Norma Jean Moore’s earliest memories of engaging in art consists of drawing peacocks and opening the 64 Crayola Crayons to use as many colors as possible. She was in her mid-twenties by the time her formal training of art began. Her work focused on the replication of seen color using oil paints, and the exploration of textures with drawing pencils on various paper surfaces. In 1984, she completed a bachelors of art education (BAE) from the University of New Mexico. For the next 24 years she would work in the public schools teaching art and English as a Second Language.
In 1990, she took a five year break from teaching and found her first studio, away from the kitchen table, at the Guadalupe Annex, San Antonio, Tx. Issues of home and homelessness came to the forefront of her work due to the encounters with the homeless in route to the studio. During this time she continued her education by completing her Masters of Art Education (MAE) from Texas Tech at Junction.
Norma is an avid hiker and now finds her inspiration on the ground. Her ground-scapes explore the surface textures and colors of water, rocks, and plants. She finds the perspective of looking at the ground much more intimate and complex than traditional panoramic scenes. There is a quiet dynamic force always present on the ground.
She has won several awards for her work. These include: Gumbacher Incorporated Distinguished Recognition for Painting from UTSA, Art Matters Foundation, New York, New York and The Serie Print Project, Coronado Studio, Austin, Texas and Best of Painting: Southwest School of Art.
Norma Jean Moore's art has been purchased by private collectors and can be seen in the collections of Mexic-Arte, Art Museum of South Texas, Institute for Latin Studies-Notre Dame, and Capital One.
B.A.
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
M.A.E.
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
EXHIBITIONS
ONE PERSON
2001
Ursuline Hallway Gallery,Southwest School of Art & Craft San Antonio, Texas
INVITATIONAL
2018
Beauty Way Path: Norma Jean Moore and Anita Valencia, The Radius, San Antonio, Texas, curator Joan Grona
Common Currents: 300 Years 300 Artists, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, Texas
Nosotras: Perceptions of Identity, Centro Cultural Atzlan, San Antonio, Texas (curated by RitaMaria Contreras)
Art of the Sacred Texas Springs: Celebrating the Blue Hole and Headwaters, Incarnate Word Kelso
Art Center, San Antonio, Texas
2017
Painted Poems: Love Songs For Earth, Aanna Reyes Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Glow: The Nuclear Show, Bhil Haus, San Antonio, Texas
2005
San Antonio Painting 2005, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center,San Antonio, Texas
Designated Hand Pulled Prints, Tarrant County College, Arlington TexasTime Warner Cable,
Austin, Texas
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
VIN Gallery, Austin, TX
2000
As the Womyn Turn, Art Asylum, San Antonio, Texas, Guadalupe Annex, San Antonio, Texas
Artists Who Teach, Central Branch Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
1997
Art Matters, ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas
1996
Manipulations of Form, Musket-Wallace Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
1994
Going Homeless, Galeria Mesa, Mesa ArizonaDark Hearts and Flowers, Guadalupe Annex,
San Antonio, Texas
Women of Texas-A Poetic Figuration, Jansen-Perez Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
1991
Carver Cultural Center, San Antonio, Texas
JURIED
2002
Digital Links: A Survey of Digitally Enhanced Art, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland
2000
Electronic Gallery, National Art Education Association, Los Angeles, California
1999
Red October, Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, Texas
1995
National Women’s Caucus for Art, 1203 Art Space, San Antonio, Texas
1988
Dishman Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas
COLLECTIONS
Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
Institute for Latin Studies-Notre Dame, Norte Dame, IN
Capital One
INSTALLATIONS
Brindles, San Antonio, Texas,1999
Zuni Grill, San Antonio, Texas.,1988
AWARDS
Serie Print Project, Coronado Studio, Austin, Texas,2000
Art Matters Foundation, New York, New York,1995
Gumbacher Incorporated, Distinguished Recognition for Painting,1991
PUBLICATIONS
[email protected], San Antonio Art League Museum catalog, introduction by Sylvia Benitez, January 2019, 16
Art of the Sacred Texas Springs, University of Incarnate Word catalog, March 9, 2018, essay by Diana Roberts
Wellinghoff, Jasmina.”Contemporary Creations Sizzle Citywide,” Fiesta (July 1999):8-13
Dan Goddard “Artists Explore Social, Political Issues,” San Antonio Express News, July 27, 1997, IG
Dan Goddard “Women of Texas Focus on Life, death,” San Antonio Express- News, March 2 1994, 7E