Danny Houk | CV

Exhibitions

2025	Spinners, Pawns, and Players solo exhibition, Wolz Ruzicka Hallway Gallery, Southeast 	Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
	Restraining Order group exhibition, Noise Box Gallery, Edwardsville, IL
	Varsity Art 29 group exhibition, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
2024	Memento Mori group exhibition, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
	Arrivals and Departures group exhibition, Heyde Center for the Arts, Chippewa Falls, WI
	MASTER PIECES group exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
	Beyond the Scars online group exhibition, Art Fluent, Boston, MA
	Group exhibition, Edwardsville Public Library, Edwardsville, IL
	Are You Really Winning? public art competition, Carbondale, IL
	Making Our History group exhibition, NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
	Annual Juried SIUE Student Exhibition Art and Design West Gallery, Edwardsville, IL
2023	Off the Block Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
	Sk8 Show Vacancy Gallery, St. Louis, MO
	Annual Juried SIUE Student Exhibition Art and Design West Gallery, Edwardsville, IL
2022	The Art of Whimsy Soulard Art Gallery, St. Louis, IL
Small Works Art Competition Wood River City Museum, Wood River, IL
Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln's Legacies group exhibition, Abraham  Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, IL
Shrode Fine Art and Craft Competition Exhibition Shrode Art Center, Mt. Vernon, IL 
November Group Art Show Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2019	Small Press Expo comics vendor, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO
2017	Comics Central comics vendor, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO
River Des Press Expo comics vendor, South Broadway Athletic Club, De Peres, MO
2016	Mini Comic-Con comics vendor, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO
2014	33March group exhibition, The Old Orchard Gallery, Webster Groves, MO
2009	Reanimate Energy group exhibition, Del Paso Works Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Radiant Energy group exhibition, Del Paso Works Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2008	Refuse group exhibition, Luminary Center for the Arts, St. Louis, MO
2007	Consternation senior exhibition, UC Davis Basement Gallery, Davis, CA
Group exhibition, UC Davis Basement Gallery, Davis, CA
Group exhibition, First Covenant Church, Sacramento, CA
2006	Group exhibition, UC Davis Basement Gallery, Davis, CA
Better Together group exhibition, First Covenant Church, Sacramento, CA
2005	Group exhibition, the 1050 Loft, Sacramento, CA
Solo exhibition, First Covenant Church, Sacramento, CA
2003	Juried student show, Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
2000	Juried student show, Sierra College, Rocklin, CA

Residencies

2024	Farwell House, Frederick, IL
2021	Making Our History virtual residency, University of Illinois at Springfield

In the Media

Featured in River Bluff Review Arts & Literary magazine (2023)
Interview on CanvasRebel
Podcast appearance on Monster in the Mirror episode “Facing the Mirror”
Short film on “Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln's Legacies” UIS virtual residency
Featured artist in “After That!” quarterly comics zine (August and July 2021)
Regular contributor to comics section of Gesso Magazine (2019 - 2021)
Honorable mention in Are You Really Winning? Illinois public art campaign (2024)

Awards and Education

2024	Painting and Drawing Association Award
2023	William Justin Brown Memorial Award in Sculpture (SIUE Juried Exhibition)
2022	MFA from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (expected graduation June 2025)
2021	Sculpture acquired into University of Illinois at Springfield permanent collection
2007	AB, Studio Art from UC Davis
2003	Outstanding Student in 3D Art, Sierra College
"Best in Show," juried student show, Sierra College
"Sierra Pine Award," juried student show, Sierra College