Frank Tolbert
Houston, TX
www.frankxtolbert2.com
[email protected]
Education
North Texas State University, Denton, TX; 1970-71
Texas Tech Art Extension Course, Taos, NM; 1969-70
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; 1964-69
Collections/Commissions
Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, TX
Dallas Museum of Art, TX
Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art, TX
San Antonio Museum of Art, TX
Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, TX
East-West (X. & Dr. Sanh), Mural commission, 8.0 Bar, Houston, TX
Little Kingdoms, SMU Press, Southwest Life & Letters, hand-colored etching on cover
Trip to Boystown, mural commission, 8.0 Bar, Dallas, TX
Spirit of the Beach Boy Boot, painting on Frito Lay grain silo, Dallas, TX, commissioned for the film Paramedics, Paramedics
Productions
Ninth Life, Lyric Films, Inc., Dallas, TX
Terilli’s Restaurant, mural commission, Dallas, TX
Hard Rock Café, stained glass window, team collaboration, Dallas, TX
The Grape Restaurant, outdoor mural commission, Dallas, TX
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Texas Bird Project, 821 W. Alabama, Houston, TX
2013 Horizontal, Zoya Tommy Contemporary, Houston, TX
2011 Frank X. Tolbert, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2011 Frank X. Tolbert, HCG Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2010 Frank X. Tolbert, Studio Show, Houston, TX
2008 Meditations on Mortality, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
2007 Meditations on Mortality, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2006 Frank X. Tolbert, TY Stokes Gallery, Atlanta GA
2005 Frank X. Tolbert, Rudolph Projects/Artscan Gallery, Houston, TX
2004 Leaves, Ouisie’s Table, Houston, TX
2003 Frank X. Tolbert, New Drawings, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
2001 The Exotic and The Everyday, Pillsbury & Peters Fine Art, Dallas, TX. Catalog
2000 Chili X: A Special Supper, Ouisie’s Table, Houston (guest chef and artist)
Grants, Honors, Residencies
2006 Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art, First Prize, Houston
1987 Spirit of the Beach Boy Boot, painting on Frito Lay grain silo, Dallas, commissioned for film Paramedics,
Paramedics Productions
1986 Dallas Observer, Best Dallas Artist Award
1982 Twelfth Annual Works on Paper Exhibition, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Purchase Award, Terry
Allen, juror