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Afi Lane Afi Ese

(pronounced ah-fee)

CV

SOLO EXHIBITIONS.
2026 October 3 - November 1. On Turning 250, BlueProlific Gallery, Houston, TX

2026 June 5 - 27. Northbound: What survives? 934 Gallery, Columbus, OH

2024 August 19 - September 28. Interconnected: The African Influence of Urban Adornment, Side Gallery, The Jung Center, Houston, TX
2023 August 18 - September 16. If We Had Wings, Gallery Guichard, Bronzeville, Chicago, IL. 12/21 works sold opening night
2023 February 4- April 8. Flights from Antiquity, Bert long Gallery, Museum of African American Culture, Houston, TX
2017 Revolution or Exodus, Yoga House Houston, Houston, TX

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS.

2026-27 ArtAbility Exhibition and Sale. ArtAbility, Bryn Mawr, PA

2026 Atlanta Art Fair. Atlanta, GA. Curated by Paul Conliffe

2026 Texas Juried Exhibition. Artspace 111, Fort Worth, TX . Juried by Terri Provencal. READ MORE

2026 Everyday People. Obama Library, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Curated by Elijah Rashaed

2026 The Big Show 2026. Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX. Juried by Valerie Cassel Oliver  READ MORE

2026 Harris County Juried Exhibition, Sawyer Yards, Houston, TX. Juried by Hesse McGraw  READ MORE

2026 Becoming & Belonging. Sueltenfuss Library, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX

2026 Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL WATCH

2025-26 Everyday People. The Historic Black Police Precinct Courthouse and Museum, Soul Basel Art Basel, Miami, FL  READ MORE

2025 Bridges: Because of Them. Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club/The CARR Center, Detroit, MI

2025 Pigmented Black Fine Art Faire. Blackbird Gallery, Detroit, MI/Chicago, IL

2025-26 ArtAbility Exhibition and Sale. ArtAbility, Bryn Mawr, PA

2025 Echoes of Joy. Akwaaba Gallery, Newark, NJ

2025 I am. Blue Prolific Studios, Houston, TX

2025 Fade to Black Arts Festival, Houston, TX

2025 A Tribute to Water. Women's Caucus for Art - Texas/Mexican Consulate of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

2025 American Visions III. Brown & Juanita C Ford Gallery, Larry K. Lewis Education Center NW, Detroit, MI

2025 28th Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art Competition and Exhibition. African American Museum of Dallas, Dallas, TX

2024 Citywide African American Artist Exhibition. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
2024 The Reveal: Prelude to a new season. Akwaaba Gallery, Newark, NJ
2024-25 ArtAbility Exhibition and Sale. ArtAbility, Bryn Mawr, PA

2024 Deve Amare David  (Must love David). Monterroso Gallery, Houston, TX2024 Hampton’s Fine Art Fair. Dozie Gallery, NY/Southampton, NY
2024 Women Who Dare. The Houston Public Library - Central Library, Houston, TX
2023 Texas Heat. Women's Caucus for Art/Brazoport Center for the Arts & Sciences, Clute, TX
2023 Citywide African American Art Exhibition. The Houston Public Library - Central Library + The African American Library at the Gregory School, Houston, TX
2022-23 Citywide African American Art Exhibition. Glassell School of Art at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
2022-23 Art Ability Exhibition and Sale. Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA
2022 Texas Now Online Showcase 2022. Artspace111, Fort Worth, TX. Virtual

2022 Citywide African American Art Exhibition. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
2022 What's Next. Cat Eye Creative, Atlanta, GA
2022 This Is America 2022. 5 Points Art Gallery + Studio, Milwaukee, WI
2022 The Work of Women. Woman’s Caucus for Art Texas/Frost Brown Todd Law Firm, Houston, TX
2022 Citywide African American Art Exhibition. Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
2022 Culture: Our New Norm. Prairie View A&M University-NW, Houston, TX
2022 Black Creativity Juried Exhibition. Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, IL
2021-22 Art Ability Exhibition and Sale. Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA
2021 EXPO 2021. 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2021 When Words Fall. Visionary Art Collective. Virtual.2021 100th Day Show. Cat Eye Creative, Atlanta, GA
2021 How We See. Pencil on Paper Gallery, Farmers Branch, TX
2021 Black History Month Exhibition & Sale. Irving Black Arts Council, Irving, TX
2020-21 26th Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art Competition & Exhibition. African American Museum of Dallas, Dallas, TX
2021 Shelter – Artwork Created During the Great Lock-down of 2020, Burke Arts Council, Morganton, NC
2020 Art Beat Miami, 7TH Annual Virtual Art Fair Art Basel/Miami Art Week, Miami, FL
2020 We the People, Artfront Galleries, Newark, NJ
2020 See My Color: A Social Justice Call for Art, The Women’s Caucus for Art of Greater Washington, DC. Virtual
2020 We Protest, Mosely Gallery, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD. Virtual
2020 Enshrine Corvallis, Arts Center of Corvallis, Corvallis, OR. Virtual
2020-21 Art Ability Exhibition and Sale, Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA
2020 African American Artists Exhibition. University of Houston-Clear Lake Art Gallery, Clear Lake, TX
2019 ArtLit, Humphreys Gallery, Kimberly, South Africa

 

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AWARDS. GRANTS. HONORS. PRIZES.

2026 3rd Place General Category, Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition, The Three Musketeers

2024 1st Place, Citywide African American Artists Exhibition, Sir Charles

2024 Judge's Choice, The Doris B. Gordon Award, 2023-24 ArtAbility Exhibition and Sale, The reward 

2024 Finalist, Jerry's Artarama Self-portrait Competition, Self-portrait 2021

2022 1st Prize Drawing and Fine Printmaking. The Stephen Panacsi Memorial Award

2021-22 Art Ability Exhibition and Sale, Sultan of Algadez

2022 Honorable Mention, Citywide African American Art Exhibition, Sir Caesar

2021 Rauschenberg Grant, Cycle 9, New York Foundation for the Arts

2021 Juror’s Choice Award, EXPO 2021


RESIDENCIES. MEMBERSHIPS. ASSIGNMENTS. APPOINTMENTS.
2023-2026 NAACP Artist Residency – Ohio
2021-current Women's Caucus for Art – Texas Chapter, Treasurer & Membership Chair
2021 Texas Female Artists
2021 Distance Learning: D.C. Teacher Art Show. Curatorial Assistant, website designer, graphic artist. Curated by Zsudayka Nzinga Terrell. Washington, D.C.
2020 Women's Caucus for Art, 06723

 

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EDUCATION. 

BS, Psychology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 2003

MS, Psychology, University of Houston 2009

MS, Juvenile Justice and Psychology, Prairie View A&M University 2013

Certification in Art Therapy 2014

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