EDUCATION

MFA Art Practice in Interdisciplinary Art, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY                                2014

Masters of Political Science/International Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey      2000   

Bachelors of Fine Arts / Painting and History of Art University of Houston, Houston, TX                  1991   

ART PROJECTS / FOUNDER / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

TODOS, Houston, TX. Bilingual, experimental film about artists and political philosophy. 2026 trailer: https://vimeo.com/1177152433?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci            about: http://www.loccart.org/todos 

THE BIO-ART BAYOU-TORIUM, Houston, Texas https://www.bioartbayoutorium.org/                     2018-present A socially engaged bio-art science laboratory/art studio situated on the banks of Buffalo Bayou in Houston’s Second Ward Hispanic neighborhoods. With sponsorship from the Buffalo Bayou Partnership.

L.O.C.C.A.: LAW CENTER for CITIZENSHIP and ART, Houston, TX    http://www.loccart.org/      2015-2022 A social-practice art project that serves as a law office and a collaborative platform for art and social justice.

THE ENGLISH KILLS PROJECT, Brooklyn, NY http://www.englishkillsproject.com/                        2012-2016 A socially engaged, bio-art project seeking ecological transformation of a Newtown Creek tributary in Brooklyn, NY.

  

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

norMAL and unreMARKable, 2-person exhibition with Heather L. Johnson    2026 Throughline Collective Gallery, Houston TX

The BioArt Bayou-torium @ Tony Marron Park, HTX, KBR Kids Day, Oct 19th  2024

The BioArt Bayou-torium @ Yolanda Black Navarro Nature Park, HTX, Oct 1-16 2022

The BioArt Bayou-torium @ Yolanda Black Navarro Nature Park, HTX, Oct 2-17 2021

The BioArt Bayou-torium @ Tony Marron Park, Houston, TX, April 13-28    2019

Underwaterscapes, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn NY                   2018

Patriot Games, Civic TV Laboratories, Houston, Texas                       2018

The English Kills Project Presents, The City Reliquary, Brooklyn, NY     2016

Sunview presents The English Kills Project, Sunview Luncheonette, BK, NY  2016

What Do You Want to See in English Kills?, Kings County Saloon, BK, NY 2015

Presenting the English Kills Project, Bushwick Open Studios site, BK, NY   2015

The ENGLISH KILLS PROJECT, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY       2014         

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS                  

The Space We Make, Throughline Collective Gallery, Houston, TX           2025

The BIG Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX                   2024

Climate Migration, Houston Climate Justice Museum, POSTHTX, HTX  2023

Ancestral Echoes: A Decade of Bio Art, School of Visual Art, Manhattan, NYC   2022

The More-Than-Human Anthropocene, Houston Climate Justice Museum @ Rice University                2022

Withstand: Latinx Art in Times of Conflict, Holocaust Museum Houston     2021

Outta Space, SITE Gallery / Silos @ Sawyer Yard, Houston, TX    2019

Lines Drawn, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX     2017

Dia De Los Muertos in the East End, East End Studio Gallery, H TX.       2016

Dia De Los Muertos Festival, Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts, Houston, TX.   2016

Where Is The Art in Bio Art, SVA Flatiron Gallery, NY, NY                       2014

AQUA-CULTURE, McKinney Avenue Art Center, Dallas, Texas*              2014

Greenpoint Film Festival, Woven Spaces, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY           2014

Greenpoint Film Festival, Woven Spaces, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY        2013

Electronic Arts Intermix, MFA video screening, New York, NY      2013

Current Practice, Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY                                   2013

Fictitious Truths: Exercises in Realism, Rooster Gallery, NYC                 2012

Bushwick Film Festival, Microscope Gallery, The Church/BobbyRedd, Brooklyn, NY                             2012

Bushwick Film Festival, Goodbye Blue Monday, Brooklyn, NY                 2011

Returning Home, East End Studio Gallery, Houston, Texas                     2010

OCTET, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey                       2009

AUTHORED ARTICLES From Darwin to Deepwater: Brandon Ballengée’s “Sculpting Endless Forms” at Redbud Gallery , https://glasstire.com/2023/02/20/from-darwin-to-deepwater-brandon-ballengee-sculpting-endless-forms-at-redbud-gallery/ Feb. 20, 2023 “Made In the Moment”, review of PULP at Jonathan Hopson Gallery, GLASSTIRE, https://glasstire.com/2022/07/23/made-in-the-moment-pulp-at-jonathan-hopson-gallery-houston/ Aug. 7, 2022 “Arts Funding in Pandemic Texas, Part 2”, GLASSTIRE, https://glasstire.com/2020/12/01/arts-funding-in-pandemic-texas-part-2-houston/    Nov. 23, 2020 “Arts Funding in Pandemic Texas, Part 1”, GLASSTIRE, https://glasstire.com/2020/11/23/arts-funding-in-pandemic-texas-part-1/         Dec. 1, 2020 “Slow down and Listen: Lina Dib’s Breakthrough At Space HL”, GLASSTIRE, https://glasstire.com/2019/06/24/slow-down-and-listen-lina-dibs-breakthrough-at-space-hl/ June 24, 2019 “A Vision for a New Houston Museum”, GLASSTIRE, https://glasstire.com/2019/06/03/a-vision-for-a-new-houston-museum/ June 3, 2019 “Who are the Houston Bio-Artists?”, GLASSTIRE, https://glasstire.com/2019/05/27/who-are-the-houston-bio-artists/        May 27, 2019 Contributor to GLASSTIRE’s Top 5: https://glasstire.com/2019/06/13/top-five-june-13-2019-with-henry-g-sanchez/    June 12, 2019

https://glasstire.com/2018/11/29/top-five-november-29-2018-with-henry-g-sanchez/ Nov. 11, ‘19   

