Joan Fabian
EDUCATION
MFA, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX. 1995
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL. 1985
HONORS & AWARDS
2022 City of San Antonio Public Art Commission City Tower
2018 Haven Allen Artist of the Year Award
2011 State of Texas 2-D Artist-Finalist
2009 id11_Flatlands Foundation. Residency Delft, Holland
2007-11 Honorarium, Luminaria, City of San Antonio Residency Delft, Holland
2008 Capelli ‘d Angeli Foundation Grant
Honorarium, City of San Antonio, Office of Cultural Affairs, TX
2007 Studio DSPS Residency, Rotterdam, Holland
2005 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Artist Grant
2004 Austin Fairchild Art Foundation
2003 Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum
2002 Puffin Foundation, Ltd. Artist Grant
Texas Commission on the Arts
2000 CIES Fulbright Scholar Award to Pakistan
1991 Visual Artist Grant, City of Chicago
SELECTED SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019
Ludus Antiqua, UTSA Terminal 136 Gallery
Sine Nomine, Fabian and Fernandez, Annaa Reyes Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2018
Happenstance: Fabian and Fernandez, Annaa Reyes Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2012
Color by Culture, Access Gallery, Austin TX
2009
Foundation id11_Flatlands, Installation, Delft, Holland
Worm, Rotterdam, Holland (performance/video)
2008
Play it Loud!, Miami Dade College Art Gallery, Miami, FL
In Color, San Antonio College, Moody Learning Center, San Antonio, TX
Your Lips Make My Body Quiver, Blue Star Artspace, San Antonio, TX
2007
Walvis Gallery, Schiedam, Holland
Studio DSPS Foundation, Rotterdam, Holland
JumpStart, San Antonio, TX (animation)
Bravo! Rotterdam, Holland
Worm, Rotterdam, Holland
Doing Dutch, Fort Worth Art Center, Ft.Worth, TX
Hybridity, REM Gallery, San Antonio, TX (Nov)
2006
Drive By Incubation, Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005
Bueno Ensemble, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Vital Surge, Art League of Houston, Houston, TX
As You Wish, Paris Parsons School of Design Gallery, Paris, France
2004
Hybrid Out, Lagos Gallery, Richland College, Dallas, TX
Salsa and Tulips: Zandvliet and Fabian, Artoteek Schiedam, Schiedam, Holland
Salsa and Tulips: Zandvliet and Fabian, REM Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2003
Cultural Juxtaposition, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX
Squiggle, REM Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
2002
The Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
2000
Swirling Notions, The American Center, Islamabad, Pakistan
Recent Works, The National College of Arts Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
HiFi Masala, Visual Arts and Technology Gallery, San Antonio College, TX
Suspicious Activity, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Complex, San Antonio, TX
1996
Trace Elements, The Cactus Bra Gallery, San Antonio, TX
1995
Listening for the Echoes, Laredo Center for the Arts, Laredo, TX
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
SAALM 92, San Antonio Art League & Museum (catalog)
2020
Dock Space, San Antonio, TX
2016
White on White, The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX
2014
New Arte Nuevo / New Art: San Antonio, University of Texas Art Gallery
(catalog)
2013
Creative Powers, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
2012
Art of The Power of Ten, The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
City Hall PASA Exhibits, San Antonio, TX
Core 7, Santa Monica Art Studios, Hangar Gallery, CA
Red Dot Collectors Exhibition, Blue Start Artspace, San Antonio, TX
2010
Revealing Culture, The Smithsonian International Museum, Washington, D.C.
Simply Chicago, Evanston, IL
Discovery Ball, Civic Opera House, Chicago, IL
Luminaria, San Antonio, TX
2009
ArtFirst! Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Avram Gallery, Chicago, IL
Luminaria, San Antonio, TX
2008
Paesaggio Fine Art, Hartford, CT
Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX
MonoPlex/Radio K-ICE, CAM San Antonio, TX
Unit-B Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2007
Hunting Art Prize Exhibition, The Decorative Center, Houston, TX
Lana Santorelli Gallery, Southampton, NY
Walvis Gallerie, Scheidam, Holland
Exquisite Corpse, 118 Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2006
Platform, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
Green Eggs and CAM, Cameo Theatre, San Antonio, TX (animation)
Affair at the Jupiter, Jupiter Hotel, Portland, OR
2005
Blue Star 20, Blue Star Contemporary Art Space, San Antonio, TX curated by Tony Jones
San Antonio Painting, Blue Star Contemporary Art Space, San Antonio, TX
Funkadelicide, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY curated by D.Dominick Lombardi
Over the Top / Under the Rug, SICA, Long Branch, NJ
2004
Small Works, Creative Center, New York, NY
Starving Artists Ball, Studio 42, New York, NY
Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids, New York, NY
2003
Show-Offs, William Campbell Contemporary, Ft.Worth, TX
Digitalis 2, The Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlan, B.C. Canada curated by James K-M
Expo 500, 500X Gallery, Dallas. Curated by Vincent Falsetta.
EyeTwisters, Houston Community College Art Gallery, Houston, TX (curated)
2002
Painters X3:J.Fabian, F.Gay, C.McManemin, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX (catalog)
New American Talent 17, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX. curated by Kathryn Kanjo
Interrogating Diversity. Betty Rymer Gallery SAIC, Chicago, IL
Free Manifesta, Frankfurter Kunst Verein, Frankfurt, Germany
Project Enduring Look, Project House, Chicago, IL
2001
Face-Off, Betty Rymer Gallery, SAIC. Chicago, IL
New American Talent 16, The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX
1999
New American Talent 14, Arthouse, Austin, TX
1998
Dishman Competition, Dishman Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, curated by James Yood
South Texas Art Museum, Corpus Christi, TX
1997
In-Flux, West End Gallery, Houston, TX
South Texas Art Museum, Corpus Christi, TX
1995
NTID Switzer Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
Grabados Universidad de Texas, Instituto Cultural Peruano Northeamericano, Lima, Peru
1994
Next Wave, 1203 Art Space Gallery, San Antonio, TX curated by Ken Little
Visions Gallery, Albany, NY
1993
Bloch, Fabian, Martinez, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992
Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL