BIOGRAPHICAL
Born November 27, 1970, Washington D.C.
EDUCATION
| 1997 |
MFA in Imaging and Digital Arts, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD |
| 1992 |
Printmaking Studio Program, Santa Reparata Graphic Arts Centre, Florence, Italy |
| 1992 |
BFA in Painting, Washington University, School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO |
SELECTED AWARDS / DISTINCTION
| 2006 |
Finalist, Artadia Houston 2006 Awards. Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue, New York, NY (Jurors: Francesco Bonami, Laura Hoptman, Valerie Cassel Oliver, Jeffrey D. Grove, Christian Rattemyer) |
| 2005 |
HCP Photography Fellowship Recipient, sponsored by Houston Center for Photography, Houston TX (Juror: Karen Irvine) |
| 2005 |
Juror’s Choice Award, Texas Biennial, Austin, TX |
| 2003 |
Participant Artist; DiverseWorks Retreat and Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop, Houston, TX |
| 2003 |
Individual Artist Fellowship Grant; Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County, Houston, TX |
| 1998 |
Honorable Mention; 1998 ROSEBUD Awards, Washington, DC |
| 1998 |
Individual Artist Award, New Genre; Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD |
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS*
| 2006 |
Fellowship Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX (Juror: Karen Irvine) |
| 2006 |
Serena Lin Bush and Dornith Doherty*, The Gallery at UTA, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX |
| 2005 |
Restless, site-specific installation, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX |
| 2003 |
Tremors (and Other Minor Disturbances); Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX |
| 2001 |
pause; Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX |
| 2000 |
after (taste); site-specific installation, DiverseWorks Art Space, Houston, TX |
| 2000 |
Visible Traces; Winter Street Art Center, Houston, TX |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2007 |
The Frontier is Here; National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture 2007 Conference; Austin, TX |
| 2007 |
Artadia @ DiverseWorks…Reprised; DiverseWorks Art Space; Houston, TX |
| 2007 |
EXPO 2007; 500X Gallery; Dallas, TX (Juror: Frances Colpitt) |
| 2007 |
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2007; Williams Tower; Houston, TX (Juror: Carter Foster) |
| 2005-07 |
New American Talent: The Twentieth Exhibition; Arthouse at the Jones Center; Austin, TX; touring show (Juror: Dan Cameron) |
| 2005 |
Affinities; Art League Houston/JP Morgan Chase Building; Houston, TX |
| 2005 |
Texas Biennial 2005; Bolm Studios (with 4 alternate sites); Austin, TX |
| 2004 |
Blue Star 19; Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX (Juror: Lynn Herbert) |
| 2004 |
Houston Area Exhibition; Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston; Houston, TX (Juror: Bill Arning) |
| 2004 |
Fellowship Series II: The Photo Show; Space 125, Houston Center for the Arts/Fotofest 2004; Houston, TX |
| 2004 |
Texas Works; Fine Arts Gallery at the Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX |
| 2003 |
Juror’s Choice; Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX (Juror: Kate Bonasinga) |
| 2003 |
Appearances Can Be Deceiving; Commerce Street Artists Warehouse, Houston, TX |
| 2000 |
The Perfect Figure; ArtScan Gallery, Vine Street Studios, Houston, TX |
| 1998 |
Blush: ArtSites 98; Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD |
| 1998 |
Not Still Art Festival; Boswell Museum/Gallery 53, Cooperstown, NY |
| 1998 |
Art By Numbers; Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center, Camden, NJ |
| 1998 |
Critic’s Residency Program; Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD |
| 1997 |
Fifth Annual New York Digital Salon; School of Visual Arts, New York City, NY |
| 1997 |
ISEA ‘97: Eighth International Symposium of Electronic Arts; School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
PERFORMANCE / COLLABORATION
| 2003 |
Correspondence; video dance performance with Psophonia Dance Company, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston TX |
| 2002 |
finally a place…; installation with AlienNation Company; Trans-Site Studio, Houston, TX |
| 1999 |
MIRAK; multimedia performance with AlienNation Company; DiverseWorks Art Space, Houston TX |
SELECTED SCREENINGS
| 2003 |
Imperial Beach International Film Festival; Imperial Beach, CA |
| 2003 |
Electrofringe New Media Arts Festival; City Hall, Newcastle, Australia |
| 2003 |
Art Slam at Mezzanine; Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA |
| 2003 |
Single Channel: Collaborating with the Moving Image; Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, TX |
| 2001 |
Houston Composers Alliance; Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX |
| 1998 |
Crosscurrent: Unquote Television; DUTV Cable 54, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1998 |
Art By Numbers; Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center, Camden, NJ |
| 1998 |
MicroCineFest; The Lodge, Baltimore, MD |
| 1998 |
Independent Exposure ‘98; Blackchair Productions/The Speakeasy Cafe, Seattle, NJ |
| 1998 |
THAW 98; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA |
| 1998 |
Independent Eye series; Maryland Public Television, Baltimore, MD |
| 1998 |
ROSEBUD Festival; Foundry Theater, Washington, DC |
| 1998 |
Independent Filmmakers’ Showcase; Bethesda Theater Cafe, Bethesda, MD |
| 1997 |
28th Annual Sinking Creek Film & Video Festival; Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN |
| 1997 |
NO-TV ‘97; The Media Center at Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY |
| 1997 |
image|architettura in movimento; University of Florence, Florence, Italy |
| 1997-98 |
NEXTFrame; Philadelphia, PA (touring festival) |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Tyson, Janet, Dornith Doherty and Serena Lin Bush, exhibition catalogue, 2006. |
| New American Talent: The Twentieth Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, 2005. |
| Faires, Robert. “Do It Yourself Biennial,” The Austin Chronicle, March 4, 2004. |
| French, Christopher. “In from the Edge: Media Art in Houston,” ArtsHouston Magazine, April 2004. |
| Sultan, Terrie, 2004 Houston Area Exhibition (catalog). Blaffer Gallery, The Art Gallery of the University of Houston, Houston TX, 2004. |
| Sultan, Terrie, Serena Lin Bush: Pause (catalog). Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin TX, 2001. |
| *van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire, “Gallery Watch”, Austin American-Statesman, June 2001. |
| Art Lies. Issue dedicated to discussions of digital art and processes. Winter 2000-2001. |
| *Klaasmeyer, Kelly, “Sing the Body Electric,” Houston Press, June 15, 2000. |
| Birringer, Johannes. “Burn Media Burn: (Texas) Video Art,” Art Lies, Winter 1999-2000. |
| Washington Review. ArtSites 98 catalog, June/July 1998. |
| Washington Review. April/May 1998. |
| Leonardo: Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology. Vol. 30, No. 5, October 1997. |
| *Nuttycombe, Dave, “Really Rosie,” Washington City Paper; March 21, 1997. |
| *Burkitt, Janet, “Lights, Camera, Locals,” The Washington Post; March 20, 1997. |
| Leonardo: Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology. Vol. 29, No. 5, October 1996. |
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