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EDUCATION

MFA: Southern Methodist University
BFA: Wichita State University (Magna cum Laude)
Oklahoma University

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022  George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA
2020  George Billis Gallery Los Angeles, CA
2017  Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, TX
2016  LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM 
2016  LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM 
2011  Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX 
2010  Sullivan Goss-An American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2009  Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX 
2009  Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008  Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
2008  Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, TX
2007  McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX 
2007  MMGalleries, San Francisco, CA
2006  Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX 
2004  CraigHead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2002  Forum Gallery, Dallas, TX
2002  McCormick Gallery, Midland, TX 
2001  Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX 
2001  Forum Gallery, Dallas, TX
1999  Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX 
1999  The American Kennel Club, NY, NY 
1997  Anasazi Gallery, Dallas, TX 
1997  ERL Originals, Winston-Salem, NC 
1996  Southwest Art Gallery, Dallas, TX 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 George Billis Gallery Westport, CT
2021-22 Towards a 21c Abstraction - Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Coos Art Museum, Arts Ft. Worth, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
2021 Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
2021 Art Essex Gallery, NYC Invitational - virtual
2021 GraySpace Gallery for Lotusland, Santa Barbara, CA
​2018  Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA  
2019  Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA 
2018  George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
2018  Westmont Ridly-Tree Museum of Art, Montecito, CA 
2018  Wildling Museum of Art & Nature, Solvang, CA 
2018  The Arts Fund, Santa Barbara, CA 
2018  Sullivan Goss-An American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 
2017  Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, TX 
2017  Jane Deering Gallery, Gloucester, MA 
2017  Paul Mahder Gallery, Healdsburg, CA, 
2017  Sullivan Goss-An American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 
2015  LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM 
2014  McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX 
2014  Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA 
2014  LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM 
2013  Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX 
2013  LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM 
2013  Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 
2013  Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, CA 
2012  Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 
2012  Sullivan Goss-An American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 
2012  Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA 
2012  Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Ft. Worth, TX 
2012  The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi
2011  Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX 
2011  Anderson O’Brien Fine Art, Lincoln, NE 
2010  Sullivan Goss-An American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 
2010  Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA 
2008  Hunting Art Prize, Houston, TX 
2007  Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX 
2006  Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, CA 
2006  Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2004  Pollock Gallery, Dallas, TX 
2001  Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS 
2001  The Stage Gallery, NY, NY 
2001  Pleiades Gallery, NY, NY 
2001  Moudy Art Gallery, Ft. Worth, TX 
2001  McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX 
2000-2014  ArtHouse at the Jones Center-AMOA, Austin, TX 
2000  The Stage Gallery, NY, NY 
2000  Moudy Art Gallery, Ft. Worth, TX 
2000  San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
2000  Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX 
2000  Loudoun House Gallery, Lexington, KY
2000  Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX 
1995-1999Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX 

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
The Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi, TX
Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
The Grace Museum in Abilene, TX.  
Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Wildling Museum of Art & Nature, Solvang, CA
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
The American Kennel Club, NY, NY

GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS
2013  Honorable Mention, “Small Images,” Atkinson Gallery, SBCC
2012  Art Council Award, “Lift,” Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art
2012  Juror’s Award, “Small Images,” Atkinson Gallery, SBCC
2008  Hunting Art Prize Finalist (Top 5), Sponsored by Hunting PLC, Houston, TX
2004  Katerine Rigsby Dougan Graduate Scholarship, Southern Methodist University
2003  Southern Methodist University, Meadows Graduate Council Grant
2003  Best Portrait Artist in Dallas, “Best of Dallas Awards,” Dallas Observer
2002  Southern Methodist University, Full Scholarship, MFA Program
2001  Juror’s Award, “Biennial Juried Exhibition,” McKinney Avenue Contemporary
2001  Distinguished Art Award, “Ulrich Alumni Exhibition,” Ulrich Museum of Art
2001  Hawn Foundation Award, “2001 Art in the Metroplex,” Texas Christian University

PRESS
2020  Toward a 21st Century Abstraction, by Kit Boise-Cossart, LUM Art Magazine
          Westmont Exhibition Looks at Current State of Abstraction, by Gerald Carpenter    
          Noozhawk
          Abstraction Moves Forward in Santa Barbara, by Charles Donelan, Santa Barbara
          Independent
          Destination California, George Billis Gallery, by Tressa Williams, American Art Collector,
           February
2018  The River’s Journey; One Year, Six Artists, 92 Miles, Santa Barbara Seasons magazine,              Spring 2018, by Leslie Dinaberg
2018  Down By, In and About the River, Scene Magazine, March 23 - March 29, 2018, by Josef              Woodard
2018  A river runs through them: Six artists take “A River’s Journey” through the heart of the                  Santa Ynez Valley watershed at the Wildling Museum (Cover photo depicts Connally and              her painting being hung in the museum) Santa Maria Sun, by Rebecca Rose
2018  Artists Explore River’s Journey Over Course of a Year, Noozhawk, by Katie Pearson
2016  Connie Connally / Place In Time, at LewAllen Contemporary, solo exhibit, essay by Ken                Marvel
2015  Connie Connally, Sammy Peters / Fusion at LewAllen Contemporary, essay by Ken Marvel
2015  Color Play - Primacy Of Color In Contemporary Art at LewAllen Contemporary, essay by                Ken Marvel
2013  Now and Then: contrasting Approaches to Key Themes of Modernism at LewAllen                        Contemporary, essay by Ken Marvel
2013  Art Things, Small and Smaller, The Scene Magazine by Josef Woodard
2013  Six Rising Stars at LewAllen Contemporary, essay by Ken Marvel
2012  Small Images, The Scene Magazine by Josef Woodard
2012  Lift, The Scene Magazine by Josef Woodard
2010  Life Like Water at Sullivan Goss-An American Gallery, solo exhibit, CASA Magazine, by                Kerry Methner
2010  100 Grand, An Art Spree for You and Me, The Scene Magazine by Josef Woodward
2009  New Home, New Directions at Craighead Green Gallery, essay by Nance Cohen Israel
2008  Connie Connally / Liquid Line at MMGalleries, SPOTLIGHT, Gallery Guide West
2006  Journey Into Abstraction, Dallas Modern Luxury, by Steve Carter
2002  Finding Your Visual Voice, book, 6 color plates included by Dakota Mitchell and Lee                      Haroun
2001  Face Time by Annabell Massey, Dallas Observer 
2000  Austin Art Scene by Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman
2000  Explorations of the Face, Both Realistic and Fanciful, Art Reviews by Helen A Harrison,                The New York Times (photo featured my painting) ​
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