Doug Sweet
BORN: 1950, Liberal, Kansas
EDUCATION:
1972 B.S.F.A. University of Southern
Colorado, Pueblo, Colorado
1976 M.F.A. Idaho State University,
Pocatello, Idaho
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2007 Summer Group Show, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston Island, Texas
Solo Exhibition, Market on L Street, Galveston Island, Texas
2006 Solo Exhibition, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston Island, Texas
2005 Realistic Abstractions, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston Island, Texas
2003 Contemporary Realism, The Arts Alliance Ctr. At Clear Lake, Clear Lake, Texas
2002 Crystal Clear, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston Island, Texas
The Light Within, Hunt Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2001 Liquid Illusions, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston Island, Texas
2000 Dancing with Light, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston Island, Texas
1999 Doug Sweet/Still-Life, Earthworks Gallery, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Whispers, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, Texas
1997 Reality Twists, Rainbow Warrior Gallery, Galveston, Texas
Doug Sweet Paintings - Texas Realist - Contemporary Artist Series,
Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas
1996 Doug Sweet, Heritage West Gallery, Katy, Texas
1995 Realism, Reese Gallery, Houston, Texas
1994 Sweet Realism, Sausalito's, Houston, Texas
1991 Personalities, Toni Jones Gallery, Houston, Texas
The Human Condition, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2005 New Work on Canvas, Hunt Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2004 Visions of Light, Carol Henderson Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
Color Takes Form, Coconut Grove Gallery, Miami, Florida
The Palm: Eternal Tree, The Hunt Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Small Treasures, Coconut Grove Gallery, Miami, Florida
2003 A Holiday Group Exhibition, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston Island, Texas
2002 Little Gems, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston Island, Texas
2000 Food For Thought, Carol Henderson Gallery, Ft. Worth, Texas
1999 Holiday Group Show, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, Texas
Contemporary Realism, Carol Henderson Gallery, Ft. Worth, Texas
1998 Group Show, Metropolitan Gallery, Austin, Texas
Group Show, Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, Texas
Landscapes, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
1996 Pictures of Diversity, Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, Texas
Primarily Paper, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Beyond the Horizon, Hess Art Gallery, Houston, Texas
Grand Opening Celebration: Metropolitan Gallery, Austin, Texas
Open Show, Houston Art League, Houston, Texas
1995 Feelings, Hess Art Gallery, Houston, Texas
In the Realm of Reality, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Virtual Reality, Houston Art League, Houston, Texas
1994 New Season Celebration, Robinson Gallery, Houston, Texas
1993 State of Art '93 - A Survey of Contemporary American Art, New England
Fine-Art Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
For the Love of Art, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
1992 State of Art, Saks Fifth Avenue, Houston, Texas
Dishman Competition, Dishman Art Gallery, Lamar Univ., Beaumont
1991 Longview Invitational, Longview Museum and Art Center, Longview
1990 Austin Annual'90, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas
Jewish Community Center Competition, Houston, Texas
1988 Island Invitational, Weil Art Gallery, Corpus Christi State University
1987 Texas Art Celebration, Houston, Texas
1983 Contemporary Realism, Leslie Levy Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
PUBLICATIONS:
1997 The Gulf Coast Grocery Journal, March/April, Cover
1988 Art Quest '88, catalogue (illustration)
1984 Houston Arts Calendar and Directory, text by Melanie Young, Fall (illus.)
1980 Appalachian National Drawing Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, text
by Judy Humphrey Published by Farthing Art Gallery, Boone, North Carolina,
(illustration)
1977 Rutgers National Drawing Exhibition, exhibition catalogue text by
John Gianotti, Published by Rutgers Univ., Camden, New Jersey (illus.)
1974 Wheaton College National Exhibition, exhibition catalogue text by
JosephGluhman, Published by Watson Gallery, Wheaton College,
Norton, Massachusetts, (illustration)
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Gulf Oil Company, Houston, Texas Amoco Oil Company, Houston, Texas
Southwest Banchares, Houston, Texas Reynolds Allen Cook, Houston, Texas
Bank of the Southwest, Houston, Texas Granada Corporation, Houston, Texas
Investors Title Company, Houston, Texas Deloittee, Haskins & Sells, Houston, Tx
Ager Building, Liberty, Texas Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
First Bank, Mandeville, Louisiana Enron Corporation, Houston, Texas
Marianne Murdock, New Orleans, Louisiana Dr. Greg Grant, Houston, Texas
Dr. Ronald Mahoney, Houston, Texas David Fink, Houston, Texas
Ben E. Keith Company, Dallas, Texas Wyndam Hotel, Houston, Dallas and
Texas Commerce Bank, Houston, Dallas, Texas San Antonio, Texas