Lance Letscher bio

Born in Austin, Texas, 1962
Lives in Austin, Texas
Studied at University of Texas, Austin (B.A., 1985, M.F.A., 1989)

Artist's statement:
These small prints of organic subjects are a continuation of themes executed in paint and graphite over the past few years. In these prints, the layering of images and papers adds both a physical depth and a sense of romantic mystery. The birds and plants were printed on pages of old French and German paperback books. In most of the prints, printed forms were then cut out and adhered to other original foreign book pages. The completed images, further adhered to larger, neutral backing papers, effectively acquired layers of meaning and age. They are, paradoxically, depersonalized and isolated, yet also universal, demanding quiet contemplation by the viewer.

Selected solo exhibitions:
2000	Fall, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1999	The New Gallery, Houston, Texas Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas
1998	Lance Letscher: Drawings, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX
1997	The Small Island,Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1996	Lance Letscher, James Gallery, Houston, Texas
1991	The Tree, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas

Selected group exhibitions:
1999	Outward Bound: American Art at the Brink of the Twenty-First Century (traveled abroad)
1998	Contemporary Prints and Drawings: A Decade of Acquisitions, Jack S. Blanton Museum of ARt, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Selected Works, Rudolf Poissant Gallery, Houston, Texas Drawings, Hagar Gallery, The Unviersity of Dallas, Texas Under a DADA Moon, ACA Gallery, Austin, Texas\| 1998 National Showcase Exhibition, alternative Museum, New York, New York 1998 Works on Paper, National Art Exhibition: Poverty, St. John's University, Jamaica, New York Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas Ars Botanica, Ida Green Gallery, Austin College, Sherman, Texas
1997	Texas Invitational, Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas Introductions, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas 1997 Critic's Choice, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, Texas Flora Bella, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas Reunion, James Gallery, Houston, Texas

Selected collections:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Archer M. Huntington gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
California State University, Long Beach, California
BHP Petroleum, Houston, Texas
Dean Witter Reynolds, Houston, Texas