CONFERENCE, LECTURE & PANELS norMAL and unreMARKable, artist talk with Heather L. Johnson, Dr. Weston Twardowski-moderator  Jan. 17, 2026

Gulf Coast Connections, National Academy of Science and Rice University Center for Environmental Studies, Galveston, TX                                           Feb 6-8, 2025

Gulf Coast Scholars Program Conference Workshop, Rice University, Houston, Texas                        April 11, 2024

Advancing Science Communication and Inspiring Community Action Through Art Science Collaborations, Gulf of Mexico Conference, Tamp FLA.    Feb. 18-20, 2024

Lost and New Horizons: Re-Imagining Houston’s New Ecologies, (a conversation with Jaime Gonzales) POST, Houston, TX                                            Feb, 29, 2024

DASER, Wonder Workshops, Art and Gulf Futures, National Academy of Science, Jan, 11, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6o5vAo2W0s&list=PLLfdQrZVuMNUvYgiZ9BAnrwgkPTU7ejkV&index=10 8th Annual Bayou Vermillion Symposium, Lafayette, LA.                 Mar. 31, 2023

Visiting Lecture @ North Arizona University, Flagstaff Arizona        Nov. 21, 2022

Dwelling Breathing, Dreaming: The Afterlife of Waste, Houston Climate Justice Museum, Houston.     Jan. 29, 2022

LAS FRONTERAS: Houston Artists in Nature with Science, L.O.C.C.A., Houston, TX.                         April 7, 2019

Contemporary Art Appreciation, Instructor – David McClain, Houston Community College                 2017

Open Engagement Conference: “What’s the Plan? Artists, Planners and New Models for                  Apr. 21, 2017

Naturally Hyper-Natural: Visions of Nature, School of Visual Arts, NY, NY                                      Nov. 14-16, 2014

 

REVIEWS, PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA NOTICES GLASSTIRE, http://glasstire.com/events/2018/03/05/henry-g-sanchez-patriot-game/       2018 GLASSTIRE, http://glasstire.com/2017/12/18/a-conversation-with-henry-g-sanchez-at-diverseworks/    2017 BRIC TV: Brooklyn Stories, Brooklyn Arts Media House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfS0xTDVW_M&feature=youtu.be              2016 MUSEE Magazine, Science & Technology Issue, No. 14,  pp. 26-27 https://issuu.com/museemagazine/docs/musee_edition_14_final?e=0%2F34394358  2016 ASCI:Art & Science Collaborations Inc., Member of the month of March-April, http://www.asci.org/artikel1476.html                   2016 ANTENNAE: Journal of Nature in Visual Culture, http://www.antennae.org.uk/  Winter 2015, Hyperallergic: Sensitive to Art & its Discontents, 8 Artists to Watch from the Bushwick Open Studios, http://hyperallergic.com/212865/8-artists-to-watch-from-the-2015-bushwick-open-studios/ 2015 Bushwick Daily, “Art, Art Baby: Summer Art Shows to Keep you Sexy”, http://bushwickdaily.com/2014/07/art-art-baby/      2014                      

HONORS City Initiative Grant, Mayor Office of Cultural Affairs (for TODOS film) 2023 Inaugural Artist-in-Residence, Buffalo Bayou Partnership 2022-23 Idea Fund Grant, Andy Warhol Foundation, DiverseWorks, Aurora Picture Show, Project Row House, (for TODOS - film project)  2021 SoA CAMP (School of Art Community Artist Mentorship Program), University of Houston, Artist Mentor during Spring semester 2021 Support for Artists and Creative Individuals Grant, City of Houston’s Houston Arts Alliance 2020 Idea Fund Grant, Andy Warhol Foundation, DiverseWorks, Aurora Picture Show, Project Row House, (for BioArt Bayou-torium) 2019 Let Creativity Happen Grant, City of Houston’s Houston Arts Alliance (for BioArt Bayou-torium) 2019

CURATORIAL PROJECTS* AQUA-CULTURE, McKinney Avenue Art Center, Dallas, Texas 2014 GEO-LOCO, Outpost Resources, Ridgewood, NY 2011 DATA DADA, Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY. 2010 OCTET, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (assistant curator)   2009  

BOARDS Throughline Collective                                                                         2024-present

Arts Takes Action Houston, Advisory Committee                             2017-present

HALA: Houston Alliance for Latinx Arts   2018-2024

Arts Accountability Houston, Advisory Committee           2020-2025

Houston Latino Non-Profits Organization   2017–2019

Greater Houston Coalition for Justice                       2017-2019