exhibitions:

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INTERNATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2018    TEXAS ECLECTICS, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Macedonia,

                Greece.  Curated by Demetre P. Grivas  & Gus Kopriva.  Catalog.

NATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2023     NATIONAL DRAWING EXHIBITION, Presented by FSU Rosenthal Gallery & Ellington-

                 White Contemporary, Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville,

                 North Carolina, October 24 - November 17, 2023.  Curated by Soni Martin. 

                 LANDSCAPE: SERENE AND SAVAGE, MVA Art Gallery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania,

                 August 12 - September 8, 2023. Curated by MVA Gallery.

                 THE TEXAS NATIONAL 2023, The Cole Art Center, Stephen F. Austin State University,

                  Nacogdoches, Texas. Juried by William U. Eiland.

2022     2022 INTERSTATE:  WHERE I-90 MEETS I-82, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington

                 University, Department of Art + Design, Ellensburg, Washington.  Juried by Faith Brower.

                 24th ANNUAL RIO BRAZOS JURIED ART EXHIBITION, Dora Lee Langdon Cultural &

                  Educational Center, Tarelton State University, Grandbury, Texas.

                  Juried by Nancy Lamb.

2019     THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL McNEESE NATIONAL WORKS ON PAPER EXHIBITION,

                 McNeese State University, Grand Gallery, Sherman Fine Arts Annex, Lake Charles,

                 Louisiana.  Juried by Stephanie Mitchell.  Catalog.

                 THE TEXAS NATIONAL 2019, Stephen F. Austin State University, The Cole Art Center 

                  at the Old Opera House, Nacogdoches, Texas. Online catalog. Juried by Michelle White.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2013     ECHOES OF OBLIVION, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas. Curated by Noah Edmundson.

                 LANDMARKS OF MEMORY, Christ Church Cathedral,  Cloister Gallery, Houston, Texas.

2009    FALLEN FORMS OF FUNCTION, San Jacinto College Central, Fine Arts Gallery, Pasadena, Tx.

                MONUMENTS OF YESTERDAY, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas. 

                Curated by Clint Willour. (Exhibiton held in Historic Panama Hotel due to Ike storm damage)

2008    DETRITAL TERRAIN, Lone Star College - North Harris, Houston, Texas.

2007    ARTIFACTS OF REASON, Poissant Gallery, Houston, Texas.   

2000    EXCAVATIONS, The New Gallery, Houston, Texas.

1997    KEN MAZZU: RECENT PAINTINGS, Small Projects Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, Tx.

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2012     BEFORE TIME, WE STAND AND CRUMBLE, Jeff Forster and Ken Mazzu, University of Texas

                 at San Antonio, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas.

2009     WEATHERED, Works by Ken Mazzu and John Paul Van Dolmelen, Travis Tower Lobby,

                 Houston, Texas. Organized by Kinzelman Art Consulting.

SELECTED REGIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2024      2024 ALUMNI EXHIBITION, Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas,

                  June 14 - August 3, 2024.

                 39TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, Meadows Gallery, The University of Texas at

                  Tyler, Tyler, Texas, January 16 - March 1, 2024.

2023      AMoA BIENNIAL-600, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas, October 14 - December 31,

                  2023. Juried by Anna Walker.

                  ART CAR MUSEUM 16th ANNUAL OPEN CALL SHOW:  BLUE, Art Car Museum, Houston,

                  Texas. January 28 - May 28, 2023.

                   CONTEMPORARY TEXAS REGIONALISTS ARTISTS, HOLIDAY SHOW, Foltz Fine Art,

                   Houston, Texas.

2022      38th  JURIED OPEN EXHIBITION, Visual Arts Alliance, Sabine Street Studios,

                  Houston, Texas, May 9 - June 12, 2022. Catalog.

                  38th  JURIED MEMBERSHIP EXHIBITION, Visual Arts Alliance, Sabine Street Studios,

                  Houston, Texas, April 4 - May 5, 2022. Juried by Les Marks. Catalog.

                 JUNIOR SCHOOL FACULTY EXHIBITION, Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas.

2021    THE BIG SHOW, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas. Juried by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill.

                 15th ANNUAL OPEN CALL SHOW, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas.

                THE TEXAS AESTHETIC XV, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas.

2020     ARTOVATION 2020, Texas Association of Schools of Art, online exhibition. 

                 Juried by Jennie Ash.

                 CONTEMPORARY TEXAS REGIONALIST ARTISTS, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas.

2019     STORIED LANDS, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas.

                 STATE OF CONTRAST, Bank of America Center Lobby, Houston, Texas. Organized by

                 Kinzelman Art Consulting and M&M properties. Curated by Foltz Fine Art.

                 ALUMNI EXHIBITION, Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas.

                  Juried by Clint Willour.

                 THE TEXAS AESTHETIC:  30 TEXAS ARTISTS REDEFINING TEXAS ART, Foltz Fine Art,

                 Houston, Texas. 

                 THIRTY-FOURTH TEXAS & NEIGHBORS REGIONAL ART EXHIBITION, Irving Arts Center, 

                 Irving, Texas. Juried by Jordan Roth & Susan Roth Romans.

