Connie Connally
Museum Collections
Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
The Grace Museum, Abilene, TX
Education
M.F.A. 2004 Southern Methodist University
B.F.A. 1975 Wichita State University (magna cum laude)
1970-73 Oklahoma University
Exhibitions
Abstraction 21C – Touring exhibition at various museum locations to include Montecito, CA, Coos Bay OR and Ft Worth, TX
2020 – 2022 The Loft Galeria, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2019 The Loft Galeria, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Jack Meir Gallery, Houston, TX
Lew Allen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
Sullivan Goss, an American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Paul Mahder Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
2018
Wildling Museum, “The River’s Journey” Santa Ynez, CA
Paul Mahder Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
The Loft Galeria, Puerto Vallarta, M
2017
The Loft Galeria, Puerto Vallarta, MX
LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, TX
Paul Mahder Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
2016
The Loft Galeria, Puerto Vallarta, Mex
LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, TX
2015
The Loft Galeria, Puerto Vallarta, Mex
LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
The Contemporary Austin, Austin TX
2014
The Loft Galeria, Puerto Vallart, Mex
LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM - "Now and Then"
SBMA-Women's Board - "Off the Wall" - Invitational
2013
LewAllen Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ - "Six Rising Stars: Blanchard, Connally, Fitzgerald, Johnson, Rocca & Schmitz"
Longview Museum of Fine Arts - "New Art from the Last Decade"
Austin Museum Of Art-Art House - "5x7" - Invitational
Santa Paula Art Museum -"Face of California"
Atkinson Gallery-SBCC - Award for "Familial Faces; Veronica"
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
Sullivan Goss-An American Gallery - "100 Grand"
2012
Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art - "Lift" - Art Council Award
Atkinson Gallery, SBCC - "Small Images" - Juror's Award (Best of Show)
Sullivan Goss-An American Gallery-"elemental: WATER"
Sullivan Goss-An American Gallery-"100 Grand"
SBMA-Women's Board - "Off the Wall" - Invitational
Austin Museum Of Art-Art House - "5x7" - Invitational
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Ft. Worth, TX - Experiencing Perspectives 2012-2013
Wall Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2011
Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview, TX - "Life Like Water" - East Texas Regional
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX - "Life Like Water" - Solo Show
The Art Museum of South Texas - Revelations: Women's Art from the Permanent Collection
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Ft. Worth, TX - "Experiencing Perspectives 2011-2012
Anderson O'Brien Fine Art, Lincoln, NE - "Small Works 2011"
Sullivan Goss-An American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA - "100 Grand"
ArtHouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX - "5x7" - Invitational
2010
Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA - "Life Like Water" - Solo Show
Anderson O’Brien Fine Art, Omaha, NE
Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery - "Spring Salon"
Sullivan Goss-An American Gallery - "100 Grand"
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX - "You're Invited"
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art - "Santa Monica-The Art of Summer"
ArtHouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX - "5x7" - Invitational
2009
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX - "Liquid Lines" - Solo Show
Craighead Green Gallery - "Group Show"
Cain Schulte Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA - "Coast Lines" - Solo Show
Sullivan Goss-An American Gallery - "100 Grand"
ArtHouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX - "5x7" - Invitational
2008
Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA - "Liquid Lines" - Solo Show
Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, TX - Solo Show
Hunting Art Prize, Houston, TX - Finalist
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
Red Dot, NY, Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA
ArtHouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX - "5x7" - Invitational
2007
McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX - "Between Illusion and Abstraction" - Two Man Show
MMGalleries, San Francisco, CA - "Between Illusion and Abstraction" - Solo Show
Red Dot, Miami, Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, TX
Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
ArtHouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX - "5x7" - Invitational
2006
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX - "Coast Lines" - Solo Show
Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, CA
Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2005
Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX - "5X7" - Invitational
Brookhaven College, Dallas, TX
2004
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX - "MFA" - Solo Show
Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX - "MFA Exhibition"
ArtHouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX - "5X7" - Invitational
2003
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
ArtHouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX - "5X7" - Invitational
2002
McCormick Gallery, Midland College, Midland, TX - "People I Know" - Solo Show
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Women’s Museum, Dallas, TX
Forum Gallery, Brookhaven College, Dallas, TX
Texas Fine Art Association, Austin, TX
Fogel Fine Art, Jacksonville, FL
2001
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS - "People I Know" - Distinguished Art Award
The Stage Gallery, NY, NY - "Face to Face"
Pleiades Gallery, NY, NY
Art in the Metroplex, Moudy Art Gallery, TCU, Ft. Worth, TX - Hawn Foundation Award
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX - "People I Know" - Solo Show
McKinney Avenue Contemporary Biennial, Dallas, TX - Juror's Award for "People I Know"
Forum Gallery, Brookhaven College, Dallas, TX - "People I Know" - Two Woman Show
2000
The Stage Gallery, NY, NY - "People I Know" featured in NY Times
Art in the Metroplex, Moudy Art Gallery, TCU, Ft. Worth, TX
San Diego Art Institute
Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX - Gold Medal
Texas Fine Art Association, Austin, TX
Loudoun House Gallery, Lexington, KY
McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX
1999
Dallas Museum of Art, Outside Views on Art, Dallas, TX
Dallas Museum of Art, Beau Arts Ball, Dallas, TX - Invitational
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX - "Portraits" - Solo Show
The American Kennel Club, NY, NY - Solo Show
Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX
Portraits South, Raleigh, NC
1998
Southern Accents Idea House, Charlotte, NC
Neiman Marcus, Dallas, TX
Portraits South, Raleigh, NC
Dallas Museum of Art, Beau Arts Ball, Dallas, TX - Invitational
1997
Anasazi Gallery, Dallas, TX - "Portraits" - Solo Show
Neiman Marcus Gallery, Dallas, TX
ERL Originals Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC - Solo Show
Portraits South, Raleigh, NC
Dallas Museum of Art, Beau Arts Ball, Dallas, TX
1996
Southwest Art Gallery, Dallas, TX - Solo Show
Portraits South, Raleigh, NC
Dallas Museum of Art, Beau Arts Ball, Dallas, TX
1995
Portraits South, Raleigh, NC
Dallas Museum of Art, Beau Arts Ball, Dallas, TX
Grants, Scholarships and Awards
2013 Honorable Mention Award-"Small Images"- Atkinson Gallery, SBCC, Santa Barbara, CA
2012 Art Council Award-"Lift 2012"-Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art
Juror's Award-"Small Images"- Atkinson Gallery, SBCC, Santa Barbara, CA
2004 Katerine Rigsby Dougan Graduate Scholarship, Southern Methodist University
2003 Best Portrait Artist in Dallas, “Best of Dallas Awards,” Dallas Observer
Meadows Graduate Council Grant, Southern Methodist University
2002 Full Scholarship, Meadows School of the Arts Master’s Program, Southern Methodist University
2001 Juror’s Award, “Biennial Juried Exhibition,” McKinney Avenue Contemporary
Artwork of Distinction Award, “Ulrich Alumni Exhibition,” Ulrich Museum of Art
Hawn Foundation Award, “2001 Art in the Metroplex,” Texas Christian University
2000 Juror’s Award, “Seventeenth Annual Open Exhibition,” Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX
Professional Experience
2004/2005 Adjunct Professor of Art, Brookhaven College, DCCCD, Dallas, TX
Painting I, II, Advanced Painting III
2002/2004 Teaching Assistant, Southern Methodist University, Spring 2003,
Fall/Spring 2004, Printmaking, Laurence Scholder, Professor of Printmaking
Teaching Assistant, Southern Methodist University, Fall 2004,
Advanced Painting, Spring 2004, Beginning Painting, Mary Vernon,
Associate Professor of Drawing and Painting
2000/2002 Adjunct Professor of Art, Brookhaven College, DCCCD, Dallas, TX
1993 Adjunct Professor of Art, Brookhaven College, DCCCD, Dallas, TX
1988/89 Adjunct Professor of Art, East Texas State University, Commerce, TX
2002 Guest Artist, Drawing Seminar, May Semester, Brookhaven College, DCCCD, Dallas, TX