Virginia Fleck

EDUCATION

School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA, attended 1986-89
Portland School of Art (now Maine College of Art), Portland, ME, attended 1978-79

AWARDS/ RESIDENCIES

2023   Concentric Harmony, CODA Award top 100
2019 FB AIR Program, Residency at Facebook in Austin, TX
2019 Voted “Best Individual Artist” by Austin Critics Table
2019 Reflect and Resound, CODA Awards top 100
2018   Tree Whimsy, CODA Awards top 100
2011   Guest Artist in the Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA
2007   Jurors Award, Texas Biennial, Austin TX
1997   Artist in Residence, Stone Quarry Hill Sculpture Park, Cazenovia, NY
1995   Residency for land-art installation, Connemara Conservancy, Dallas, TX
1989   Temporary Public Art, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2022   SHIMMER – A solo exhibition at Northern Southern Gallery, Austin, TX          
2019 REBRIS - Virginia Fleck and Ted Carey Northern Southern Gallery, Austin, TX
2014  Mixed Mantra – Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
2014   Full Circle – Wright Gallery, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2013   Virginia Fleck – Front Gallery, Houston,TX
2011   CONSUMED – Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009   Meditation Station: your zen zone – Annetta Kraushaar Gallery, Texas Lutheran University        
2006   ART FORUM BERLIN – Finesilver Gallery, International Art Fair, Berlin, Germany
2006   New Work – Finesilver Gallery, Houston, TX
2003   Dreaming My Dreams – Espacio Aglutinador, Havana, Cuba
1999   New Work – Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
1998   Virginia Fleck - New Work – Rudolph Poissant Gallery, Houston, TX

CONTEMPORARY ART FAIRS

2016   Art on Paper, Nancy Hoffman Gallery booth, New York, NY
2012   RECYCLED - Manifesta 9, International Biennial, PARALLEL EVENTS, Arne Quinze, Virginia Fleck and Serge Van Der Put
at Galerie Dessers, Hasselt, Belgium catalog
2007   Arte Fiera –Finesilver Gallery booth, Bologna, Italy (catalog)
2007   Pulse New York -Finesilver Gallery booth, New York, NY
2006   Pulse New York - Finesilver Gallery booth, New York, NY
2006   Art Forum Berlin - Solo show at Finesilver Gallery booth, Berlin, Germany
2006   Pulse Miami - Finesilver Gallery booth, New York, NY
2005   Pulse Miami - Finesilver Gallery booth, Art Fair, Miami, FL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Upwelling – Group Exhibition at ICOSA Gallery, Austin, TX, curated by Madeline Irvine
2023 Wild Combinations — 5-person Exhibition at Canopy Studios, Austin, TX, curated by Dina Pugh
2018   The Femme Abstract – group exhibition for E.A.S.T., curated by Moya McIntyre, Austin, TX
2016   Vices Peculiar to These Eclectics: Contemporary Collage – Curated by Dr. Derek Owens, Yeh Gallery, NYC, NY
2015   Cut Out/Decoupage – group exhibition Nancy Hoffman Gallery NYC, NY
2014   Reconfigured – a four-person exhibition at Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving TX
2012   RECYCLED – Manifesta 9, International Biennial, 3-person exhibition, Hasselt, Belgium (catalog)
2012   At First Sight – five-person show at Galerie Dessers Hasselt and Leuven, Belgium (catalog)
2010   Green Light II – Bank of America Plaza Charlotte, NC. Curated by Joie Lassiter (catalog)
2009   In The Bag: the art and the politics of the plastic bag – Nathan Cummings Foundation, NYC, NY
2009   Femme Fatale – five-person exhibition, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas TX
2008   Field of Color – Art Museum of South Texas, curated by Debra Fullerton (catalog)
2007   Don’t Mess with Texas – seven Texas-based female artists, Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA
2007   Arte Fiera – Finesilver Gallery, Art Fair, Bologna, Italy (catalog)
2007   Texas Biennial – juror’s award, Austin, TX (catalog)
2007   Portland Museum of Art Biennial – Portland, ME (catalog)
2007   New and Used – four-person exhibition Bradbury Gallery, Jonesboro, AR  
2005   Rock, Paper, Scissors – Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX (catalog)
2004   Critical Mass - Group exhibition Joan Mitte Cole Gallery Texas State University,
curated by Mary Mikel Stump.
2003   Sculpture in the Park - An exhibition of outdoor installations, Southwest Texas State University.
2001   Wish House: dream house - A collaboration with unhoused families, Julia C Butridge Gallery, Austin, TX
2000   Breaking New Ground - 2nd Annual exhibition of sculpture Irving Art center Sculpture Garden, Marcie J. Inman curator.
1999   Groundswell: Artist and the Earth - Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, Texas, curated by Katelena Cowles.
1998   Critical Mass - Dallas Visual Art Center, Curated Stephen Vollmer 
1995   Compelling Spaces- site specific artworks Laguna Gloria Art Museum Austin, TX, curator Mark L Smith
1995 Assemble Connemara Conservancy Site specific installation on a 72-acre property, Dallas, TX

