Serena Lin Bush creates video installations imagined from mundane physical and mental gestures and the space they occupy. Houston-based since 1998, she has also collaborated with disciplines including contemporary dance and music. Bush received her MFA from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and BFA from Washington University (St. Louis).



Born: Washington, D.C. 1970

EDUCATION

1997 M.F.A. in Imaging and Digital Arts
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD

1992 Printmaking Studio Program
Santa Reparata Graphic Arts Centre, Florence, Italy

1992 B.F.A. in Painting
Washington University, School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005 Upcoming exhibition (July-August), 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

2005 HCP Fellowship Show; Houston Center for Photography; Houston, TX

2005 Texas Biennial 2005; Bolm Studios; 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

Serena Lin Bush 529 Highland Street, Houston, Texas 77009 713.869.4089      studio@serenalinbush.com

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 AWARDS AND GRANTS

2005 HCP Photography Fellowship Recipient, sponsored by Houston Center for      Photography, Houston 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

PANELS / MEMBERSHIPS

2004-07 Programming Committee/General Board Member, Lawndale Art Center,      Houston, TX

2004 Presenter, Spring 2004 Slide Jam Series, Contemporary Art Museum,
      Houston, TX

2004 “Exit the Waiting Room: Contemporary Media Art in Houston.”      Organizer/roundtable panelist, DiverseWorks Art Space, Houston, TX

2002 Artist Advisory Board, Women and their Work, Austin, TX

1998 “Art on the Net: The Baltimore Connection.” Roundtable panelist, The      Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (*REVIEWS)

Sultan, Terrie, Serena Lin Bush: Pause (catalog). Women and Their Work Gallery,      Austin TX, 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.