| NEW GALLERY-THOM ANDRIOLA// JAN 14 // 6-8PM |
| New Gallery - Thom Andriola, Owner 2627 Colquitt, Houston, Texas, 77098 713.520.7053 www.newgalleryhouston.com |
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| Thedra Cullar-Ledford was born in Abilene, Texas and later moved to Mexico City and then to Eagle Pass, a small Texas/Mexico border town. At age 16, she was emancipated in order to move to Dallas by herself to attend the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. She received a full scholarship to California College of the Arts where she met her husband, Stephen, on the very first day. They were married by age 21. Thedra graduated cum laudewith a BFA in painting, and then attended the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art at Oxford University in the UK for a Masters in printmaking and sculpture. The family moved 16 times in 20 years. She says “We’re finally happy to be settled in Houston!” Thedra makes art, teaches college, and the couple built and runsIndependence Art Studios, which provides studio spaces to young artists. They have two sons, Loden and Sage, dogs and cats, and are hoping for chickens soon. Thedra’s art typically involves arranged collections of everyday objects, presented in some sort of container in a way that makes a statement. It’s a mash-up of conceptualism, minimalism, storytelling, and autobiography. She strives to create personally meaningful work that combines careful craft and conceptual integrity. Thedra does not consider herself to be a “painter” but instead a conceptual artist who is using painting as a medium to talk about sexuality, race and body image in the lives of the women that she knows and studies. |
