Regina Agu
Education
2003 Cornell University | BS
Residencies & Awards
2011 Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL | Associate Artist in Residence | Master Artist Rick Lowe
Diverseworks, Houston, TX | DW(2) Diverseworks Development Workshops
Museum of Fine Arts Houston (5A), Houston, TX | Citywide 2011 - 2nd prize
2010 Discovery Green Park, Houston, TX | “Las Comadres Recycled” - Talento Bilingue de Houston | honorarium
labotanica, Houston, TX | “School of Latitudes” Artist in Residence
2006-7 Project Row Houses, Houston, TX | Muralist | honorarium
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: A Response by African-American Artists | curated by David Kirkland | Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
Museum as Hub: Alpha’s Bet Is Not Over Yet | Organized by Steffani Jemison and Jamal Cyrus | New Museum, New York, NY
Communograph (Round 35) | Curated by Ashley Hunt | Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
Nostalgia for the Living (Round 35) | Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
What's the New News | Curated by Nathaniel Donnett | Community Artists' Collective, Houston, TX
Museum of Fine Arts Houston (5-A) Citywide 2011 | Juried Exhibition | TSU Museum and Community Artists’ Collective, Houston, TX
Missing/Missed | Curated by Scott Henstrand | Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Eyes Turned Skyward | curated by Danielle Burns | Houston Museum of African American Culture, Houston, TX
Carl B. Hampton 40th Anniversary Memorial Art Auction Fundraiser | Curated by William Cordova | Eldorado Ballroom, Houston, TX
Extended Drawing | curated by Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud | labotanica, Houston, TX
Black Artist as Activist | Curated by Danny Simmons and Laurel Adams | Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 How We Came to America | Three artists show | Community Artists’ Collective, Houston, TX
Parallel Universes | Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX
2008 Sorting Her Beans | Two artists show | Catalina, Houston, TX
Of Women | curated by Michael K. Taylor and Sarah Trotty | Community Artists’ Collective, Houston, TX
Art Official Intelligence | curated by Jason Woods | Texas Southern University (TSU) Museum, Houston, TX
Museum of Fine Arts Houston (5-A) Citywide 2008 | Juried Exhibition | HCC Gallery, MOCAH, JP Morgan Chase, and Rice University, Houston, TX
Projects and Written Works
Book Club Book: contributed written work “Black Mo'nin' Index”, published 2011.
#Draw365: an ongoing daily drawing experiment that explores drawing and intersections with virtual public exhibition, archiving, and online collaboration via social media. Project expanded to archive work of +160 artists. 2009 – present.
Future Plan and Program: contributor to book publication and public programs/dialogue. Fall 2010 – present.