JO ANN FLEISCHHAUER
GRANTS AND COMMISSIONS
2008-10Artist-in-Residence, Department of Nanomedicine and Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Houston, TX
2006-07Individual 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
2005Project Row Houses Artist Grant, Houston, Texas
2004Artist in Residence – Tacoma Contemporary, Tacoma, WA
Wayfinding Project, City of Houston, Houston, Texas
2003Chinatown Project, City of Houston, Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County, Houston, Texas
2001Individual Artist Grant, Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County,
Houston, Texas
2000London Club, Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
Buffalo Bayou Artpark Artist Grant, Houston, TX
1999Commission - private collection, Houston, TX
1998George Bush Intercontinental Airport Design Finalist, Houston, Texas
1994Stone Quarry Hill Artpark Artist Grant, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY
Connemara Conservancy Artist Grant, Connemara Conservancy Fdn., Dallas, TX
PROJECT INSTALLATIONS
2010Leonardo Dialogo, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, South Campus Research Building 3, Houston, TX
2006-07Parasol Project, Historic Foley House, Houston, TX
2005Pocketful of Stars, Project Row Houses, Round 23, Houston, TX
2004Scattered Ephemera – Window Dressing: Urban Art Installations, F.W. Woolworth’s Windows, Tacoma, WA
2003Emptying into White, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
Unearthed, The Station, Houston, TX
2000Out Beyond -Urban Air Spaces: 3 Women Sculptors, Houston Sculpture 2000, International Sculpture Conference, Houston, TX
199696 Sculpture Houston, Tranquillity Park, Houston, TX
1995Contemporary 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
1994Compelling 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
2004Bound to Nothing, Fotofest, Mother Dog Studios, Houston, Texas
2002Fragments for a Memory of the Human Body, Fotofest 2002, Houston, TX
2001Celebration, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY
2000 For the Birds, Artfull Garden, Houston, TX
19997th Annual Warehouse Art Crawl, Mother Dog Studios, Houston, TX
1998Mother/Artist, Houston Community College Central, Houston, TX
1997Buffalo Bayou Artpark, Houston, TX
SELECTED EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2003Jo Ann Fleischhauer Butterfly Effect, Station, Houston, TX
2001Celebration 1991-2001, The Story of Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY
2000Houston Sculpture 2000 , International Sculpture Conference, Houston, TX
1996In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the 90’s, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
1995Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 1995, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Stockbridge, MA
1995Compelling Spaces: Site-Specific Artworks, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, TX
1994INSIDEOUT: 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,
“Leonardo Dialogo” Installation Brings Art & Science Together at Houston Research Facility, ”Bendheim Corporate Newsletter,
“Chapter Members Enjoy a Guided Tour of ‘Leonardo Dialogo’ Art Installation,” American Medical Writers Association, Southwest Chapter, May,
2010Wozny, Nancy. “Art and science meld in Houston: From Buckyball to nanotechnology”, culturemap. 7 October 2010.
Leonardo Dialogo. 2010. Gigapan. 10 October
2009“18 Incredible Umbrella Art Installations From Around The World.” Environmental Graffiti, 8 April.
2007Houston Arts Alliance Annual Report, Houston, TX
“The Front Row Reserved,” KUHF Public Radio CD, October. Cover Art.
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,
2006Kimmelman, Michael. “In Houston, Art is Where the Home Is,” New York Times, Sunday, 17 December,
McClelland, Eileen. “Visions of Parasols”, Houston Chronicle, 10 November,
“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
Channel 13, 4:40pm, 13 November
“November Editor’s Picks”, artshouston, November
Jo Ann Fleischhauer, by IsitArt,
Ward, Jeff M. “Round 23 Project Row Houses,” Artlies, Winter #49
2004Graves, Jen. “Fleeting History”, The New Tribune, July
Wagonfeld, Judy. “Scattered Ephemera”, Toby Room, July
2003Johnson, Patricia C. “Art Gets Down to Earth”, Houston Chronicle, 8 February
Long, Greg. “environmental inspiration,” Houston House & Home, March
1995Fressola, 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
1994Levy, 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
1991University of Houston; Houston, TX
Graduate study in Sculpture
1986-88Studied in New Zealand and France
1981- 83BFA - San Francisco Art Institute; San Francisco, CA
1980-81 University of California at Davis; Davis, CA
1977-80BA - Bates College; Lewiston, ME