1971-04-27

I'm a painter and part-time photography teacher, from way-down-deep-south Texas (near Houston). My work can be found in a few galleries, and I participate in gallery and museum exhibitions whenever time allows.

I live in Shreveport, Louisiana, with my wife, Danielle, and our miniature schnauzer, Ollie. We're suurounded by loving family and friends, and an ever-expanding art community full of wonderful makers and collectors.

The creative impulse in me demands that I work in concurrent idioms, from abstraction to illustration.

BORN: ANGLETON, TX

WORKING: SHREVEPORT, LA
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EDUCATION: MA FINE ART, NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY, NATCHITOCHES, LA, 2014
BA FINE ART, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, SHREVEPORT, 2004
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REPRESENTATION:
All series available at Contemporain Bankston-Adams Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (opening soon - Summer, 2015).
Landscape-inspired abstracts and Multi-panel abstracts available at Nader's Gallery, in Shreveport, LA.
Comic book paintings available at The Agora Borealis gallery, in Shreveport, LA.

AWARDS:
Jan 2015 Works In Progress Louisiana Grant
Nov. 2005 Shreveport Regional Arts Council (SRAC) Roster
Oct. 2005 SRAC's Highway Haiku contest
Oct. 2005 SRAC's Art on the Move contest
2004 Interpretations Contest, Masterpiece Artist Canvas
2003 SRAC's 2003 Mini-Mural contest
2001-02 LSU Shreveport's Fine Art student of the year scholarship
Dec. 2001 Addy award, Judges' Favorite, Advertising for the Arts

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Sept. 2015 - CounterBalance, The NOrsworthy Gallery, Shreveport, LA
Jan. 2014 - Earth Energy Alchemy, River Oaks Fine Atrs Center, Alexandria, LA
May. 2010 - Maximum Mindshare, artspace, Shreveport, LA
Dec. 2009 Pop Sensations, Women's Dept Club, Shreveport, LA
July 2005 Featured visual artist for Detour Louisiana online magazine
Jan. 2004 The Columbia Show, Columbia Café, Shreveport, LA
Sept. 2003 Shreve Memorial Library, Shreveport, LA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2013 - Artini, Bossier Arts Council - featured artist , Bossier City, LA
Dec. 2012 - Christmas Under the Ground, Minicine, Shreveport, La
July – September, 2012 - Chambers/Reans/Slaughter, Gallery Fine Art Center, Bossier City, LA
Sept., 2011 - New Blood, Old Money, Kettle Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
July - Aug., 2011 - Near and Far, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
Summer, 2010 - Studio Visit Magazine
Fall, 2010 - Featured artist, Art of Louisiana, a 'coffee table' art book
Feb. – May, 2010 - Triennial Northwest LA Competition, Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, LA
Oct. 2009 - Bona Fide, artspace, Shreveport, LA
2007 - 2008 Long term exhibition, Home Design Center, Shreveport, LA
Aug. – Sept. 2007 East Bank Presents, The East Bank Gallery, Bossier City, LA
2007 - 2009 Artport: UP, Shreveport Regional Airport, Shreveport, LA
2006 – 2007 Citywide Gallery, West Edge Artists Co-op, Shreveport/Bossier, LA
Dec. 2005 Three Visions of the Feminine, Bistineau Gallery, Shreveport, LA
Nov. - Dec. 2005 Deck the Halls, artspace, Shreveport, LA
June 2005 The TV Travel and Art Auction, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Baton Rouge, LA
Feb. 2005 Gallery Walk, American Fine Art, Dallas, TX
Sept. 2004 Grand opening event, artspace, Shreveport, LA
Feb. 2004 Visions, The Woburn Gallery, London, England
Jan. - March 2004 Group exhibit, Turner Art Center Gallery, Shreveport, LA

Selected Commissions:
David McGivney, Dallas, TX and New Orleans, LA
Melissa Albritton and Jason Brown, Shreveport, LA
Ryan Glorioso and Robert Lucien Larriviere of New Orleans, LA
Colin DeVaughan of Saint Louis, MO

Collections:
The Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
David and Nicole Holcombe of Alexandria, LA
Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Shreveport, LA
Bob and Pam Atchison of Shreveport, LA
Ken and Suzie Paulovich of Shreveport, LA
Chris and Kathy Culliton of Bossier City, LA
Monty and Simonia Chisolm of Lake Charles, LA
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hensley of Malakoff, TX
Pat Hoover of Clermont, FL
Brent Lightner of Washington D.C.
David McGivney of Dallas, TX
Mike Hardison of Shreveport, LA
Kevin & Claudia Byram of Shreveport, LA
Michael Sean Powell of Shreveport, LA
Jason Brown and Melissa Albritton of Shreveport, LA
Randy Melancon of Dallas, TX
Vickie Kemak of Willet, NY
Colin DeVaughan of Saint Louis, MO
Mike and Dolly McSwain of Shreveport, LA
Brian Carberry, of Shreveport, LA


PUBLICATIONS:
2012:
PineyWoodsLive.com, a regional online publication for Northeast Texas Pop culture with a comic twist​​​
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2011:
Artist write-up on Kettle Art Gallery's blog from the group exhibit, New Blood, Old Money

2010:
Blog write-up by Bryan Tramonte on New Orleans.com

318-453-2952

327 Yolanda Lane

LA

Shreveport

http://tonyreans.com

NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY, NATCHITOCHES, LA

2014