                 JUNIOR SCHOOL FACULTY EXHIBITION, Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas.

                 THE NEW SHOW, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas.

2018     THE TEXAS AESTHETIC XII, William Reaves & Sarah Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas.

                  STUDIO SCHOOL FACULTY EXHIBITION, Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas.

2017     THE BIG SHOW, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas. Juried by Toby Kamps. Catalog.

                 TRANSIENT VIEWS:  THE PLACES OF OUR LIVES, Richard Stout, Ken Mazzu, Jim Culberson,  

                 William Reaves & Sarah Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas.

2016     TWENTY-FIVE: A CONCLUSION, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas.   Curated

                 by  Clint Willour.  Catalog.

2015     STRUCTURE: A Group Exhibition, Bank of America Center Lobby, Houston, Texas.

                 Organized by Kinzelman Art Consulting.

2014     CREATION OR EVOLUTION, The Artistic Journey, Carolyn Garcia Gallery, Houston, Tx.

                 FAB 15 + PERFORMANCE, G Gallery, Houston, Texas. Curated by Catherine D. Anspon.

2013     STUDIO SCHOOL FACULTY EXHIBITION, Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas.

                 CONSTRUCTING CLOUT: Meredith Jack, Ken Mazzu, Nan Toole, IEI Austin Gallery,

                 Austin, Texas.

2012     FOURTH ANNUAL REGIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Texas A&M University, MSC Forsyth

                 Center Galleries, College Station, Texas. Juried by Grame Reid.

                 BLACK, WHITE & SHADES OF GREY, Carolyn Garcia Gallery, Houston, Texas.

2011     GAMBOL, Art League Houston's 2011 Juried Member Exhibition, Art League Houston,

                  Houston, Texas.  Juried by Mary McCleary.

2010     TWENTY ON PAPER, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas. Organized by Sally Sprout.

                 A HOMECOMING:  A TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR EMERITUS JERRY NEWMAN, Artworks

                 by a Selection of His Former Students, Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University, Beaumont,

                 Texas.

                 ARTISTS IN ACADEMICS,  Works by Houston Arts Faculty, Beeville Art Museum, 

                 Beeville, Texas.

2008     GREEN TEXAS, TEXAS GREEN,  Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas.   

                 A TIME FOR CHANGE, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, Texas. Curated by 

                 Catherine D. Anspon

                 ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF HOUSTON CELEBRATES TEXAS ART 2008, Williams Tower

                 Gallery, Houston, Texas.  Juried by Dr. Kevin Salatino. 

2007    THE ART OF WAR, Poissant Gallery, Houston, Texas.

                 45th ANNUAL BAL NATIONAL, Beaumont Art League, Beaumont, Texas. Juried by

                   Bill Jameson.

2005    A LITTLE MORE RED, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, Texas.

                A FINE LINE:  Breaking Away From The Non-Objective, Vine Street Studios, Houston, Texas.

                 Curated by Volker Eisele.

2004     SOMETHING RED, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, Texas.

                 PREPARATORY WORKS, The Galveston Arts Center,  Galveston, Texas (Summer) and The 

                 Jung Center, Houston, Texas (Spring).  Curated by Clint Willour.

2003     RED, Artscan Gallery/Rudolph Projects, Houston, Texas.

2002     THE DISHMAN COMPETITION, Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas.

2001     NARRATIVE:  Artists and Writers Together, Houston Community College - Northeast,

                 Houston, Texas.   Curated by Darryl Lauster.

                 SPINDLETOP 2001:  The Impact Of Oil On Our World, The Dishman Art Museum,

                 Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas.

1998     MAZZU, KOMARIN, FULTON, The New Gallery, Houston, Texas.

                 1998 FIFTH OPEN EXHIBITION, Art League of Houston, Houston, Texas.  Juried by

                  Bert Long.

                  1998 HORACE CARDWELL COMPETITION, Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, Texas.

                   Juried by Lynne P. Castle and J.P. MacDonald

1997     1997 M.F.A. THESIS EXHIBITION, Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of The University 

                  of Houston, Houston, Texas.

1996     THE SINGULAR OBJECT:  Texas Artists of New Gallery, The New Gallery, Houston, Texas.

                 ART CELEBRATION '96 :  Gary Komarin, Ken Mazzu, Michael Von Helms, The New Gallery,

                 Houston, Texas.

                 ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF HOUSTON CELEBRATES TEXAS ART '96, 1600 Smith in

                 Cullen Center, Houston, Texas.  Juried by Jim Edwards.

                 1996 HOUSTON AREA EXHIBITION, Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of The University 

                  of Houston, Houston, Texas.  Juried by Mary Miss, Luis Jimenez and Dana Fris-Hansen.

                  Catalog.

1994     BUCKING THE TEXAN MYTH:  A Contemporary Redefinition of Who We Are, Moody

                 Hall Atrium Gallery, St. Edwards University, Austin, Texas.  Juried by James L. Fisher.

                 Catalog.

1993     TASIMJAE, The Art Studio, Inc., Beaumont, Texas.  Juried by James Surls.

                 THE DISHMAN  COMPETITION, Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University. 

                  Juried by Caroline Huber.