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS

2023 Sparkle Pop — A site-specific, can tab installation for Coca Cola, Houston TX
2023 Sparkle Flow — A monumental, site-specific, can tab installation for River South Austin, TX
2022   Concentric Harmony — A permanent 25ft dia., interactive, sensory, maze sculpture for Rosemont Park in Ft Worth TX.
Commissioned by Fort Worth Public Art.
2022   Infinite Gaze — a temporary (1yr), interactive, 63ft x 14ft dimensional outdoor mural for GreenStreet Houston.
Commissioned by Weingarten Art Group
2022   Cascade for River South, Austin, TX
2019   Meta Open Arts Residency and commission for Sparkle Notion a large scale installation.
2017   Reflect and Resound – sensory playhouses (a walk-in kaleidoscope playhouse and walk-in sound mandala playhouse
with talk tubes) for The Austin Shelter for Women and Children. Commissioned by Austin Art in Public Places.
2017   Tree Whimsy – created 2 large-scale, dimensional murals that incorporated monitors for wallcovering material for hallway
wayfinding and window film for a Pediatric Cardiac floor at University Hospital, San Antonio, TX. Commissioned by
University Hospital in San Antonio, TX.
2016   Take a Break – a 32’ x 10’ dimensional mural for Grande Cheese Company in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, commissioned via
Overland Partners, San Antonio, TX.
2014   Upcycled Constellation – a 14’ x 30’ installation of laminated, die-cut prints commissioned by Foundation Communities
for Trails at the Park Learning Center.
2014   Enchanted Vine – a 9’ x 25’ site-specific installation of laminated, die-cut prints commissioned by the Olana Group for
University Healthcare Systems in San Antonio, TX.
2013   Blossom Bounce – a commissioned, site-specific installation of laminated, die-cut prints for a pediatric in-patient unit of
the NYU Langone Hospital in New York City, NY.
2013   Luminous Loop – a 4’ x 20’ semi-transparent artwork on glass, commissioned by the Olana Group for University
Healthcare Systems in San Antonio, TX.
2013   BOUNCE – a site-specific installations of 41 die-cut laminated artworks at Pickfair Park Recreation Center, Austin, TX.
Commissioned by Austin Art in Public Places.
2011   Blossom Trail – a site-specific artwork made for a feature wall on the 11th floor of LeBonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis,
TN.
2010   Twirl Blossom – a site-specific artwork made from recycled plastic bags for a foyer entrance of Le Bonheur Children's
Hospital, Memphis, TN.
2010   OVERFLOW! – a three-story temporary installation that used 6,500 plastic bags that spanned the facade of the
Scottsdale Performing Arts Center, the grounds, and the pond on the grounds. Commissioned by the city of Scottsdale,
AZ.
2007   Mandala Trio – for the US Embassy in Rwanda, commissioned by the U.S. Government.
2007   Mandala Constellation – a group of mandalas installed above the entrance of the Dell Children’s Hospital, Austin, TX.     
2006   The Spin Cycle – three 5' diameter light boxes for Whole Foods World Headquarters Plaza, Austin, TX. Commissioned
by Schlosser Development.
2005   Laguna Gyre – temporary installation of a 70’ mandala made from 6,000+ plastic bags located on the grounds of
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX. Commissioned by Austin Green Art.
2002   Lamina Groove - large-scale, 5 panel relief sculpture for Deep Eddy EMS fire station, Austin, TX. Commissioned by
Austin Art in Public Places.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Climate Pledge Arena
Boston Children’s Hospital
River South, Austin, TX
Facebook, Austin, TX
City of Austin, Texas
NYU Langone Hospital for Bone and Joint Disease, New York, NY
University Health, San Antonio, TX
Capitol One, Dallas, TX
City of Scottsdale, AZ
City of Forth Worth, TX
Dell Children’s Hospital, Austin, TX Deloit, Austin, TX
Gray Cary Law Firm, Austin, TX
Marino Golinelli Collection, Bologna, Italy
US Embassy, Kigali, Rwanda (commissioned)

