverty, Atlanta, GA
Rev. & Mrs. Charles Supin, Bald Head Island, NC
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Welte, Buffalo, NY
Mr. Mike Harrison and Mr. Tim Beeson, Houston, TX
Stewart L. Zuckerbrod, M.D., Houston, TX
Mr. Jim Peterson, Houston, TX
EDUCATION
1991
University of Houston; Houston, TX
Graduate study in Sculpture
1986-88
Studied in New Zealand and France
1981- 83
BFA - San Francisco Art Institute; San Francisco, CA
1980-81
1977-80
University of California at Davis; Davis, CA
BA - Bates College; Lewiston, ME