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EDUCATION
2018-2020 MFA: Photography & Image-making - Paris, France
2013-2018 BFA: Photography & Digital Media - Houston, Texas
SOLO EXHIBITION RECORDS
2025 The Beauty of It All, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
2023 Billie-James, Project Row Houses, Round 55: Drive-by, Houston, TX
2021 Home-goings, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX
2017 Mon Frère, Lawndale Art Center: Project Space, Houston, TX
GROUP EXHIBITION RECORDS
2024
Con(tra) El Archivo, Filter Photo, Chicago, Illinois
Becoming Visible, Online Exhibition, Autograph ABP, London, UK
2023
“This Way”, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, Texas
Who lit the fire?, curated by Anita N. Bateman, Ph.D., Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Der Greif : Guest Room - David Campany & Taous Dahmani
Manifold DELUXE, FF Projects, FRIEZE : No.9 Cork Street, London, UK
The Bluest Monday, Beeldend Gesproken, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2022
Photo Vogue Festival: NFT X Voice Residency, BASE MILANO, Milan, Italy
Manifold, FF Projects, London, UK
Love is House That Even Death Can’t Knock Down, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
The Houston Artist Speaks Through Grids curated by Reyes Ramirez
Part of Me. . . Shaping Mental Spaces, FOTODOK, curated by Daria Tuminas, Utrecht, Netherlands
Dak’Art, La Biennale de Dakar, Maison de la Culture Douta Seck, Dakar, Senegal
Interference - Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2021
The Baldwin Photographic Gallery - Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Photo Vogue Festival: Reframing History, BASE MILANO, Milan, Italy
Openwalls Arles - a collaboration between Galerie Huit Arles and 1854 Media, Arles, France
Texas Biennial: A New Landscape, A Possible Horizon, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
MULTI - Virtual Exhibition: Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center
Unraveled. Restructured. Revealed, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
An Active and Urgent Telling, Strange Fire Collective: Gustavus Adolphus College Exhibition, St. Peter, MN
Der Greif : Guest Room - Anna-Alix Koffi & Sadikou Oukpedjo
2020
Remezcla: Online Exhibition Art Gallery: 40 Emerging, Texas-based Artists to Know
Fiiiirst 5th Edition: Online Conversation #51 - Irene Reece and Matt Eich
Group Show 65 Two Way Lens: Portraits as Empathy, Humble Arts Foundation
Forecast, SF Camerawork’s Annual Survey Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
Backtalk, Photo Emphasis, The Center for Photographers of Color at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR
Online Exhibition BackTalk juried by Aaron Turner - Photo Emphasis
Souls of a Perserverant Generation - Community Artist’s Collective, Houston, TX
XicanX: New Visions, curated by Dos Mestizx (Suzy González and Michael Menchaca), San Antonio, TX
2019
MythoFutuRiddim Exhibition, ARKA Art, Houston, TX
Blurring the Lines Exhibition, HKU, Utrecht, Netherlands
Blurring the Lines Exhibition, F-12 Space, Paris, France
The Sight of Pressure, African American Performing Arts Center, ABQ, NE
2018
Le Bateau-Lavoir: Storyteller supported by Exposed, Paris France
El Rincón Social: El Chow; Fruto en Vaina curated by Moe Penders, Houston, TX
2017
24th edition Visionaria of the International for Short Films, Siena, Italy
Sovereign: Artbook Show curated by Jean Sebastien Boncy, FLATS, Houston, TX
The Big Slide Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, USA
XIII BFA Thesis Exhibition, Alabama Song, Houston, TX, USA
Student Exhibition, Blaffer Museum, Houston, TX,
Self-Love Exhibition, Community Artists’ Collective, Houston, TX
2016
Kalamata Street Festival, Kalamata, Greece
“Hey Mama” Exhibition Pop-up MLK Center, Houston, TX
UH Student Exhibition Show Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX
2015
22nd edition Visionaria of the International for Short Films, Siena, Italy
Extremely Shorts Film Festival 18: Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX
Aurora Picture Show/ The Menil: BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer), Houston, TX,
