Horton Humble
Biography
Born in New Orleans, Horton Humble is a self-taught American painter.
Humble’s debut show in 2007 entitled Debris; a series of paintings using wood from the Hurricane Katrina wreckage centered on themes of a lost city and water as a powerful force. In 2008, he embarked on a one-year journey through Africa for his next series Transit Urban; twelve paintings using local traditional fabrics depicting the energy of the people, land and culture. Each piece was drafted on site and later accompanied him on his other travels from Europe to US, in cities like Chicago and Lisbon. Enchanted by the old and mestizo city, he returned to Lisbon in 2012 where he lived for almost three years and created The Lisbon Series influenced by the discovery of a new medium; ceramics and its modeling techniques. After this productive period in Portugal, Humble again returned home and established his studio with a group of fellow artists in New Orleans and co-founded the Level Artist Collective in 2015. At this time, his paintings on wood panels captured his impressions of a post- Katrina city represented inside of human head figures transitioning his previous subject matter into a new territory (US) and its social problematic. In 2017, Horton Humble was a resident artist at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans and named “one of the most talented young painters producing in the South today” by Bradley Sumrall, curator of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art (Curator's Choice, Country Roads Magazine). Through the summer he created his first public sculpture in steel- The Guardian, commissioned by the Helis Foundation for the Pyodras Corridor project- Sculpture for New Orleans. Currently, Humble is creating his most ambitious work, large scale canvases in which he is releasing the formality of his detail obsession into a more dynamic and expressive work.
Horton Humble is a founding member of LEVEL Collective and a 2015/ 2017 nominee for the United States Artists Fellowship. His works are included in public and private collections, showcased at the Poydras Corridor in New Orleans, Prizm Art Fair- Art Basel Miami, Atlanta Contemporary Biennial, Ohr-O`Keefe Museum of Art- Biloxi, Mississippi, Luciano´s Benetton Imago Mundi Collection- Italy, NOMA- Prospect 2 Satellite, Carroll Gallery- Tulane University, Antenna Gallery- New Orleans, among others.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018- Respondents- Isaac Delgado Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2016- Global Log, The Lisbon Series- Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art Biloxi, MS
2010 - Art Home- Creative Alliance of New Orleans (CANO). New Orleans, LA.
Global Log, The African Series- Canary Gallery. New Orleans, LA
Horton Humble- Ana Silva Estate. Lisbon, Portugal
2009- Artist Open Studio- Colton Art Studios for Prospect I. New Orleans, LA
2007- Debris- Convergence Gallery. New Orleans, LA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Land Lines- Show curated and produced by Level Artist Collective. November to February, during Prospect 4. New Orleans, LA
The Guardian- Public Sculpture for the Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition-Sculpture for New Orleans presented by The Helis Foundation and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. New Orleans, LA. Level Artist Collective- Carroll Gallery, Tulane University. New Orleans
2016
Indivisible: Spirits in the Material World, curated by William Cordova Prizm Art Fair. Miami, FL
Southern Parlour, Afrofuture Society’s curated by Gia Hamilton- Ace Hotel. New Orleans, LA
ATLBNL - Atlanta Biennial 2016, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. GA Controls and Counter Reactions- curated by Carl Joe Williams for Blights Out, Antena Gallery. New Orleans, LA
2015
Level Artist Collective- Antenna Gallery. New Orleans, LA
Lagnaippe: Imagining New Orleans in a Post-Katrina World- Stella Jones Gallery. New Orleans, LA
2014- Reparation: Contemporary Artists from New Orleans, curated by Diego Cortez, Imago Mundi Collection- P3+ NOMA. New Orleans, LA.
2012- Becoming Art fully Aware- New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA.
2011- Instructions: Prospect 2 Satellite- Antenna Gallery. New Orleans, LA.
2010- Black Art Now- M.Francis Gallery. New Orleans, LA
2007- 8: By Any Means Necessary- Terrence Sanders Gallery. New Orleans.
RESIDENCIES
2017
Emerging AIR, Artist in Residence- Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans
2013/2014
Artist in Residence- Azulejaria Santiago, Ceramic Portuguese Tile Artisan Studio directed by Victor Santiago and Carla Santiago- Fátima, Portugal
2013
Artist in Residence at Press Street Gallery, Directed by Jerald White- New Orleans, LA
WORKSHOPS
2017
Artist Workshop with Horton Humble Inspired by Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection, Presented by The Helis Foundation- Ogden Museum. New Orleans, LA.
COMMISSIONS
2014
Luciano Benetton Imago Mundi Collection, Italy Reparation: Contemporary Artists from New Orleans
The Voice- Ceramic on canvas, oil and marker- 4x 4 3/4 inch
2011
Cecil’s Bay- Wooden Wall Pamel, 82x 96 inches Toucari, Dominica. West Indies.
PUBLICATIONS
Inner Landscapes- A Conversation with Horton Humble- Stephanie Pearl Travers, The Iron Lattice, New Orleans Printed Magazine- Transitions and Transplants, Winter 2016
Interview available online : http://theironlattice.com/index.php/2016/09/12/inner-landscapes-horton- humble/
Review: Blights Out- Antenna Gallery's mixed media group exhibit inspired by blight- by D. Eric Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, New Orleans June 20, 2016
Web Spinner: Self-taught artist’s style snares imagination- by Doug MacCash, New Orleans Times Picayune, March 16, 2007
GRANTS
2013
The Jazz Fest Community Partnership Grant 2013- New Orleans, LA
MEMBERSHIPS
Founding member of LEVEL Artist Collective