Bio
Joel Houston honed his creativity in the heat of Carolina Summers. Raised in a strong family with 4 siblings, he learned the value of family from a young age. Sharing many experiences with his brothers, and various international teammates through his youth soccer career, Joel developed a love for The Human Experience. The Carolina native’s rich palette of afflatuses also derives from his varying interest in liberal arts: religion, philosophy, sports, music, and visual arts among others. Joel graduated in 2024 with a B.A in Studio Art from Converse University. In the same year he was awarded The Brandon Fellowship from the Greenville Center for Creative Arts, where he will work for the next year.
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EDUCATION
2024 BA, Studio Art, Converse University, Spartanburg, SC
AWARDS
2024 Brandon Fellowship, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC
2024 12th Annual Collegiate Invitational, Honorable Mention.
2024 Creative Quarterly 75, Runner Up- Fine Art:Student.
2019 NAACP ACT-SO Competition, 1st place- Drawing. Grenville, SC.
EXHIBITIONS
2024 6th Annual Juried Exhibition, Spartanburg Artist Collective, Spartanburg SC. Juror, C. Allen Coleman.
2024 Cheers to Peers, Union County Arts Council, Union, SC.
2024 BA Group Senior Exhibition, Converse University, Spartanburg, SC.
2024 12th Annual Collegiate Invitational, Spartanburg Public Library, Spartanburg, SC.
Juror, Chloe Kaylor.
2023 Undergraduate Drawings of the Upstate, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.
Juror, Miranda Mims-Sawyer.
ORGANIZATIONS
2024 Society of Illustrators
REFERENCES
Blanchard, Andrew
Associate Professor of Studio Art
andrew.blanchard@converse.edu
Massengale, Michael
Instructor of Art
michael.massengale@converse.edu