2013
HCC Student Show, Central Houston Community College, Houston, TX
2012
HCC Student Show, Central Houston Community College, Houston, TX
RESIDENCES & FELLOWSHIPS
2022 PhotoVogue NFT Residency Year 2
2021 Black Rock Senegal Residency Year 2
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2023
Billie-James, The Reading Room Houston TX
2021
To Kin - From Kin, SoHo House Austin Collection
Billie-James, MACK Books Private Collection
AWARDS, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2023
Houston Artadia Award
2022
C/O Berlin Talent Award: Shortlist
The 2022 edition of The 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch
2021
MACK Books - First Book Award Shortlist: Billie-James
NALAC - Actos de Confianza: Relief Grant
FOTOFEST - John Herrin Memorial Scholarship Recipient
EDITORIAL & COMISSIONS
2022 Sunnyside Health and Multi-Service Center, Sunnyside, Houston, TX
2020 ProPublica - For years, JaMarcus Crews tried to get a new kidney, but corporate healthcare stood in the way.
MEDIA
2020
Remezcla Episode #3 OPEN ESTUDIOS - Irene Reece, advocates for positive Black imagery in art
Reclaiming Representation: host Carina Hiscock in collaboration with Unfiltered SA - Episode 2: Irene Reece
2016
La Routine de Bleu (3:00m) USA, PBS: The Territory Season 35, Houston, Texas, USA
ARTIST & PANEL TALKS
2022
MFAH (Museum of Fine Arts Houston) - Artists in Dialogue “The Obama Portraits Tour”
Baldwin Photographic Gallery: “Shaping Identity: A Non-Linear Journey”
2020
BiC Digital: Online conversation Art and Activism # 2 : Voices from America
SF Camerawork: Online Event: Archives and Identity - Irene Reece and Rana Young in conversation
PRESS
2023
Vogue: In London, a New Exhibition Heralds the Creative Abundance of Black Female Artists
ArtConnect: Magazine Artists to Watch 2022
Der Grief C/O Berlin Talent Award Winner and Shortlist 2022
2022
De Volkskrant: Exhibition in Fotodok Utrecht creates empathy for other people
Photo Vogue: We are thrilled to announce the artists. . . NFT Residency
New York Times: At Dakar’s Biennale, the City Itself Is the Most Colorful Canvas
Art Papers: 2021 Texas Biennial: A New Landscape, A Possible Horizon
2021
Houstonia Irene Reece on Art and Healing: “The Work Makes Me Feel Unapologetic” by Amarie Gipson
Sightlines Magazine - In this Texas Biennial, Texas is the protagonist
Houston Chronicle 4 emerging artists in the Texas Biennial exhibits you should be following
San Antonio Express-News Emerging Texas artists in Texas Biennial show you should be following
Photo Vogue Festival 2021 • Reframing History - 35 Artists Selected
May 16, New York Times Best Sellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Strange Fire Collective Q&A - Irene Antonia Diane Reece
Unfiltered San Antonio: Reclaiming Representation: Irene Reece
New York Times: Kehinde Wiley’s Black Rock Resident Artists Are Named
ARTnews: Kehinde Wiley’s Black Rock Residency Brings Rising Stars to Senegal for Second Iteration
2020
Remezcla: This Experimental Photographer is Re-Imagining Visibility in the Art World - Irene Reece
Remezcla: Art Gallery: 40 Emerging, Texas-based Artists to Know
Lenscratch - Photographers on Photographers: William Camargo in Conversation with Irene Antonia Diane Reece
DeepRedPress - Interview of Irene Antonia Diane Reece: Home by Brenda Edith Franco
Africanah - Irene Reece: The Family Album as a Source for Activism by Raquel Villar-Pérez
Artists from the Casablanca Biennale address the socio-political realities of the Black Body by Christine Eyene
From Deep Red Press: Irene Antonia Diane Reece’s ‘Emblematic of Black Souls’ by Christopher Blay
Deep Red Press - Features : Irene Antonia Diane Reece; Emblematic of Black Souls
Short List - THE LIT LIST: 30 PHOTOGRAPHERS TO WATCH, EXHIBIT & HIRE Authority Collective
2018
"Meet Irene Antonia Diane Reece", Houston Voyage Magazine: Local Stories
2017
On Mon Frère & OC·U·LUS äkyələs/ | Interview with Artist Irene Reece, MCXV Magazine, Houston, TX
Art Daybook: Window shopping by Molly Glentzer, Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX
BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
2022
2021
Vol. 1 of The Photographers Green Book
OVER Journal Issue 2 Published by PhotoIreland
ESTE Archives: Optica Zine
2019
A5 Zine - April Issue Portfolio #25
Slevin Magazine Issue #5
2018
Blurring the Lines: 1st Edition
2017
Volume V of Femme Fotale; Resistance, Resilience and Hope
Wotisart Magazine #6
TEACHING & WORKSHOPS
2021
University of California San Diego - Visiting Artist Lecture
University of New Mexico - Visiting Artist Lecture
University of Houston Downtown - Visting Artist Lecture
2020
University of Houston - Midterm Senior Block Crit Feedback
University of Houston Downtown - Visting Artist Lecture
INTERNSHIP
2017 – 2018 Social Media & Marketing Intern, Brené Brown Education and Research Group, Houston, TX