Biography
Texas-born artist Anthony Reans has been painting professionally since 2001, and began his current abstract series in 2013, while earning his MA in studio art from Northwestern State University, Louisiana. He creates abstract compositions that concentrate on the connections between subjective reality, interconnectedness, spatial relations, surface, and perception.
BORN: 1971, Angleton, TX
WORKING: Shreveport, LA
EDUCATION:
MA fine art, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA, 2014
BA fine art, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA, 2004
GALLERY AFFILIATION:
The Agora Borealis Gallery, Shreveport, LA.
Ro2 Art Gallery, Dallas, TX.
TEACHING:
2022 – current, Talented Arts Program, Bossier Parish Schools, Bossier City, LA
2012-2015 Adjunct Instructor, Fine Art Photography, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA
2008-2014 Instructor, Continuing Education, Photography, Painting, Graphic Design, Louisiana St. University, Shreveport, LA
AWARDS/HONORS/PUBLICATIONS:
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. – Oct., 2023 – Eyes In Motion, Ro2 Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
May – July, 2016 – Recent Arrangements, The Agora Borealis, Shreveport, LA
Sept., 2015 – Counterbalance, The Norsworthy Gallery, Shreveport, LA
Jan., 2014 – Earth Energy Alchemy, River Oaks Fine Arts 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:
Aug. – Sept., 2023 – Chaos!, Ro2 Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
June – July, 2022 – Reeves Art X Design , Reeves Art + Design, Houston, TX
Oct. – Dec., 2019 – The 9: Muses and the Art of Passion, R. W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA
June, 2019 – Marks In Time (a three-artist exhibit), Louisiana State Exhibit Museum, Shreveport, LA
March, 2019 – Critical Mass 7, artspace, Shreveport, LA
Aug. – Oct., 2018 – Collector’s Eye Exhibition, artspace, Shreveport, LA
July – Aug., 2017 – 14th Annual Art Melt Juried Exhibition, Forum 35, Baton Rouge, LA
April – 2017 Culture Crush – Northwest Louisiana Artists’ Studio Tours
July –Aug., 2016 – 28th Annual Juried Exhibition, Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council, Texarkana, TX
Jan., 2016 – Abstract Nature, Rainforest Art Foundation/Marlene Yu Museum, Shreveport, LA
Feb., 2015 – Critical Mass 3, artspace, Shreveport, LA
2013 – Artini, Bossier Arts Council – featured artist , Bossier City, LA
Dec., 2012 – Christmas Under the Ground, Minicine, Shreveport, LA
July – Sept., 2012 – Chambers/Reans/Slaughter, Gallery Fine Art Center, Bossier City, LA
Nov., 2011 – Sweet Bullets, Kettle Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
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:
Chris and Christine Dolhaniuk, Alberta, CA
Nellie and Havard Lyons, Shreveport, LA
Matt and Laruen Wallace, Shreveport, LA
David McGivney, Dallas, TX, and New Orleans, LA
COLLECTIONS:
The Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Shreveport, LA
Lofts at 624, Shreveport, LA
JUDGING:
Sept., 2018 – Hoover Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition
AUCTIONS/BENEFITS:
2018 – Philadelphia Center auction, Shreveport, LA
2013 – Artini, Bossier Arts Council – featured artist , Bossier City, LA
2007 – 2009 – Artport, Shreveport Regional Airport, Shreveport, LA
2002 – Philadelphia Center auction, Shreveport, LA