Janine Dykes was born in Venezuela, and raised all over the world. She earned her BFA in Visual Art Studies from The University of Texas at Austin and her MFA in Sculpture from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She has been an art educator in Houston Texas two decades. She has been active within the art community serving as member and Exhibitions Coordinator for Box 13 ArtSpace. She has had solo and group shows in Houston, Austin, Miramonte CA, Philadelphia PA, and New Orleans LA.
Education
University of the Arts; Philadelphia, PA; MFA Sculpture
University of Texas at Austin; Austin, TX; BFA Visual Arts Studies
Art Residencies
Box 13 ArtSpace, Houston TX 2011 - 2017
Stonehouse Contemporary Arts, Miramonte CA 2014
Solo Exhibitions
Third Culture Kids; HCC Spring Branch Gallery, Houston, TX 2023
Chicken Coop Hustle, Stonehouse Contemporary Arts, Miramonte CA 2014
Threading My Needle; Gallery One, Philadelphia PA 2012
Acceptable Risk; Gallery 817, Philadelphia, PA 2012
Group Exhibitions
GCIC, Lee College Baytown, TX 2025
Helping Hands, University of Houston Clear Lake TX 2025
Gaze, Decatur Street Studio, Houston TX 2023
Empty Box, Box 13 ArtSpace, Houston TX 2023
Big Medium, curated by Jennifer Chenoweth, Austin TX 2018
East Austin Studio Tour, Fisterra Studio, Austin TX 2017
Bayou: By Us, The Front Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2016
What We're Up To, Box 13 ArtSpace, Houston, TX 2016
Trojan Box, Art League Houston, Houston, TX 2013
Getting By With the Help of Our Friends, Gallery 1724, Houston, TX 2013
Cinco de Mayo, Box 13 Artspace, Houston, TX 2013
Disturbance of Distance, Juried by Kimberly Aubuchon, Box 13 Artspace, Houston, TX 2013
Out of the Box, 4411 Montrose, Houston, TX 2012
Cup of Joe, Anderson Gallery 224, Philadelphia, PA 2012
Empty Box; Box 13 Artspace, Houston, TX 2012
Works in Progress, Rosenwald Wolf Gallery Philadelphia, PA 2012
Cosmic Bodies, Juried by LIbby Rosof and Roberta Fallon, Hamilton Hall Gallery, Philadelphia PA 2011
MFA Express; Arronson Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2011
WIP Show, Hamilton Hall Gallery, Philadelphia PA 2010
Teaching
University of Houston Clear Lake 2024- Present
Arts and the Child
Integrating Visual Art: STEAM
Methods in Elementary Art/Methods in Secondary Art
Houston Community College 2021- Present
Art Appreciation
Design II 3D
Sculpture
Kerr High School 2004-2024
Art 1
Drawing
Painting
Printmaking
Ceramics
Sculpture
AP 2D Design Portfolio / AP Drawing Portfolio
AP 3D Design Portfolio
Publications
100 Creatives, by Olivia Flores Alvarez -Houston Press July 2014
Cosmic Bodies; TheArtBlog.com by Roberta Fallon July 2011
6 :6 , Six Concurrent West Collection Exhibitions, West Collection
Honors/Awards
Elected Exhibitions Coordinator Box 13 ArtSpace Houston, TX 2014
Merit Scholarship; University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2010-2012
Nominated for Outstanding MFA Candidate: Joan Mitchell Grant, 2012
Curatorial
Indulgence; Hot Hall -West Collection, Oaks, PA August 2011 – August 2012
Art Related Research
Traveled to Ukraine to tour Chernobyl site 2012
Traveled to Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor, PA 2012