BOOKS

Craft Activism: People, Ideas, and Projects from the New Community of Handmade and How You Can Join In – Joan Tapper and Gale Zucker, Random House, 2011 (Featured Artist)

1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse: Remake, Restyle, Recycle, Renew – Garth Johnson, Quarry Books, 2010

PERSPEKTIVEN TEXTILER BILDUNG – Christian Becker, Schnieder Vel Honengehren, 2007

CATALOGS

Katrien Dessers – RECYCLED: The Work of Arne Quinze, Serge Vandeput and Virginia Fleck, Galerie Dessers, Hasselt, Belgium, 2012
Katrien Dessers – At First Sight, Galerie Dessers, Hasselt Belgium, 2012
Debra Fullerton – Field of Color, Art Museum of South Texas, 2010
Damian Priour – The Texas Chair Project, Austin Museum of Art, 2009
Claire D'Alba – The Art Collection of the United States Embassy Kigali, Rwanda, Government of the United States of America, 2007
James Harithas – Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture in Meditation Park, Beeville Art
Museum, Beeville, TX, 2006

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Aldwell, Nichole. “The Lay of the (Texas) Land”. Public Art Review 2005, vol.17 no.167,68

Bell, Caleb. “Ever-changing sights and sounds: Virginia Fleck’s public art installation in Fort Worth "Concentric Harmony" brightens Fort Worth's Rosemont Park while inviting interaction” 2022

Brenner, Molly Beth. “A Piece of Work; Indented Round Sod” Austin Chronicle. 08/04

Brenner, Wayne Alan. “Rebris" at Northern-Southern, Reduce, reuse, recycle is seldom so remarkable as in these works by Virginia Fleck and Ted Carey Austin Chronicle April 26, 2019

Danly, Susan. “Portland Museum of Art Biennial.” 2007

Gutmair, Von Ulrich. “Nackt und erhaben”. Netzeitung Voice of Germany.

Harithas, James. Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture in Meditation Park. essay for catalogue, Beeville Art Museum, Beeville TX, 2001

Harithas, James. “Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture in Meditation Park. Sculpture Magazine. vol 21, no.4

Irvine, Madeline. “Top Ten Art Events in 2003”. Austin Chronicle.

Kamila, Avery Yale, Contemporary Art Today; Nature and art collide in PMA,s 2007 Biennial. 04/10/07

Keres, Alana. “The Art of Emergency”. Tribeza. Issue14, 09/02 26-29

Keres, Alana. “Passing Through: Virginia Fleck at Deep Eddy”. Glasstire. 2002

Keyes, Bob. What Maine Art is All About. Portland Press Herald. 04/08/07

Klaasmeyer, Kelly, Plocek, Keith. “Capsule Reviews, Virginia Fleck. Houston Press,01/19/06

Koper, Rachel. “A First for Austin Art” Austin Chronicle. 03/04/05 41

Kutner, Janet. “Sculptures That Surprise”. The Dallas Morning News. 11/08/05

Moore, Nikki. “Bi-ology: the Texas Biennial’s second rising. Austin Chronicle. 03/01/07

Mullet, Joy, Taylor, Mary Ross. “The Bold and the Beautiful; Texas Women Sculptors”. ARTLIES! #26 spring 2000

Richardson, Katherine. “A Piece of Work”. Austin Monthly Home, 2006, vol.1 no. 1 48-55

Rockett, Benne. “Arts Review; Green Wave”. Austin Chronicle. 07/15/05 66

Rockett, Benne. “Green Wave”. VOA. Vol.13 no.2, 2005 33

Smith, Mark Lesly. Compelling Spaces. essay for catalogue. Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX 1995

Taylor Kevin. “Sweet Dreams Come to Austin’s Gallery 106”. The DailyTexan. 02/21/03

Thompkins, John. “Kitsch, Aisle Eight; Smart shoppers will love Virginia Flecks work”. Houston Press 01/12/06

Thompson, Helen. “Grounds for Improvement”. Metropolitan Home Magazine. Vol37, no.5 58-60

Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire. “Seeing Things: Virginia Fleck- Keeping Tabs. Sightlines-Art Culture and New Ideas. 04/21/2019

Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire. “Fresh-Air Art; Catch the Green Wave”. Austin American Statesman. 06/23/05 26-35

Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire. “Fleck’s mixed-media work evokes nostalgia”. Austin American Statesman. 03/29/99

Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire. “Art of Texas”. Austin American Statesman. 03/25/07

Zenth, Torben. “Art Forum Berlin; kopenhagen i supermarkedet”. Kopenhagen.dk.
http://www.kopenhagen.dk/interviews/interviews